The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-05-01 00:00:00

UNITED TEMPERANCE MISSION.

A three days' mission has been contacted In this town.
In our lest Wu, we referred to the Monday tend Tuesday
meetings. The concluding meeting wee held in the Cur.
Ischange on Wedeeedty evening, April l3ih, preeidet
teiter by the Item. S. J. Ltl.. of Lynainston. Rent,
Although thee* wettings bare not been charecterieed by
very greet demonstrative appreciation. they have on the
whole been well attended by tray attentive audiences,
such as will certainly retitle and reproduce much of whet
bits teen brought before them, end be the miens of
lumen e remade in the future. When we say immense.
we feel senguihe enough to believe each will cortetnly be
the case mid ahluld Kr. W. Bi them be spared • few
years. without doubt he mud evitently natio, the fruits
of his leboars whilst with the Witabame temperance
friends, wire greatly value The remarks by
the 1t,,. B. Brans end J Norton will s'so have its
rewerd. Tu. facts which Mr. Norton brought forward
e lull be thoroughly endorsed by some of his hewed, as
they well knew the partite referred to. Whet makes
such cases appear so distressing is the feet that they are
not solitary ones. Many such theft-rending ic in-sere of ten
experienced in the poor depreved rtutatioos of our
p ipulous town. Kay we hope diet the word is pest, end
many brighter day. in store for the teasp•rence work.
The work is mighty, but when we realise the fact that
there Is • power, which is Almighty, to cope with the
curse of our land, we take freeh courage end bravely
work sod wait. _ _

The meeting commenced at 8-15: the town bind having
had an invitation to attend, played, u an opening piece,
the quick march, "British Val stir."
Hymn 42 es' then sung, after which the Rev. T. Bowl
engsgol in Prsler'
The thiamine having read • letter of apology from the
Rev. I. 11 Tue, on aerostat of his abuse*, maid on the
Rev. R. Tavilinza (Weel.ylok of Bournemouth, to
eddress the meeting, who, on introit's:in, himself, said no
doubt many of you are mme with the expectation of heetr•
ins one of your old sod tried timp•rane• friend., Mr.
0 mariner Ourtis, of Poole. Now, instead of en old
amu ein ten c 4, I am al • mother • stranger t • yoe, yet, el such,
lam happy t tell you I hue been • total abstainer for 20
years. (Applause.) Alter. few other remarks he dwelt
In • most interesting. y-t forcible and convincing, meaner
on !kis sahlsot—" Tun Is hope for the drunkard."
After hymn 132 had been suns, the Rev. T. Maui meet
slay addrrseed the meet ns, cod in so dolog
brought forward as am illustration the rel of
Mole, when turned into a serpent and its undo
scouting • rod, or restored ; .fter .howieg hoe
. Mum acted when ree•iveiiog he rid, vie, by t skins it
•by the WI, se that wan the pit that •0 tslur • him,
so If we proper:y used and appli d the fruit of the •
the fruits of toe earth, &A vein, we alsoold then b•
provided with It, some people would call in the good
things of Providence, sal they could be e moldered as
such; but so long as men wool I desti•oy these thing. that
were good for the sole gruiflcation of their deprseed
vier tile., evil would be the niitund result. After further
rxolenation of the subject, by there.. gentleman, the bud
rendered another piece—" 01, that Voice to Inc so Deer."
which rrosived prolonged applaud,. At this went of the
meeting the co lection wee rude, end hymn 297 was attligi
after which

—fite-6i-rmigag gave an address, in which be stated he
wee very y one in the temperance work, only having
been oonnectied with it for uss past two yams. About two
years since be bad to preach • swarm in Chrowall on
behalf of the 'lmpotence came, and was ro convinced be
his own arguments that he was his first convert. and felt
from that very cause to becom• an abstainer. The time
of the evening not allowing for • long address from hue,
he made • few general remarks, tautest rel with touching
anisodotes of how some poor children are Instal by Moir
drunken mothers, end other elmilar facts. He theo called
oa Mr. F. Howell to give • 110/.0. " Wd.r. going to dim
the Way," la which ths audience were invited ti join in
the chorus portion, which wee sustained by fly • choir.
1t,.. T. Busx having peon mooed the Benediction,
the baud played thy Nations' Anthem.
Twelve new pledges were taken, and many bits of b!ue
were donned during the three days' mission.