Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-28
SPRING GROVE CAMPMEETING.
Thursdays Services annual Meeting and
Election of Officers Notes.

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been steadily increasing, and Thursday
there were good congre. ations present at
each of the services.
The morning prayer serVi in the chapel
at $50 was well attended aud very hearty.
This service is rightly considered one of
the most important and beneficial services
of che day, being as it is preliminary to
the public services and the source of much
inspiration.
/ At the 10 o'clock service the sermon was
preached by Rev. A. O. Spoor of Jay, y.
| Y, who took for his text portion of the
9th verse OF the 5jh chapter of John.
"Wilt thou be made whole" Rev. j. q.
/ Perkins followed in eXhortation, after
which there was service of prayer, con
Quoted by Rev L. A. Dbble.
/ In the afternoon at one O'Clock child
ren's meeting was held at the stand, in
charge of Rev. l.. A. Dibble. At the reg
. ular two O'Clock service Rev. j. g. Per
kins of West Rutland preached. His text
was, Now faith Is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
Rev. j. G. Gooding of Winooski deliver
ed the sermon in the evening.
The Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the association
was held in the chapel at 10 o'clock, presi-
was offered by Rev. j. j. Noe.
The different reports were read and act
ed upon. From the officers reports it APP
peared that the association is in prosper
Gus condition, having added largely to the
gcounds by the acquisition by purchase of
new land and having made many needed
Improvements. The officers elected are as
follows: President. j. > Stafford, Bran
don; vice presidents, q. {. Thrall, sam
uel Huntington, &. c. Gladly; secretary,
NJ. +. Allen, North Ferrisburgh treas
urer, a. j. Cushman: auditor, j. W.
Lovett; trustees, Alfred Ferguson, II. c.
Martin, Henry Tracy, o. *. Brittelle, ..
p. Mead.
The somewhat unpleasant weather of
Friday had little appfeciable effect on
the attendance at Spring Grove, which
was in excess of any previous day. The
incoming meetings are notlceably well At
tended. At the forenoon service Rev. VI.
ID. Jump of Burlington, preached an able
and effective sermon on the topic Faith,
taking as his text Mark ri ?2-"Have
faith IN God"
a children's meeting was held at
O'Clock p. IN. and prayer meetings were
held in many of the cottages,
Al o clock, in place of the preaching
service, the anniversary exercises of tine
Womens Auxiliary of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union We're held
Remarks were made by Revs. J. II. Bond
of Benson and +. II. Delavan of Wey-
bridge. The exercises were very interest
ing and well attended. The reports rom
The officers of the various auNiliaries
showed that lively and growing interest
is manifested in the work.
Sundays and Mondays Services-Elo-
quent and Interesting Discourses-
The Depressing Rain-Notes.
The promise of the morning was amply
fulfilled and Sunday was a most perfect
day. The sun streaming down through
the foliage was tempered sufficiently to
, render the temperature delightfully."- cool
: and attractive to the large congregations
which filled the circles at each of the ser
1 vices. The morning prayer meeting which
: was held in the chapel at o'clock was so
, we'll attended that many were unable to
gain admission. At half past eight large
! congregation gathered in the auditorium
e for love feast and by the time it was con
, cluded the grounds had begun to be filled
: with the arrivals which were coming from
the surrounding country i'll teams, long
lines of which reached far back on every
road leading to the camp.
The ringing of the bell called together
= the largest congregation of the meeting
for the 10 o'clock service. The sermon,
which was by Rev. II. f. Austin of Yer
gennes, was an earnest plea for the recog'
niuon and acceptance OF God in the heart
t and the text was from Philippians ii II H.
y Work out your own salvation with teal
and trembling for it is God which work
: eth IN you, both to will and to do his good
= pleasure" The speaker dWelt upon the
. free moral agency of man. Man, he sad
i was not an automatOn, Il mechanism Skin
; fully constructed by the Creator and thel
left to run alone. God keeps his hand on
!, the machinery, but there is no coercion ii
. his touch. No man really ignores. the
. fact that he is dependent on God. lie l.
f rendered humble as he learns OF the work.
and the goodness of the Creator, but Will.
q it bundles it also eXats man and make,
him but little lower than his God
The spirit working through the con
q sciences of men shows them that they are
; sinners. BY His spirit working in the
=, soul ITO will and to do" God calls al
men unto repentance. God wills only
J. his good pleasure" that men should be
il saved mans will then comes in, preced
n Ing the voluntary action. All active ser
vice to God must be voluntary. Lastly
J. men both spiritually and physically los,
+ their powers by not using them. Man.
!. muscular powers deteriOrate by neglect
n So do the spiritual powers. What would
q once move the heart TO penitence, to-day
* is imperative; hence the need of volun
v tary aud immediate acceptance of the free
I salvation of God.
: At one o'clock the number of people OF
N nearly 5000 and all the meetings We're wei
p attended. The chapel was crowded anC
- large numbers gathered at the children,
meeting in front of the stand Rev. H. a
= Dibble conducted the latter and made tn,
k exercises very Interesting and profitable
"a to the large number of children who liter
ally drank in what was said. He wa
p ably assisted by the veteran worker Mrs
\ ID. u. Hulburd, who gave talk" to tn,
children, who listened with attention anC
'. IaNptipn which mi, rbt Nyall hnNn hnat
- copied by older persons on the grounds.
Il At the = o'clock service Rev. j. II. Bono
of Benson, preached from Luke Nxiv; ~
# And that repentance and remission of sin
should be preached in His name among
- all nations, beginning ut Jerusalem
4 Jesus Christ, he said. came to unfold t,
q. us ii great scheme of redemption and t
y offer Il free and full salvation. At thi
# time he was giving his disciples instruc
" tons that repentance and remission o
* sins should be preached to all nations
n He preached that salvation wa
= by repentance. Following repentanC