The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-16 00:00:00

ST. JOHIrS GATHERINGS.

Canon Stephenson.
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St. John's Schoot'
rooms, and afterwards lOn. Stedman. and Messrs.
Oakley. White. end Warren sang, and Mr. W. Stone, the
talented organist, performed instrumental music on the
piano and violin.
The church workers wore ent,rtained on Thursday
evening, singing and instrumental nouric following •
capital tea, and am mg the singers were Kist Danny and
others of the choir, Kr. Stone accompanying on the pl.O
and playing on the vi tin. The Kora Canon Stechint.on,
W. F. FL Back's, of Uowey, and J T. Vaudrey, of °unbut-
ton, and Mr. Gs wee Eliot gave • idreews on elver.% work,
and the evening was much entored till about 10 o'clock. .
The parenti tee, on Friday night, was an affair of con. .
eiderable importance, and, the lower schoolroom having .
been entirely tided, • rreopectable unpins had to be accom-
modated opet une. Both above and below the rooms were !
foil, decorated. and that with considerable labour and
trite. Large outdoors of Sag. huug from UN Ceiling*
others were arranged in t.oollios on the
and flowers and evergrrees hal been patientlywat
laboriously made into delicate wreaths, garlands, and
festoons. In fact, one wes aatonished at the labour
and skull lavished in this way, and enquiring, we beard
Cu. principal praise given to Min Ra.enhill, Miss
I Thompson, Miss Symonis, Misses Wallis, Hopkins,
Benson, and Frank.; Mr. o.weith, 4c, Blow, the Rev.
Canon Stephenson looked after the enjoyment of the main
body, and the Rev. 801 l Salter was with the overflow
opetain, where also w• spied the Rev. J. T. Vuldrey, of
Ounington, b•aming at meeting old friends. A white
duartered with the Si. George'. crow, bore the words
"Said John's Church School." After the tea, the main
body came up the William-street hill ta the upper school-
rooms, and these were crswded ho excess, The platform
Wel placed at the junction of the cross which Cu. two
school, form, and here • very enjoyable entertaintnont
wss edam—Mr. Moore oommeecal with the song—" The
Little Welsh Meilen "—Jenny sip Thomas go Bbonhin aP
J.,nes, Mr. Stone accompanying on the piano. Ti.. singer
was not!awible for hi very clear Pronounciation of the
voids, which, in addition to • c mita' vole"% was the occa-
sloe of very tench phtemore.—Mr.l'nomas Warren followed
" to White Sqeall," sung with • good voice —Mrs.
S'.ielroso give due 'x pr ...ion to the Irish maiden's
lijoildi!y o "Angle Bawn," and was heArtily applauded.
an Colonel O'Donnell followed anti " Dream Faces..
sod with such esquis!te p othoo that she was
rapturously encored. Mr. R. Oakley wee sud-
denly called on ; but ear roily with • fine song.
Gounrol's " N u troth." for whirh he received warm
epplaus i. Mrs. Peach gave " T ny V 'ice be Always Near to
Ida," and sang it very sweetly. Rev. Boil Salter read
" The Bachelor's Dilemma," in a very comical style, and
the fan was heightened by • real bear illustrating what
babies can do in the way of ~ Tbe two Miner
Stedman followod with "Hark tes Goatbella I and were
SOO:Wel. The Vicar thon 1411011e001 • Pew (dent einem
they hoped hi hear of ton in this room, Yr. Stieklared,
who wee coming down to he asabitent madow. Kr.
Sticklanda song was " The ithishipmite," and rendered
with such tooctung feeling that he was eooored. Mr.
Stone, accompanied by Mils Stophenson at the
played "La M 'setae" (Oionloachl on pus
temperance
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Mr.story of the "Cheap Junk," and caused great fan. A
Mate, "The Little Div of Blue." and was heartily
applaudel. The 1t.,. Mr. Stroheneon then announced
the lad song by Mrs. Col 0 LO moon, " Horne, Sweet
Home," and that lady rendered it with true feel-
ing and such artistic Reid' that the landau.° was
moat rapturou• Tito Vicar said it was coming near
the time when we raust say to each other " Good night."
They oso, away, very cuticular le reooo2¢lllid early
deafer, and to set an example of that; but he h
were prepared to stay a little longer thirst usual, lts:or:
His Worship the Mayor had oome over to see on. He
sp.oke to him to-da7. and hi, worship had • uttering at
aemnerOrde °—"TrhetobtaheyoPreslar saluit—aWt loten Our
tolapplaus• He ad sah him to @Peak, and knew he
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laud friend Canon Stephenson
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We gathering, he that irreeistible way that I could
fnrhehaasuchanic, way of teaching 'mail lemons : he teaches us with such • nine pleasant face that I know you appreciate his teaching.. Te•chtAin.ihliggenzlthio.ll:o6..„thanibe Pig•ll•uh....mkadtthor., unpleasant, and that calla to me mind a little story I read
the other day. The Ilishop of Ripon once was examining • number of rugged anbool boys, and asked them various
tre2b.lstiansausut rewrhetoinn,7l4CelioruPdaelture6c.'en&qhuimistiyhoa. was returning home grie.
