The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-25 00:00:00

THE BLUE RIBBON MOVEMENT.

The Templar Hall warn crowded who at least 660
persons, on Friday night, to hear • Lagoa' Leering on
this question by Mrs. Durrant, saretaly of the London
Working Women's Teetotal League. On the platform
she was supported by the Rev. H. Francis (elheirman),
Nichols, drowning, lay., Mr. Wel., Mr. Clark, of
sueet, Mr. J. Monteith, Arc Reynolds, Mir (Liam,
and Mrs. L. Powell. rho Bridpurt temperance choir
were present, and saag seven at hymns and glees during
the evening.
Mrs. InaltablT, herself a working woman, is
pueaused of no mean powers of oratory, and .h. met
the vial argument& of Iba inputting question she
advocated in a moat abs and onimuAve manner. be
would imprea upon them that the rooodaug of toe
blue ribbon was that the wearer. ahouid Woggle in
the grand work and endeavour in induce uthery to give
up the use of intoxicant.. Young men are inure par.
ticularly wanted to join and &wig in the movement.
oQs tailed to see why yo dog wen snould wok tor Cue
puuliCau, who oticand go to,th and gain bee Owl. living
oy U.. sweat of nic brow aMs eupportere rid. loan
men, toe, suouL.l remember that total abstainers were
always preferred for gm beet situations, and it actualiy
came wider her knowledge that • brewer advertiser tor
a •• sober young mai." (Laugnter.) An atataniet
thoUget he would respond to tire inlVertio•usant, on he
wont i4l the br.w•r, whom he tdil he had been • total
abstainer for 21 years. then you are just the men
for me," and the sivertaer. (Applaus:.) dhe trusted
.11 in that romi came tare fur toe porpme of taking ie
b.u. ribbon, sue would ark tbeM nor to be ashamed to
wear it, and trusted they 'mud be saisted to keep

efialan•se then real • petition for the Howse
of Commons, praywg that We .as of intoitcatini
Liquors be prohnotel on nunlays.
Mr. CLAIMS, of atreet, morel ate adoption. If they
oihld get SILL Warton to support it so much the better.
(Liuguher.) Wherever falla tiIISSUOU
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va•ed a lug,' iii.jursty of householders were found to
b. lu LOWY/ of It. Is was hard t, snow that Ireland,
ncotlawl, awl Wales had the /3/11,, and that limilawl
was eithout

up beiog put t 1 the meetini the whole assembly was
in lavour of tue petitiuo, for, as uppo.,tuia " v.tes
wart asked be, tears was uut a disscutiout voice.
rue CliA11111•31 Cud asod the petitiou on beualf of
ths.meeun4 141/3111 deafouiug applause.

Mr. D " Nicitutss owelati, proprietor of the Paper
Mill., near Weds, thou sp ate. Mt. Downing observed
that the temperance labours of the past 50 years nail
produced a gr.a. wave of temperance revival through-
out the laud, and it had now become the (minion to be
an abstaiuer. No; fsr distant was the time when theie
ft i4f wonld stmil up n the ii,ry citadel of the enemy.
they (tueepeskets)s.u.dil upon thaw, platforms in tue
name of Lie Lord. The flue Miami Army was a
brand terapersa.e movement, depending upoo Gospel
power for al la strength. it should b. teMstnuered
that this tudveuseut was not a distinct Ming from old
temperance line., they were cawnricers with all old
temperance workers; banded together, supplementing
their Istroars, mud not striving against them. Every-
where the Blue Ribbon Army shall say " We are total
ahs.ainers, and enemies to the drink." The move-
ment has loosed updn teivevils of drink, its desolation
and wrong, and having looked upon it, they relied
updo Vicuna great remedy—the Gospel remedy. It
p Anted out td tue pubuchousee arid to their abomina-
tions. What wool,: be the dim:Laura if vird could f dhow
the bidden w irsid.is of drink in the desolation uf
respectsl.le houses and homes, in the Sabbath school
work, &c. worse, perhaps, titan the open manifesta-
tions of Ituukenness. Defending the object of ins
above petition. Mr. Downing observed that the blue
ribbon mor.mient engaged to meet these evda, and to
rescue the Irrrit's Day from the disgrace now attached
to it. sundry wee made an abuse to Mt. Scripture.
and Christie's truths. Wising we bad ia this micron
30,,C)0 ministers of Owlet preaching the love of God to
man, we also have 300,0U0 grogshops oven on the
Sundry. (Shame.) Nut tee. tbau 125.000,000 are
spent annually is drink on Suudsyr, and principally
by workiug men. Thus they meant to have • Susday
Ciosing Bid—and could clergymen and ministers stand
still and refuse to help in this Christian cause? They
were bends,' together in this movement, fur the love of
elitist Jesus was the very essence of it. . . .

At the clue' of the me;tirar there was a perfect rush
to the platform. where not lee. time 4O rtbbanae were
avowed, aed 100 aew pledgee takea.