The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-10

:" . Idluoh lof l1dulglng IA ihlS latitude Ut
remark on a subject of - holy Il character
hut when we are Grhvely told tin, these
visionary sehrIncs ale " in the fall tide of
successful experiment. and required To
INIT IN promoting and l,atroniziug them, !
tn 1t I" be my duly To expose their folly,
aud to denounce their iniqpity.
AN ANTI MISSIONARY.
900
CONTAMINATED.
THE JUBILEE MEETING.
CJndu ted BY the RE. .SilA .Nead, L. r.
NJ. X. c.
Blow ye the tromptt, ilo~,
The gladly solemu sound
Let all the nations know
To earth's remo,es, bound
The year OF Jubilee is come,
Return, ye ransum'd sinners, home.
To continue 3 daysar lcs.t, commencing
on Friday II" Goth Of August, this Instant.
1924, IN Bedford county, at Golfers srtiool
h 'nse, near Captain Pleasant nawson's.-
In" sacrament. alteI the first sermonon the
sabbath, aud the love feast, to begin AT 0
CLOCK IA the morning of the same day.
ihursday, the 18th. mrrkne will b. held.un
the way Al the Rev. Fl ederick Kabler's
New Chapel, at II o'eIock-aud at Mr.
IIlomas Early's residence, al two hours by
sun ia the evening. IN the dars Of the
prophet Nehemiah, " Tie rhiidren Of Is
raj o&Sfmbed iCih fashHe," &c.-.Sth. o
eh, | ref.-Iherclerc, let al who choose IT.
observe Friday the first day of the meeting.
AZ il day of lasting and prayer, impIoring a
blessing from God, on the nccasinn. BY
some means, The chiitrca Of Tsrdt1 had lost
sight of II peculiar commanded
IN the iao Of Noses. THIS ceremony was
tlstliuttd III rcmrmhra'Ge Of" Yht i0nrHty
through He pil2crrtss." The people had
been brought by ad,ersily To lreIthat their
trlnsgressious had bccn the cause of ttrir
calaInities Their conscicuces were n.lcl,
qnlckcncd, 90 they were disposed 10 hear
the iIm, confess their sans, reyent, anil be
obed,ent.-" .Notp, upon Tire first dav Of the
serenM month" H. :. (July,D after reapiug
Tia" harvest and finishing their crops. were
disposed III LfsS and prci5e God, Tor his
pr"N,dentlaI cafe by way Of renrnlhrancr.
find Ezra, he priest. brought The tar BE-
fare congregation, both Of mon oui uo
men, SJc.-.Nfh. g., . - sa 9eg bg dan
from the FIRST day INTO IRE last DIM, he rsq1
m the book Of ht iGw er God, anG Meyfepf
the feast ser,R dags, md on The ejetM dan
FdS a solemn assembly, according TO ne
mdnber"-i8ih leySc.
Also, we have New Testament examples
where Jesus retired frnIa the cities into
mo ntainS and desert piacss, AMI di,inely
instructed the people, aud m~iraculousIy
fed tour thousand mtr, BESIDES .romcn and
chltdfca " CONTINUED three du3s ,r3i
him.o-See Ann. I4ih ch. t3h 10 eisi r,rsc
-l5h Oh. 29H 10 ssh rcrSc-.ifnrk. Oh d.
39ih 10 AOth rtiSe-JohH, Ell CT. Isl 10 AN
verse.
The Object in view, by this meeting, isfn
celebrate a G'nSt by way of thanksgiving, in
memory OF Gods mercy and rfotidential
care, So wonderfully manifested To the sub
serIhcr and others, for u number If years,
being II the Vic nifty beth Cf his temporal
aud spiritual nativity. Happening in the
9th year Of his natural age, and seth Year
oi hls spiritual life-aud 93d year Of his mi
nlstry--2j years aud & months an itinrranf,
. years oI which line in Il married siiua
linn OF llIc-and 7 years and 8 months a
local preacher an thouahI rdn trIly say
have been blessed with nreo of the hest of
companions, and until the present pressure
OF the tunes, IN comfortable worldly cir
c%amstances yet the time orrly local cir
cnmscriiIcd sphere of action las brcn so
many years Of spiritual captivity.
The first Camp Meeting | ever had the
management of, " > a quarterly n%1reting
Tor Little River Circuit, Hrhoboih Chapel.
warren county. Georgia, when | prcsnlpd
on the Georgia District. Frem Friday the
9Th to Tuesday the 18th Of October i80s,
tn" Prrsbyteri. Clergy and Mcthodists
uniting their lnhuence ADD forces together,
tle clcampment MAS planned 10 have t,o
stages, at a suitable distance-the congre
CATION estimated at 1000 peoplr-thc com
mnnIeantsa AZ eco above 100 Carriages, and
about 100 souls converted. After attend
ln5 many such mcetinGsin Gcorgia-whcn
about 10 attend a General Conference nj
Baltimore, and having formed an aequaIa-
tancc with Lorenzo Dow about tli, time,
and inding nv WAS coming on before me, |
sent Inn by an appointment for a Camp
Meeting IN Nirgi1ia, my native country,
aud he agreed to attend with mr., and
which was accordingly met at Timber
Ridge, in Bedford, from Friday the esd 10
Tuesday the s7th of March, 1904, aud at
which / trust so souls obtained saving rtli-
Ston, and though it is now 90 years ago,
here ~ living witnesses that the work was
of God, while others bear t. stimony in hca-
ven. This being the first camp meeting in
tins part of Virginia, the novelty aud eXeT-
ciscs had an impression on the
minds Of thousands, aud was the occasion
of the spread Of the work OF God in several