The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-12 00:00:00

OWLNAGR.

Aoolollrr.—We regret to say Mr. N. Grant was
thrown from his horse on Thursday last, but we are
happy to state, although he WAN badly bruised, be is
re, overing from the effect"
BLos Mime Mtusios. —On Monday last the
members ot the Blue itibb in Army met in the British
,ch.olrooni. The Rev. T. ...user took the chair, and
the me -thug opened by singing " Our cued can never
.lie." Mr. Lose offr.red tip lime,. The Chairman
then row and spoke np..n the revival and success ot
the meetings. He the . calla t upon Rev. 0. L.
of Onruch Knowlo, whir row and said how
i•leaseil he wad to see mid be Mil, to ad Irma such a
meeting at was before Min that • veniug. He vow
pleased to me the change that hol tsken place in the
13 years he had been an abstainer. At one time he
was almost the only cler.tyinati near who upheld the
cum. He took the pledge t be an example to other..
although he had tried it 12 movti• tef ore any one
knew of it, bathe c told saf ly e.y he was never betta
in his life then he h... 1 be-n since tie became • tot•I
ahatainer. lie have an an, chute when . a father, now
Mayor of Bath, called his troy e.rrly one morning, WO
had him out in the fields without .peaking to him,
until the sun began to iise in the heavens, when he
said to him " You have now seen the sun rise on •
free w.Xidi." It was the morning slavery W.!
abolished. The Speaker called upon all to help do
away with adio.her slavery, the drink. He then quote.'
passages .4 wripture ti beige uteri the question, and
the difference in vvihe mai.tioued in the Bible
to the wine of the preaent day. We never
neee.i of Corist being Maternal by • drunkard ;
lot•wedo by • covetous pars-ti. He then cautioned
the boys not to be led away, butt. take care awl be
steadfast. When we read the papers, and see the
itccounrs it gives of the wretclodneso that is caromed
through drink, we ought, in duty bound, to court
forward and take the ple.lge, • it in uce -.Wen, to do
the same. He remembered once g rug rat, ir house
his ..*0 village, where tw.i w...i en road been taiking
ab..ut the temperance cauve; Ontl nilrbenv said else
should not carol -r her husband to give up his drop of
beer, an she th..ught it did him g,.od, but the other
said she would rat hei see him carried into the church-
yard than ever he should break his pledge again, fur
the misery she had known the di:h the drink wan
enough to mak, her wish it. several instructive and
p1c...6w anecdotes were given, and, iii conclusion,
be earnestly mile I upon ell who hail ic t signed to
coin- up end do so.— lf ter aihging, the Chairman
hri fly opoke, end commented upon the address they
had just heart, end, with • few word, to the young,
he told the audience that lir. It. H our new.
vendor, would supply them atith temperance literature
and bourn bo.ka.—A vote of thanks wan given to the
Rev. 0. Mansell, who briefly resimuded —We noticed
a marked imenivement In toe choir, and we like the
new arrangement of having the choir pa the pint( dm
facing the audience. dr. richard Stickland anted
at the harmonium. The room was crammed, • large
number having to stsud.—Tnese meetings are to b
continued every Mood .y evening at 7.30. Next
Nloarlay there will he s-coral local speaker., and on
the following Monday the K-v. Pelham Stoked.