The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-08-10 00:00:00

OPENING OF CHRIST CHURCH.

The pretty iron building, known se Christ Church,
situate is the parish of WaWitch, wee formally opened
on Tuesday afternoon by public Divine service. The
church is in 'twit at once a neat and comfortable structure,
mumble of holding about 400 persona. The
_pews are of
pine, stained and varnished. The reading desk and pulpit
are neat and becoming. On Tuseday afternoon the church
was cratedwi to hear the fist service within It. walls.
The divines present were—Arctidegoon Sanctuary, of
Poorstock ; R.v. W. C. Templar, of Barton Brsdatock
(the vicar in charge): RIT. Talbot Greases, of Meloombe
Regis; and Rev. H. Condi,. of Cern*. &Irvine com-
menced by the sines' of a hytighich was followed by
the reading of the deed of license by the Archdeacon. The
preliminary swedes vu conducted by the Revs. W. C.
Templar and 11 °unity. The Rev. Talbot Grooves preached
the sermon from Acts yd.. 98 end IL Notice wee even
that Diving INITViCe. would be held every Sunday at 11 in
tls. morning and 830 in the evening. The hymns to be
sang are from Kemble's hymn.bookorith oreeeeiredition.
We are pleased to be able to stem that nearly all mate are
already let, and there are • number retained as tree mats.
There is no doubt that such • church as Christ Church is
• building sadly needed in this district, and hundreds in
the neighbourhood sill relish good gonad evaugglicil
doctrine will support it.

WIRING FOR TIIE TELEGRAM!.
I am sorry, Mr. Editor, your space is so confined
this week, but allow me room for a few remarks,
concerning the pretty, but unassuming, edifice known
as Christ Church, opened on Tuesday, in the parish
Wslditch. I believe there are many In this localit7
who are long since weary and tired of the ritualistic
practices within the pale of a reformed Protestant
Church, who hail with delight, unfeigned delight, the
opening of such a much needed building.

We are promifted that the teaching within its walls
will be of a sound Evangelical character, in contra-
distinction to the question able doctrines preached in the
immediate neighbourhood, and we have every reason
to believe that this will be so. It is to be hoped we
may get a few converts in the stray sheep from an
adjoining fold. Every man as an Englishman, can or
ought to respect the devotion and doctrines of the
Rmish Church with all Christian charity, with the
knowledge that the devotees of Rome adhere to, and
believe in their own mode of salvation in which they
hare been trained from their youth up. Whilst we
agree to differ from them, let us in a measure respect
, their doctrines. It is the men who are netting a
1 sumptuous living from the National Church, and who
i are industriously disseminating from their so-called
' Protestant pulpits, teachings c mtrary to what they
have plesiged themselves to preach, that we have to
guard agai, st. Such men are black sheep, and not
worthy the name of shepherds. so long as they insist
I on poisoning the minds ,sf the young, more especially.

A few baneful societies are doing a stmrtger and more
I pernicious work than many are aware of, and it
behoves all who do not wish to see the martTr fires
again lighted in Protestant England, to do all in their
power to prevent these men working out the ruin of
their country and kindred. Such men are the first to
cry ~ut against Disestablishment, yet in their blind but
wilful ignnraikee are “triring to their utmost to bring
about the Dinestablishment which thousands of us
would be sorry to see.

Let the teaching from the pulpit of Christ Church
put to shame the dangerous doctrines, which to the
shame .4 the county we have not far to seek. Let the
new church be the plain and unostentatious model of
Protestant worship in all its beautiful simplicity, and
then the people of Bridport and its neLhbourhood will
have reason to bless the day when loyal and truly
Protestant men saw the necessity .f founding a
Christian church in their neighbourh.ssi. La Lao*.

OUR SOLDIERS IN CANDARAR CITADEL.
Tbe water is very impure, and besiegers of the!
citadel could cut off the supply sltogether. The
garrison must therefore depend upon the wells. Of
these there are three of from 25 to 34 feet deep. A"
water is obtainable at so short • distance below the
surfeoe, there should be no difficulty whatever in
sinking • sufficient number of wells to supply the wants
of the men, if not of the animals enclosed, and if a
large portion of General Burrows' force has regained
the city General Primrose should be able to hold the
whole town, instead of being forced to shut himself up
In the citadel. Candahar appears to be safe, and no
anxiety need be felt as to its power of resistance until
General Phayre arrives. Upon the other hand, the
position of the small garrison of Kbelatei-Ghilsai
appears precarious, as the native tribes have for some
time withheld lu plies of provisions, and it ill
feared that the magazines are not sufficiently stored
for a siege. Yet t is reasonable to suppose that
General Stewart, on his march through the place on
nis way to Cabal from Candahar, left a considerable
Amount of stores behind him at this point. There is
every reason to believe that the forces available in
India will prove capable of dealing with the emergency
long before the arrival of reinforcements from Home.