The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-06-07 00:00:00

THE MILITIA REVIEW.

YAlrs Truly.
Noose Omura.

FAREWELL ENTERTAINMENT TO THE MILITIA.

"Soklbws of Christ, arise,
And put your armour on •
Struts in the strength that 04 supplleo,
Tbrauith W. beloved Son.
From strength to strength go on.
Wrlatle and tight, and pray :
Tread all the p,we-s a darknes• down.
And win the well-foutht day."
--(App
The musical entertsinraent then proceeded, Mier Dawd.
lag olarng the orguinstle, commencing with " Nancy
Law," and winding ~ut other tuosa, the militia greatly
wondering and rising to see the paver strip of mns
l.
liravelliog along the roun a. tune sit, tune wan wrmed
oqt. The leaching ,rl', "I'm not the Qdeen." be the Rev.
C. E. flilln.r, Wet 11.1111.. f. and MI.. 0. Ekst—Krs.
Shutlesrorth at the instrnment, ennead much laughter,
and Major Coil .• wen loudly encored for hie hearty Eng.
Itch r .ede-ar of "The Tight Li,tle la'and."
Kr. R. a. WILSONS, 4,0 'es secretary of he Church of
Karl nd Tempersn-e Soci-ty, thsn performed nom. clever
c mior, ni; feats with coins and rings, taking some of the
fastn•ss out of • fnrward militia boy, who seemed te
have been • hl, spoil.in hi' Vill‘e".
Danes nen' fav,nrel with a charming rendering
of " Arid Lang Brae," the other singers joining In

ehorsui.
Hr. WitSoP said the local secretary, Dr. Luile. must
have souse von, rood resent for not being there, a' ho took
such int 'root in the work. As orgenioing secretary of the
ci- to for the Ls,- eounties of Dorset and Wilt., he said
the Church of Regime Temperance fi,,iiety heartily
we'c toted the 13 meet Militia, and nothing should be
wanting on bit part ti mike thin meeting eucoemlul, and
future ones st,ll more no, and I • than the reagent.
After referring Ii tbe buts: to be held in Loodon. and
atteoded by the Q seen, Print.. Leopol& in behalf of
the Army Code. Tay.r Movement, one of the best conic ter-
settee &gouts for vitt' Or nien sway from publich t 0... is to
provide pr:zae $ where the. con cat good tea, onffse, and
woe it long ago. Hr. Gialotone introduced in his
Rill ccl is.. which would allow the itale of had:Mating
drinks In railway carriages, and in conrequenoe the four
large tenseessnee pi ...intim sent up such a strong remon-
strance that Hr. OMAstosis allowed it to drop for the
present. (•pplause.) When they west back to their
p triebee, let tits m join some temperance society; our meat
h.•Pe is foir the Young who are growing up, cod the
Milti• might do very lunch good if they would only think
of the little ones and get thi ae in their villages t rake
the pledge. Tim C'torch of Rae ,od Temperance S•welety
has incroesed frau. 200,000 o 300,000, and ousel e-o 7.01X1
clergymen instead on 700. bares, of the truth coat tined
in its principle. In conclusion he asked those willing to
join to hold up their bands and I did $e
Sbuttleworth sang the little song "Robin," which
Is Inels • faveurite in "Trinity' gatherings, and was mach
applauded.
?Sailor Dollop then gave "Capt. Ls. 2 i-da." and was bolster-
cutely *Pc rod.
The Roe. .1. blaragellett appealed to the audience es to
what ex. of men he hod bet ire hint sad was quite sure
that some meant to have • word with the hon. secretary.
He was opposed to men joining hastily, because temper-
ance work must be done with • man's whole heart, he mud
throw himeolf into it, for it was not easy. The recruit.
be was deliehlet to est, and exhorted them to be firm anti
sure. He was getting rather as old collier and 'vas errant
some teetotalers are sly, taking • little drop end letting
nobody know. When buck at their bottles, they would
be welootned, and some would ask thorn to come in and
hove • drink; but that was no t•ne fiend, men or woman,
who tempt,d them to go and dries ; he was on seerny
who drum° Mirk an" poor f• Ilew and mode him sink
down. Mr. St kw h spoken of prayer, and it wee •
Moat thing or iit,•n t, ge two nrc tieir ti• en •-ni think
shoot the great Got who beer. the groat Saviour who
died for no ; if it were ,inly to may —"Nit father. I have
, tinned &vino. heave, in thy eight, snit am not worthy
iin • c•iled thy non. God be meiciful to nie • 'inner."
M•ght Got We.. them al', eel bring them hick next yetr,
end he honed instead of that erommed room, to hays all
the regiruont who were willieg t, come, and 01.0 mak-
r lorn •orgiehm—(spplute)—ind before going out they'd
do ihe be.t t, make t-et .ttlere of them all. (App1e,....)
A, mil t'a•usn named ficen 'hen rove en wed eu praising
tern MO I s elt• et. onbite f and twe ktv.
The Antbe we, •un-, sod at the CI CS Mr.
, W•I•ou and R• 7 Stenh snows t k m trio rdedic s.
Se . "Major ()AMARA. FP' the men Mft,
returned very .ea-to think, .11 th it b•-bolf the kiwi
friends who hod len.t and ..ntar dn.*, thorn,