The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-05-27 00:00:00

THE SHAKERS IN DORCLIERTER.

To Ile Editor.
811. —A." NomBhaker'." letter is about as amusing aa
Ur. lining. entertainment, an opinion which I think
pays tbo writer no mean coingriment. Hie facetiousness,
however, in some places I cannot fathom , consequently I
shall be glad if he will endeavour to remove my
obtuseness. I should like to know how he became
acquainted with the fact that those who were creating a
noir in the gallery' were disturbing "too.. who were
come to refute the teachings of the lecturer. "
" A Non-Shaker" should speak for !timbal and not for
the multitude. That even the majority of those present
carols to refute Mrs. Girlies Is bordering upon the absurd;
To the majority it may fairly be rimmed Kra. lining and
her opinions were aren't, and as the act of ref utation
Implies an antecedent arociatiou, I cannot undereind
bow any perm can refute that witti which he is
unfamiliar. Probably "A Non-Shaker " may imagine
that the audience nor to refute If r• ()filing whether
they knew anything about her doctrine or not; if go, I
hope he'll make at least one exception. I am further
Informed that Kra. lining gave her address in • "clear,
shrill voice (the audience occrionally giving signs of im-
patience and non-acceptance of her teaching), which
seemed to show a deluded mind," Ac. Now, sir, I must
objrct, as one of the audience, to be stigmatised as the
of a deluded mind. I am not a getius, it is true,
I hope for all that my inaanity is not to be inferred
from my rejection of Uri Oirlio. thcological twaddle.
Perhaps • dose (not a small one) of Lindley Murray would
be beneficial to a "Non-Shaker.' I aro learn that the
commotion which ensued ".a, a disgrace and an insult to
nor who went to hear her." I am under the impression
that the logic of • " N oc-Shaker " occasionally gra into •
fed, (let me here recommend the perusal of Whatley
• cheap edition of whose famous work is nor being
printed.) That the ill-behaviour cf one portion of the
audience can disgrace the other ia • strange arartion, and
that I am insulted because somebody chooses to diapry
hie had rate I. unreasonable to suppose.
inakerism is but another outcome of ignorance and
credulity, and that much of that which appertains to other
beliefs Li the same I firmly believe. At any rate I shall
be gin to bear of one of which thissaisuot, be rid.
KNQUIKER.

To Llie Mita.
!Hr.—Curiosity alone Induced we to go and hear Mrs.
Girlie,. When • new phew of religious belief in the
•e position of lie princiles partekee of all the detract:w-
ink. of a' penny gad." I think sympathy is better left
at home. I had heard of Mrs. Outing, and felt a little
curiosity to see her, and as her visit to our borough gave
me the opportunity, I availed myself of it. I expected to
find an irnorent fanatical woman, and I found rather more
than I expected, and therefore was not disappointed. Her
discourse seemed to me a strange tonopound of ignorance.
egotism, and bad grammar. The olri woman, however, is
by no mesas devoid of cunning. Her answers to several
pertinent questions wet. never direct, hot showed a ready
adaptability In the twisting and turning of cart tin Scrip-
tural texts. That she will succeed in widely diem:funnel.
Inc her theories I very much question, although sum&
perhaps.. absurd as her's, have before to-day found many
followers. We are, however, not so credulous upon the
whole laws used to be, the cause. of which are not
difficult to discover, at the head of which steadu the true
social reformer—the echoolmaster.
I trust I am not ao bigoted be to condemn any religion
on account of more personal dtfference. There are many
faiths beyond my way of thinking, which nevertheless
maintain the allegiance of many of the wisest and the:
best. The same clothes, it has been said,
ans
will not fit all ,
sad the same creed has not been found to mower I
Clear :llatainta.
Hrs. Gifting made one very good remark in answer to'
an enquiry es to whether the manifestations of ler
followers were attributeble to mesmerism or not.
She stated U meginerino can make men and
women sober, kind, pure-minded • if it can
make them good Wham and mother.; if it can
dignify sad Ismaili their hem Isl eneemetiana be
honoured I say the anal Let ua judge • religion as we •
do every other teachlog—by fits f ruita—Sy the lires
and actions of It. professore in preference to their public
professimea, The fitigginees and the Chadhande an not
yet extinct. They exist in the thouehtlesenees of
their credulous dopes Oliver We od.li Rums some.
whores:ark I think it is in Lie "Antonia of the Breakfast
Ibis. that a man should boa gentleman in hie hymns
ere: this be worth remembering. The treat
10110VOIr OhriStianity say. " But when ye pray use not
vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think they
shall be beard for their awe ;Prating." Precious to
which we are enjoined to enter our cinemas and abut (h.
doors. The Girlinritm as. not, I am afraid. the only
non-obrervers of the injunction. What the efficacy of
mayor may he I am not going to assert, but.. I witnessed
the phenomena of wemhjp Identified with what Is termed
Makerisra. I could not help but think how strange it was
that there are WO& not entirely bereft of nwon, who
protege to have bees drawn nearer to the Croatoe
than the majority of their fellows—to have withered
sereci.l revelations. ared an charged with extraordinary
whorais flesalyteliere(ea they my they do) that Re
woo h.. the worship of countl-as world., who le Infinite
in wisdom and almighty in power, cand.h.e.gred with esi
or seven male and female simpletons and shouting
In recognition of His Divine attributes In preemos
• Waked and Melly Mused aadienea.
0 Talerna., 0 Moan

WrYXOUTE

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Qtncit Pillage raw( Lotworrg. Notwith-
standing the dense UN/ to prevailed on Wednesday
evening last the Premier (Captain Boning) made the
passage from Lulworth to Weymouth in the on.
precedented space of 36 minutes.
Fine—A fire, which might have proved most
disastrous, occurred in St. Mary on Saturday
last, a`rout 10 in the morning, in the cellar under the
shop of Mr. Cole, dispensing clismiat. The cause is
not known, but by eome means or odier a quantity of
sulphur ignited, which extended to • large quantity of
bees' w.lx. Fortunately the 5 e was soon discovered,
owing t • the dense him,' of the burning sulphur.
Superintendent Vickery was quickly in attendance
with hydrants and hos.:; but it was utterly impossib e
to de•ornd into the cellar, and it was found absolutely
necessary to flood the whole place. A large quantity
of chemicals and other materials were greatly
dama4ced.
A quicg BON CM • BIOTCLI TROY LONDON TO
WIT —Mr. George Tippett, who is well. knowit
bicylist. and a writer to the Mode Nene, started
from 158, Victoria Park Road. South Hackney,
London, on one of the "Stanley" Bicycles, at three
o'clock on Thursday afternoon, and taking the old
Roman road arrived at Salisbury the same evening at
7.30. After a night's rest he set off the following
m”rning for Weymouth, at 8.30. Paring through
Dorchester, he put up for three hours at the King'.
Arms, where he had a steak and a glass of *tout. He
arrive.' in Weymouth at four o'clock, and after sever al
smart dashes along the Esplanade put up at the
famous Inn, the Black Dog, St Mary Street, Mr.
Tipp..tt, in posseeron of a pass to see over the Convict
Establithment at Pertland, stayed over Sunday and
proposed making the return journey from Weymouth
to London in one (lay.