The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-31 00:00:00

TEMPERANCE FETE IN STONE PARK,
WIRBORNE.
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The committee of tlie- Tfrimbo—rn—e Tempengswe Society,
having an esrnest desire to conumied Blair principles to
others, and sith a view of affo,diug a day's enjoyment
to the young people belonging to the Bsurls of Hope in
the neighbourhood, held • grand fete in Stone Pork,
(which by the kindness of I. B. Garlesid, Esq.. was pieced
at their disposal) on Wednesday last. Tee proowelings
.x,mm,,sced by the formation sit hslf-past 10 o'clock
of • procession near the Wimborne station, in the
following ord. r
The Blandloni Temperance Brass Band.
Humber. of the Wimbome Temperance Society.
Banner of .Ditto.
Band I Hope Children (Wimborne).
Banner of Waterloo Society.
Members of Ditto.
Waterloo Band id Hope.
Banner of Broadstone Temperance Society.
Member. of Broadstime Society.
Band of Hope Ditto.

The procession s.as much. smaller than at many of
the fetes which have been held in the neighbourhood.
This no doubt 'roes from the fact that Um excursion
traina did not run till too late in the day for visitors to
attend the service at the Minster, which oommenoed
shortly after eleven o'clock, and also frorn the greater
attraction of Sherboroe Flower Show.
The service at the Minster, which was • choral one,
was well .tended :
Venice . Haves.
lamb).
Seethe Anthem before sertoon... ..... . Handers Hallelujah (-horns
The prayers and litany were chant. d by the R.ev. C.
................ King in F.
K. Paul. rester of Sturininstee maTaban.
The Rev. Lester Lester read the let lesson and the
WT. C. On•lots the 2nd lesson.
Mr. Smith. the organist, played as • volontary at the
*occlusion of the service. Ifeudelaschn's march in
Athalie. •
The sermon was oresebed by the Rev. Lester Lester
who selected as his telt, Jeremiah :axe., 19th verse,
"Jonadab, the son of /kebab, shall not want • man to
stand before me for ever." The rev, gentleman at the
t:hriatain dmresi en o
froma and
outset of his remarks, stated that he wee not an
sbetainer, and expressed his wish that some other
press:the:
u b.d
thebee duty g
many others who thuught with him did not believe
no warranty for it in the Bible, for under the old
Testament dispensation the sacrifices offered were drat
to have wine poured over them, and our ftaviour In
inatituting the Sacrament used wine as the emblem of
that apical which calved between him and hi, church.
dn selected
o c4f
ato adTim raw, gentleman then proceeded to show that
that
wise ot r
fermented drinks as • euer.l rate. They found
though Ilse •betainere t3ok the cue of the Reobabites
as strong argument in favour of total abstinenoe, yet
that in fact it had nothing to do with the matter, in-
asmuch its the ktechebites were commended, not for
abauduing, bat for obeying their father's command. They,
the abstainers, did not believe that wine and other
fermented drinks were "good creatures of God," bat be
and those who thought with him believed that they
were, and that there was no warrant in Scripture for
general abstinence. He, however, admitted that there
wet... 4, yea, thousands of cases, in which it was •
duty to abstain, and he wished them God speed, who
for example's aske,alsatained for the good of others. .
At the conclusion of the Novice the procession
reformed and proceeded through the principal streets
of the town, and from thence to the Park, paying a
visit to the residehoe of I. B. Garland, Esq.. Wikere the
band played a selection of music. Soon after prepara-
tions were made for holding • public meeting at which
Mr. G. Curtis at drat presided. 'Die proceedings cam.
menses! with the Rands of Hope Children very aloe'
skating • temperance melody entitled " Welcome. "
Yr. Curtis, in a short speech, expressed his ciontinued
and unabated attachment to total abstinence
principles,
and reverting to the arguments used against their can
said that that one in which into drink xis:citingwas

