The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-11 00:00:00

EIGHT PRIZE MEDALS.

1 WESLEYAN CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY.
ljo r 0 e t Couutti exprtlo., The anniversary ef the Dorchester Wesleyan Chapel
I Wag bell in the usual manner on Good Friday, and
DORCHESTER, APRIL llth, 1882. l was largely attended. The proceedinp commenced in
—_ -- - i the afternoon by divine envie, being heed In the
DOICIZEIT2III. i eltnevl. when the Bev. J. Judean of Wareham,
preached an excellent and appropriate sermon Irmo
Tussles or Lionise.— St the Borough Police- part of the 29th verse of the let chapter of St. John
o Dr. " Behold the Lamb , f God, whch Ukiah away Si;
coon, oo Monday before W. burden. Reg
Aldridge, and Nerd Jillard, Esq., the license of the ' tin of the World,"
New Inn was transferred from Thomas Randall te At five a public tat was held in the schoolroom
Charles Irish. wloeu upwards of 200 people sat down to tea. Thi;
Wen. MOSDAY.—We understand bills will shortly schoolroom had been Meliorated with primroses, violate,
appear moconneing • grand fits and gala to be even bluebells and moss, and presented a vary pretty
by the joventle calumnies of " Court Progress" appeeranev. The f flowing ladies presided :—Mrs.
of A.O.P. Several special attractions will be Reale, Mrs. Wright, am., Mrs. Wright, jun.,Mrs.
announced, and artists. from London will won. Harris, Miss Crocker, am, Mrs. Manning, Mime
BeehtlE that our town is generally Pretty empty "n Crocker, Keats, Buck, Jordan, Dibben, and Meech.
Bank Holidays, we trust this effort to peon le amuse- At seven o'clock • public meeting was bold in the
meet by ed good • society will be appreciated. Hiegel, when Mr. Little, of Kingston, presidel,
EMT= SUNDAT AT TIN CHURCHILL —Eryuialta taste supported ho the Bee. J. judeon (Wareham), 1t.,. W.
has been displayed in the church decorations this year. Allen, Mr. Illge (Cbseilborne), Mr. G. Crocker, see.,
At Holy Trinity. Christ Church, and Fordington rare and Mr. G. Wright. jun. Previous to the commence-
and splendid flower, were displayed to great saran- taint of the meeting, Miss Keats played the "Dead
lege. At Holy Trinity the services were full ch.. Sal,•, March in Saul" upon the organ.
and in the morning the quartettes "Since by 11.14, The Rev. W. ALLIS, in on ling upon Mr. Little to
"For as in Adam, ' and accompenying choruses. twin preide, remarked that, ju iging from the 'somber of
the chorus "But Thanks, " from the Messiah, were people who &needed the afternoon service, wad frem
sung, mid In the evening " Worthy is the Lamb" and the respect ,bility of the audience that evening, their
the " Hallelujah Chorus. ' anniversary would be a soccer, and the very best they
EITIZTAINXIIIIT. —On Thursday evening last an hod ever bed,
entertainment, consisting of wog?' solos, duet'. recite' U. Ltrrhs said he was very glad to be with them on
none, and the service of song—' Joseph," was given such an occasion as the anaitereary of their chapel,
In the Town Hall. by • strong choir, c =weed of and he trusted this would he the very best motive. eery
members of the different temperance erhiethm of the they had ever had. In concluding • very interesting
town. The chair was ably filled by the Rev. J. Knipe, addreee, he end he thought it was unnecessary to
of Weymouth, who also rendered the connective reel.. touch upon fiumme at all; but as it seemed that no
Inge of the service of song in • very able manner. The trays had been given at the tea, and as no 51. were
first piece on the programme was &chorus by the choir forthcoming, he hoped that half-crowns would he
—" We shall do it By and Bye," which was well given. Its then called troop the treasurer, Mr. G. ,
received. The Bev. J. Knipe then °flee I prayer, and Crocker sen., t i read hie report. I
briefly referred to the good work to be dune to so grand, Mr. G. CROCKER said he was very pleated to see so
• came as total abstinence. A glee, "Safe and Strong, many of their "country cousins" peseta that evening.
was next given by Mires Edwards (2). Con, Rogers. Ile was very glad that thoy were progressing. If they
J. Pounoy, and Mmerv. Richards and C. Rendell. remembers', at their anuiveramy last year they had
This piety, we may say, was given with considerable an harmouium down there; now they had an organ
taste, and met with approval by the a ,dunce. Mies and two orgsni•to, who gave their service* for nothing,
Godden feelingly recited "The Dutchman's and an excellent choir, who •Iso gave their services
r1:21y," which was followed by a trio for alto, tree, free, lie then read the report, whi h showed
and base voices, entitled, "Softly, Softly blow se • balance due to the treasurer of £2 Lis. They
Breams." This, piece, rendered by Misses I.:awards (2) would count upon this anniversary to produce, for
and Mr. Richards, had • charming . Sect, and was them to go on comfoitably, £l2 or Olt Mr. Crocker
loudly applauded. The recitation, "1) ink ant a alao Maned to whet the chairman had said In regard
Scolding Wife," by Mr. liMl, was exceediugly inter-, to the Kis ing of trays at the tea, and, in conclusion, he
eating, and elicited greet applause. Teti wee followed Take of the great go 4 being doue by the Sabbath
by • solo and chorus, "Sweet Chimii.ir Bell.," the chool in contuse ion with the chapel.
• .lo being sung by Slime Jose* Pouncy, the choir join• Mr..... , 1011)/1 WAILLEIT sal I that if they looked • few
ing in the chorus. This was well resolved By epecie_,l year. beck, an 1 compared the past with the present,
request Mr. Rail gave "The Speech of Brutus they would see that " oad is with us, tee Lord is
(Soakespeare) in an exceedingly able manner. The doing great thi .gs for u." Their potation this day
first part of the progromoie was closed by a glee, .. The
was far better thau it had emir been; but there was•
Festive Scene," end niter • short interval, the service debt of 00, which they wanted to clear up. Their
