The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-31 00:00:00

PRIMITIVE METHODIST GATHERING.

Last Wednesday the friends connected with the Bt.
Leonard'a-road Chapel had a tea and entertainment In
the new chapel, which was prettily decorated. On
diamond-shaped tablets, rime feet square, and of
different colours, werta—" Hitherto the Lord bath
helped um," and on the three on the other sick—
" Holiness becometh Thy house, 0 Lord." fertactowl
curtains hanging between each tablet In frost of the
gallery and the pulpit wee "Suffer the little children
to coma unto me, ' while evergreen% Up, and other
mottoes helped to make a very gay appearance, the
new gallery especially being feet-toned with evergreens.
Among thi mottoes was " B. like the" (Ivy), "Cling
to the Cross."

Mr. J. A. 81111111:11 presided at the evening meeting,
and was received in the Primitive style—with a hearty
clap. Mr. Sharron Raid it used to be stated that
" Procrastination is the thief of time," but be rather
thought punctuality wee to night. They could not be
congratulated on ir punctuality, for the meeting
called for seven o'clock commenced at half.pest Oise
of their mottoes we. " Cling to the Cross." Someone
had told him be was surprised to see a cross
in the Wesleyan Chapel, and be found there was
one, with the text on it—" I am the Way, the Truth,
and the Life ;" but the cross was not used there as an
emblem of anything to be worshipped, nor did they
so mean it at the Primitive Methodist Chapel. Some
bad objected to the last verse of the hymn "Abide
with me," because it contained the line—" Hold thou
thy cross before my closing eyes ;" but be sketched the
circumstances of the writer, Rev. U. Lyte, who,
having preached his last sermon, went into his study
and finished that vase, almost the last thing he did on
earth. He did not believe in the arms al a mere
symbol, but their motto only applied to the Crucified
One. The object of their meeting to-night was the
advancement of their Sunday Schools, and he urged
teachers not to be content to strive for the general
salvation of the school; but each foe the individual
salvation of the scholar,. Let it be their noblest aim
to strive for the conversion of those committed to their
care, and by mad bye may we be able to stand before,
Him with the crown placed on our head by Him wbo
shell .ay—" Well done, good and faithful servant."
The following was the programme :—Chnoas, "Slog
unto the Lord." choir; Psnyss, Res. .1. Ktdp• chorus.
" In Happy Bong." choir; reading "The Lhatchman's
Focally," Mr. S. Byrnes ; chorus, "Praise the Lord,"
choir; reading, "One Niche the Highest," Mr. R.
Plunkett; chorus, "Go Bury thy Burrows," choir;
"On Spending," Mr. Goddess ; chorus, "Turn
ba•
ck Pharaoh's Army," choir ; readies, collection,
Mr. Smith; chorus,' Bye and Rye,' choir.; reading.
lecidents of Peter Cartwright's Life, Rev. J.
Knipe; chorus, "The childrenTs Heavenly Horne."
choir; address, Rev. W. L. Taylor; atom. "Th.
Pilgrims of the Night," chair ; collection; chorus,
"aood Night," choir.
The singing, &c, was good, and we especially
noticed the inspiring thorns "Tam beck Pharaoh's
Army," first Introduced by the Jubilee Singen. The
WWII who gave the solo parts were ezosidlogly clear
and bright, awl the parotid &arse was dm with