The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-29
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From the beginning 10 the Close tue
meeting was marked with deep feel
inc of conservation and labor on the
mart of the church. Eighteen tents,
beside the young peoples chapel tent
and ministers tent, occupied the
ground. Elmore, East Elmore, VOL
colt, Morrisville, Hyde Park, No.
HYDE Park, Greenfield, Waterville,
Cambridge and Underhill were repre-
scented by tents companies, and there
were. beside these ,severalprivate tents.
The first service, prayer meeting
for conservation to the work Of the
week, was held on Tuesday evening.
Wednesday forenoon Rev. Charles
Smith, of Gilmore, preached the ilrst
sermon of the meeting. Taking as MS
text the following words: ''Freely ye
have received, freely give" he preach
ed to the church some plain, forcl-
BILE, and encouraging words. In the
afternoon, Rev. j. Ii. Langford, oil
Waterville, preached written ser
mon from Judges, Sd chapter, list, "a
and Sd, verses. Though written, the
sermon was we'll delivered, without
confinement to manuscript, and as
written sermon it was good. On
Wednesday evening Rev. Mr.. Chase,
of Providence Conference, formerly OF
Vermont, preached from Rom. g Esd
On Thursday - Fulsom preach
/
ed from Matt. :2l; j. A. Sherburn
from Rom. IA :21, and-We dgeworth
from Matt. Is IS. On Friday morn
| ING Bro. Currier preached a sermon
evincing and producing deep feeling.
For his text he took the Sth verse OF
the Sd chapter of Jonn, and presented
the lesson of humility. The sermon
was followed by meetings for those
who felt the need Of the sanctitying
grace of God, led by Bros. Lewis and
Wells. w. II. Hyde preached in the
afternoon-text, Prov. 8 :36-follow-
ed in the evening by Rev. S. f. Cush-
man-text, Psalms 49, One OF the
best altar meetings of the week fol-
lowed the sermon Of Bro. Cushman.
Bro. d. Lewis exhorted the people as
he alone can eXhort them, and sever
al came to the altar seeking life. Sat-
urday forenoon Rev. w. d. Malcolm
preached from the words, "Seek first
the kingdom of heaven and its right
eousness, and all these things shall be
added unto thee" The practical eff
feet of this sermon was u surprising
" large collection in the afternoon
Saturday afternoon Rev. E. George
Smith, of Stowe, presented the word
to the people, from Matt. II 3. The
scene of the TRANSPORTATION. Toward
night heavy shower began to fall,
, and the preaching was confined to
tents, Basford, Vail and Bragg preach
ING. The rain continued to fall near
ly all night, but Sabbath morning
broke clear and beautiful, and at al
i early hour the people began to assem-
, BILE, and before noon one Of the larg
est crowds that had ever gathered OF
the ground were in attendance. Al
:, tbAcse one company IN IN the youns
, peoples tent, led by Elder Cooper
! and one in East Elmore tent, led by
Bro. Langford. In the two meetings
over $50 testimonies were given. A
half-past ten Rev. W, IL. Worthen
Of Chelsea, preached from Psalms 49, ~
1913, giving one of the best sermons in
defence of the word that we have evel
f heard. We had thought to give an
abstract of it, but as it was in itseli
an abstract, condensed and concen.
trated, we could give no abstract with
out giving the whole. In the after
noon Rev. W. d. Malcolm preached
one Of his characteristic sermons from
John :36, and in the evening Bro,
Worthen again preached on the ten
lepers. Monday morning found the
congregation quite small, and an altar
meeting was held. In the afternoon
Rev.J. II. Hitchcock, of Eden, preach
ed-text, Ps. "a, first clause of th I'd
verse. Every one, he said, had some
engrossing object in life, or some es-
pecial thing in which they gloried.
The farmer in his soil or in his build
ings, the housewife in her cookery,
etc. The Psalmist boosted in the
Lord. He might have boosted in his
knowledge, in his palaces, in his
wealth, or the like, but no, it was in
the Lord. First, the excellency OF
boasting in the Lord. Second, the
positiveness of the Psalmist; he boast.
ed in the Lord. Boosted not in him
self, but in the Lord. Bro. Wheeler
OF East Gilmore, followed in one of the
most telling exhortations of the week,
and quite number Of seekers came
forward to the altar, and meeting Of
power ensued. In the evening Elder
Cooper preached the last sermon Of
the meeting to quite large audience
Tuesday morning a small meeting Of
rejoicing was held before the stand.
The tents were struck, and by noon
the grounds were once again quiet
The meetings have been throughout
characterized with good order. The
young men of the vicinity behaved
comparatively with a decorum which
was praiseworthy. Doubtless there
have been better camp-meetings, but
no better one was ever held on this
ground. There were some CONVEX.
sions, but the great good, it seems tc
us, will flow from the honest, earnest
conservation of the church. The ex.
penses of the meeting were fully met
by the liberal contributions of the PEG.
pie.