The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-08-25
Spring Grove Camp Meeting.
FIRST DAY.


NEW HAVEN. Aug. %.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
district camp meeting opened here this
evening.
Prayer was offered by Rev. a. 3. Edison
of Rutland Rev. T. A. Griffith of Burling-
ton delivered the sermon, taking for his
text
Isaiah xiii, clause OF Esd verse. 1.-THE same
take the Iraise."
His sermon was in substance as follows:
Everywhere as you read the Bible you
Will find SEEMING contrasts. IrecogniZe in
this statement that serves to illustrate the
fact that il IS those who seem to indicate
the most humility that achieve the highest
aud noblest results in the domain of grace.
II would not take God five minutes to
convert every unconverted soul that will
come within this enclosure were it not for
the trouble that lie in the human will itself.
1t is the opposition God finds in our inner
being, and this is why God has to spend 20
much force in subduing it. 1t is thus in
the very elementary stages of life. In the
fret place, when man comes into contact
with God he must be emptied of all conceit
| and selt-esteem.
There IS wonderful similarity in the
modes God uses to bring those who are
unconverted to himself, and these used to
bring us, who have slipped, back to
himself again. To bring us back again
| God sometimes has to use severe measures
What we want, said the speaker, is 10 reach
a state of leaning upon God; to such state
that he can come and reign and rule in and
through us the Lord of every motion. The
speaker made this his principal point, and
went on to illustrate that 1t was when one
was in the humblest attitude towards God
he would achieve the greatest results. He
urged personal work upon all if the best
results would be Obtained. In closing he
said Let us forget everything but Jesus
Christ and let us have that state of heart
that will make us receptive. Let our
watch word be "Lord, what wilt thou
have me to do" and say as did Paul, 81
can do all things through Christ.
He was followed by several in exhorta'
ton.
The grounds present about the same ap
pearance as last year. Some improve
ments have been made. Among them We
notice ole new cottage, Willston. Pitts
ford society are erecting one also. There
are fourteen ministers present tonight
The audience tonight was not large, bu
tomorrow will bring large additions to tn,
members
The well known caterer Dir. N. A
Bailey is on hand and prepared to atten'
to the wants ofthe inner man in his usua
efficient manner.
The trains arrive here as follows; Train
moving south, leaving Burlington at 2
a. m. and p. m. arrive at ground 80 q
m. and 5 80 p. m. Trains moving mort
leave Rutland at 700 a. m. and so p. m.
arrive at ground 1000 a. m. and ~ o. N
SECOND DAY.
The morning opened somewhat unfavol
ably, and with the appearance of rain, BIT
s notwithstanding large numbers of peopl
began TO arrive at an early hour. TIL
c morning services, owing to the rain, wei
. held in the Middlebury cottage and Ru
!. land tabernacle, both of which were crow
ed. Rev. s. Gardner of Manchester d
livered the sermon in the Middlebury co
n tage. In the Rutland tent the servic,
q were conducted by Rev. A. X. Edison {
ia Rutland.
a Rev. Mr.. Vandicar delivered the sermC
from Isaiah xviii, 16. Therefore Thu
saith the Lord: Behold lay in Zion
corner stone," etc.
Ancient Zion was situated somcwhe
near the present site of ancient Jerusalem
10 a city noted for its remarkable events. TT
% city where God seemed to have delighte
. to reveal Himself, and from here 1t VI
70 destined that the Son Of God should (
= forth to all the world. After q oriet Z
"a view OF the beauty and grandeur of II
creation of the PLANETARY system, u
B. speaker said that when the wise Great
q, had reached the climax of creation, mi
Id was created as Lord OF them all. Wit
ID man was created, God In his infinite vi
= dom made plan of salvatio
ID and to complete that plan MOI
Or were sufficient but Jesus Ohrii
Goods only son, and without Him all n