called • geed efeature of God wee one whlab cola
bath been answered 11 any hand of Hope boy yes,.
ego. Acoording to the argument,. of souse, the praver
Teed us not into temptation" should be altered to
"Lead us into temptation," Do that we may show our
rluistianity by resiring it. lie could not understand-,
such people. It was as though a man put his hand.
into the *re to see if it would be burnt.
The Kee. S. Sethi., of rhroop, then addressed the
meeting. lie toought they had cause for thankful-
nese ill 1111•114 1.11 C• • beautiful day. and such •
pleasant place to meet In. and sloe that their Daum was
piogiessing co well. With regard to the objections
which were made to their coos., they had been
sop?, deal yearn ego. Most of the • summits they could
afford to mile At. Thee • s t.n.lut ale ts, Lad the
gen, nil chnomiteri-tie of Englishmen who would not own
to be beaten. At the bat,le of Waterloo some of the
Bilkisla soldiers wee formed in square. on the heights,
the French come again and thain to try to brewk those
squares, bui they remainod immoveable; at last towards
the clog, of the day, the °reser MAI given to charge, sal
down they rushed thee the valley sad up the opposite,
heighti tail their eiseithee were defeated lied they were
masters of the tad. Such wee the case with the Or
&Woe,. They had mighty foes to overcome, their
-
squat.. I were of trn attackei, but they would at lost•
ev-titually become victors, and carry all before them—
(olman )
The Andrea then sang—" The Conquerieg Hand,'"
and "We'll sever he drunkards."
Mr. VAUGHAN. Temperanee Missionary. in so elective
speceli addressed the assembly, after which "Ti', baits
Deo'," "List, 0 List," and "There'. a Good time •
Coming," and "God bless our youthtul band" to the ,
tone of God safe the Queen, were sung.
The Blandford temperance baud (who are rapidly
rising into public f 00000 ), thsn played a selection of
atone, after which the Hey. C. K. Paul, who bad been
annouthed to preside over the poblics meeting. said that
It was very pleasing to hint as a clergyman and •
Chriat ion to tor that day so large a thaeregation in the
beautiful Minster. It was a suitable and direct answer
to what had been brooght against theist as teetotaler.,
, namely, that many abstainers thought that when • man
• cost the pl .oge he tied 41000 all that was required of
hire. It proven that abst.iweris did not put total ah-
thinence in the places of religioe. They wanted to
show that their teetotal yolk wag seder the sanction of
religion, hi the honour of God, and the good of man.
• As is isiihishi of the Englieb I 'hurcli he was glad to see
so trisny present 081 especially AO hither the MASON
why lie belonged to thesis church was Wow° of ite
broadness. lie felt that there was • Widener and ft
cousin e ben sivonees in it which was not found marl Vber
church. He Lad one word to Day to the aitietr:ll
Is longing to the band of hope, and that was that wise&
they were sesembled in • place of worship they should.
endeavor.? as much as possible to conform to the MOH,
of worship, and take tort is the service, standing dins
-
log the anteing, foc. lie conaideeed they were nadir
grom obligations to Mr. Le,ter for preaching that-
day, eapecnoly as by doing rio lie was Doting some-
what at AVATiVICAI with his own wishes,. He could
not to say the: lie at •Il agreed with him to his remarkw,
and if he (Mr. Paul) was to say .bat he thought he'
should say that', he consklered Mr. Lester was eon—
st rained by two deferent feelings, GOO ft.
desire to do th -.En good and speck well of them,
and the other to give his own views of the temperance -
question. But at any rate he (Mr. Peal) conaidered
be
had spoken oat plainly and conscientiously the senti-•
• remota be held. Mr. Paul then reviewed some of the
obleetions raised to total abstinence.. He expressed
his opinion that the making of intoxicating drinks was
the destructive of G.'sd's good creatures. Poe neither
wine nor beer *mild be made without • Vie*. of
00,,inption, and tit..e at' rages who ate putrid les h Lad
se much cruse to mall door food the good creatures of
ow us we ban to ese in 'oxicsting drink's so. They
were rather the creatures ne the devil. Mr. Paul thee.
advised temperance refortemsy. except they understood
the oliginat to be v. ry careful not to take isolated
tests of scripts,e as the bfts is for their arguments,
I remarking that they required • skilful man properly to
wield them ; but to take the Bible end Christian
truths as a whole, and they worsts.: 6nd sufficient and
pow-H.Ol arguments to be drawn frosii them.
Mr. Eddy, of the West of England Temperance
League,then spoke, and in allusion to the remarks made
by Mr. Lester respecting the Re ek•abites, said he was
, ihduced to trace the reasons given by Jonadab for
, requltioe his sons to obtain,- and t beer were "that they
might livelong in the land which then Lord God gave
them to posses. He then showed by the practice of
insuranth societies that teetothlisas was proved to be
conducive to longevity, such societies takivg abstainers
at 5 per cent, less than moderate di-takers. He alth
referred to the fact that in one of the intogntain fast-
news in Arabia, there were at the repent time 00,000
of the legitimate descendserte of the &ambit's ; and
showed the advantages of the temperance plan by the
resulte in Canterbury, New Zealand, where there were
from WO to 700 parishes without homey for the sa.'eli
of drink.
After this address, • large party sat down to tea,.
and the evening wart happily spent by the young
people, in various games ouch as cricket, croquet, raoms.
swings, dm.
Several gentlemen addressed the company after tea ;
indeed this port of the proceedings was drawn out to
an unusual length, much to the chagrin of some of the
young people who would have prefetred a dance in.-teed.
A "'sty cor hal vote of thanks waft on the proposition
of the Rev. C. K. Paul. accorded to Mr. Garland for his
kindio as in allowimg the use of his park.
There were during the evening about 1,000 persons
who A, ailml themselves of the treat, and the tradesman
of Wimborne closed their establithusents at 5 p.m.