Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-08-28
Spring Grove Meetings.

Thursday, at two o'clock, the Woman's
Foreign Missionary meeting was held at
the Spring Grove camp grounds, Mrs. G.
w. Brown, of Rutland, presiding. The
scripture lesson was read by Miss NJ.
Cady, invocation by Mrs. Ida Reed
Mrs. John Duffield, of Rutland, repre-
sented the literary interests of the So
ciety. Miss Elsie Lord Sykes, daughter
of DR.. Nathan Sykes delivered an able
address. AT the seven o'clock evening
service the Rev. R. L. Thompson
preached, taking for his text Romans
1871. The altar service held at the close
of the sermon was led by the Rev.
Charles Wilcox, of Watervliet, n. Y,
continued until ten o'clock. Saturday
was Fpworth League day, and the SER
vices beg an with "a prayer meeting led
by the Rev. j. L. Fort, of Middleburg,
n. Y, after which the Rev. John Land
rey, of Cambridge, N. Y, preached
from Hebrews 9:13, IA, An altar service
followed, led by n. H. Ball, president of
the Burlington district Epworth League.
The children's meeting was led by Mrs.
Asey. The love feast was led by the
presiding elder, DR.. Brown. The Rev.
| F. g. HeaXt, of Shelburne, led the
prayer meeting, and in one half-hour A
testimonies We're given. At two o'clock
DR.. j. E. C.. Sawyer delivered an able
address, taking for his theme "The
Christian Ideal"
Friday, 251 tickets were taken at the
gate.
The Rev. G. R. Hawley, who has not
failed to answer to roll call for number
of years, will not be present this year,
much to the regret of his many
friends.
! Sunday was the crowning day of the
Methodist camp meeting. The services
were attended by nearly 1000 people.
The weather was perfect and people
came from miles around by team, afoot,
awheel and on special trains running
from Bristol.
Two powerful sermons We're preached,
the first at 10 o'clock by Rev. j. f. c.
Sawyer, of Westfield. Mass, the second
in the afternoon by Rev. E. P. Stevens,
presiding elder of Albany district, and
in the evening Rev. Walter E. Thomp-
son, of South SALISBURY, spoke. The
crowd was unusually orderly and there
We're many conversions. Noble Ball, of
Ferrisburgh, conducted a love feast at
$50 in the morning, and at one o'clock
Rev. j. l.. Fort, of Middleburg, n. Y,
led helpful prayer service. There
were also several cottage services.
Among the most helpful and enjoy
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the music, which is conducted hy Mrs.
|. V Nischer. of Cohoes, n. y Mrs.
Vischer is a beautiful singer and woman
of much spiritual power, and her solos
are inspiring, and she also sings duets
with Rev. j. l.. Fort, which are pleasing
and helpful.
Among the ministers in attendance is
Rev. g. f. Wilcox, of Watervliet, n. Y,
former pastor at Shelburne. Mr.. Will
cox preached Saturday night and assisted
in the services of Sunday.
Monday afternoon the Rev. w. II.
Crawford of Williston preached. In the
evening at six O'clock a prayer meeting
was held, led by the Rev w. r. Ryder
of Panton. The evening sermon was
preached by Rev. w. n. Bunck of
Pawlet. Tuesday morning the Rev. r.
l.. Thompson of Brandon had charge of
the prayer meeting and the Rev. w. IL.
Hammersley preached. In the afternoon
the Rev. George X. Statham of Gran
vile, \. y, preached and in the even
ing the Rev, j. T., Mead of Burling-
ton.
The sermon Wednesday morning was
preached by the Rev. ID. II. Cochrane,
of Poultney. The Rev. John Dufiield,
of Rutland, preached in the afternoon,
and the Rev. G. f. Cady, of Bristol in
the evening. Thursday morning the
Rev. w. II. Washburne, of Bennington,
occupied the pulpit. The last service
was held Thursday evening. A meeting
of the stockholders was held in the
chapel Thursday at 2 p, m.