Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-06-08

Fisk, of Springfield; Rev. Mr.. Hale
| of Chester; G. 81. Shaw, OF Mas
sachusetts, and others.
---.....r SATURDAY. ....,--.
The morning prayer meeting a. o
o'clock, was conducted by Mr.. Shaw, OF
Massachusetts. and was one of the best
| GOSPEL services which has been held:
The second service was held at the pa
wilton at 8 o'clock Geo. E. Davis, OF
/ Burlington, led the convention at TINS
hour. The Bible Lesson was John 6-39
in connection with Matthew 1870
This meeting was fully as interesting
as the six o'clock. service. Rev. W. IL.
Rugg, of Perkinsville, spoke briefly.
His remarks were full of practical IN
struction. H. N. Moore, of Boston,
| Mass, impressed the thought, ''Ye are
the ambassadors of God. " Rev. Chas.
Hubbard, of Chester, then spoke on the
Importance of doing what you can. Rev.
/ P. B. Fisk, of Springfield, quoted the
! promise, ask and We shall receive"
and followed with earnest and well
chosen words, applying the topic "Ask
for what YOU want" The remainder of
the time was occupied by Rev. Mr.
! Goodall, of Londonderry Al 10 o'clock
there was discussed the conditions and
methods of successful Christian work.
! The convention then sang "All hail the
| power of Jesus name" Bible lesson
from John IS, was then considered. &.
j. battlefield, of Boston, occupied the
next half hour He said all Christians
want to work. How shall this
be done? This was shown by a
few practical illustrations, which
answered the question completely.
The speaker dwelt upon the fact that
nothing but the blood of Jesus will save
| souls. Do we believe that all who are
about us will be lost unless we try to
bring them to Jesus. We must believe
this We need better knowledge of the
| Bible. The trouble is in this fact Sun
day school teachers, church members
and all Christians do not know the word
of God as they should. Hence they say,
l can't work. We should spell this word
| can't without the t. His address was
eloquent and the audience hung on his
words with the closest attention. The
speaker made telling appeal to Chris
tians to do the little things in Christian
work. If we cannot be Moody we can
do our own little work Got wants not
great men, but little men made strong
by the Spirit. Then each day gives us
a new experience. We must not live
on the conversion of forty years ago.
We must also live on the sunshine of
Gods grace. We do not want long |
faced Christians we want cheerful |
hearts, cheerful faces. Finally, we
should not worry about results. God |
keeps account He does not ask you to
do it. Work in the spirit and leave the
result to i'm. His entire address was
full of apt Illustrations and earnest APP
peals
Geo. II Shaw, of Middleboro, Mass,
followed Mr.. Littlefeld. We must be
willing, like John, to be '"only voice"
in the wilderness. He occupied a few
moments in forcible illustration.
II. NJ. Morse, of Boston, was the next
speaker. lie said We want heads 10.
plan hands to work, hearts to love.
Above all I've shanld ia led hv thu. s',iri'
The. exercises of the afternoon opened
by singing Jesus loves even me" This
service was conducted by Brother
Moore. Mr.. Littlefield made the first
address He said no one has full man
hood till he has found Christ The
world has pleasure aud great good but
when Jesus is found the world fades
away. His remarks were mainly illus
tratiye of the subject. 9. J. LittIefeld
next spoke on the certain results of our
actions in life. Young men were SOW
ing seed which they will certainly reap.
We are writing with the diamond, not
on the sands of the sea shore, which
will not be swept by the tide. Mr.. Lit
tleticld occupied about twenty minutes
at this time. His manner of illustra-
ton is very pleasing. After singing
Take the name of Jesus, the conyen-
ton listened to s. &. Bridgeman, of
Mass He said we must
ask, what wilt Thou have me to do.H'
The time to begin is now. We have no
business, as young men, to SOW wild
oats. Lead your brother to Jesus. Say not
| must look out for number one. Let us
grid on the armor at once. Finally don't
get discouraged in your work. God
will cheer. Mr.. Littlefiold sung the
hymn entitled Your Mission.
The next topic for discussion was
'Individnal Responsibility" The Bible
Lesson was Matt. v. 10. II. w. Moore
the first half hour. What is
your responsibility for the conversion of
your brother? Out of the two hundred
Congregational churches in Vermont
sixty-nine had no additions during the
past year. This shows that respon
sibility is rot felt. We only need
to lead to Jesus one soul each to
convert Vermont ia thirty years. When
we eutcr Heaven we shall meet some
brother whom we have brought to Je-
sus. The convention sung from win
moved HYMNS and listened 10 an elo-
queht address by Rev. ?. B. Fisk, of =
Springfield, on the importance of re-
deeming the time. He gave interesting
of his own life. His re-
marks were filed with rich instruction.
The audience sang F'Jesus, Lover of
my Soul" CD. Littlefeld made the
closing address, which was the applioa-
ton of what had been previously said !.
He occupied about thirty minutes. He
said we are responsible, first, for our
second, that we do moi
warn people of their danger. At the !
;lose of his address, which moved TIE
audience to weeping, the convention
was dismissed with benediclon by Rev.
J. d. Beaman. Il. '
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