fog WlOOll6 his chariot, Philip WIS *Wit tfl teach aim a
lemon, sad after Philip had done so, be went home with
gm.: joy. • Novraaked the Mellon." what was it made biro
go away so hafrOY 1" One little ragged boy held out his
band, and the Bishop called him to give Ow .ca,rer, oati
! he answered—" "P.m hewn, Philip had done teaching , of him I" (Laughter.) But that was never the answer they I
gave to ail the teachings they received front their goad
Caooll Stephenson—" Because he ha. d 0..., Na, canoe
Stephenson teallbee the necessity of education and trial to
soh, theca in :he question—one of the most Important
000aaiaao or the day. For, whether we Ma it or not,
every one in this country and other mantras, will bars
to devote their attention to ideation, and thaw who do
not will become as useless toiscabtre of society as the old
atagn Mich would be to dries p Nasal, from boo. to
London. Therefore he thanked Conon Ri,phsenson for the
work be is doi o g in this district 1 heleat time he was
ere
ke baud a cud reading, and be would read a little poetry
which he came acmes the other 'reels& Bit Worship
thin read—" Little Pate:el the Panora," • tale*: • destitute
lad, Who looked in et the church, based di. pino. "NA.
lag in favour of charity, and &Ant far hie Manor sad a
Canto and got them, too—be had faith la sompea's meal&

Ind.—The Rev. Canoe Stephens's was much oliiged to th•
illtyor, and also to the friend* who bad be•n sitalfine to-
night. He won glad to see old friends and new fame he
was an old begger-i(lsughterl—but wee almost wham's('
to ask the old friend-leo oft-u. This was the s cowl twe
-
that we .k their good Irlatd Mrs. Stedman had been liar
lug here. (Applawe) lii. 0 ,kley had pat into his head
a notme that the toed which they were (*nett eit for
the completion of the church, is prospering is the mist
remarkable Ivey, ant friends seem determined to
ace 'rupiah it very rapidly. The reason he wished him to
mnaUon it was that the twor Pewle had la such • gem"'
able way caniefor ward with their gif ta. When he mentioned
the help th tt big poor people might giv., he meant peso';
but all of them had helped to the best of their sewer. It
: wes • proof over and over again that our beet friends in
Weymouth are our poor Ones, and, if be were driven into
oorner and had a hard hello to fight, he should look
round for his poor friends, awl be knew he should we
them 6.1 p in the hoar of need. N wr, he wetland to
annoilooe that on Tthlidai nett his Bible cleat was 00°1-
' in acing again, an I the moo's club would be bold on
that •vening in the M:wioo:room. Next he wag most
and •ue o my a work about the who+ owl% ant thee
chddren who are or very prectioue. He wasted them to
' feel h precious they arc, to feel it rich ly. Twit
are Cod's gifts, and he believed that In them He
meant to bestow such a rich hiewirell On thimiselem
and Wow who might be behefitted by them. But
he felt thew children are not dealt with with sufficient re.
: enact; it is often wid "Oaly a child." Did they re-
-1 member the story of that 01l te &eh a, who, when he met
his class wooing to k off his hat and made a
very low bow, lie was a philosopher, wed an old man;
why did lee bow low? Btaltllle be felt that he was in the
pres•nce of Wow who were by and by o he therreat men;
itore wog • lawyer, a clef/Trout, tholtle Witinguistied com-
mander, morns greet man; he knew be hod them before
him, ho no old not tell what Weir futon, might be : but he
knew there was a grand future before them. And these
are Cod's children, go ime gent them here for great t lusts
and he wanted to think more of the immense importeace
of dealing rightly with thew little ours. Aye some wed
been made to feel that: he did not know that he was
speaking of any one pendular ; he hod ao one in his mind;
hot he knew how sometimes that terrible thing c Meg
the child rote wrong. He read such • touching story the
other day of this; • father spoke of his child with a
broken heart, • we who bat brought shame te his tensity
and he riry memory of whom wee gull And bat limas, in
that baPo7 home one had gone wrong.
*ad brought • c o id
ow+ them and evideowl the home. Bet he know what
I'4 • mar good culid coil, do. He was visiting • poor
woMen, and whet Aladd twit her heart ww • letter fro u
her soldier hey, written al •so -her co Jesus Corte% He
we. dahlias out et toe war, sod his letter brought joy to
her. Yeelt less childrea, with (14. help, let it, see Wet
th ie. are ioyi to ii.; God moreorn t Asia ti be j tys, not to b
torments He has s-ut them tu lei joys The quo-it:oh is
—.c het are wed dug Ho bad 'twined to that Wory of
the quarrelling wito in the cat, and he hoped there were
he gout...4lone wives in their bottles. Somuma said 'ft
is better lob. in the corner of tag haus 'top than with a
behwind woman in • wide bow+ But aometmem the
man hoe • bed temper, there lie • wirew too.. there. Tire
ladies have • wonderful power of talkies—he knew what
they two ild *ay, they did not mean it all,of o.lll•—but it
Is uncomm inly unpleasant, and he quite agreed with po me
Camp Jack that he would like to tee the dog, and lease
hie +wawa They had been singing about "Hum., Sweet
„_11°,5•".",•nd he hoped they +wad hair* sweat hawse ia
thislP wide. But if parents allow their shiidren te hear
them easing angry words, he could not uodeombead what
sort ot children they expect Ile beard the other day a
hub' WY' sneaking to bts mother, mad what he say?
