The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-23 00:00:00

THE ItETtoItATION ANDENLARGEMENT
OF HoLy TRINITY CHURCH.

The list of tenders received for this work wee as
follows :—Stevens and B.ms, Southa,nlitom £5810;
lir.•wn, Bros.. Weymouth. £5.2•7 se. ;
Weymouth, Clarke, Wevuienth, £4,978;
In. is and Son, Dorchester, ge,977 Gd. At •
meeting of the comin Ate,. on Wednesday, Mr. Clarkes
tender was accepted. Mesas. Crickmay and Sons,
..f Weymouth, are the architecte.
On Wednesday a report was; freely circulated in the
town to the effect that the Coinervatives had
nominated Mr. R. (rebut in the place of Mr. Ayles-
bury, who ham also been made an alderman. The
meat however, only', holds good until nett Norem•
her, whereas that gained by Mr. Whettam la, we
believe, a triennial one.

WEYMOL"M WESLEYAN CHAPEL.
The first anniversary of the opening of the new
organ at the Wesleyan Chapel. 51sidenoltreet, took
plans on Sunday, and pared off most successfully. In
the morning 31r. R. N. Howard (Mayor). Mr. R.
Thomas (es-Mayor). Alderman (troves, Mr. Pelly
Hooper (Town Clerk), and the members of the Town
Council attended the service, walking in state from
the Guildhall, the Rev. A. G. Ward, pastor, respond-
ing ti an invitation to juin in the 'uncommon. As
they entensl, the National Anthem wllsl, played. The
bytes" Awake my mul and with the sem" woo sung ;
Whilst 11 very itioprupriate and eomigehensive prayer
was offered by the Rev. A G. Ward, and this was
followed by the chanting .4 the Te Dee.. Whitfield's
anthem, "I will lift un mine ...yea,- MAK al.. ery
nicely rendered, Mr. Miller executing the solo with
much efficiency. The hymn, "01. sweet place,
'tweet place moat high" was sung before the sermon,
tho tent for which woe taken from Titus ii., v. 13,
" Isioking for th blessed how and the glorious
%wearing of our great (lot] and I.6viour Jesus Christ."
The preacher submitted his discourse ender throe
headings, dealing firstly with the names "Th. great
Hod our Saviour .lostie Christ, •' hy which the
subject .4 the text MAI defficrileid, then the
event in connect with the text the
socond coining of Chriat, and thinlly the hope—that
hope described a.. blesmd. After the sermon, Mr.
Ward, MI h.hnulf f the congmgation and himself,
expreeel the great pleaoire it hail alt.nled iii con•
corned 0i again welcome the Mayor and Cerpueation
on the ...cession of their second official visit to the
chapel —(the first having lees 'mid on the ocamion of
the opening) —saying they all appreciated the presence
mit th, Mayor and o.rporation, and that they wished
the municipal lealy suceesii in tho administration of

' Th. einging of another hymn, a brief prayer, and
the Bentelietion terminated the oervitx,
. .

In the evening the Rev. A. 1. Weril again preachwl,
,ml the attendance WSW hirge. The text was taken
from I. Corinthian. iii., 5 awl n. In the couree of the
evening Calcote. anthem, "1 we. glad,- we.. well
rewlered, kW* Ilawkeo end llow e•ecuting
the ...h.*. Mr. Houin.ell, the Wel. organi.t, presided
at the neon at each of the ...rm... with much
efficiency indeed, the misled features were newt
meritorious throughout, for although being for the
most part thorourhly congregational awl hearty, real
twisical ability was almo apparent. The oolleetions
amounted to LIO lie, or 2.. more than on the opening
Sunday Wet year.
On Wedneeday there was a public tea meeting, the
arrangement.. foe which were tarried out by Mr..
H.on..ybon and Mrs. Plommer. Those whohadeharge
of tray. included Mesdames Ward, flounsell,
(Ward, R. J. Wriirht, H. Miller, E. Pearce, Iltimeell,
F. Brown, J. Miller, Watkinson, :Therms), H. A.
.1. It. Cole, Hutchins., and then ; ale. the
Pitt (2', and Aylee.
The proceeding. both on Sunday and Wednewlay
were carried out under the direction* oof the Orman
Committee, which con.i.t. of 21...5re .1. 11. Cole,
Sherren, Itiunuell, 11. Plommer, H. Miller, It. J.
Wright., K. A. Aylee, Captain Coerce, Ginned, F.
Brown, Watkinson, Fielding, Honeybou, J. Ma*.erp,
kc. We uwlentwid that a debt .4 •licut LIM is still
owing in connection with the organ fund, the total
cot in connection with which VISA monwthing like
£.1:00. The collection. at the Sunday and Wein...day
proceedings will, le.wever, doubtles. materially lessen
the amount.

