The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-09-05

Wv fukuiituue anu lcNu tncfn 10 seek
ana Md the savior, and at hist enter
IN at ibes straight gate. The sermon
VIVA one OF UNUSUAL power and was de-
nVcrcd with great force and earnest
ness, and when the speaker told the au-
dicnce that he had a warning that he |
might drop away, and prayed that
when he dropped he might fall while
he was preaching the gospel of his Mas
ter, and said that ON account of this
warning he probably might never have
the privilege of preaching to them
again, many were affected to tears.
The sermon crcalcc profound impress
sion.
After "A few minutes intcrmission,
during which the throng rapidly in-
creased and speedily filed not only
every inch of seating room but nearly
all the standing room inside the great
square, and tho fronts of the cottages
and tents which surrounded the square
and all the approaches to it were lined
with people, making magnificent au-
dience of at least 5000, all eager to lis
ten to the lady who was to preach the
word to them. AS soon as the audi
ence became sufficiently quiet devout
prayer was offered by Rev. II. N. Nun.
ger, of Vergennes, who prayed that
God would bless the words which the
lady should utter, and that they might
carry conviction to the multitude.
Mrs. Hammond then requested the as
semblage to remain perfectly quiet
while she read a portion of Scripture,
which request was implicitly obeyed.
She then proceeded to preach most
impressive and suggestive discourse
from Rom. xiv :12, "For none livcth to
himself and no man dieth to himself"
Her theme was the Power of Personal
Influence. She told about the wonder
full power of human influence, COM
pared 1t to throwing a pebble into
pool of water; 1t makes az first a single
ripple, but that ripple keeps extending
and forming other ripplcs until the
whole pool is affected. So the power
of little word dropped carolessly in
conversation has kept many from saliva
ton. She said there were many before
her who had come to see the sights and
they were not all sinners, and asked
them to stop moment and consider in
what direction they were throwing
their influence. You go and meet your
friends and have good chat and visit
with them; now If You should never
TO them that will benefit their souls, or
have you left them without one word
about ii? What have you done, what
are you doing for Christ to-day viii
you ever have a better opportunity TO
load souls to Christ, to say an encour-
aging word to the seeker after Christ
than you have to-day Time is passing
rapidly away and in what direction are
| yor pustitiu vnnr inHnaroop w..
not pack your influence into the coffin
with you whom you die; it will live af-
ter you, and your influence NAV have
kept some soul from Christ. NV
friends, stop finding fault with us
Christians. Stop pointing out our i'm
pcrfections and calling us hypocritcs,
and seek Christ and secure your own
salvation and then come and talk this
matter over with us kindly. Show us
how we can do better and set lis a rood
example instead of grumbing about us
and keeping people away from Christ
by your influence. We must be care
full, very careful how we exert our in
T fluencc. She said that our unconscious
f influence was even stronger than our
conscious influence, for our lives and
deeds speak louder than words as to
what course in reference TO eternal sal
f vation we are pursuing. She entreated
her hearers TO at once 20 to work for
Jesus, for the ungodly are watching.
She appealed TO her unsaved friends TO
come to Christ. She spoke with great
impressiveness for over an hour. She
then, after prayer by herself, turned
the meeting into prayer meeting. to
which, at least 4 900 remained. During
the meeting she alluded to the tobacco
question in forcible terms, describing II
f us creation of the devil. The meet
ing was ono of the most interesting
ever held OH this ground.
II At 80 O'Clock in the evening the
prayer meetings were suspended and
public services again resumed. Anau-
dience of five thousand people listened
to the services Prayer was offered by
Rev. II. N. Munger of Vergennes, and
Rev. Jas. l.. Slason of Tinmoutb.
preached from John Kills, of wash
thee not, thou hast no part with me.n
lie took for his theme the subject of re-
generation. He declared that the Mas
ter in utteriDg the words of his text had
set before us an example of humility,
Some thought it simply taught us to be
always ready and willing to accept the
humblest and most menial positions.
but the speaker thought he had higher
object. The Master intended to i'm
press Oh us the positive necessity of n
washing and regeneration of our hearts.
I The necessity for such a change arises
because we are SO much unlike Christ.
and SO untitled for the society of God.
Some change must take place in man
sometime or he will never see God.
IL must be radical and thorough
change in the affections of the soul, and
the blood of Jesus alone has power TO |
cleanse the heart. The last clause of
the text, "thou shalt have no part with |
me-" means that if this change does not
take place, you can havo no commun-
ION with God or peace and fellowship |
with Him here. If it does take place |
you can go home with Your hand in that |
OF Jesus and live among the blest in |
heaven and meet your loyed ones there.
lie then closed with q stirring appeal
To sinners to come to Jesus, secure this |
regenerated heart and enjoy the bless
ings ana consultations of Christ's love.
After a short exhortation by Rev. ID.
Z. Ayers, of Benson, prayer meeting
was held by Mrs. Hammond. Several
persons came forward and the meeting
held Till 1920 O'Clock, A. NJ. The meet
Ing closed with The benediciion after a
continuous session since 4 O'Clock In
the morning, with only 10 minutes in
Permission. The ministers and people
were worn ont with the efforts of The
day and gladly retired to rest.
MONDAY.
A prayer meeting was held in the
chapel at o'clock in the morning, led
by that Keen minister, Rev. b. S. Tay-
ior, Of Weybridge. Tho meeting was
largely attended, At o'clock several
prayer meetings were held. At 1880
O'Clock, public services were held at the
stand, attended by some fifteen hun
dred people. Prayer was offered by
Rev. l.. Dibble, of Bristol, followed by