News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-08-27
The Camp-Meeting.

| The Camp-Meeting.
The camp-meeting which has Just
closed is by all those interested con-
sidered one of the best ever held upon
the grounds in it's results, already
realized and to be hoped for in the
future, and in point of attendance
there has been but one previous Sun
day on the grounds where the attend
ance exceeded that of last Sunday,
when the encampment and surround
lngs seemed swarming with humanity
| and just about an even eleven hun
dred teams inside the gates The
weather at the opening was very fav-
orable but during part of the time,
including Sunday afternoon, rain fell
which somewhat marred the meet.
ings but did not interrupt. The best
of order was noticed throughout the
series OF meetings and the week of
special religious work and services
has been successfully carried on. The
The first services on Tuesday evening
Aug. Is, was fairly well attended, the
sermon was by Presiding Elder Bout
well whose text vas Matt. N, % to
Both verse. Rev. II. G. Petty Of Col
chester was the speaker of Wedpes=
day morning his text being Heb. ",
/. The afternoon discourse was by
Rev. d. 2. Bragg from James ", 8.
The annual service by the Womnn's
Home Missionary Society was held
with Mrs. Boutwell, presiding. Rev
J, Z. LaHgfoFq Of Franklin gave an
InIDrpSfInO
Wednesday evening Rev. G. A. En-
cry OF Stowe spoke from the text End
Kings VI, Is. On Thursday morning
Rev. Mr.. Hamilton of Essex was in
the desk discoursing from Heb. xI,
"a and %. An interesting sermon
was preached in the afternoon by
Rev. ii. W. Worthen of Hardwick,
who used End Kings VIII, 13, for his
text and in the evening a good sized
audience listened to Rev. Mr.. Lang
lords sermon from the text Luke MI,
AZ. Friday forenoon a sermon from
TX. XXxII, g was presented by Rev.
MIR. Stebhins. At one O'Clock Rev,
Mr. SherbuPne delivered an address
to the Epworth League and at p.
n. the Womeu's Foreign Missionary
Society had q largely attended SER
vice with an interesting address by
Rev. Mr.. Scranton, a returned mis-
sionary from Borneo. Friday even
ing preaching services were held in
the East Gilmore and Stowe cottages,
because of rain, Revs. A. B. Enright
and G. II. Wright were the speakers
of the evening. Rev. Geo. Newton Of
johnson occupied the desk Saturday
morning preaching an interesting dis
course from Rev. xxx, 81. Rev Mr.
Snow of Sw4ntQp was the preacher of
the afternoon sermon from thG text,
Isa xxx 81. Saturday evening Rev
j. D. Beeman discoursed from Gal.
VI and s. Sunday mornings love
feast at 9 O'Clock was largely attend.
ed. The speaker of the morning was
Rev. DR.. Knox of Manchester, \. H.,
who was tavorably remembered from
last year, his text was Gal. TX, 6. DR..
Knox also spoke in Intervening. Rev.
&. NJ. Curl of st. Johnsbury address
ed the largest audiences of the series
of meetings Sunday afternoon, his
text was found in lsb Cor. III, IL and
a very able sermon was presented |
Rev, Mr.. Wills of Underhill was the
speaker of Monday morning His
text being, $50 SOW that We may
reap" Rev. J.. 4. Taylor of Wolcott |
preached from Psa. III, 10 in the af- |
ternoon. The closing sermon like
the opening one was by the Presiding
Elder who used Thanks beunto God |
for his Hnspeakablegift'' as his theme.
At the annual association meeting
held on Monday the following officers
We're electer: Pres. |. A. White, Nor
list Vice-Pres. n A. Terrill,
Cady's Falls; I'd Vice-Pres. Pardon |
Davis, Wolcott; Sd Yice-Pres. Geo. (
A. Morse, East Gilmore; See. a. a.
Niles, MarrisYille; Treas. L. +. Camp,
Gilmore; Executive Committee, Nor |
risville Pastor, A. +. Whitney, G.. y.
Hastings, C. f. Smith, Geo. ". Bee
man; Auditors, A. F. Whitney, Rev.
E. Snow, Rev. L. Z. Taylor.
An excellent choir added much to
the success of the meetings, under the
of Geo. w. Beeman of
The boarding house and
stand in charge of Mr.. |
and Mrs. VIM. Clark seemed equal to
the immense demand upon 1t and the
people were well fed.