The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-10-03 00:00:00

MUOLLEFORD.
BAPTIST MOMS EVANGELISATION SOCIETY.

UOLVILOT 7111:41114GI IMO.

This festival, the fleet of it. lend, wu held at this
villue on Friday evening last, at the farmhouse belonging
to Mrs. Sheriden, of Frampton Court. The room. which
Is devoted to the religious servic is of the toeopM of the
village and neighbourhood, wee decorated with ego eding
taste with corn, If rud, veset ibles, s, kc , and
presented • most churning appearance, which certainly
reflected greet credit on the willing lady frieuds, who
kindly undertook thia part of the proceeding& The walls.
In addition to the shove d..ril d .corati in& were set off
with texts and mottoes, slob :—" God 10 loved the
world that He gave His only b-igo'ten Soo, that whom-
',,r belleveth in Him shculd no perish, hut havo ever-
luting life ;" "Behold what manner of love the Father
bath'beet owed upon us, that we ahould leo celled the sons
of God ;" "Behold I lay in Zion • chief owner it ins,
elect, precious: and lois that believeth in Ilim stoat' not
be confounded."
At hall.past six • pubiic m-sting was convened, when,
the weather being fine, th room wis pseud to overdo.-
Ina, in fact mini were ob'ige I to c ntent themselvie with
a seat in the passage. The Rev. John Davis, of Piddle-
trentbide, preached • mut appropriate sermon from
Roth IL, 14.
The rev, gentleman said the obi ct of this meeting was
to return thanks to Almighty God for His mercy towards
them In giv.au thi m such a plenteous herveet, and the
deliverance bona that dreadful affair In Egypt. He
thought if ever there wee • time for praising the L ird for
His goodusee and mercy towards them as a n ,tion it was
to-day, for people were afraid that God would to, t be
mindful of them ; hut He has declared His children
shall not want for any good thing. Their God
I, the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. He
wanted to call their speciel attention to this portion of
truth, that it might be • warning to the unsaved, and •
buildineup of His servanta. Thou who worked for Got
would And in Him a gool muter : oh, that all would
accept Him aa theirs—they could do so; lisle calling them
just now. Then ars only too masters—one of preeminence
for goo I, the other of wickedneas and dual destruction.
If they were not 111, thiin they would not bye and bye
hare clot at all in the melte.. God aim for the or the
birds, and all that is around us, a-id If they biked back
they would be obliged to say surely goodness and mercy
had followed them all their journey througe. Waa It not
true that Godliness was t o all men I See His
scrvar.tu.does He forget them I No, they have plenteousness
of comfort, and all that is requir...l to make men happy,
%glib the Lope of eternal life. 'Tia religion that can give
sweetest pleasures while we live—lie religion that supplies
solid comfort when we die. That meeting was • meal-
time, and may it be a meal long to be remittals. !red. If
they were true *erupts of God they should do as did the
dieciples of old. when they took the flee loaves and the
two small Babe& when they broke the bread, and gave the
multitu le, who were sit down in rows of fifties and hun-
dreds. Ile could not feed them ;he could but off, r them
the breed, and leave the reit I, the great God end
Muter, who had fed them on nom -roue 03C/111i01111 gone
by. It wee the work of the H ily Spirit to forgive sine,
and oh, mu, there be hungry and thirsty ones there after
this great ',elution. Jesus Christ came into the world to
save sinners, but Re did not come to cell the righteous,
but sinners to repentance. liavin_g done this. the Saviour
does more—He spreads ahro Ilia by. in their hearts.
The Psalmist says —" Whom have I in heaven but
Thee, an there is norm n earth I desire before
Thee." Now, while God calms y u the corn, accept
it before it Is fin' ever too tete. Ile felt that if he
had 1,000 heout• be Imola eve trio all to the Lord,
and if be 10.0011 to no. nue 0.01 silent be In
cone ud•rog a well.handlei sui.jeci. Mr. Davis earnestly
' Weld d to all present to aocclit C r .t al their S evioar,
then at last they would enjoc tbs. itiorions hut of cow
men lation bons their Great Copt n—" Well done, thou
gool and faithful servant : enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord."