Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-27
Reported for the Free Press and Times.
The Essex Camp Meeting.
FRIDAY EVENING.

Reported for the Free Press and Times.
The Essex Camp Meeting.
! FRIDAY EVENING.
The sermon on Friday evening was give
by Elder D. NJ. Canright, upon the snbice
of tho Advent.
lie spoke of the extreme views of tw
classes one of which has set the time 70
the coming of Christ and the end OF tn
world at several different times: the 0the
of which believes that We can tell nothin!
about it, whether Christ will come ,O-da,
or a thousand years hence.
The speaker took the ground that, a.
though " no man knoweth the day nor tn
hour, vet we may know when the event i
near. His position he very ably prove'
from the words Of Christ in Matthew xiv
30 - So likewise ye, when ye shall Sc
all these things. know that it is near, ever
at the door" lie then proceeded to Civ
some of the signs of the last days. Refer
ring to Daniel Xii: A." many shall run &c
and fro, and knowledge shall be increased,
he spoke Of the many wonderful inyen
tons Of the nineteenth century.
Why is this 50 ? Are the men Of TIN
age naturally more wise than they wert
years ago? No. The hand of God Is il
it. The present facilities for travelling
We're contrasted with those Of former days
and the speaker maintained that this was a
wise provision of the Almighty for the car
rying of the last message of mercy to the
inhabitants Of all the earth. lie showed
that the fact that the gospel has been
preached in every part OF the globe was a
iulfllment of Matt. XIV. II, and sign OF
the end of the world. lie referred to the
age OF the world which the best chronicle
gers place at about Il 600 years. and the gen
erel belief that a great change Will take
place at the end of the six thousand years.
which he claims would be not the CONVEX
sion Of the world. but the second advent.
Another sign he claimed Is found in
modern spiritualism which he claimed is
plainly iOretoli in Rev. XVI i2-l1 Matt.
XIV 22-27, Sc.
As another mark Of the end q the world
there shall be an unnatural condition of
the elements. lie read Rev. xi. 10, and
| called thcTattention OF the audience to the
terrible storms, floods. winds. earthquakes,
and tidal waves, that have become of late
50 startling and frequent.
The moral condition OF the world was
taken a another proof, reasoning from
Matt. XIV. 3. The world was very wick
Ell IN the daySsof Noah, see Gen. Vi. .. lie
/ showed by quotations from several OF the
leading newspapers that the press is alarm
| cd at the terrible contagion OF crime AT the
present day. The political aspect of the
world, the preparations for war (see joel
! III. 9, Rev. yi. lr), &c, be claimed were
/ Just what the Lord sid they would be in
the last days.
The meeting was held under the large
canvas tent, which was well filled The
best Of attention was given by the audience;
and good order has prevailed from the
! first
sATURDAN ioRESo)N.
Saturday morning sermon WAS preached
by Elder James White upon the Advent.
The speaker claimed that the angel of
Rev. *. represents a great message To - q
the whole world. This j. represented by
his standing with one foot apon the land
and one upon the sea- The angel " cried
with a loud voice as when a lion r0areth. &c
verse 3, showing the carneStness with
which the message is to 90. The little book
which the angel held ia his hand represents
the book OF Daniel. In proof Of this he
showed that the book OF Daniel which gives
history of the world in advance was % be
sealed up ill the time of the end DAN. XII.
~, when knowledge shonld be increased
| What kind of knowledge Answer That
which pertains to the end. The angel has
been talking about the end.
\ second proof. The angel lifts his
hand and swcars that tfa4c shall be no long
er Then this little book which the angel
holds open is one that contains time pro-
phctIc time, and can be no other than the
book of Daniel which contains the great
prophetic periods that book which
was to be sealed until the time Of the end.
That this Is prophetic time of which the
angel speaks he clearly proved, showing the
inconsistency Of the idea that the angel re-
ierS 10 the end Of the world, the end OF
days and nights. of literal time, when he
swoar- that time shall be no longer.
Those that entertain the latter idea say
that this refers 10 the coming of Christ and
the resurrection but right at that very
time john speaks of another thousand
years Rev. w T. The time oyldcntly Is
prophetic time. and ;hc speaker claimed
that that ended in 1871.
The angel O.. Rev. xiv. g represent,
message that was to be preached, proclaim
ing the hour of Gods Judgment at hand.
This message has been gwen in the present
century. The angel of verse > j. another
message relative to all corrupted Chrisiilni-
~ upon which the speaker had not time 10
comment. In tie oh verse and onward an
other message follows. containing the most
terrible warning within the lids OF the
bible against those who worship the beast
and his image, and who receive his mark
In the l2th verse" Here is the patience
Of the saints" This applies to the present
time. the time when we are waiting in sGs,
pen>e, in expectation of the coming OF
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commandments of God and the faith OF
Jesus, verse T.. Right down in the last
days, then. will be q people that will keep
the commandments Of God just rs they
read. the fourth not excepted. such pep
pie the Seventh-Day Adyentists profess TO
be. This does not refer to the blind Jews.
for the last words of the verse add that they
have also the faith OF jesus. The speaker
said tina: he thanked God that ne was con-
nec.ei with people that have g rl1'c
Bible, one that embraces the ldw ot Gld
and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
lie spoke Of the disappointment Of the
Advent people in lsii. and showed how
clearly this was marked out In Rev. X. %,
10, II, by the little book that the angc!
told John to cat This was not literal
book. of course but the sweet taste Of II
represents the JOY with which the news
of the Advent was received in 1871, and
the bitter taste which followed represents
the terrible disappointment which fell upon
the people when the time passed. Ia the
llth verse the angel said, " Thou must pro-
phe>y again before many peoples and ma
tons and tongues and kings This work
the Seventh-Day Adyentists have been do
ing for the last - years. Upon this point
he spoke Of the Providence Of God in the
al,
About - years ago the first issue Of their
paper was carried to the postol,ica m
small carpet bag. Now the issue OF period
icals from their office at Battle Greek.
Michigan, in one week recently amounted
to three hundred bushels, or nearly two
tons weight They are printing largely n
French, German, Swedish and Danish, be-
sides the English.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Elder u. NJ. Clnright addressed the
congregation from Rev. iv, II. In this
chapter John describes what he saw in
Heaven. In the verses preceding the text.
the holy beings in Heaven are represented
rs worshipping God : and they ozciaim,
Thou art worthy, O, Lord, to receive
glory, and honor and power, for Thou hast
created all things and for Thy pleasure they
are and were created " The great idea
that the speaker wished TO convey was that
everything was made for Gods pleasure
We are all made for his pleasure; and il
any man lives his lifetime seeking his own
pleasure only, regardless OF gloriiying God,
he Will fad, when he comes 10 settle his
account, that he has made terrible mis-
take.
The first object of the gospel. even. is the
pleasure and glory of God. This Is put
frs; all through the Scriptures In the
iirst. In the Lords prayer the name Of
Thy will be done in Heaven and earth, Is
put before GIVE as this day our daily
bread"
The speaker maintained that ", are NOT
our own q Cor. Vi. I9l: that die air We