The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-09

cidcd to hold next year their campmeetiDg
over the Sabbath. Other campmeeting
associations will doubtless follow suit.
Soon we trust instead of the meager camp
meeting reports which have disgraced us
as church, we shall as in years
long passed, again reach such results,
as will cause all Christians to rejoice,
and Satan to desert his forces and re-
nounco his leadership in this strong
hold of Christ. If ever his Satanic
shrcwdness manufactured a specious
yet false objection. and put it on the
tongues Of weak minded Christians where.
by he might more effectually foil their
designs to overthrow his kingdom this
sabbath question" is his masterpiece.
Think of it. Just at that point of time
in the progress Of the meeting, when sin
ners begin to deeply feel, and weep and
pray; when Christians begin to put OH
strength, all-conquering strength, and OBJ
tlin unusual access to the mercy seat
when scores of sinners are "almost per.
suaded to be Christians when ministers
and people are divinely re-clad with
holy zeal and supernatural power when
the church is becoming armed and
equipped with divine wisdom and strength,
which renders it mighty through God in
sapping and pulling down the strongholds
of Satan.
When all this array of united wisdom
and strength is at its height, and count.
less angels from glory are there, onxiou:
and waiting to carry the news to heaven
that the dead's alive, the lost are found
and hell is being robbed of her prey
alas alas it occurs that the next day
is the Sabbath, and the devil will ther
recruit his forces and they will conduc,
irreverently and give fresh evidence that
by nature men are depraved and sinful
and seek such occasion as this, to out
wardly manifest what they inwardly
possess and cherish, viz hatreib to God
and his kingdcm at all times and in al
places, and especially against campmeet
ings and all such divinely honored instru
mentalities for the overthrow and capture
of their Masters dominions.
So instead of protracting the meeting
so as to include the Sabbath and Other
succeeding days, with the cheering pros
pect Of doubling the number Of true con
'o.ts 20 Christ, this specious objection
bears sway,aui the Tresldlng Elder rug
the bell and gives the command halt
ground arms disband your forces CEASE
your hostiltics on the devils kingdom
and provinces strike your tents leav'
this consecrated spot return to you
homes remain not here to desecratc tn,
Sabbath by preaching to, and praying TO
sinners who are ill-bred and rude, ant
practically prove that they belong to
sinful and depraved race Thus all thi
array of united strength must be disband
ed and scattered, and the scores ready t,
be garnered and saved, are sent away il
their teams unconverted and unsaved
only to lapse into condition where 9Th
last state is worse than the first" Alas
this weak objection is a stronghold Of tn
devil. The sooner he is routed and driv
en- from these outposts the better. w
do well to hurl this foolish objection t
the bottomess pit, whence it originated
and remember that "hc that soweth spar
iugly reapeth sparingly, and he that SOW
eth bountitully reapeth bountifully
We solemnly protest against these brie
and comparatively unproductive camp
meetings. The Sabbath objection is
special foe to success. Lut US return t
1.-THE old landmarks and make this an
nual religious festival grand siege 70
emancipating the enslaved and enlst;n
recruits by hundreds in the Masters ser
vice. Methodists, Congregationalists
Baptists, friends of campmeetings, it
for you to deal the final blow to this enc
myths undeniabe foe to marked sue
cess. Graphing with this, you wrestl
ard fight the chief cause which for tn
past few years has so signally parayze
your campmeeting efforts,
He who shall no6ly aid to restore t
our campmeetings this last feature, s
pregnant with spiritual fruitage, does
nobler work for humanity than he VIII
shall discover new planet, or a CONT
nent. S. b. ROCKWELL.