The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-12-15
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FoRETATHERs' DAY.-The usual cele.
bration in this village, under the auspices
of the Middlebury Historical Society.will
be held on the evening of Wednesday,
December 22d-The Address, at 6 ~
o'clock, by Rev. WILLIAM H. LORD, of
Montpelier; the Supper following-Tick-
cts SO cents eaeh-at the Addison House.
80. DROWNED, while skating on New
Haven River at Brooksville, on Thursday
last, the 9th inst, a sen of Mr.. Henry
Correll, aged about nine years. He
broke through the ice and remained in
the water but about fifteen minutes, vet
all efforts to resuscitate him to life proved
unavaiing. This will, we hope, prove
sad warning to boys who are trying the
new ice, to approach it with great caution.
'...Rev. B. NJ. HALL continued his
course of lectures on the Rise aud Pro.
gress of Christianity, on last Sunday af.
ternoon to a large audience, who listened
to the discourse with marked attention
His subject was Noah's Life and the
Flood, Of which we can give but bare
synopsis:
The date of Noah's life. and the Flood
1856 years from the Creation. The char.
acter of that generation as given in Scrip.
ture. "All flesh had corrupted his way,
and the earth was filed with violence"
In their midst lived Noah, a bright exam
pie of piety,-"a light shining in a dark
place" Noah was a just man, and per-
feet in his generation and he walked
with God"
How was be sustained under the fearful
pressure of a universally bad example and
influence? BY faith; and while that
principle joined him to his God, it over.
came the world, and carried him safely
through the fearful crisis. The Ark was
prepared by Divine direction. All an.
pearances and all experience we're against
the predicted Delugs; yet Noah believed
God, and acted on that belief; doubtless
amid the SCOTS of an unbelievinp world
Objections to the form and size of the
Ark answered-its dimensions and tom
mage given-together with the probable
length Of time employed in its construe.
ton.
Noah and his family In the Ark seven
days before the storm began-while Che
world ate and drank, bought and sold,
were married and given in marriage, as if
all would remain as usual. The creatures
which were elected to life, went into the
Ark unto Noah by divine impulse-a
spectacle which should have wrought con.
viction in every mind The Flood came
-" the fountains Of the great deep were
broken up, and the windows of heaven
opened" and all that breathed died
Blasphemy and violence cease-and the
earth is washed from its pollutions, in the
Great Bath which God provided! An
awful period in the worlds history-slo-
quent in proclaiming the 9 exceeding sin.
fulness OF SIM" A a0orld destroyed by
avenging justice Who can comprehend
it? The food of 1880, and the desola.
tons at the Hollow (now Brooksville)
described, as miniature illustration.
But what was this, when compared with
the Universal Deluge? When nothing
lived but the creatures in the Ark7
THE expanded waters gather on the plain;
| They float the fields and overtop the grain
Thus rushing onward with impetuous SWAY.
Bear focks, and folds, and laboring binds away.
Now seas and earth are in confusion lost
world of water,-and without coast %
Another Deluge is predicted-a Del
uge of fire But there is a Refuge. May
all enter therein before there be addition
al guilt incurred.
The conclusion of the history of Noah
next Sabbath afternoon.
I'VE suppose the Musical Benefit
of Friday evening, at the Lecture Room
of the Congregational Church, will be a
friendly reunion of kindness and sympa-
thy, as well as a graceful musical enter
tainment. A crowd of those who have
appreciated the severe affection of the
lady for whom the benefit is generously
projected, may easily be gathered in our
community, and the tasteful musical re-
ception in preparation for them is not OF
ten so cheaply afforded in any other.
.... Miss ABBY NJ. HEMENwAY will
read from her work the Poetry and Poets
Of Vermont this wednesday, evening in
Union Hall, commencing at 6 IL o'clock.
I've refer our readers to the ad.
vertisement of the Novelty Sewing Ma.
chine Company.