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

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and urged them tp lead holy and god /
ly life; 60. lead true, earnest, Chris !
tian life. IIc spoke with considerable
viction on his hearers. Az the close oil
the sermon an exhortation of soluc
power was delivered by Rev. s. ID.
Elkins, of Winooski. At 5:S0'a grand
singing chorus gathered around the or
gan and made the woods ring with
melodies of the gospel songs. At z
o'clock prayer meetings were again re
sumcd in different places, all OF which
were well attended. Mcinters Of near
" all the different evangelical denomi-
nations are aud have been present, and
they, one and all, report that they have
greatly enjoyed the meetings and re-
ceivcd great good therefrom. They
have participated freely IN The prayer
meetings and helped urge sinners TO
come TO Christ.
At 80 the evening public service
was opened by prayer by Rev. G. II.
Church, of Ripton. Rev. j.. O. IIatha-
way, of Leicester, preached from Gen.
III, "Come thou and all thy house into
the ark" He delivered a practical and
we'll directed discourse on the necessi-
" of preparation for entering into the
ark of God. lie was listened TO by an
audience of about 900.
TUESDAY.
The day opened bright and clear with
but little air stirring, and no sigu Of the
much desired shower. The ground had
become very dry and dusty under the
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summer solstice. At six O'Clock an In
tcresting prayer meeting, led by Rev.
Il. S. Taylor, of Weybridge, was held
in the chapel. At eight o'clock the
usual morning prayer meetings were
held, which were so full of interest,
that they were, some of them, protract.
cd till commencement of tho morning
service. The forenoon service was
opened with prayer by Rev. A. Os-
born, of Panton. Rev. ID. G. Ayers.
of Benson, then preached from 2 Cor.
x:4, b, "For the weapons of our war
fare are not carnal but mighty throuph h
God to the pulling down of strong
holds; casting down imaginations and
every high thing that exalteth itself
against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ" IL Is n
warfare against sinfulness of every
kind and character, one in which rebel
lious mun is brought into subsection 10
his Master and Creator. The object of
this warfare is that the power of ihe
prince of darkness might be over
thrown. 1t is not an optional warfare.
We must be either OH one side or on
the other; there is and can be no men.
trality. lie said the necessity of a com
plctc subsection TO Gods will was i'm
perativc; even the thoughts of man.
must be in subsection. When this con-
quest was complete the sinner would
be reconcilcd to his God. He asked.
in closing, If all his audience were do
ing what they could to push OH the war
fare. lie warned them that these meet
ings OH this camp ground were only a
preparation for harder work at home.
He was followed by Rev. D. Gregg. of
Champlain, N. Y, in brief but strong
exhortation, and after n few remarks
by the presiding elder the services were
closed with the benediction.
AT l O'Clock deeply interesting
young peoples meeting was held in the
Shoreham tent. The tent was filled TO
Overlooking. AT 2 O'Clock public SER
vices were resumed at the stand. Al
though the day remained quite warm
and sultry, and Notwithstanding the
dusty roads many people had arrived
from the surrounding country, and an
audience of fully $500 people attended
the service. The discourse was dcliy-
cred by Rev. W. j. Tillcy, of Brandon.
from John iv:42, "Now we believe.
not because of thy saying, for we have
heard Him ourselves and know that He
is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the
world" He spoke of the wonderful in
fiuence of testimony in creating faith.
In touching manner he begged of his
hearers to investigate and find ont for
themselves how precious this Savior
was. At O'Clock interesting PRAYER
meetings were held in several places.
AT 1880 O'Clock the public services
were once more resumed at the stand.
Rev. Grin Gregg of Champlain, N. Y.
formerly presiding elder OF the district
preached from Job kills, Ia, IS, "If
thou prepare thine heart" etc. He
took for his theme, "The preparation
of the heart" This preparation, when
applied to ourselves, compels us to do
certain things, among which is consid
Grafton, which is the first step. We
must think of ourselves, not of others.
off iniguity be in thine hand put II
away" Follow this and you will take
another step. Our conversation is
another, which must be kept pure and
clean. Our conversation will be one of
the greatest things we will have to an
swer for at the bar of God. The usual
prayer meetings followed.
WEDNESDAY.
The morning dawned clear and
warm, and towards noon the heat be-
came almost uncomfortable. The six
O'Clock prayer meeting was led by Rev.
l. A.. Dibble, of Bristol. at $3.50
O'Clock the usual number of PRAYER
meetings were held. AT 10 80 the reg
ular morning service was opened. Rev.
ID. Is. Brooks, of Starksboro, preached
from Matthew xxii:21, "Rcnder there
fore unto Cesar the things which are
Caesars; and unto God, the things
which are Gods" He impressed on his
hearers the Importance of discharpino
the duties of civil life faithfully, bnt af |
the same time we must perform the
duties of religious life, and we must |
not on any account allow the first TO in |
wade oI'superscde the latter.
At O'Clock children's meeting was
held at the stand, young peoples
meeting in the Shoreham tent, and sew
eral prayer meetings in other places.
All were interesting and largely at
tended. At 2 o'clock public Services
were resumed at the stand. After the
reading of scripture lesson by Rev.
5. ID. Elkins, of Winooski, and singing,
Rev. ID: r. Lowell, of Fairhaven,
preached from John xix 80, at is fin.
lshed." He urged in a powerful and
impressive manner on them the import
ance of living for God.
AT s o'clock evening service was
opened at the stand, and Rev. A. Camp
tell. of Bridport, preached an effective
discourse from Isaiah IS, "Seek We the
Lord while he may be found, call ye
upon him while lie is near" lie In
'tructed his audience, first, how TO seek
The Lord; second, when 10 seek the
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