The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-05
Saturdays Meetings at Ludlow.

The gospel meetings being held at Lud.
were numerously attended on Saturday
last The day being one of the finest OF
the season was taken advantage of by
many living at distance to attend the
meetings. notice of which had been widely
circulated through the medium of newspa.
pers and handbills. The programme, as
heretofore published, has been nearly if
not literally followed from the first.
Prayer meetings at six and half-past nine
o'clock in the morning, followed by speak
ing from the stand at half-past ten o'clock
in the forenoon. The topic of remarks
TOR the forenoon was Conditions and
methods of successful Christian labor"
Introductory remarks were made by Ii. M.
Moore of Boston, followed by G. J. Little
| field of Boston and G. II. Shaw of Middle
boro, Mass. 1t is hut just to the various
speakers to say that they held the atten-
ton of the large audience perfectly. All
the speakers acquitted themselves well,
| being easy and fluent in their manner, and
using many apt and telling anecdotes to
illustrate the subject in hand
At 1;3O p. m. addresses more particular
ly adapted to the younger portion of the
assembly, were made by the same speakers
who addressed tho assembly in the former
part of the day, with the addition of S. L.
Bridgman, of Northampton. Mass, who
arrival m ha -,
Littlefield of Boston, besides being very
good off hand speaker, also combines the
accomplishment of being good singer, and
gratified the audience at intervals with the
singing of several appropriate pieces
Good judges estimate the number present
and inside the tent at not less than twelve
hundred, some setting the number some
thing above this estimate but twelve hun
bred is safe figure of our desires not to
over estimate.
LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE.
Besides the regular gospel meetings, was
one in the open air, convened for the pur-
pose OF laying, with fitting and appropriate
services, the corner stone of the Methodist
Episcopal church, now in process of build
ing at this place.
A numerous company of deeply interest
ed persons assembled near the foundation
OF the church that is to be, and either par
ticipated in or listened to the services con-
nected with the laying of the corner stone,
at half past four o'clock in the afternoon.
The exercises were conducted by the pre-
siding elder of Springfield district, the Rev.
J. ID. Beeman. The service consisted of
reading from the liturgy, hymn, prayer by
the presiding elder, reading of appropriate
selections from the Scriptures by Rev.
MIR. Flanders of Weston and Rev. Mr..
Frost of Proctorsville. Address by the
presiding elder.
The corner stone having been placed in
position, the following articles were de-
posted in box which was placed in an ex-
cavation made for the purpose in the cor
ner stone and Theoretically sealed a COPY
each of the Holy Scriptures, Methodist
Hymn Book, Book of Discipline, Wesley's
Plain Account of Christian Perfection,
Winnowed Hymns, lions Herald, Guide
to Holiness, Black River Gazette, names of
the building committee, names of the men,
bers of the Methodist church in Ludlow,
namoe sc .i.~se .0.viveu on probation, and
names of builders employed upon the edi-
flee, and, last of all, photograph of Rev.
N. F. Perry, the first minister of the church
and society in this place.
Everything passed off pleasantly a..S tn
the entire satisfaction of all present. The
address of Rev. j. d. Beeman was appro-
pirate for the time and occasion. Some
thing like FIVE or six hundred dollars were
subscribed on the spot towards defraying
the cost Of the building, outside the regular
subscriptions for the purpose of building
this new house of worship, which, when
completed, will be an ornament to the
place. OBSERVER.