The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-10-31 00:00:00

CHURCH OF ENCLAVE) THIPERANCE SOCIETY.

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ennie er ad Caat S 7r• y IS-a-c-an Blench
at tel.. nation al . c'o•y b eaataarela al with
unnsual otece-.. ha r twin aa. ac i ter, 4in Ode
tome. Praa ic al raiai, ai. a -a, ra t wan•i• e. We
melerete• ai (hi. i a the ti • t ti ra• ter I tie .• n Breech
has hel I it. maya r. al y -aween I th • I aem l-
arks el S die my. a-. 1 ti.--- creary cat -duly to
(-mm11011.1..1 far li. ea. We a in meetMe
IC I wale t ar. .• w .nr •••••• er a 4:ne we e apeeielly
gratifyine. anal ii la tee a al.teene will be the
formati an Wemea• Uni Itranc'e in c anne Cam
with the ea,:iety, the objeet. d which, from the
addre.m of the lily e:cr.ta Mi.. H 1.1 itu, are meat
eecellent.
On Sunday ~ r lone were pr.aehed at the churehe.,
when the ereat c an.. ef t ear erenc, go .. rally. aid the
Church of England Socit'y in particular, WWI
µNee .t 4.
On Man-lay aft ,en aet tin Cum Sech MIQ won
I areay att -n '• al vr.ara .1, te Hate ateat a 1-Ire.'.
from Mee 11 eal am. S reynien were preeent
to weep art the ep • aker, tl • chair lae;ree oce :pie 1 by
the It v. T. W. Katie. Oa V.e ttlalerrit wore else
the Ii v. Can an Bad A: I Suri•h. Hie. Canon
Ilachinge (alalerhurv). 11. Y. 11. F. denee, Rev. C.
F. Powys, and Mr. Wiloin (nu erdeine ee retary).
After ,ingire an-I:war r, the twain: war reldree.ed
by the ("norm %Ye, who +rat ecceeien (a remark n the
reason why he wan remprine that p ..ton. It was
generally eepected Bile', of the Diocem w tad
have been premet ; but in hie cn a there wart us any
rement for non-c amialnnce with th or that were
nat alw Irately required of him. The Lard Lieutenant
of the equity, to e nom wa. known thr anehout
Unglen I, anal he might -ay thrett..hent the world, Pal
held out ceneialer ah'e leap, of b .in rival at
one time the ...cutup on ler the f impree-i an
he wenn have been preeent ; but him ditties were co
many, an-I the cells upon his time were so ereat, n-
taking hate aeemunt laic a Ivanad year... that
for him, tee, there were etude rawer.. for his
not being preemt. If he heal known there had
been a powihi:ity of their bine 'wee oat, he rhea I
not have been eneoureged te take their place ; but as
they were within the Nato of hi. own parish, he nu
ready to take the chair if no better man c mid be
found to d it, on te sp mit a f ta. bread came
of temperance which had brought them tegether ( anal
which he hope 1 woul.l heir-at very many more in the
evening), Iv, .1.1 Dercheratew was net an idle p'.llC
He know a great many ef thane he saw bar, hint
were well occupied, anti it was not e ray far them to
wretch frorn the deily duties and caree of the henry-
hold an hone in the afternoon, even for nO VOo,l* cause
ae thie. Still ther •• were a great many who might have
boen there, and there were a great many who would
like to be there and were not able. It VIM a great
canoe in which they were engaged. He spike not on
the broader work ef the Church of Eugland Temper-
ance Society h dirt ar el from all others a nly In
this—that it admitted ef two 'cacti me, the general
section. which allowed all those to jein the society who
had not seen their way, at any rate al yet, to become
total abstainers, but wile Will felt etraingly the call
upon them as Ch ristian churchmen to do all they c add in
thie land Lir the supprewion of thi. great and crying
evil, and the other secti an the total abstinence claw.
Perhaps it was not matter for regret that in the
general:section (to which he belenged), there was a
strange tendency ta forsake the ranks, not in the seem
of retrogression, but to paw over to the total
abstinence al a. (Hear, hear.) Speaking of their
society the rev, gentleman said there was one thing
that belayed to tbie an 1 to many other ternwrance
societies. It carried on the face of it the fact that it
%was a relied. /114 weird,. In earlier rive teettalers were
seal to be all either ra,lic ale or infi I 1., who wanted to
eweethmn all order in the Church and State; ba now
It was the religioue senate tha country that wari work-
ing In this great cau.e. and the Church of flatland had
naturally thrown in her lot with the others. By some It
was thought elie wan a little Miff mode all in the mama
meat for which th ir father. did teat epeak, bet elie was
nowdetermined te ,hraw elie was on the side of thie great
meral and rergione rave— n the tide of breaking the
chain., that laonn ee twiny rif their br dhers anal raider,'
In the lend. It Wag vain te talk of the national
freedom an 1 greetnew of Ertel an I, when she wee
degrade 1 and on-lava Iby thie mod fearful vice of
intoxicatiain. (Ilene, hear.)
wit a has a mod pleasing manner,
and is a really elequent anal impreesive speak ire then
ad tressed the meeting at great length. For eee year.
the temperance work in Enelend had been going on
steadily anal pereidently. The work had somewhat
changed anal alth rugh it 1.. 1 away. b -on Christian
work, it had now bee .me mere deci belly so. They had
heard a great deal about abateinine fair the rake of
their own selves--eo much the better for their own
health an-1 pockets; ta ',Wain for the rake of
inflnenang other. for goo 1 waa an even better remain.
But now they heal come to thie resume : They had
MIA en nlneh ..f the woo in which our leird'e blei-e I
Gospel wm hindered everywhere (health the drink,
and to think how it mart grieve Ilhn to see that thaw
who might return to Hirn end be paved through Hie
bloc. I, wandering away anal taking to drink, 1.0 that
they were not reached at all. So the granded rewon
of all was when • man ahet tined and aerial the
pledge, or put on th, blue ribbon, for deters
Christ's sake. If they dial thet they would have Ifie
blowing. their inti nonce would be greater. anal temporal
blessings would be added to them. If they had the
geepel temperance &newt -op an it they w iuld very
won have victory. Men are 'so the habit of enying it
the women t eilc it up they would wen win. Perhaps
they were inclined to be sceptical and say they condi
not do mucb, but she wasured them their help wax now
absolutely needed, and referred to the Whierkey
War, anal its Rupee rod extravagance'., in proof of what
women could do. She epoke ayry strongly seainet
the pernicioue grocers' licensee, which were the frnitful
source of much secret drinking anal comequent misery.
A sad Instance of this wae related. A ehort time seo
the sneaker vicited • 'erg. t awn, which at the time
had been greatly .hookecl by a reed .tory. A gentleman
had • very beautiful wife, of wham he wee very proud.
He had a billiard eoolll, whiaah he meal to oak
friends In the evening. On a eide table were placed
brandy and wireaester for his friends' refreshment.
He wee In the habit of asking hi. wife into the ',worn
to talk to his friends, for he was so proud of her, and
while there she often Wated the brandy. But one
a orror, the gentleman foned she wee
it, so he immediately locked np
and all his servants strict orders
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