The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-18 00:00:00

HOLY TRINITY VESTRY MEETING.

This vestry was bald on Monday M noon, the am.
J. D. Addison, vicar, preluding. The Hey. W. B.
bhuttleworth, and Messrs. H. Wheeler and Snook
(churchwardens), W. M. This.lton, &a, ware parent.
The Rev. CAUL/tall said he had been privileged
several times 5, give his best, thanks to all amounted
for carrying on the worship of Almighty Clod in that
churco, and it warn with • feeling at very deep them.-
inleess tam be foam(' himself here who, more to Umiak
all those without exception woo had been amounted
and animal him, in oarry.ng on this most
important mid solemn work. To a • brother decay-
men, to the otturcowadens, to the organist whom
atality they all appreciated, to Mr. liosrci, the choir'
maw, to UN choir, and t one and 141 he tendered
Ilia most sincere thanks. He believed all bal worked
to the spirit of love, and hail contributed their very
best efforts tomato the services of tals church and all
;Maga conneJted with it, as efilcierat and as worthy
as they isouid make them to Me aoosetence of Alungniy
Bod. And besides those utELssuy commuted with the
church—as they might have seen the previous day—
times ware shoe' who in • loving .pint very gm
indeed to contribute something towards the beauty of
the worship. He had no doubt, ilmy noticed yesterday
tome beautiful bags given for tee Tney
were really works at art, were very beautiful indeed, and
such as they telt mua have hest mune thought arid
much labsiur' and they kiiew Mal both thought and
labour had been bestowed with Me wish to mains the
serviLes or Almighty Goatee iseautitul salt was possible
to snake them. Amid were were not ouly these bags,
but there were the bookmarkers contributed by Miss
tiutchlmun. They were things of extreme beauty,
but one beauty they poteeesed was the feeling that bad
prompted th ~tr execution, the feeling that the eersioe
of Almighty God should be as was expressed in the
dedication of Solomon's Temple that it should be " ex.
needle.; magnifical," that was to say that there should
be as much beauty imp .rted into it as they could
possibly place in it. only guardiog themselves against
this, that the worehip should not be sensuous worship,
and not be so gorgeous as t remove the thoughts from
the presence of Alitighty od. On the other baud
they had to guard ..gaiost a pos. worship. He thought
that the worship co mooted in this church struck that
happy medium between the two as wall al they might
be expected to do. He must also most cordially thank
the clergy who had assisted them in Advent and in
this past Lent —clergy (rum other churches. More
especially he would express his heartfelt satisfaction in
finding amongst them the c:ergy of the neighbouring
parish. TM ha I been the greatest pleasure to him,
and be could not put into se, Td. the deep gratification
that he had felt in teeing the clergy of the next pariah
officiating amongst them. It showed after all that
though there might be difference of opinion, this differ-
ence comp wed with th ,11) great •uhj,cts on which
they all agreed were of the m sat tr.firng description.
He would next refer to their schools. Their school
year would expire at the end of next month, and then
they would have to make up their accounts for the
year. They were obliged to incur • considerable
expense, and had no sooner done so than the measles
attacked the pariah and the infant school waa compelled
to be shut up, and the other schools were reduced to
less than half their members. The consequence, was
that their receipts were very materially diminf hod.
It wet very likely that they might find their balance,
instead of • satiafact ivy one on the right aide, on the
wrong side. Besides this there wis enough to give one
a great deal if anxiety about the schools. The new
Education Code wat likely t be disastrous up in the
voluntary schools, and in many cams thote which had
just paid their way, and that was what they might
rby 4 tihmeasbrea. lauuld nod thousatlvet In difficulty.
They timid try it ou for a year and .ee how they stood.
He hoped they would not find the necessity for a School
Board, but if the echo 1 did not pay that would be
the wily alternative. He trusted at would not come
to that. One advantage in a School Board was that it
would bring money and support to schools which were
truly national sch and not denominational by any
means, educating the children of dissenters as well as
those of church people, and yet by ci chance they
never had • subscription from a dissenter. If, however,

,hey had • Board School the dissenters as well as
others would be compelled by law to subscribe. Bat
for many reasons he wanted the church to have tbe
exclusive power over the school, as it was better to be
in the hands of one denomination, ani of all denoes-
iostions the church was the church of the majority,
and, moreover, the church had • prior claim, because
most certainly it was the church which stsited the
plan in the first Instance, and which established roo,t
of the voluntary schools that existed. He would
next come ti the fabric of the church. He had
spoken so many times about it, and the necessity of
enlarging it that he was almost ashamed to enter
into the subject again, but it was the duty of toe
vicar to lay before the people 83 far as he could
what was in store for them an i the duties they owed
to their pariah and church, and which if possible, mast
be fulfilled. The male gement of Ilse church was a
very necessary thing. It woul I only accommodate 700
people. They ha iin some measure what was • sub-
stitute for a larger church, namely, their mdsion
services, and it was very probable that these servicee
attracted some who would never come to the church.
Still it would be • great advantage it they could
enlarge the church so as to seat from 300 to 400
people more than at present, and then they would
be able frequently to bring the school chil Iren
to the church. It was important that those chil Iran
whom they supp gel t bet ing to church peop'e
should be brought up as char, h people, anl in
the habit of heariag their ..wn minister, and
worshipping with the general oon;regatioa. He did
not say that the children would be able to understand
fully their services as it stood. but they would be
able to understand • large portion of It. He thought
very alsoitly of getting a committee together for the
porpoise of looking into a plan and eosin wheti er
anything could be done. If they were to do anything
they must move before long. Coast tering the im-
provements wnich had been projected for this part .f
the town and the approivis leading towards Wyke,
they must be pretty quick in occupying the ground,
or else they would flat others occupying it, and when
that was once done he did not think there wool,' be
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any chance .4 improving the church at all. lie bed
held the house next the church for some years is the
hope of the church being some day enlarged. He
hoped they would get some scheme or estimate from
the architect, Mr. Crickinsy, as ti what the work
might cost, and when they had this they would be able
to judge whether it would be feasible to do anything
or not. He trustel it would be feasible, bit it woo d
be a heavy work, and he warned them all that it would
coat them a great deal of money, but is was necessary
to be done, and he thought it w..uld be carried out even.
Wally. The rvv. gentleman concluded by re-appointing
Mr. Harry Wheeler as vicar's warden.
Mr. THientrog propose I, ani the Rev. W. S.
SHOTILRWORTN wooded, the re election of Mr. Snook
as perish churchwardeo.—Carried.
Mr. W. M. Thiselton and Mr. J. Domloy were
appointed auditors.
The CHAIRMAN pointed out that the change that had
been adopted in chanting the psalms in the morning
hai proved beneficial. the service had in consequence
been more spirited, and there had been more animation
in it than before.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman brought the meet-
ing to • clam.