The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-11-11 00:00:00

WIMISORNE.

Illgtll4l CASS Of CIIOIIOBWAI.DIX LAW.—The lk,
Lester Lesier be. issued the lio lowing " to the elellups.
Ration worshipping in ttua Minister :"
My Ifilendk-1 in. coat:Lined to addreos you under UN l"1-
lowing circumetauces Thom of you who have Ixen I 11,
hcat of ettentllng the •vening ierlice which we bare et seat
o'clock on •Tery holy day of the Church will bev• noticed that
latterly there hsys Men mi bell, rung to give noUm of each
ser•lm. The reason of this le that the churchwanden of Ms
wish bee pontlyely forbidden belle to be rung for army re,
slow, except for Oat three ordinary Sunday seine., to
Wednesday evening service. mai the (WI Widows ;
and he sumo es hie rem.. for no doing that It lo the wisk of
the majority of the ally tau Him It should re, mg gg..
their repremutatlve, iS only 0•IT) IP( 0111. their 1/11•161. ag
will not give me the Mtn* of nue cosi. indirklual who hes
expressed such • wish, es then I might here gone to thumbed
shown than what I do net thiek they koow, via , that le foe-
laddiag belle for service. which are impute' ly enjoined by
Book of Common Prayer, they ere oblige.t unfair mlttmago
of the peculiar position In which Um ;meshy ten et the
/linear suind—nsy mon thet they in not doing to thom
members of coogregmlon. who ere accuetnmed to worship
at Uwe. mellow, se usey theurelese would be deem by.
my linking an unfelt advantage el the peculiar poilUos to Much
the presbyters of Me Wester Mend. For It you will lest et
the preface of your Prsyen hooks you erM is. Mummy curate
of • persh is enklined to my "Daily morning and arming
pray er in the perish church where he minatenrh and to ciuss
• bell to be tolled 'hereunto somnolent time before be hogin.•
But in this pariah, 111. mid, mod I sin not prepared at present
to deny it, the balls are not entleir the control of Inemethents
•• they stile whet perishes, sod anseguently the only way a
which the curet* tore tan sense • hell to he tolled for serval is
to dolt through the churchwarden who he. the control of the
belle Now, whatever posse • churchwarden nay lave le
forbid the ringing of • bell it other Omsk liii sorely evident
Ulm he cannot forbid it for the outooksl serriceoof Median&
• tell is juin se rends on• of be necessaries al
to the Rubric, aa the surplice if he had ro IttrjrtiZe I
those eervkes themselves, then be would hove power to forbid
the beLe elm, hut sine* he has no control it MI over such
ecrrioce of tbs church. thertfor• he manot fairly and with
plaice forbid the bells for Mose serviese. I wish it to be
distinctly umienicod ollb regard to tilia tplo4i. • of the bolls
for the services whioh here NOM commenced Moos 1 Moe been
here. I have no wish to put sny extra work twos the cacti& Et
tie Mininoor, I hare Minus acted upon Um principle IMO
shalom sous work thei nay look mien as not larratrak part
of their original magmata', I wooki either do myself or
provide those •ho would. My only rearm in writing this Is—
Ink to sepals t 011.., who womhip le the 11IniMer en holy
days why the bells, eta it now for the lam lust years bare
rug lima to. aarrks, .adaanly allaciad; end Woo, to
Worn the members of the congregation of Um gumer ago.
rally of the 'maims.. of the act •bleh is bailee •ftwiltted
In their narae.—Tearr laitatuttly to the Lord, Lama Lama;