The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-09-08 00:00:00

THE WATER SUPPLY.

A discussi.in took place -relipecting the water supply
question, and it was ru,silved in regard to the tank
at Castle-road that the Surveyor ',mare plans and
specifications for enlarging the same, and that tenders
be invited for carrying out the work.
As to the complaint made by Colonel Jackson
respecting persons bathing and exposing themselves,
it was resolved that the Clerk write to the sergeant
of police informing him that Colonel Jackson or any
other person so annoyed must take the matter into
their own hands.
EVSTON

A IiIIICIINIIIOII took place ax to the deOrability of
placing iron railingi4 round Eniitint !multi, but the
Itoard was of opinion it would be better not to place
any then:.

APPI It %,TIO.C.

.1 letter from Mr. ''''' staking for liermia.
tion to put a pipe across the I.loollloth Opp. Mite a
h.mme he had recently purchased at Font 1111111111111 l
and which he contemplated making into a tish shop,
having been read, it was decided that the applicition
be grant.sl if he connected the pipc with the under
ground drain to the Surveyor's satisfaction.
This onicluded the business.

WIMBORNE.
Niccan ENTKIITAINMKNT.—TIio Livermore 'lndite...
C min %hated. viAted thia town .in IVedmsday, and
gave an entertainment to a crowded h0w.... The
wind... 4 the performance wam much above the aver.

