Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-09-05
The NOrthlleld Camp Meeting.

The NOrthlleld Camp Meeting.
Our report in the MESSENGER of last
week closed with the services on Wednas
day morning.
Atl P NJ the woman's foreign mission.
ary anniversary occurred at the stand
Mrs. j. w. Guernsey having the charge
of the meeting. The address on the
occasion was by Mr.. Hudson, native ol
India, and was of the most interesting g
character
AT the same hour, the annual meeting
of the camp meeting association was held
| in the Barre society house.
The annual reports showed a healthy
financial condition of the association, and
the old board of officers was re elected for
the ensuing year. Ezra Walker of Chel-
sea asked to be excused from service on
the board of managers, on account of
inconvenience in attending to the duties of
such position, and William SIade of
Norlhfeld was elected in his place. The
question of holding the next meeting in
June was then suggested, and after gen
eral discussion of the subject, covering
the advantages of such an appointment,
it was voted to instruct the board of
managers to arrange the meeting for 1854
in the month of June. The question of
holding the next meeting over Sunday
having been brought up led to some
complications which necessitated an ad-
journment to Thursday at l p. NJ, when it
was decided to adhere to the present
order for at least one more year, the
motion for Sunday meeting being with
drawn, leaving the vote Of the association
to hold the meetings between the Sabbaths
still in force.
At 2r. NJ, on Wednesday, Rev Il. l..
Bruce of Waterbury Center was the
preacher, using the text in Matthew q: %,
md at p. NJ, Rev. c. p. Taplin of Waits
field preached the word from Matthew
10: 1929. Unfortunately we have mislaid
our memoranda of these services. Both
services were impressive and good alten-
ton was given to the preaching.
On Thursday at 10 A. NJ. Rev Peter
Merrill Of Enosburgh preached on the
text in Hebrews 2:3, stating the ground of
mans lost condition, the necessity for
plan of salvation and forcibly illustrating
he truth that here is but one manner of
salvation provided.
At 9 r NJ Rev. w. J. johnson of
Waterbury was the preacher. his text
peing clause in John 1924 Judge
Righteous Judgment" The discourse
,howed man to be an intelligent being,
given to Judgment; then that the para
mount question on which he must Judge
8 in relation to his immortal interests;
md following on 10 illustrate his righteous
Judgment concerning man himself, then of
he gospel and finally of their harmonious
idaptability.
A heavy shower dispersed the congre,
cation Immediately after the sermon, and
be people gathered in the society houses
where meetings were held while the rain
descended in torrents for an hour or more
At 7 p. NJ the grounds were 50 wet,
although the rain had ceased that meet
'ngs were appointed in the society houses,
Rev. J. T. Baxendale preaching in the
Barre house on Romans 4:5; Raw. S. B.
Currier in the Middlesex house ON Luke
l8: 49,; Rev. w. H. Dean in the Montpe.
ier tent on John 10: 25; and Rev. W. B.
Worthing in the Williamstown house on
Luke l0:42 A new departure in the line
of order was carried out, giving all visit
ors upon the ground the option of attend
ing one of the meetings, remaining quietly
seated in the main auditorium, or to leave
the grounds. The plan was found to
work admirably.
On Friday, at 10 A. NJ, Rev. L. White,
OF the New England conference and for
merly principal of the seminary at Mont
pelier, preached on the text in Mark
12:30-31. His treatment of the text fol-
lowed the outline of this scriptural injunc-
tion to love God and man; defining the
prerogative of the "heart," the SOUL"
the "mind," and the strength respec-
lively in influencing Christian service
Under the third division the preacher
spoke incidentally, but earnestly and
effectively, of the importance of Chris
tian education for the young, and empha.
sized the occasion for full improvement
of the advantages now offered by our
schools.
At2P. M. Rev. d. E. Miller of Montpe-
lier preached on the text in Psalm 1879 :23-
20. His theme treated of God as being
the searcher of hearts: lst, showing his
being as seen in the stupendous and the
minute; ID, the invitation of this being,
by the Psalmist, into the heart; Sd, that
God searches the human heart by his word
and by bis spirit. Leading to the lesson
that true piety is OF the heart, and urging
the application in exhortation to sinners
to invite the searcher of hearts and to seek
the way Of life everlasting.