The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-04-07 00:00:00

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Tat Art JOURNAL: London, Virten and Co., 211,
I'o4oo 2t. 6d.--Supulative ezaellenes iovatiably
distinguishes this serial in the matter of amgraviags,
while it. articles on art topics are able and interesting.
steel plates this month are "Going home,' a
piquing rural sketch. by T. Ned, )(A, and "The
ifikeiii•winder," by J. L. Hotpot. • domutie some in
the time nf the later Homan Emperors. The Pisan.
Shp, of objects of art in ths Paris Imbibition are con•
i, and present beauties of deriving equal to thaw
which graced the first part of this important work.
P.tota : London, Virtue and Co.; la.—Tina two
sto.ies which are continued month to mouth in
tide mag-sine, both powwows futures of great interest
In the currant lease; in" Ailfor Greed," the mysterious.
tar 'Cr of old Martin Prilvolit has given riu to several
lellin 101111r11, and the career of "Phintus Finn." by
Mr. Ant.tony Trollops, is rketehed in muter'? style.
•• Paul Grulett's" amusing" Conf., stinns"are continued,
this time as to be , anent which he tells a droll .tor,.
'The articles on "The Panalavist revival In Eastern
bumpe," and "The Italian Aeademies" are—not to put
trio fine • points it— pondemur, and but bid,y ell the
sues uf the usual political article, which ws had hoped
would be a permanent feature. We have also more
about Hone Racing, a pleasing ballad, • Paper on
"the peyote soldier as lie indicating some of the
weak points in the present mum,
and • seething
article on "Spiritual wine*" re Mr. Hepworth Dixon's
now well4brulted ronent voume.
• l From this tut
t
we extract tha following touching the Perfutionists of
Oneida k
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In the course of bat mmon there came over to London.
cartair If,. Noon. Jun., the eon, we believe, of the founds.
...rim 'Oneida Creek Brotherhood. 'Me attention created by
;the ...wount of this otwcure eect, publi-nd in the New
Amerlca, had led the members of the community to imagine
that their virno might meet with more attention in this
country elan bad been conceded them in the United
Bth'..; and Mr. Nuyew, put, en the delegate clam=
to make the real character of the Perfectionist per.
suasi..n known to the British public, What meows
hi, mis•ion met *OM se are not abie to my. Alice
know Is, that he called on various men of letters
In London, and poomnted thorn with a pamphlet
published at the Printing Prom of Oneida Creek, and
purporting to be M. official exposition of the New Evangel
taught by Father Noy.. For ray obwione reno3oß, this
pamphlet mac Intended for print* dr001•1100 only. AB we
ran reroute to state in these Imre is. that the pamphlet ex-
plained In Me rOl7 planed of pads words the exact nature of
the relations betoeso (be mute whl,h are taught and enforced
et Oneida Creek; sad that It Justified, by an elaborate •crip-
tural theory, libkilnous practices shich common decency—to
nv nothing of morality, and still lees of religion—has univer-
sally condenses& The general nature of the Oneida Maley
Via he stolo4 MOTO easily than the eLiket demotes' of their
practice* The Periectionisto profess to hold the doctrine of
verbal inspirstlon In lie atricUrst sense. We reed In Holy Writ
that Nis ibut Christina. "bed all things In common." The 00n.
some to the Gospel after Noym interpret contaninity of goonse
applying to everything human beings enjoy. They claim no
eiC1101•0 property In 1013 thing, not even en the coiLugal
affection of man and arils The deductions that may I lly
be drawn from these noels are obvioua enough; and the
official report to which we allude I. to believed, lbws legit&
deduction. at • awned out moot rigidly into execoUon. Blew
the practice of free love Is combined at Oneida Croak with •
atgd adherence to MaMbualan doctrines is a queen= which
an are precluded from approaching. Persons well scqueland
'nth Geneses, raw sled some clue to the solution of the
problem by peening Profaleor t.clis statement with lewd
the sect of the tiosanuo, given at the end of spiritual
Mina

