Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-29
OUTDOOR WORSHIP.


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Thursdays exercises at Spring Grove
opened with largely attended prayer
meeting. Al 10 o'clock sermon was
preached hy Rev Mr.. Brooks from Matt
Nvii;3: Except yc be converted and he
come as little children yc shall not enter
the kingdom of Heaven. It is impossible
said the speaker, for any one to enter the
Kingdom of peace unless he complies with
all the requirements of God. and the one
requirement above all others is that we
should humb!c ourselves before Him
and become ae little children. That is,
lndiVidualS must come in the same
moral state that innocent children are in.
and this can only he done by entire santiti-
cation To God.
At p. N. the annual meeting of the as
Sociation was held. The following officers
were elected President. j. =. stafford,
brandon vicc-prcsidcnts, &. &. Thrall.
Rutland, Samuel Huntington, Burling-
ton, &. &. Cady, Mddlehury secretary,
". F. Allen, Frrrisburgh treasurer. Il.
J. CG~hman, Lincoln; auditor. j. W.
LoVctt Middl"burY: trustees. Alfred
furgcson. Bristol, H. c. Martin. North
Frrrisburgh, Henry Tracy. Shelhurn, q.
*. Brittle, Wcyhridgc. q. p. Mead. Sails
bury.
At two p. m, the Rev. Merritt HUI
burd delivered an address before the
Woman Foreign Missionary Society in
memory of Bishop Simpson. At its close
Il collection was taken up for the benefit
OF the society. amounting to SI423 Al
though the weather has been excessively
warm there was an increase in numhcrs
Thursday afternoon. The most noticeable
thing about the meeting of the present
year Is the entire absence of the rough cl"-
ment which usually attends camp-mcct-
ingS
Fridays EXrrcises-Interesting Meetings.
At Spring Grove, Thursday night. Rev.
Mr.. Monroe preached an interesting ser
mon. On Friday morning, although IA
steady rain was falling a large audience
assembled about the stand under Che can
vas, to listen to the temperance services.
Mrs. f.. q. Greene president Oft the W. e. 7.
t.. presided. After reading of Scripture
and prayer by Mrs. NJ. II. Monroe OF Mid
dlpbury. Mrs. Greene addressed the audi
ence at some length on the object and
work in its different branches of the ".
/ c. T. [. Mrs. Greene said the trouble
with Temperance people is the great guilt
they place between theory and practice,
| They viii! talk about prohibition and vote
for prohibition but they do not prac-
tice it. The great object of the ". &. I.
| t. is to bridge over this gulf and by
the help Of God the Christian women OF
Vermont and the United States will do it.
Rev. George Brooks of CharlestoWn.
Mass, followed with Il talk on the Law
and Order Leagues of his State and the
great help that they have been to the cause
of temperance. &. &. Cove of New Haven
/ Rev Mr Austin of Nergennes and c. c.
Frost followed with remarks on the pro
hibltory law and its execution. \ chill
fdren's temperance meeting was held in the
chapel at ! p. III.
| In the afternoon the audience was about
doubled. The meeting was opened 10y
reading of scripture and prayer by Mrs
Alden Of Nlddlebury. Miss Alice Gucrn
sey gave an address on the work of tenn
/ perilnce in our schools and what the w
I L. T. {. had done in promoting it. Rev
( Mir. Jump of Burlington followed speak
! ing on the Law and Order League.
At Spring Grove, Friday evening, G. G
/ Frost gave temperance lecture to "A larg,
audience On Saturday morning Rev. MIR
Spoor of pitlsford preached. There are
he said, many paths through life, but only
one that leads to the life everlasting. anC
that is the path of holiness. There are
many paths that lead out of this way. Ii
is important that we keep in the righ
way. lOr the salvation of our own soul:
and that of the multitude around us. II
the afternoon Rev Mr Elllius preached
dwelling upon the lack OF active work an'
Of sympathy Il, the great lack OF tht
church. In the evening Rev Mr. Nc'
preached. The audiences during the da'
were unusually large and the prayer meet
ings were crowded. There have been
number of conversions
sunday was tine great day of the Sprin!
Grove Campnccting At an early hOU
teams from every direction were ,etl
coming towards the grounds and by
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