Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-24
SPRING GROVE.
Opening Days of the Camp Meeting
Weather Fine, Attendance Large,
and Everything Propitious.


Some improvements on the Ground,
The annual campmeeting of the Spring
Grove Association of the Burlington distric
NJ. L. church opened on the grounds at New
Haven on Tuesday evening. The grounds
have been much improved during the year.
The association have purchased about eight
acres of ground adjacent to the present en-.
closure, making sixteen acres in oil now
used as the camp meeting grounds.
The new grounds will be used for the ac-
commoiaton of the teams The sanitary
arrangements have been improved. The
plank walks about the circle have been In a
great measure replaced with gravel, thus
lesscnipg the noise materially. Many OF the
cottages have been reprinted and there is
one new one. The foliage on the young
trees which were set out some three years
ago is well out and the shade of the ground
is improved
Mr.. N. A. Bailey has charge of the board
ing hall as heretofore and Mr.. Cowles Of the
baggage and livery.
| The audience which assembled at the first
service at Z O'Clock was not large, but as
| large as usual first night There was no
sermon. Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr..
| Perkins and the elder, Rev. j. j. Noe, read
| the scripture lesson and made some brief re-
| marks, after which the services consisted of
prayer and praise. The grounds were un-
usually quiet. The service was impressive
and no one who noted the carncstncss of
both clergy and laymen could fail to feel
that it must meet with its reward in the
accomplishment of much good during the
meeting.
wednesday Morning.
The morning broke cloudless and cool,
refreshing breeze tempered the rays of the
sun SO that the heat was not at all oppressive.
Many new arrivals were noticed busily en-
gagged in erecting tents and getting settled
and they continued to arrive all the morning.
The trains brought considerable number,
but they proceeded to open their cottages SO
that the congregation which assembled at the
10 O'Clock service was not largely augmented.
Prayer was offered by Rev. ID. +. Brooks
of Fair Haven.
The Scripture lesson and sermon were by
Rev. l.. o. Hathaway of Lincoln. The text
of the discourse was "Whosoever drinks of
this water shall thirst vgain but whosoever
drinketh of the water that shall give him
shall never thirst but the water shall give
him shall be in him well of water springing
up into eternal life." st. John iv 10 and
IA. After abiding to the fitness of the text
and sermon, originally delivered to woman,
in view of the predominance of women in
the congregation the speaker proceeded to
the.discusson of the topic The water of
| salvation, drawn from u well not dug by
mortals but continually sprlnging up in the
human soul through the agency of Jesus
Christ. The human appetitcs and desires
were the water drawn from the common
kind of we'll We may suppose that Christ
knew whereof he affirmed that desire tend
ing to crafty the carnal heart will not be
satisfied but will return again. However if
we drink of the Giving water" mentioned in
the text we shall be possessed Of deep well
of up-gushing water. While it is right and
proper to desire many things yet we often
long for those things which il possessed we
would not glorify God by their USE
The woman referred to in the text ques-
toned Christ's ability. We question at
times whether it is possible for u man TO be
so filled with the Holy Ghost as not to thirst
after anything. The great trouble with
many Christians is that they drink too spar
ingy of this Giving water" lest they may
become too useful, may be compelled to pour
out the water. They lack enough As
the woman was drawing water for her tenn
poral comfort and obtained only as much as
she needed from time to time, 50 many
Christians sometimes come to campmeetng
for household supply of religion and
this supply docs not hold out very
long. When you or or any
other person, he said, seeks the Lord under
every circumstance and in all situations and
come to the conclusion that we want Jesus
for the purpose of glolifying God and no
| other purpose, we are IN condition to
| to drink of the living water.
! don't mean that man can become so
| full OF Christ that he can not sin but so long
| as man is possessed of Christ SO long will
he be possessedof an inner resolution to do His
| will. If man has Jesus he will have work
love, mercy and salvation in his soul. Final
| ly, there is necessity of distributing this
| living water for the benefit of our felowmen.
| We are the aqueducts of Jesus Christ and
when we are completely filled, filled to our
greatest capacity from the great fountain
head, then the living water will gush forth
with force and effectiveness to all around.
Rev. ID. +. Brooks, Mr.. Beach and Others
| followed in exhor!alion and the services
closed
Wednesday Afternoon.
there was no one o'clock service. The audi.
forum was comfortably filled at the com.
mencement of the 2 o'clock services The
sermon was by Rev. ID. F. Brooks of Fail
Haven, one of the ablest speakers. The tex,
was: Romans vi 4, Therefore we are bur.
led with him by baptism into death; thai
like as Christ was raised up from the deat
by the glory of the Father, even 50 we SHOULD
walk in newness of lfe." The preacher re-
viewed the whole of the sixth chapter Of
Romans which he considered as Paus de
caration of independence from sin. Some
people, he said, think it to be necessary to
| have some sin about them in order to keeI
| them humble. This to me is strange doc
trine and quite contrary to the teachings Of
| scripture tor it is well established fact OF
experience that the more grace and less OF
| sin we have the more humble we are.
sense of shame for protesting L
be Christians and continually sin
ming may he COMPOUNDED with true Chris
tian humility. Condemnation for an act Of
sin is not humility. Humility is Christian
grace, the offspring of piety. Paul, in TIT
22d verse of the sixth chapter. gives us the
true process of humility. but now, benl
made free from sin and become servants t
God yc have your fruit into holiness and thu
end everlasting life." Note the present tens'
hare. This humility is one of the promi
nent features of real holiness.
The text brings us to a death to sin, to
burial and to a resurrection of a new, spir
itual life. A likeness is made to reprcscn
an original The figure of Christ's death
= burial and resurrection is here made to re
present death to all and every motive o
sin. AS Christ was SO changed in His rcsur
: rcctcd state as not to be recognized, so wi
the sinner be changed when he is resurrecte
to this new life. We, dead to all the old Inf
Of sin, shall live with Christ. and the new lif
begun will continue forever.
The speaker emphasized the freedom fror
sin which would result. AS Christ died i
e an instant after long and weary hours, so on
u death to sin is instantaneous however Ion
we may have been lingering and hesitatin
nhnul conservation or confession Ihn rec