of song was proore led with, Mr. Richards, the choir, connected with this chapel. Lad done nobly, for
easergetio secretary to the united temparauce societies, they bad given their services free. Ile thought they
conducting the musical portion thereof. All the pieces ought to consider to-night what they were to do in the
deserved greet applause ; but being • mend service of future ; their congregations were improving, and the
Isom it MN thought advisable not to interrupt, as it day will not be far distant wheu they would be
would, doubtless, mar its impressiveness. Altogether wanted to put up side galleries, which would require
we post say it deserved a greater attendance than that about ENO, but they inteuded first to pay off the debt
which it received. Mies IL Potuicy presided at the of R6O.
hermonlum. Mr. RICHILL of Cheeilborne, in the course of an
Sr. Peyge's VeNTIT.-411 vestry for St. Peter's interesting speech, remarked that if he lived until
parish was held on Mendey morning, when there were next 9 today it would he his pea .bing anniversary,
t :—Rev. ''. W. Knipe, Mr. W. Durden, Mr. he having first preached 53 years ago. de also sai.l he
relLokin, Hr. G. J. Cl. Or gory. Mr. George was very gl sd to see so many young men present at the
Prelacy. and Ms. T. Pearce—The notice cony* .ing al tern on service, who would rise up and fill the
the meeting haying been reads the Rector said he was places of such as were going down, like himself and
sore they would wish to ma wri the serious loss they Me Croaker,
bad sustained in the pars en of Mr. G. Andrews. His Tbe Rev. J JUDIION lAA they might be very well
very sudden removal had been • great oh ock to thankful for such a chapel as they had, and be was
them all, and be was aura it would be very glad to tos them in ouch a position as they were
te their feelings to nuke some allusion to this year. Be did not know much about the Dir.
reisblial :vent, expressive of their very sincere regret cheater circuit, but still he migot speak a few words
that such a valmble parishioner and churchwarden had about Methodism. The rev, gentleman then reviewed,
bees removed from them. He also bore testimony to at some length, the whole course of Methodism from
Mr. W. Dundee's kindness in coming forward Its commencement to the present time, in the origin of
to mg as Rector's churchwarden at a time whs.„en which he maintained was the hand of God, lie said
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the duties of chief magistrate pressed • r I h'"' almost every ere it ni otement in Its commencameit
upon him. He also thanked him for consent. look, small and in.irnitic mt. and so did Methodism :
big to take the office for another year. Re but under the preaching of John We.ley the people
bore testimony to the kind help received from the were swayed. In its origin it had no lay preacher.
other churchwarden, Mr. George roomy. There were like it has at the present time. If we study the
two points to which he wished to make some allusion, journal.; of Wesley we see that the country was in •
If he was rightly Informed, the stance at the south. ion.- ..f .le'sui and infidelity, otodtheChurch wasunable ,
side corner of the church was originally aseigned for the to grap?le with it. Wha. wall the state of the Church
of : nee et the Grammar School, but ~uriog the time of hie i-,
~glan tin the last c uitury I It was in • etate of
predecessor. the Grammar School boys not being in laxity .f m rain, and it was proverlees. It was then
anfficisot numbers to occupy the space it was tran•- teat Go I raised up :tlethodisui, an I theauccessi f Christ-
(erred temporarily for t, e use of their Sunday Scho I. ichity during the p tat entury has been in great measure
Their Sunday S hool now numbere I 120, and where , toe to Mete limn in our churches. They bun I t at
they were to golf the Grammar Sch n.l occupied the the real Sletioodi.t, were a working people, and if they
space main he could hardly say. An idea had were c wivertal they felt they ought L. b . ding •,,tee.
suggested Bed( to litoc, that he might porsibly make thing, ant he (the speaker) im• reseed upon them that
some arrangements with the gentleman, who is the they ought to be doing a meting. In c includitig ao
headonatiter, to give them the use 4 the erase for one exceedii.gly interesting ad tress, the rev. gentemen
of the services. The Rest or aso alluded to o an id a impr,es ul up in the congregation the necessity 4
which will be of c insiderable intereo to the two ms,,,di„g the els. meeting..
generally, viz., the improving the churchyard on tee Ile Rev, William ALLEN proposed • vote of thank%
north stele of the church, and making a pateway across which Mr. ILIUGLI L,EtaILIAJ, to the Ilev. J. Ju lion
It to the museum. With regard to any right of war. for his ernion and for his able address t'oat evening,
he should not dispute it The details were briefly ai.d als oto Mr. Little for c 'mint thirteeo or I rurtleu
goes into, and it wee underst aid the matter will he miles to prem.& over the meeting.
again brought up. —Mr. Gregory expressed the hope The proceedings then concluded by singing the
that some day they w .uld see their way to :eat ea the I Doxology.
exterior of the church. It would he well worth the
town to restore • fine old church like theirs. After
further converwion, Mr. Gregory in iced that
Mr. George Founcy be elected parish church-
warden, wuich was @acceded by lir. 11. Durdeu, and
carried unanimously.— The following motion WAS
aimed to--" That this vestry desires to place on record
Its deep eesseeel the loss they have matadod in the
pima year in the lamented death A Mr. George
James Andrew', for many years a pmiehiwier, holding
the °Sloe of rector's churchwarden.' —Mr. H. Darden
was appointed sideman to Mr. W. Durdeo, and Mr.
b. A. Hogg to Mr. G. Pouocy.

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