The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-13 00:00:00

TRINITY CHURCH SUNDAY AND INFANT

SCHOOLS.

On Monday week a tea meeting and snree were I,
held at the Townhall in aid of raising funds for the ,
of building a Sunday school for Trinity
IrarTs°l7,Bwhich is intended to be used as an infant i
school during the week -days for the benefit of the I
whole town. It is neediest for us to say anything in I
favour of Sunday or Inf4nt Schools, as the inhabit. I
ante of our town seem to be fully alive to their '
great importance, and to the powerful influence
which they exermse for good. The ownhall was i
very prettily decorated with flags and flowers,
which were worked into festoons of every kind and
shape. Several banners were hang upon the walls,
each bearing a :scriptural motto. Amongst these
we noticed, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom," "Hear counsel and receive instruction,"
Our sufficioucy is of God," Lc. At five o'clock,
the time appointed for the tea, the Townhall was
tilled to overflowing, but owing to the excellent
arrangement* of the committee those who could not
be aaxanniodated with seats in the large room were
provided with tea in the council chamber, and not.
withstanding the immense Lumber of persons (about I
400) who took tea, every thing passed off in on .
exceedingly pleasant manner.
The following ladies gave trays, and presided over
the tables: Mrs. Elliott, Mrs. Style' Mrs. Penny, ,
Mime Henning, Mrs. Albert Edwards, Mrs. Robert
Welsh, Mrs, Collins, Mrs. Cogan, Mrs. Fuan, Mn'. I
F. Fun, Mrs. Hann, Mrs. W. Raymond, Mts. I
Hurdle, Mrs. Hulniniler, Mrs. hlagg.s, Mrs. Peahen, I
Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Strong, Orli. Cooke, Miss I
Mills, Mrs. W. Pickford, Miss Pudden. Mrs. Stone,
(Pen Mill), Mrs. W. Trim, Mrs. Stone (Peter.street),
Mrs. Bacon, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs Leach, Mrs. Hill,
Mrs. Harding, Mrs. W. Welsh, hint Cable, and Nies.
Burt. Several other ladies gav,e donations to the
, committee in lien of giving trays, which, however,
' were provided by the committee. :Mr. Cox kindly
undertook to decorate the hall, whilst Mr. Chant
fitted up the rooms, and Mr. Albert Edwards covered
the tables free of expense.
At the conclusion of the tea the tables were re.
moved, when about 600 persons assembled, the ball
being filled to excise, and it was almost impossible
to obtain standing room. On the platform were the
Revs. Elliott, Smith, and Robinson, R. Tucker,
Esq., Mr. Vickery, Ike. The chair was occupied by
W. Bide, Esq. (Mayor), and the meeting having
been opened with prayer,
The CHAIRMAN said it was his pleasing duty to
address a few observations at the second stage of their
proceedings that evening, and he was pleased and grafi.
fied at seeing so large an assembly as ass now present.
In the first stage of the proeeedings they had provided
food for the body, they now proposed to provide them
with intellectual food—food for the mind. Ile thought
be might say (whatever might have been the case for.
windy when be was a boy) lie did not expect there vita
• person who would stead up In a large meeting of his
fellow countrymen, and oppose the cause of education.
It was now an admitted last by persons of all shades of
.i .. ion, that education was essentially necessary, and
the only difficulty now was what mode and kind of
education should be given. The promoters of the
Trinity Sunday school 4, however, stood clear of any
difficulty, because the education they were met that
evening to promote was that kind of education which
met with the approval of every one. The Sunday
School teaching and the teaching in Infant Schools were
calculated to do great good' and could not by any posai.
bility do harm ; therefore, the teaching in Sunday and
Infant Schools was a matter which all must fully sp.
prove of. (Applause.)
The Rev. G. N. thorn, of Preston, said he was glad
to are on inch an interesting omission as the present
that the Townhall was crammed to excess. It was •
source of great pleasure to him to find that during the
short time he liad known Yeovil several great impiove-
menu had been made. Being connected with the
church himself his attention had been directed to eccle-
siastical improvements, and some time sines the vicar
of Yeoval introduced a kind of school, which until
then did not exist in the town. Having alluded to the
hospitality of the Mayor in giving a treat to all the
Sunday schools • short time once, he said lie did not
know of any cause, either in town or country, whir*