Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-08-21
MORRISvILLE CAMP MEETING.
The Exercises of the Closing Days-A
Large Attendance.

Large Attendance.
The attendance at Saturday evenings
service was much larger than on any pre-
vious evening. Rev. Peter Merrill of
Enosburgh Falls spoke from Acts xvi:
90.
In regard to the missionary meeting
held in the afternoon a correction should
be made. Mrs. j. d. Beeman made the
address of the meeting and other remarks
and letters of interest were read by Miss
Pomeroy, secretary of the district auxil-
liary, and Mr.. II. W. Hyde, secretary of
the camp meeting auxiliary, of the w. f.
NJ. S.
AS is always the case, Sunday was the
day of the series and there was large at
tendance and there We're services on the
grounds.
The love-feast held before the stand
at u. m, was well attended and enjoyed
by all. At 1920 a. m, Rev. II. A. Bush
nell of Cambridge, preached the morning
sermon from the text, Matthew Xi s2s.
Rev Peter Merrill of Enosburgh Falls
and Presiding Elder Morgan of St Adams
| followed with brief remarks in the line of
eNhortation. At 1870 p. m, a prayer Ser
vice was held at the stand, preceding the
regular service beginning at 2 p m, Rev.
| Mr.. Morgan presented Rev. j. ID. Bee
man. president of the Montpelier Semina-
ry, as the speaker of the afternoon. Mr..
| Beeman's sermon was from the text Gala
tians 9th, 9TH and Sth verses and held the
close attention of the immense audience,
there being in the vicinity of five thou
sand people upon the grounds at the time
! Several earnest celebrations were also
made, the altar services holding for long
! time after the close of the regular service
At six p. IN. Il young peoples meeting
was held at the stard, lead by Rev a. b.
Riggs of Underhill. This meeting was i'm
mediately followed by the regular service
Rev. W. II. Hyde Of Berkshire preached
from LIST Kings viii 2l, and the meeting
concluded with several eXhortations.
One young fellow who insisted on smok-
ing inside the circle was arrested, and
during the day Nelson Gay notorious
character from Elmore was arrested for
selling liquor on the grounds. He was
taken to Hyde Park jail. Several slight
ly intoxicated persons were seen but no
serious disturbance was made. Between
eleven and twelve hundred teams We're
on the grounds.
The attendance Tuesday was quite
small, as was expected. A young peo-
ple's meeting was held at the stand at
$3.50 a. m. led by Rev. Mr.. Riggs of I'm
derhill, the sermon being by Rev. Mr. Stub
of Colchester, from st. Mark vii 32. Rev.
Mr.. BoXindale followed the sermon with
a few remarks. At l D. m, the annual
.
w. H. Hyde of Berkshire opened with
prayer. A. A Niles, treasurer, reported
the state of the association finances, show
ing that from last year it was in debt
about $50 and up to date this year it had
receipts amounting to $3.50. On nomina-
Morrsville was elected president A. A.
Miles, secretary and treasurer c. ;. Par
ker, ElmOre, vice-president Rev w. Ii.
Hyde, railroad agent.
The usual number of members from
the several charges were elected Rev,
NJ. p. Bell, was elected chairman of the
executive committee. The regular preach
ing service was held in the afternoon
Rev. Clark Wedgeworth of Bakersfield
being the first speaker. Rev. Mr.. Clark
followed the sermon with an eXhortation
Remarks by Rev, X. Morgan, presiding
elder and an altar service followed
There We're nearly fifty seekers at the al
tar on Sunday.
Union Temperance Campmeeting.
The seventh annual campmeeting of the
Union Temperance association of Vermont
opened.at Morrisville Tuesday afternoon
with President Rev. w. j. johnson OF
Springfield in charge. A choir was on the
platform and opened the service by sing
ing the song, Marching Onward" which
| was followed by prayer by Rev. Mr.. Putfel
appropriate remarks of welcome to the
large audience present, after which he
presented Rev. ID. b. Mckenzie of Mooers
n. Y, as the speaker of the afternoon
Mr. Mckenzie spoke upon temperance as
connected with the political affairs of the
State of New York and the nation. This
closed the days exercises.
The services at the State temperance
campmeeting at Morrisvlle Tuesday were
as follows: Prayer was offered by Rev
Clark Wedgeworth of Bakersfield. After
a choir selection, President Johnson intro
duced the speaker Of the evening, Rev. II
A. Cooke, pastor of the Seamen's Bethel in
Boston, who from his peculiar experience
in the temperance work was able to Offer
many practical suggestions. At the con
clusion of the address the president made
a few remarks in closing. The benedictiOn
was pronounced by Rev. n. w. Wilder OF
Essex.
The weather yesterday forenoon was
beautiful and at about 1890 a. III. the reg
ular morning exercises began with prayer
by Rev. j. +. Knapp of Chelsea. Presi
dent johnson introduced f. NJ. Bradley
Esq, of Washington, ID. c., as the speak
er of the morning The speaker alluded
to the temperance work in Washington
and interestingly referred to the war tol
the union, comparing 1t with the present
struggle for national temperance, and
ended with an eloquent appeal for personal
work and interest i'll temperance matters
President johnson then presented the
Rev. DR.. Bolton of Boston, who sang q
solo. Rev. Dr. Steele of New York, pro
nounced the benedction.
AT p. m, religious prayer meeting
was held in charge of Rev. d. Is. Mcken
Zie of Moores, New York. Rev. DR. CIV
Steele of the House of Refuge, New York
City, opened the afternoon exercises by
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