Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-10-04

more sea Ihere 5 no place for you now in
Gods universe
BY this time there were tumulluous respon-
ses from the audience, Of groans, cries, clap
ping Of hands, and mingled shouts Of glory
and amen
The electric shout Of the multitude acted on
the preacher again, as he went on, with yet
fercer energy. Now is your time, sinners !
Now is yonr time Come unto the altar, and
Gods people will pray for you Now is the
day of grace Come up Come up, you
that have got pious fathers and mothers in go-
ry Come up, father come up, mother !!
come up, brother Come, young man we
want you TO come All, there's hardened
sinner, off there see his lofty looks Come
mp, come up! Come up, you rich sinners =
You be poor enough in the day Of the Lord
! can tell you Come up, you young women
You daughters Of Jerusalem, with your tnk-
| ling ornaments. Come, saints Of the Lord, +,
and labor with me in prayer. Strike up a
hymn, brethren, strike up the hymn Aud a
thousand voices commenced the hymn,
Stop poor sinner, stop and think,
Before you further GOT
And, meanwhile, ministers and elders moved
around the throng, eutrealng and urging one
another to come. and kneel before the stand -
Mutitudes rushed forward, Rroans and sobs
were heard, as the speaker continued, with re-
doubled yehemence.
Il don't care said Mr. John Gordon, who
sees me- I'm going up am poor old sin.
ner, and ought 10 be prayed for if anybody
Nina shrank back, and clung to Cayton's
arm. So vehement was the surging feeling Of
the ihrong around her, that she wept with a
wild. iremulous excitement,
DO take me Quits dreadful she said.
Clayton passed his arm round her, and, open
ing way through the crowd, carried her out
beyond the limits where they stood together
alone, under the tree.
Il know am not good as ought to be-
she said, but don't know how 10 be any bet
ter. Do you think it would do me any good
TO go up there DO you believe in these
thingsl'
4 sympathize with every effort that man
makes to approach his Maker said Clayton
these ways do not sui, me, but dare not Judge
them. ! cannot despise them. | must not
make myself a rule for Others
But, don, You Think said Nina, that these
things do harm sometimes =
Alas, child, what form Of religion does not
1t is our fatality that everything that does good
must do harm. It's the condition Of our poor,
imperfect life here
Il do not like these terrible threats said
Nina. Can fear Of FIRE make me love Be-
sides, have kind Of courage in me that al
ways rises up against threat. Ii isn't my
nature to fear
If VIC NAV judge our Father by his voice 10
nature, said Clayton, he deems severity nee
essary part of our training. How inhexibly
and terribly regular are all his lawsi Fire
and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind, fulfil
ling his word-all these have a crushing regu-
larity 10 their movements, which show that he
is to be feared as well as loved
But want to be religious, said Nina, EN-
iirely apart from such considerations. Not
driven by fear, but drawn by love. You can
guide me about these things, for you are reig-
ious.'
i fear should moi be accepted as such 10
any church. said Clayton. 1t is my misfor-
tune that cannot receive any common form Of
faith, though l respect and sympaihize with all.
Generally speaking, preaching only weakens
my faith and have to forget the sermon, in
order 10 recover my faith. l do not behere-I
kn0io-that our moral nature needs thorough
regeneration and believe this must come
through Christ. This is all | sm certain Of
Il wish were like Milly,' said Nina. she
is Christian, know; but she has come to it
by dreadful sorrows. Sometimes I'm afraid to
ask my heavenly Father 10 make me good, be-
cause think it will come by dreadful trials, if
he does
And y said Clayton, speaking with great
earnestness, would be willing 10 suffer any,
thing conceivable, if could only overcome all
evil, and come up to my highest ideas Of good.
And, as he spoke, he turned his face up to the
moonlight with an earnest fervor of expression,
that struck Nina deeply.
Il almost shudder TO hear you say sol You
don, know what it may bring on you
He looked at her with a beautiful smile,
which was peculiar expression of his face in
moments Of high excitement.
4 say il again = he said. Whatever it in
wolves, let it come =
The exercises Of the evening went on with
u succession Of addresses, varied by singing of
hymns and prayers. In the latter part of the
time, many declared themselves converts, and
were shouting loudly. Father Bonnie came
forward.
Brethren he shouted, we are seeing day
from the Lord We've got glorious time
o, brethren, let MS sing glory TO the Lord =
The Lord is coming among us =
The excitement now became general. There
was confused sound Of exhorlatons, prayers,
and hymns, all mixed together, from different
parts Of the ground, But, all Of a sudden,
every one was startled by Il sound which seem
ed to come pealing down directly from the
thick canopy Of pines over the heads of the
ministers.
Woe unto you that desire the day of The
Lord To what end shall il be for yous The
day of the Lord shall be dsrkness, and not
light! Blow ye the trumpet Zion Sound an
alarm in my holy mountain! let all the iu-