The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

N}IIIRBORNE.

TRI Sherbert.' Panay Bank deposits for the
niontn ending October 29.1. were ES 13.. B.d. and the
withdrawals IN lla dd.

THI Parita Magazine sokoowledges having re-
ceived for the Yestmea Hospital, Mist Tabs, bat,
Church Boxes, El Ile. 80.

THE Abbey Church Offertories from Septombor
24 to October 29. were :—For sick and needy Poor.
£4 16s. B.L; for debt on tuning organ. £2 10a. 2.1.;
for expenses of choir, washing surplices, ka.. 18a. sgd. ;
for horse missions (harvest thanksgiving sermon
preached by the Bey. C. T. Procter) £l9 134. Bi,;
total £27 19s. Id.

Till CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL Exccrastmg TO
SOUTHAMPTON I,ook place on 12th July lat. South.
hauipton hes proved an expensive place to visit and the
outlay inearred has exceeded the receipts by EIS 91. 7d.
uonatione towards this deficiency will be thankfully
received at the vicarage, during this month.

Tan GUILD OF Tun Anensigox.—Measaree have
been taken for establishing a perstanent libre7. and
Omit 80 volumes of instrtleties and &maim/ literature
bars been kindly contributed by different (rime's, to
shorn the members of the Guild desire to offer their
best thank& Donations of books are earnestly solicited
for this purpose. —Parish Magazine.

A PMFUL CA/53.—A poor man hoe recently been
sent from this parish to the hospital for consumption
at Brompton. His motherless boy, having no home
except the union house, durintahris father's absence,
has been temporarily taken c of by his aunt.
As she cannot afford to maintain the child, the Vicar
has promised to allow her 3s. Cid. per week for his
board, lodging, washing, and mending, and will be
glad to receive special alms to be applied to this pur-
pose from the weekly offertory, for the present If
the father gets better in the hospital, the child will
again have a home, on his father's return to Sher-
borne, of which due notice will be given.— ibid.

Otte firnoote.—The Rev. W. F.-Tregarthen, has
been appointed H.M. Inspector for Dorset, in the mom
of the Rev. W. W. Howard, whose large district has
been divided by the Committee of Privy Council. Mr.
Tregarthen is expected to pay his first official visit to
the Etherborne Abbey Schools early next mouth. Parents
of scholars are earnestly requested to see that their
children attend school regularly and punctually. When
children are old enough to go to work, they ought to
join the night school, in order that they may not forget
what they have learned, but continue to Improve them.
wive.. The night !schools are now in full work under
Kr. Stephens and Min Bird; and Mr. Stephens has
opened a separate chit for the Instruction of grown.cp
men—mechanics, labourers, and others. The help of
three or four volunteer teachers in the nighelechools s
urgently needed. Will any of our readers give their aid
for two hours on one night per week?—Parisit Magasine.
Ttie Vtcsa (Rev. E. Raritan) has drawn up an
apparently effective scheme for the catechising, ono.
firmation, and first communion of children in the
parish. At the age of seven, children are to be
brought to have their names entered on the children's
register, that proper arrangements may be made
for their being instructed; at twelve they are to
attend the publio catechising in the church, and the
name of each found properly qualified will then be
transferred to the Register of Catechumetis pre-
paring for confirmation. There will be • special ,
*uric* for children annually on the Food of the
Holy Innoostita Children of any age coming to
reside in the parish should "be brought to the vicar
for examination and classification with oertificate of
good ()Deduct from their former parish. These rules
are required to be observed from and after next
Advent, and none who disregard them will be
presented for confirmation.
Corraos MISSION. Daring the ensuing Advent, a
series of Cottage Mission Services will be held in
different parts of this parish. according to a scheme
to he announced next month. The first day of Advent
—which is Adaent Sunday—being the commencement
of the Church's year. Is a good starting point for all woo
with to lead holier lives, and to serve Hod better
for the future- Advent Sunday is always the
Sanday nearest to S. Andrew's Day (Nov 30) whether
before or after het day, and the four weeks of Advent
are set &pert by the Church as • solemn time in which
all her members shall prepare for the joyful celebration
of her high Christmas Festival, and so for the second
Advent of the Lord Jams Christ, by meditating on the
great end for which the Word became Flesh, and by
resolving firmly to live for th future, conformably to
that end. These Hottage Mission Services are open to
all who desire to prepare themselves for the doe celebra-
tion of Christema ni for the Second Advent of our
Lord, when He Mall come suddenly to judge the world.
Parish. Magazine (abridged).