The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-08-22

Huntington, Dr. S Bclknap, Rochester
J Bates, Miss Il G Atwood, Miss N c
Mason, Mr. and Mrs Jos Meyer, Bos'
ton; c { Cady, Mr. aud Mrs NJ A Nun.
roe, Miss Lille 5 Severance, { W Earl
n = Barbour, Mrs Il W Iinscy, Mis-
Clara ? Kingsley, J G. Linsley, Middle.
bury; S L Damon, New York Geo
c., Miss L Geiger, Miss c A Hub
bard, Columbus, Ohio; Horace a White
Washington VIM & lIynard, Kate A
IIynard, Charles W Peed, Frank VI
Peed, Brooklyn. l. |.
Editor Register The camp meeting
at Spring Grove, New Haven, commences
to-day, Tuesday, and will continue until
next Tuesday. Undoubtedly many, per.
haps nearly all who live in the vicinity
will attend more or less. Many will 60
who say they don't believe in such meet.
ings. Then why should they conntmance
them? lladn', such better rr,naiu at home
and show their consistency? Others de-
clare that no good comes of them. That
is, suppose, they mean to say that per-
sonally they never received any benefit
from attending them. Very like. But
others declare that they, on the contrary,
have experienced more good from them,
than from any other religious meetings
Who are the best witnesses Of these two
classes of the legitimate results Of such
meetings.
Some think that with our present
means, our many churches. there is no
necessity for such gatherings. But
why not ? Don't we hold conventions and
conferences, and institutes and so forth
for various purposes, Notwithstanding our
abundant ordinary facilities, buildings
halls, school houses and churches? Is
there no benefit in congrcgating in masses
and in keeping together until the mass
is somewhat homogeneous in thought
and sentiment and feeling? And why
should not churches, which are necessari
ly local in their interests. and sereratC
from one another territorially, come to
gether once year, not mere y to have
a conference on some theoretical or doc
trinal or business points, but TO pray anC
sing together, and tell of their experiences
and confess their faults and by all legit
innate and proper exercises, endeavor t.
get really and alphabetically united
and so strengthen one another in a com
mon, holy course, and for the promotion
of one common and holy object? Ant
how can it be done, how can such mas
meeting be held in manner, or place
preferable to well conducted camp
meeting Can you think of any?
But there are evils which grow out o
such meetings, indeed But are the meet
ings the guilty and organized causes o
such evils ? If the former, we should b
happy to know Of what we are totally ig
norant for our meeting at the Grove
expressly organized, in particular, agains
all evil of every sort. But that som,
evil disposed person may make it the oc
casion of merry doing we don't deny
The same is true of religious meetings @
all sorts, even our regular services of tn
Sabbath day.
But many who attend camp-meeting
don't seem to be benefited by them, yer
true but we take 1t that all such per
sons get pretty much what they 60 fol
Multitudcs attend our regular Sunda
meetings but it don't augment their rel!
gious life or power A scripture tex
throws light en- such phenomenon. -
1.-The word preached did not profit then
not being mixed with faith in them tha
heard it," No fault of the meeting, c
of the preaching, or of the truth preach
ed.
But why hold it over the Sabbath
Because the Sabbath was made for man
ard for mans good we hold the meeting
Why not WELD the power of mass NEE
ing for Christ on Christ's day Why NJ
thus do good on that day, us well as an
Other day of the week 1t surely is NJ
wrong, in itself. to meet in the grove, IN
sing Gods praise, and pray to him, an
preach his word any more thanit is in a
church And is it any more OF Sabbat
breaking necessarily, for people to trave
a-foot or a-team to grove meeting o;
that day than to church or hall, o
school house? Let all then who can cor
sistently attend the present meeting {
Spring Grove do so. But let all rcmem
Der who do so, that the Lord required
that no Israelite should ever appear a
any ancient feast, empty" handed, o
"empty" hearted. Come with plenty i
both hand and heart and receive accord
ingly. ALLoNsoN.
state News.
CHANGED HANps.-P. p. Ripley, O
the Orange County Eagle, at West Ran
dolph, has sold his establishment to +. A
Carpenter, for $4,000
BRANDoN.-Rodney Pierce, We
known citizen and High Priest of Fal
mers' Chapter, r. A. NJ. died on Wee
nesday and was buried Thursday wit
Masonic honors.
The bell of St. Auglstine's churcl
Montpelier, was consecrated on Tuesda J
August Sth, by Bishop De Gocsbriand
after which mass was celebrated by Rev
Father Cloarec, of Rutland.
The following are the Vermont dele
gates to the National Council which is t
meet at Oberlin, Ohio, Nov. 18th. 1871
Rev. II. d. Kitchel, d. D., Rev. g. /
Ferrin, Hon. Julius Converse, Rev. q.
. Wright. Rev. Aldace Walker, d. d
Joel NJ. Haven, Esq, and Rev. A. "
Wild.
BAPTIST. Tho Vermont and Shat
bury Baptist Association will hold il
18th anniversary with the church in lr
II.