'hi Vic/roam blaOssmen : London, Emily Faithful'
Victoria Pres% Prinom-street. Hasover-mlusis
—We have frequently commended this 'monthly to our
readers, and especially to the fair sez, and we are had
to and that the April number is equally wceihy
their peremnil se those whish hay. goes before.

nal EXCILISHVION•IeII Rsvrxw : London, 23, Great
Marlborough-street, }regent-street, W.; la.—This, like
the foregoing merman*, is devoted to advocating the
intereste of women. It is published quarterly. The
present number, which is the only one we have seen,
.contains several well-written articles on various phases
of " women's rights." and there is a paper on the
*digestion of young servant girls, writtea we are told
by a clergyman's daughter. experienced in parish work,
which we particularly eronuirn4 to the notice of those
ladies and gentleman in Dorchester who have proposed
the eslablishment of an Industrial Training School.
Her, is an extrsOt

If mastere and entwining did their dlty, then would be no
to eetiblishing industrial schools or any kind of
charitable inwitution for the training of ehildien for service.
. . The girls thus educated often fall to become good,
practical, and efficient servants . . . However well
managed such institudons may be, they are ter inferior to a
good ard plain When t mistrae i• hermit capable end active,
she lead. her servant girl though. enures of training both
more eon/pieta and more Instructive then on. obewbere he
pursued. Mich a mune, folioned under the mitereees eye.
win wen In .r.entiee oot rt I Int • a courageous, upright,
Indusuiotte, and hard-working eervant."
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°UK ()VA FIS•SIDI Londi.n, W. Hunt sod Co.,
23, Holies-street, Cseen.ii-hyquare; 61 —This nom.
!imagine ha an able *tad contnbutors, sod is so
onro...led that it m.y rr. sent ente.taioing and pound
Midas for the varioos members of a Chr.stian Is
'roe Gummi issue cattalos the emon4 part. of "Tbe
Bi.hop of Sidi.bory's C.sroe Genii fired." by the Kew.
E. B. 1111i..H., in which is forcibly shown Um
foodsmen.al &Mummer bet•ron this Chou+ of ENV
latid'e &Mine sill that of lb. Bishop's Charge as to
the . artmulsr poiats of ths sacerdotal systoso More
mootsd.

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11 AIIOWICiIeS Feisinctloastie : Loadoo, Robert
Hardeicke, 192, P.omdaly ; 41 —This is • capita!
monthly, fall of intetesting and pleasantly told infor.
melon relating to science, yrology. and botany..

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SUTER A issue Loud... Thomas Martry, 32,
Boseer re-street, 111.—Emry Christmas briar fourth
• legion of " assords." and we me no moron why Easier
and all the other festivals rhould not equally pr.sent a
peg MI which t., hang a hook of tales. So evidently
limb. Mr. Morhy, and we wish his vtors soccer,
for sold tang .yne," it Leicester, before his excellent
coosical poblicalious led rendered him f.mous. This
annoal he. stories and poetry, associered with tho
neesion. end an interesting paper oa "Easter in great
IlritAn." It cannot be dear it sixpence.
Poems or Razed. Lire is Connote Esocrsa, by the
Tor. W. Barnes: London Macmillan end Co.;
Everybody in this and the edjoining riounties, which
'formed tn. Aoglo•Saxon distriet of Wessel, is familiar
with the homely poem., in our Dorset mother-speeeh,
of which the Rey. W. Brunel ix the famed author : they
are in frequent repetition amongst u., in brief whams,
as they diostrate the taming time and mese, or, with
more comi.leteness, pleasantly to while away a leisure
her. Bet popular as these poems are in this district,
the feet of their being written in the Dorset dialect
restricts them to a comparatively smell arta. In this
volume, therefore, the learned author has writteo a
somber of poems in oommon English depicting similar
names of rural life to those which are the eubjecte of his
former metrical oompositions, and repreeenting ruet.city
In all its varied moods and shams with charming (malty
and truthfulness. Those who have learned to love his
poems in our Dorset roother•eptrech, will experhinee a
nem pleasure in reading the contents of this volume,
while the larger els" to whom the dialect of this county
I. an unknown tongue, will, we feel assured. &Tire the
highest gratification from these poems, and unite with
Dorset folk in lauding "the bard of the Derotriget"
The volume is handsomely printed on thick toned paper
and neatly bound, and lea work inevery respect worthy
of Ma high reputation of its publishers.