After tl-e tea on Wednewlay there was a grand
organ resitiid in the chapel. Mr. R. N. Howard
Mayor of Weymouth). pre•olled. Ile team viiple.rted
by the Bev. A. G. Ward, ale, most of the Orgaii
Committee, &c. The 'natal we. intertpei eel with
choruses and Dobai from the great masters., by a choir
of :A voices. Mr. T. W. lbaida, inua. bac., crganiat
of Queen's College, Oxford, presides( at the organ,
whilst Mr. J. H. Sykes conducted. The programme
Wax as follows I —Hymn, ''Oorne let um join our
cheerful song.." ; Sonata, No. I (Allegro, Moderato,
Adagio, Andante recit.ando, Allegro assai visite.) ;
chorus, "The Heavens are telling " ; Andante
Gramma in B; Puotlude in I) ; duet, "0 Lovely
Peace," Mrs. Rogers and Mni. Syltee ; Andante con
mots., Mr. litiyton Smith ; recitative, Mr. B. Parson.;
chorus," Beat we cry to thee"; Toccata and Fags
in Dhllinor ; solo, "lint the Lord in mindful," Mrs.
Norm. Andante in F ; Offertoire in A in nor ;
recitative, Mr. Watt/ ; amnia, "Unfold ye Portals,"
from Gounod's Rodemtion (by special permimion of
Messrs. Novello and Oo.) • air with vanatiorur ;duet,
" Quis est homo " ; Niredriing March ; chorus,
"Hallelujah."
The recital wee numerously attended. On the
platform with the Mayor were the Ross. A. G. Ward
&ad W. Lewis (Congregationalist), ohm Mr. Buck,
J.P., and Mr. Councillor Graham. The priiceedings
commenoral with the singing is( the hymn, "Come let
us join our ohe4rrful songs," after which the Rev. W.
Lewis engaged in prayer, and his Women, revs
most interesting narrative of local Wealeyanisni. He
prefaced his remarks I.y saying that when invited by
the Organ Committee to preside that night, he at
once tormented with mtich pleasure. He explained
that, although lie bad acted as chairman on many
°erosions, he hasiCnever done so in connection with a
similar event to the present. He •hei confemed he
was ins somewhat awkward fix, for although their
borough was divided in two ward., both of which
were under his care, be that night was under the care
of "A. Ward"—their minister. (Much laughter.)
He considered organ, to be • neeemary adjunct to
religious MMVICPII. It had atruck huii,, am, no doubt,
it al.° had many present, that when they referred
back to the very earliest ages they met with the man
who first constructed an organ. They found particu•
lons respecting the same in the 4th chapter of Genesis,
and from thence all through the scriptures they
found it so mentioned, even in the Bonk of Job, .
which wax supposed to be the most ancient document
on record. Ikrne sery old fashioned people said they j
did not MI6 much good in tuiraic, but they were, doubt
less, getting more and more marts. It was probably ,
known to many that the grandfather id John Wesley
sem, for many years rector of the neighbouring pariah
of Winttrbourne Whitchnrch ; and how del his '
hearers toink the people of Weymouth served him
He took a very strong view in rt•spect to the act of
uniformity, the result Laing that he had to leave the
place, and he thought the lier)t tarn to 001114 to for
protection would by Weymouth. In this town, bow
, ever, they rigidly carried out the Conventicle( Act,
and what did his hearers think this did for him It
was mid that the Corporation, although be (hia
orship) could hardly credit. it—at any rate, it
would not have been the action of the present
Corporation—actually fined • landlady in this town
L'2o for receiving the grandfather of Wesley, whilst
he was ale. fined As, a week for slopping herr.
(Laughter.) That WWI in 1663. Considering that the
town had behaved an bad to Wesley, the feast they
could do wan to help forward his demendanta, or thine
who took the name Wesleyan'.
The josigramme was then proceeded with. The
name. of the gentleman presiding at the organ is •
sufficient guarantee that the instrument warn initnipu•
lated in a very effective and plowing &sawn.