Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-09-03
SPRING GROVE CAMpMEErrNG.
he Services Largely Attended-AnnuaI
Meeting of the Association.

Meeting of the Association.
New HAVEN, Aug. 2G.-Spring Grove
camp-meeting opened Tuesday evening
with a prayer service under the rcction
OF Presiding Elder J. w. Bennett of Bran
don. Wednesday morning Rev q. II.
Robbins of North Ferrisburgh preached
taking for his text, "When the Spirit Of
Truth is Come, He Will Lead You into all
Truth" The discourse was a strong and
lorcibe appeal to yield to the Holy Ghost.
Rev. a. Lowry, ID. d. of New York spoke
in the afternoon from the words, "Be We
Holy LIST Peter ii. The sermon was
replete with illustrations tending to show
the necessity for personal holiness in
heart as well as in appearance. The ser
mon was listened to very attentively by II
good audience.
by Rev j. A, Heath of Salisbury, Heb.
tx 1915. The subject of the discourse
was The Holiness of the Law, or what
the Jews had to do to be saved, as com
pared with what we of the present day
have to do" The difference between the
law and grace of God was fOrcibly brought
out Rev. f.. ID. Brown of Troy, n Y,
followed in an earnest eXhortation for an
entire conservation to God rs "our reason
able sacrifice" for his great benefit and
blessings to us
At the usual hour for service this morn
ing. Rev, ID. Perry of Mendon, preach
ed from Matt vi 33 on the duty Of
making the kingdom of God our
first choice, and by the faithful perform
auce OF OuMiuty we might be blessed in
our temporal affairs. He was followed
by Presiding Elder Bennett in an earnest
eNhortation to seek first this great prize
He showed very conclusively that Fright
II II Z no
kingdom comes in and we could say,
NOV are we the sons of Cod
Rev. \. Lowry, ID. D., preached again
this afternoon from Is. XXXV.:S "Aud
Il highway. shall be there and a way; and
it shall be called a way of holiness" He
prefaced his sermon by giving an account
of some Of his observations in the Holy
Land, where Christ was born, as the be
ginning of this way of holiness, " and the
coming of this Savior was simply fulfilling
the prophecies concerning this way, which
is open to "all people; :" hence no man
is fOredoomed to hell or can truthfully
say, there is no hope for me, " unless he
utterly refuses to accept the offer God has
made to pardon. For every sinner has II
right to appropriate Christ FOR himself
The association held its 18th annual
business meeting at o'clock this after
noon, and elected the following officers
for the ensuing year; President, j. 5
stafford vice presidents, &. c. Thrall,
Samuel Huntington. q. G. Cady; secre
tarY, NJ. f. Allen treasurer, \. j. Cush-
man; auditor, j. W. Lovett; trustees, \.
Ferguson, II. G. Martin, O. X. Brettelle,
II. Tracy. O. r. Mead
Rev. Merritt Hub rd and Rev 4. Low
rey, ID. d, of New York, aud Rev. Homer
Eaton of Burlington, are the speakers Sc
cured for Sunday
The boarding house is under the eff
Gent management of Mr.. y. a. Bailey Of
Rutland, who gives his personal attention
to the comfort of his guests. The FREE
PRESS Will he on sale each day of the
meeting by Station Agent X. +. Foy.
Interesting and Powerful Address by
Rev. Merritt Hulburd.
NEW HAVEN, Aug, 21.-Rev. :. j. Rob
insOn gave a very excellent discourse
Thursday evening from John xii: u
"Slrs we would see Jesus" We see him
in nature, in reason, history and in the de
velopment of science, but we only know
him when we come into conscious con
tact then only can we truly say we see
Him. TO touch the hem of His garment
is to receive a blessing, and the privilege
of seeing Him makes it our duty to tell
of what that blessing consists, that
others may be benefited. Rev. f.. H.
Brown followed him in Il spirited eXhor-
taton as to the method by which we
might see Him, first by submitting our
wills to His and thereby showing Il will
ingness to receive what He was more than
Wiling to give. None need say know
not the man, because Christ SAYS come.
The spirit of God seemed to come upon
ak, and many came forward seeking the
Lord.
\ prayer meeting at the stand was con
Quoted Friday morning at : o'clock bV
DE- Lowry and il was one of remarkable
terVur and spiritual manifestation, church
members evidenced a Quickeniug, the luke
warm, Il reNlNlng back sliders, an aWak-
euluE ana sinners conviction. The preach
ing service AT 10 o'clock was of more than
usual interest from the fact that the pray
er meeting seemed to have drawn all into
the atmosphere of the divine spirit I'm
Him was Life' and 81 am come that
they might have life recorded in John
H. and TO- were the words from
which Rev +. II. Brown brought out as
only he can, the great mission of Jesus
Christ. In our words, said he, philoso-
pliers and scientists have worked on the
problem and come round to the starting
point with no satisfactory answer,
yet II the question Of our
whole being. Scientists, Independent of
the teaching of the Bible, have come to the
conclusion that away back in the past
SOmeW mere was, and Is, II great "un-
caused cause" Well, we Christians agree
with that and we call it God. Jesus tells
us something of what life is and He tells
II to the inner man, II am the life" |
am the way, to the life, He that hath the
Son hath life" Christ was the source
and principle Of all life. He being the
author OF life was capable of curing all
diseases of whatever kind and when
the Jews found fault, He evidenced
to them that the same was subject
TO His divine touch and he forgive
its sin. This life comes only
by IA connection with Him, 10
tear open his side on the cross it was
necessary to touch him, so to receive the
benefit of his spilled blood we must stand
beneath that cross and then comes the
more abundant life" don't
know just how to tell it, but
ii seems to me like the birds of
passage that hear a voice that tells them
that when the leaves turn red and the
emil autumn comes there is a sunny south
aud they spread their wings and fly they
live amid flowers and Sunshine al! the
time "A sort of " I3puluh lauJN f,,. III,