" Attie AND OBIATIOWS."—To the Editor.—fiir,
—Will you allow me a few lines in reply to what
your reviewer mid bast wok on the subject of dm
Alms sad Oblations" Subtle to which I referred in
nay slissoWS lately publiehml on the truth and oillos of
ilso Christian ministry. First let me thank him way
sincerely fir the kind and favourable manner, in which
he Lae reviewed thorn. He escinly that.. important
• saltioct silks Christian min dawns treating ot
(tester kWh. Perhaps, what have more leisure. I
any be inclined to do so, bat I wish unfsiguorilly that
the teak may fall into abler bandit But now in
to the' alms and oblations,'' I cannot for my peat
that the aped "oblation.," refers to offerings for the
olorgf. Ir will wit one tall.e how these offorings
stre to bo from the "alma" for the poor,
sad in what ProPations tho mosey is to he divided
is there say u.S oa reeord of • publio Communion
whore such • rule has Leen observed or where offerings
bay, beam pissed la the plots or bacon in mounts
Dermas, with direedoas Stet they are for the use of
ftbst Giorgi? Ir thls v•mr 01 the meaning of the tom
or wagon.* be wend, this would be, so far as I can
ass, SW, oar way of dirdingualhisa between "alms" and
oblatioart' • but I rower heard of any mush plan.
Again, lb* Reviewer soma to conesive of • ems where
there should be • Communion, and es the Bread and
Wine upon the Holy Table, sad yet no "elms or
oblatioos," and Iteration this words are to be maittod.
Such • ease I humbly ooneeive doss not exist. When-
ever them is a public Commasios there is • eolleetios
of" alma end oblations," sad so the words Sr. swot
For ory.elf • oarefel ooraidention of Um mobject. and
of the history of the Rohr* mikes mu decidedly of
opinno that the terms mean amenity the same thing
horn • different poiot of vies. Thom of which •••
”slan" in regard to our brethren are " ohlatiose" or
Mforinp in rogord to our God. • wile referred to
by • fined throws torn, mind Emit belt aPi" this.
Pool. is his &fence bettors Felix soya, "Now shot
Sassy yews I some to brmg ohms to my nation and
eiwWWW" (Asia. iii... 17.) In what did the "slats"
dig.. from the "offering." gimp' In tat point of As.
'14.0. 'Joy were retarded ? It is very probsble
that the Reheat wee framed from that Pallor
*specially us is. word "offering." in the original lo
roami, P .I'll4lto "oblarioa."—rrob•hly is tb•
Palliate it would be ',edema Wallows, bat I
do io.t rower rem to ride, to. Ay Amusing for the
j•Digth of this. I us, lig. rs obedieotly. EDWARD
MISNAME..BA:64, Anti! 3, 1368.
tWe hove know.. one where at every Communion
mosey was Olaood lto (otth too Alms) wrapped
pp is ,p,r, with the word Oldatiorm willies it,
which was for the olergyman : no doubt • liunp"%g
iostaoca of what was e Gnaw.. maws is days whoa
all gni boot brings were is Us" 'mods of nlts-residwaS
motors, rood the parishes wore lat to meats., whose
stigma& were shoat equal to labourers
only repeat that the Frolic Book.wn4wsrjeastellplsles
thu tamability 01 • uou,'"lama wit•mis Alma or
Oidatiosm, Peel it directs Niro Feeler for the Charoh
Militant So he read dirt the bread sad wine am plosod
on the table sad yet in that prayer provides for
alossemo of Aims gas Oblstioss. 'Combs, pms.hisses
Ara words r oar alms) to Ms pew (sod -to um
mial•tee,' which is pit:Wily In secordanoe with ob.
**bran quoted above. —Bleksney on Boot of Gamma
Pryer.]