The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-23

| they were making preparations for it's OBJ
| servance, while here we were waiting to
welcome 1t as dear friend to our doors.
| The Sabbath hymn was then sung. The
words,
"Another six days work is DONE
Another sabbath is begun"
rang out upon the quiet evening air. The
venerable clergyman then knelt with the
bowed congregation, and waited upon the
Sabbath in with prayer.
Mrs. White spoke in the evening to
large congregation, reading lesson from
Pet. chapt, placing particular emphasis
upon the text "Add to your faith virtue
and to virtue knowledge" etc. The bur
den of her discourse was that religion
must be brought into our every day lives,
that to be a christian was to be Christ-like,
borne above the temptations Of the world,
partakers of the divine nature, living every
day as If it were our last. A refiued chris
tian character does not unfit us for he bu-
siness of the world, but enjoins upon us the
| duty OF being honorable in all its details,
carrying the religion of } esus into the Of
flee and the work shops. Many long for
missionary work abroad, when their own
homes and families invite their earnest la
Dor. We must not divorce Christ from
our daily lives.
| Her discourse ended with an earnest ex
hortation to the church to dedicate them
selves anew to God. A VIVID picture was
| drawn of Christs sacrifice for man, and
sinners were invited to accept the salvation
bought at such an infinite price.
About forty came forward for prayers In
response to this call.
Saturday Aug. 19th-The air is crisp and
COOL a slight rain fell this morning as
necessary part of the camp meeting pro-
gramme. 1t is a pity that the camp meet
ing and excursion season hud not COM
menced earlier this year, to save the crops
from the effect of the late drought
This being the Sabbath, the plan OF the
day was made to suit the needs Of the
church. AT 0 o'clock this orning grand
social meeting was held in the big tent.
When the time arrived for the regular
services, the weather had cleared finely,
and Elder Smith preached on the open
ground to congregation of several hun
dred He took up the subject of the Two
Covenants" as related to the Sabbath ques
ton, showing that the first covenant was
made with Israel at Horeb, that the ten
commandments were observed in Eden, and
especially was the Sabbath sanctiied for the
use of man from the beginning. The new
covenant was ratified by the blood of
Christ; after that nothing could be added.
Yet Sunday keeping dates this side of the
cross hence it is no part of this covenant,
and is not binding upon those who live un-
der it.
This is considered subject of much I'M
portance among this people, and was set
forth very plainly by the speakers, who
brought out scriptures from Genesis to
Revelation to establish his position.
At $50, p. m. Elder White spoke on
the subject of the law in the New Tesla
ment and the gospel in the Old. The
preacher polrtedly reviewed the position
of those who assert that Christ abolished
the law of God. 1t was shown that on the
contrary, he taught, by precept and exam
} pie, the necessity of obeying that law. Peo-
pie were in the habit of making vast dis
tincton between the old and new dispen-
sations, making the one all law, and the
other all Christ, whereas, in all the types
and symbols of the Jewish system. Christ
was foreehadowed The blood of beasts
was one emblem of his blood that was 10
cleanse the world from sin, and when the
christian dispensation was ushered in by
; Christ himself, then law remained the
same, Interchangeable as the throne of om-
, impotence. Christ was the great center OF
the plan of redemption, the only name by
r which men could be saved.
Inc SAINTS VINO uled curing tne Ola uls.
, pensation, will not be saved by the law,
but through the merits of the blood of Christ
prefgured in the rites and ceremonies they
J SO sacredly observed. Through the Gen.
turtles that preceded Christ, every drop Of
? blood of beasts shed in faith, pointed to
: his death upon the cross. That was the
7 gospel in figure, this the gospel in fact.
The popular impression is that the old dis
+ pensation was all stern vigor, while the new
l dispensation is all light and love There is
no such contrast. Both dispensa,ions were
e of God. There is one changeless moral
: circle, one plan of redemption, one Saviour,
e one rule by which to measure the lives OF
men.
e The subject was treated exhaustively
e and embraced a wide field of thought. The
4, congregation was estimated at 800 persons
t The wind blew strongly and made grea
rustiing among the leaves overhead. bu
t the far reaching voice of the speaker wa
heard above ali the tumul.
: REPORTER.
p. SIN the first report which has jus
! come under my eye. it is stated that 5. d.
Adventists believe that the second coming
of Christ is ocer. Ii should be, near.
r.