The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-02-17 00:00:00

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Etalaul's honour iii prestige, which demands publiabonse. In the Salsbury diocese there on now
venmaam It this righteonsases 1 Gad demand' 90 reading.roome in parish.. when there are bronchia
righteoulases, and it must seminally be won, of the C.E.T.S. (t) Getting up entertainments,
It is agesat Chian to folio* righteous's= in oar per- axial eveologs, debating smacks. lecture., &c., which
mad lives; to have our lives entirely and. its give people occupation sad amusement awey from the
government I and it le • treat thing to oath to spread public:shone'. (10) Encouraging athletic sports, am-
nia principles amomeLostr faUow-sma. Never was amain, cricket, football, ranging. swimming, &3.,
there • time In the of our nation when it was among the young moms. (11.) E•nloving
anon theimary to....l7osaireate those peinciples thou friendly, and bads' dubs from publichooner. (12.)
now. fUghtmamens shall bring us out of all our Streagthoolog the hands of the magletriths in the
troubles., and they are numeral' 'sough. Lot as exercise of thole power for ths curtailment of facilities
hays coafidethe in the right, and with brans sad ' for the gale of intoxicating liquors, rad endeavouring
oourageose hearts let us do the ri ;hi, each In hI. own at the manual brander sessions to prevent the grant-
opiate, and all of as la our national capacity. Ia hg of new licensee, sod also the groat by way of
conaludoes, he mid, Lotus remember that God works renewal of any theme for a boon which has beea
for the sesomplishment of this, by His truth and badly concluded, or which is in excises of the wants of
by His church. This is the 'rest agency which God the population. (13.) Supporting the proposed ails-
employs. If we seek the spriad of God's 'diadem, lotion for the Sunday elosiog of publiebousas and foe
so ars we oemulas the spread of all good. Let us piny Um withdrawal of the grown' spirit Heenan ; sad
that God's klogdoia may come, sad that His wilt may supporting also lb.
.E pr ponds which have been brought
be done OD earth as 111. in EIDIVOIL 111. by the forward by the .0 posit,
for a Inge sad progressive
operation of His truth, as declared and lived by His restriction of licsmes, local Mindar controls carried
church, that Gad I. to work out tin good of the world. oat by representative boards for that special
Let us not be discouraged by the opparently hopeless ce. Foe further particol•ni " Tempersoos
nod helping maladies and conflict, of society. Thine tion," • paper by this Rev. Canon Blithe,
an but the working after all of the higher laws of which will be gladly forwarded on application to this
righteousness, whisk must eventuate in Nedra. orgaising socreitary. (14.) Promoting flower shovel
Let us hays faith In God, sad believe that we are and enocuraging window gardening. as • 0,••••
advancing to a higher and better day. Let *rich of making bootee brighter. In short. anything and story-
ii his own spathe halp forward such • day by thing that nude to promote health of body and mind,
endeavouriog to do justly, to love many, and to a;,d adds to the happiness and comfort of homes, is •
walk humbly with our God. diatioct poet of temperance work. Oonotor-attroctithe
Sin 11111 BUT Srawarr's chances of recovery me of every had are most valuable, but it should th
generally sapposed to We good. He loos much in his barns in mind that the best cionntmattraction of all to
favour. 11. 1. •ma of temperate habits and • spare tin thalamus io • bright aud bappy.bome. Then
active frame, has long beea • water-drinker, and is ore many ways of promoting temperance work; some
comparatively young. Add to time advantages • may be suited I. one, mate to another, but all cut
sanguine disposition and the oonscionsethe that the hap in the way—by WOOS' proyerfor thesociety and
whole °many weds him to get better, and be ought its workers.
