Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-22
LVIII NEW SERIES, VOL. xxx.

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Gospel to Save" The address drew the
closest attention of his many hearers and
was very interesting. Mr.. Murphy gave
considerable of his personal history. His
address was followed by ii Gospel prayer
meeting, which was largely attended.
Saturday evenings session of the Meth
odist campmceting AT Morrisvillc was
largely attended. Rev. Mr. Malcolm
preached the sermon. On Sunday morning
Rev. Mr.. Mckenzie of the Troy confer
ence preached and in theaftcrnOon Francis
| Murphy made an address. which was
listened to 10y five thousand people sun
! day evening he sermon was preached by
| Rev. Mr.. Hyde of Berkshire.
Rev. {. W. Ross of Isle La Motto had
charge of the morning ; regular session ON
! the stand. offering prayer. reading IA por
tion of Scriptures and preaching ON the
Lord ; prayer
In the afternoonPrcsiding Elder Morgan
offered an earnest prayer. and read the
Scriptures Francis Murphy was then pre-
sentcd and held the close attcntiOn.of his
hearers as he addressed them upon the
| subject embraced in the Scriptures read
and remarked upon by Rev. Mr.. Morgan.
| The attendance in the afternoon was
| larger than in the morning in spite of the
| terribly oppressive weather.
/ Close of the Methodist observation-disclosures
ing of the Temperance Meeting.
The Methodist camp-mcetug at Morris
willie closed on Tuesday morning The
night before there was Il pro,racted meet
ing at which nearly one hundred people
went forward. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Richard Morgan. The closing
sermon was preached by Rev. n W.
Wilder of Essex. At the annual
meeting of the association the
following officers were chosen: Presi-
dent, b. +. Morse of East ElmOre: vice
president \. f. Whitney of Morrisviile !:
| secretary and treasurer, y. \. Niles of
| MOrrisVille: executive committee. Rev
NJ. p. Bell and \. +. Whitney of Morris
Villc., Pastors Davis of WolcOtt, William
Obrr of North Hyde Park, George \.
Morse of East Elmore: auditors. G.. =
Parker of Gilmore. a. NJ. Ward OF Hard
wick, Rev. X. Morgan OF St Albans rail
road agent, W. ii. Hyde of East Berkshire
The annual camp meeting of the State
| Union Temperance Camp Meeting asSu-
citation, opened at = p. III. Tuesday, with II
large attendance; Upon the platform was
ii large choir under the direction Of Hon.
G. 5. Parker of t,lmore, with Miss Me
kenzie of MOOers. New York, as urganist
and G. A. Spaulding of Morrisville
as cornet accompanist. The audience
was called to order by Rev. Mr. John
son Of Springfield, the president Of the as
sOciation, who i'll few remarks intro
duced Francis Murphy. Mr.. Murphy was
received with enthusiastic applause and
made an able and eloquent address.
Mr. johnson followed with few re
marks, when IA large number of subscrip-
tionS to the association fund were taken.
Francis Murphy left town Tuesday af-
ternoon on the mail train west He re-
turns west to fill other engagements
Notes.
Francis Murphy arrived on Fridayev
.ln " hnt nIt hn IL iL,
the guest of Hon. Geo. w. Hendee ut
Morrisville. Mr.. Murphy will speak to-
day and tomorrow.
\ toll gate is kept at the entrance from
the main highway for the benefit of the
current expense fund.
| All passenger trains east and west on
the st. .JohnSbury and Lake Champlain
railroad stop at the camp ground plat
| form.
Large and successful Gathering at Spring
Grove.
The Spring Grove camp-meeting opened
| Tuesday evening, with remarks by Pre-
siding Elder Bennett, followed by prayer
meeting, On Wednesday, the prayer
meeting was conducted by Rev. Mr..
Brooks and Rev. j. j. Noe preached the
sermon. An interesting prayer followed
In the afternoon Rev. j. &. Perkins
preached from Romans xvi: % Prayer
meetings We're held in several cottages at
five p. m, and also Il young peoples meet
ing at the stand, The attendance is said
to be the largest ever known at the be
ginning of the meeting. There are l5OtentS :
and cottages on the ground. Among the
clergymen who have already arrived are
the following Rev. j. w. Bennett pre-
siding Elder, Rev. G. &. Noe. Middlebllry,
D.F, Brooks, Fairhaven, N; II. France
IL - n IL
Perkins West Rutland, Il. c. Hathaway,
Lincoln, y. Osborn, Mendon, f. Com
stock, Monkton, NJ. +. Wilbers, Starls-
boro, T. W. Gregory, North Ferris
burgh q. >. Mott, Arlington, NJ. HUI
bard, Kew York city.
state Temperance Meeting at Norris
Vile.
Tuesday evenings meeting of the State
temperance camp-meeting at Morrisville
had for its principal speaker l.. f. Dud
ley, secretary Of the Massachusetts Law
and Order League. Most Of Mr.. Dudley
address was given up to the history of the
workings of the league, from its starting
until now. At the close Rev. Mr. Bartlett
said Mr., Dudley seemed to think that Il
few of those present did not favor the
more active measures used by the order
! leagues, and to show that such was NOT
lie cast Il liSl Oh FeSDi DiuliOnS were fctlu DN
him favoring the idea. The resolutions
were adopted by the unanimous vote of
the large audience present.
| On Wednesday morning addresses werl
delivered by Rev. \. W. Ford of St Al
bans Bay and Rev. w. II. Hyde of Fast
Berkshire. a conference meeting follow
t ed. At the regular meeting the first
speaker was Rev. H. +. Austin of Yer
t gennes g. w. p. of the sons of Temper
ance, After singing, Frank Pumley
Esq, of Northfeld, q. w. G. Il. of the
|, O. &. II. of Vermont, was introduced.
, At 2p m an audience of over fOul
thousand people gathered at the stand
, Prayer was offered by Rev. X. King OF
Lowell President johnson then made Il
few remarks, introducing Mrs. Mary A
% LivermOre. Following is an abstract OF
! Mrs. Liyermores address;
7 To-day if you are asking what shall we dC
in this work, you need not ask, but go
anywhere. Go where you Will and the
: keepers of prisons and iails will tell you
that eight out of ten of the inmates Ol
r hose places would not have been there