ioesirrsittee 'buss Itr:cos.—l7nder the above
heading the following leading paragraph appears in
th.• !Spout &Ind Ne fen for Septeluber :—" A very Wine
and sensible suggest' if • hand contest is contained
in 11 pinsgraph referring to a recent isilitical
demonstration at Wind:erne,. in which local bands to
Lb.' windier of 12 took an active part. Theauggestion
refernst to is made purelv in the intensasi and for the
g.ssl of the lands thenis.:lves, and will, if acted upon,
very s.on show an initinivement in the playing of the
brass hands of Ihirsetshire. It is undoubtedly to the
practice of contesting that the lands the northen:
and ieljacent counties owe their proficiency. Tll/119
is no doubt that then: is plenty .if spirit among the
bands of Windom.. and its locality, and all that is
required Is ter an energetic committee to take up the
idea and work it .ait to a successful issue. The
Kitterinir land have sliewn what can he done in this
; wry. When the cienniittee started some three years
since, they possessed very little experience in
Lb.. niatter ; guides!, however, by tact, energy,
and enthusiasm, they linve sticer;deil in establishing
what can now fairly b.. called •me of the meet successful
annual hand contests in the country. This contest
has been ionsliactive of god results all round ; the
local bands have made wonderftil stride,, in efficiency.
A taste for a totter class of music has been inculcate, ;
111/In• attention lIAS been paid to practice : their instre.
mentation has been re-modelled and improve.' ; and
if the Northatuptonshin. 1111111(in en as they have
begun they will some ilay, in the near futun., pnive
opponents not t.. be made light cif or underoalued,
soil. so far as regards the Kettering contest cotnniittee,
they have reaped a good harvest for their lalsours
and, let all truth be added, they have by no nwans
been undeeerving of it. This is merely put forward
as an illustration of what may be accomplish.' in
rural districts. The issiple f Windom, and the
country round about are no exception to the general
nile, and they would only be no glad to encourage
anything worthy encouragement ; and music, if good,
is hound to lay its way if the necessary discretion
and tact an• exercised in bringing it before the ',Odic.
The bends themselves, we feel assured, WOlllll cor-
dially co-operate in any well-meant efforts put forth
in this direction. It is biped that another year will
witness the first annual atnateur brass land
Contests at Winilorne, and that the /MCP's.
will iie 1./ remunerative and encountging that it
will become an established institution, growing
in interest to the hands themselves, and success-
fully repaying the promoters in every p issible respect."
Surely the many ani varied readers of the TM...lmm
will use every effort that may present itself to iiring
forth and carry out to a most successful imue one or
more musical contests during next year, in some one
or more parts of the county of Ifiwaet.
FORRIGN IitISSIONIS or me CHURCH Or ENGLAND.—
On Sunday last the annual Mission Sunday Wan held
in the Minster, when two sermons were preached lon
behalf of the above society by the Rev. K J.
Fesaendsm, !Lector of Chippewa and Niagara. The
lessons used for the morning service were as follows :
Old Testament lesson, 2 Kings, v. : New Testament
lesson, 1 Corinthians,. x. The text taken in to be
found in Coloneians 3—" For ye are dead, and
new life is hid with Christ in God," What impression
did the apostle wish to make on the hearts and
lives of the Christian brethren to whom he wrote !
Did the apostle mean, when he said "Ye are dead,"
that the Christian Church was dead! Did he feel
with all his heart the shudder of despair when he
wrote this epistle! Certainly not. Did the &tootle
mean this—becawie sin entered into the world there
was nothing worth haying in it! No, he did not
mean this. When he went to DILIMACtis, Christ met
him there; St. mined was that he might not
Is. taken from this world. and he said. "Lord, what
wilt deal have me to do !" Life was fresh, life seas
I" thus' Colossians, because they had not
heen called iiis.n to endure the persecutions that
visite.' them afterward.. Yhat does St. Paul 11110 An
then ! That though life and ambition are pleasant to
seek after. yet we ought more to wok after God.
Gd is in glory, Christ is sitting on the throne, and
the angels veil their faces Is.f.,re them. And while
we ire ready to devote little I'f our time to the
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away from his wife and family 1!i days at a time.
(cod has made it possible in your English homes for
LOU to send such a necessity as the services of the
Murch to those people in Canada. The people •
into the western part of Canada.'.. fast that at present
It is impssible for the Church of England to minister
to them all. History tells us that Canada settled
without Christian ministrations, becomes a very God-
less country. Against a fate like this in the future,
lord asks you now to make provision. Gal asks you
now to take part in the work of the Church in a way
that you have never done before.— At the evening see'
vice, the first lesson was 11. Kings, vi., and the
second St. Mark iv. The text was taken from St.
Luke xviii., 3-; v.—" The Saviour turned 1f,., face
once more toward .ternmlem." 'Flue company which
If. hail with lbw had been &tallest (min time to
time by pilgrims who were on their way to the
great Paschal Feast, and by tle. frate. ti,' city
there WWI 3 man afflicted with blindness, who was
compelled to ask for charity, and when he hears who
it is that is passing by, recognises in Christ the
promised Messiah, and immediately calls out to Hun
to help him. Th•- ears of lien who hears our prayers,
and hears them, as it were, before we ask, and answers
before we have done praying, heard through all the
din of that vast multitude that was in the city at that
time the feeble cry of the poor blind 111311.
and the afflicted one felt that if he cseild
not make :Yeses hear that time, lie might
never pass that way again, and when he W 3,1
told that .11,111 K called him, he gladly rushed, blest
as he was, into his presence. And now in reference
to the mission work of the Church. if the English
State can give its millions of money for the support of
the army and navy, certainly the same nation can
give the same for the Church of God, for when
Christianity prevails over all the world, then armies
awl navies will no longer he required. But we must
not feel that these things must not come hoine to tut
We have all of U/1 rich and poor, young and old, some-
thing to do in it, and if we do not do it the fact :nest
come home to us. When the blind man beard the
voice of .Imus he came forth, and when the words id
permission to receive his sight was granted, the first
thing the poor man's eyes lighted on was the Son of
thsl. There are many lessons' in our Lord's miracles,
because of their wondrous wisdom. The disciple*
thought that when the poor blind man cried it would
imperil the safety of our Lord, because there were
people about who had mane a decree to destroy him,
AIMI therefore they bade him hold his peace, but our
Lord's calling the blind man to Him was the condem-
nation of the course they then were pursuing in the
matter. Well, then, there is a cry coming across the
114-3.; and the cry comes to you asking you to help to
bring. the poor people to Jeans. Si will it
Is' with you if you of the Church of England will
only bring the blind world to .Imm% the whole world
will be her bodyguard, and the whole world will
stand mend her to protect her from all harm. The
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Church in Canada s crying for more help from the
p.n..* of England, We do hope that the people who
come to Canada will have the ministration of gnu.
Lord's Church. We want £30.000 for ten years ; give
us this and then the Church of Christ in Canada will
Is' able to stand On its own legs. The work of the
Church in Canada among. the Indians certainly '
commends itself to your notice. It remains only for
the Church to do what the Church can do fir the
Indian. give him the tninistration of the goapel. How ,
must the arches of Heaven ring when one Indian joins'
the Church of Christ. When the children of the
Indians find Christ they are the most powerful
missionaries to their perms.' that the Church can
possibly have. It is our duty to tell the poor
Indian that them is a guardian spirit that watches
over him. In the fornini if Canada there are
50,000 Indians that are *till heathen; their life is full
of terror, fear, and wretchedness. The Saviour fella
you every time you pray, ",Ail my Father sent me, even
so send I you, and here in England it seems to me
impossible that any one can live withoet taking the
deepest interest in missions. If you would have the
Church of England keep pure, you will have to take
rart in the mimionary work.
ON Monday last the meeting in connection with the
Church Missionary Society was held in the *lest
room. The chair was occupied by the Rev. F. .1.
Huyshe, who, in the course ••1' his opening remarks,
said—We do not valUe the great privileges of the
Church of England till we lose them. I wish to
impress upon you the enormous j•rivileges which we
enjoy in our own Church. We do not realise the
blessings until we go to some foreign parts where
there are no religious privileges at all. I think it is
good for us to hear something of the privet which
our brethren in foreign lands are obliged to endure in
order that they may have the pris Regis of the
Church. The Canadians when they et . • over to no,
wonder at the indifference we sli••w, seeing we have
such beautiful old parish churches to worship in.
The monient we begin to realise ••ur blessings, the first
thing we shall do is to seek to spread them aniong
others. (Applause.)—Mr W. Itruitt was then called
upon to read the account of the missi••nary offerings,
Which he did, according to the Parish Mar:int for
February. ISSS, and added—Every one who is in this
ro• ..... and every one out if it can do a gnat deal
mire for the Church 14 England than they d•• now.
It is a very disheartening thing that the men who are
working bard in foreign lands for the Church should
hear that some of us so-called churchmen are giving
;went to the despoiling of the Church 14 England.—
The Rev Femenden then gave an interesting
address, giving particulan; of his work in Canada.—
The Rev. F,J. Huyshe also intimated that tle•re
w•nald shortly be a sort 14 needle Anil fancy work class
held at the Vicarags•to make things for a bazaar which
is to be held in the autumn, the proceeds of which will
be devoted t•• missionary work.—The meeting was
then brought to a close tbs. !Mlle as it opened, by
praise and prayer.—The S. E. NiClll4/1 presidoil
at the harmonium. There was a fair attendance. The
amount collected fir the mission work in the Minster
was glif 17s. lid.