to do. There an few more popular men than Herbert I have thus given some of the various ways in
Stewart. He hao many eagagingqualides ; proatimat which the cause of temperance can to droned, and
among them is • singularly modest, unassuming I tau t I have shown that, while carrying on • great
demeacour. There is aot the slightest swarm or rescue and preventive work by means of total abstio-
protection about him. As ao caw his greatest saw, the influence of the C.E.T.S. ROOS fax widorr,
merit, perhaps, I. hia untiring unflagging spirit. They and la also doing much to promote Italia's, sod more
say of lath that he was asked bow Drury Low*, his refined habits and amusements amour the people,
aid, got ala the flout Ittyptias compels°. " Cad- sad that in Es counteractive work all can take man
tally," replied 8401,111, ready to give every one Isis due, part, aid tao. esontribute to the happiness and well-
" First-rate chapiart as Imam oat winetinth thing of their felloacreatures, whilet at the same
th (especially in e p to Cairo), but we kept him Unto adnaaing the rams of morality aid religion.
moving along."— orld. I mast now allude to the total abstinethe work of
ibs, WWI, wash may be divided osier th• two
boadiage—reseas sad prevention. But Uitis so hard
as it is to rescue, sorely the preventive work of the
C.E.T.11, has a olsim also as the sympathy of all.
This Is especially carried on mama the young, and
than see new over 10,000 Mildres between the ages
of 7 sad 14 la this ammo who are laise brought up
as total abstallaws, sad in bath lastrooted on the
subject of temperathe la the javealle branches of the
seesety. Aa organising secretary for tois diocese. I
shall be only too glad at any tints to give any Infor-
mation so to tho C.E.T.B. an 1 its waek, ae to receive
suggestions OA to how the interests of the society may
be idea/sad.
The progress mad* by tha elisbary Diocesan Brooch
has been, and wetlands to that at satisfactory. Is
1881 then wen 81 parochial broaches, with • mom
-
heirship of 5,23/1 ; by Use last annual report there wen
181 bronchia, with • mansbership of MOM, while taw
harsomis of the society has then from £7, in 18801, to
£37.5 in 1883-4, but is still far short of the amount
awaked to carry on and extend the society's work as
proposid by tin Control Dim san COOOlil. Since
tin last annual report wag batted 19 new parochial
branches have been etartid, and eight others will
probably goon Wadded, which would bring the numbs:
of parochial brasthes la the diocese up to An. It is
an Intending fact that of the p 'potation of the Salis-
bury Diocese one person in every twenty Ls a mambo,
oI the Diocesan Branch of the C. E.T.S.
At preeent Oars is much work to be done which
has to be left undo., for want of fundo It was pro.
poood to hold public emotion in all the towns of the
diocese in order to direct ottani a to tie C.E.T.S.,
•cd impocially to its doubts bath. Such meetings have
ban held at Salisbury, Sherburne, Dian Mad, and
Beadford-on.Avon, with good result", and it Is most
desirable others should be held, but unless a 'dittoed
subscriptions come In this opportunity will be lost.
Ilia also prop sed, late, op, to hold conference' In all
tb• towns of he diocese, In which the farmers would
be spe3ially invited to lake port, to discus, the im-
portant quistion of giving money, honed of beer and
eider, in the hornet field.. Anin, much re 'old be
done by the oircalation of Montane, and when tare
are sufficient funds it would be an excellent pan to
engage • labouring man to or rum I au.l addrms
meetings on the lines of our C.E.T.S., but until the
society receives more substantial euppo t from the
diocese all this good work mud be lett on and
any remain in, and others drift into, the to .nd egg
of Intemperance, who might ctherwlee to woo over to
the side of temperance. It will be seen, therefore,
that there is grid mod of help, not only to extend
the work of MO society in tho d.rectione proposed,
but also to carry on the present work.
While, therefore, fatties deeply needful for the
kind support ghat to the C. E.'l .S. in the past, I
venture to hope that after reading over this statement
as to the meaty and its work,., to the god which
could be done but hare to be lilt undone, that soros of
your Emden who have not already dose so, may
allow mats add their names to the 114 of subscribers
to the Salisbury Diocesan Branch of the C.E.T.S.,
which is doing much, but ought to do for more, to
Imam the sum of human missy. and to promote the
honour and glory of God.—l am, yourspruly,
Rarkinut. G. Muria,
Organising Bseretary of the Salisbury Diocesan
Brooch of lb. C.E.T.S.