The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-04-06
SUOREH1M.

DffOH EIILi4H.
The past week has been one @
lmeetings and mud. We have had du
ring the last week a temperance meet
ing, school meeting, fast day meetin,
on Good Friday, literary meeting, tow
hall meeting. and a "meeting by moon
light"
Mr.. j. r. Stickney ofthis place ha
received a check for one hundred dol
lars, signed by A. Il. Goshorn, dirccto
general of the centennial commission
as an award for the best full-bloode,
merino sheep, exhibited in Philadel
phia1 last October, at the centennial
The money for this premium was fur
nished by the Pennsylvania agriculture
society, as the centennial commission
gave no money awards.
EDIToRs REGIsTOR.--lnt the first place
the pastor has not been sick enough tC
have ii reported, not having lost a Sab
bath, and is now well. Indeed | hay,
not lost Sabbath on account of Hines,
during my entire ministry of eighteen
years, save one Sabbath. when | had
the measles.
Contrary to the impression of the
Rutland Herald correspondent, vour
correspondent was most favorobIv i'm.
pressed with the oreot revival ;ntoroe,
In Doston. ne reoch;n0 many ont 81 81,
classes. rich and poor: learned and nm
learned: moral and degraded Scoros
ont of all these have for fho drst limo
found rejoicing i'm Savionr from s;,,
for the first tine have sct mn tho fan,;i,,
altar. And one of tbe mos mari na
TEXTURES of the revival Is tho fen,noronoo
reform. Hundreds had obondonpd tho;,
cups and saw WEyen their onnctito far
strong drink is taken owayT ~ Th;s vi
heard with nv own cars from manr
who had found Chr;st nroc;ons ''i IVY
meeting of ministers from ali n,r,s ~,
New England was most prccions oc.
casion Of renewed faith and conscero.
ton in the Masters work. One tbons.
and pastors were in Ais meeting. on6
the new kindlinp that will bc carried te
the churches viii bc Inf onothcr moo
that God smiles upon the labors ofNJoo
DIV and Sankoy. For weels I was i,
the inquiry meetings. and can tcstifv r.
what | have stated that from Roston..
highest, middle and lowest ranks soul:
are coming by the scores IN Christ FL,
tbe representatives from ali those cIaeso,
met in the inouirv rooms. nc thos,
who were seeking. and those who baf
found Christ. TIE work socmnd 10 h.
increasing in spirituol mower and ont
evidence of II was inrreosed intoras
and gatherings in nraver ali over tb,
city. tooether with the nravorfnl vista
tions of every familv i, the c;tv os ths
delightful and annointcI worl, of C,od,s
people. Moody Is eminentlv man n
God. of faith and nrover. ono whom
God certainly blesses. and tbis ;s moo
enough. that like Wesley and Nh;ffiald
the Lord has raised him mn for tbee,
times. He is n man of most eycellen
Judgment and common sense III
answer TO one ouestion which I boarr
him give. will suffice as evidence Of hi,
good sense. "Why don't Won toacI
BAPTISM" Answer. "That il none ofon,
business. Some men would have hi,
work broken M in six weeks or si,
DAYS, if they had their way (apnlausel
Suppose should teach bantism h,
sprrinkling. away would 90 Mr.. pentc
cost. Nir. Pentecost beipo near nv
said mo | vouldn't.'D If fouVbt
baptism bv immersion. away would or
DR.. Webb. Let ministers indoctrinaie
converts as they please. but we have n,
business here with controyerte3 noints
Christ sent me NOT INTO the world to
baptise. but TO preach the oosnel. =
Amen. to their faithful labors in Bos
ton. and elsewhere. and LEI all God,
people saw. amen,
Fast day was here observed. but il,
few. the going being tedious. =
Dea. Wolcott is almost blind trom cat
oroct. bos bcon so for rnnn,hs. ~,
thinks of having II tolrn or in ia
weeks. lie Is missed in tbc soncino,v
Mr.. Shumwav. cousin of A & Jorr;s
ESQ. who has been CONSERVATIVES fo,
wears. and who has found orcai beneli
from his annual visits 10 Vermont. died