"I will trill my fatter of you. Ile dared say Weat
sometimes that little hoy heard We father speak ookin Ily
to his mother, and he +sought ho had in hi•
unkindness a friend in that tether: the father and
the mothers must pull together, wed ...bog or 101 inter
say" leillstrier." or " mother ; " they maw kooer tem
they nulled heartily together. They mastoid! together in
the work of training them at horny, and of sending the
ci.hwil.dat,ht ;curio:
sometimes
.Heteimmwkiettpthem is bear in mind the
immense importance al trying to carry out the law of the
lend with foment I, their 0•11dr•12. It W 4111 • dr+ r•te
rowel and pinches', yet it weis
made for their bona+ on I g totl, and before matey years
are over they wool 1 dad it out. T 4••• laws prose heavtili
and they said 0f should like • little nal •" but
they woull hot like their Wail:iron to be lett behind be
the children of other nations. Oiher nations are etdoceti
in;, and if the &Wish people are not, they will be lett
ho tad as dooms. Let NU++ mother work together,
and do au take the child away for oiler cAuwe. TOO, y
had heard of the bechelar nursing the bisbri 'mid be was
exceedingly food of ',shies, and liked to Lear tams—
(laughter)---but he did not late the baby to keep the child
from school. They might my he knew nothing
about it; but he knew a greet deal about it;
he had been going about among them 31 ywre of his
life, and these doer bahre it was herd to hemp wed manage,
there wee such • leap of them. (Latlabtsr.) Bit they
will be. greet strength 13th. parents by and oy; don I we
them be afraid of them, only do their duty and Weir he+
to le: the children, who ought to be at echo ml. go there,
not keep them at home punier the Wm+, or became thy
have not tee best of tin do He told a eairy of A clergyman
who tied rather a damp shady pert of his churchyard.
Nobody would cam :at to be borne I there, and no on •
trieed• wool I coment t hive the deported buried there,
and it troubled him much. An old lady was drawing
hear her end, and in the course of his visit, he spoke o
this corner, and explained it was just as well as say other
pert to be buried in; would she not give directions the:
when she died, she should be internl in that
corner Said the old led) "Buppu.e Yng
Me as the lead." (Laughter.) Parente mutt give
their children a lead, must get them au example,
loft the Sabbath Day b• well observed to secure • bier
sing for the home, few things are better than • will 'past
Sunder, and not oaly to church, tout all the way there
remember—'' I must give my coildren • teal, I must
show them what the right Wag is." Iris wooderful how
goad some parent. are at good advice ' • but if • person
bromht us good food with dirty angers we should not
: mush It, so when any came with good advice and • bed
life, he did not value it rite little child at hone knew
its parents tau Whom:Li times better than he did; when
they were in earnest, and spoke the truth:3We child saw it
quick enough; hut 04 grant non. of tie children sew
any want of truth among them. Might Cied blew them
in their work; He had helped us woado:fully awl pros-
pered us from year to year, and the parents no doubt
meant to help the teaches', they would net desert the
teachers of their children, but wand by them. It we,
hard work wmetim ta, their hearts were reedy to break
when they did not 'mow what to do with this boy or that
girl And oh! let the mothers take care of the Ituli girls
in this horrible place. Hie heart wend for the girls, he
sew the temptation. rowed about, mad wich eight. When
he saw use state girls out last Monday night. • wondered
what the parent, were about for tar girls to be out WI thy
were low h( in fay nigh% Vhl -re were the utotows I 1:1
let thain take care, and watch these children. Ile wee
ever having to pick ua semi p or ftolea glib; hot it we.
I.lw, the mittchief was done; the y could only mend nor
e little, and they del maul her up seine little : hut oh 1
let them +he core of the girls, and keep theta from the
tremendous evils. He was speaking of what he knew;
his heart warn go full that be could warmly trot:himself
to mesh of it, became he saw thew little ones dragged
down. Ohl fathers and mothers, let them do their best
to shield those tittle ones from the templet' in which ts
getting stronger and stronger every year. We must be
on the alert, or we shall be worse than any of the notions
of Europe. Doe t let them think Wm over-anxious or
troublesome, he simply deemed to help the children, and
he knew they would join, and God would blies them and
make the schools nurseries tor His own blessed kingdom,
and these dear children will be taught here the love of the
I.oed Jest+ Christ.—With the doxology and the bene-
diction the meeting waa appropriately closed.