The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-07-17
For the Lancaster anne,te

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ments are made and its services conduct
ed.
LIST. A notice Of several months shoult
be given that the people may have TIM
to forecast and arrange their business. 81
as to attend in the largest numbers posi-
bic.
Cd. AS there is no such thing as me
diocrity in a camp meeting to escape con
tempt it must be tie greatest assemblag'
and the most thrilling occasion of rsligi
GUS worship known to the church. Herr
the Presiding Elder, in his larger sphere
Of influence. and preachers of the Who'll,
district, or at least three or four charges
should labor unremi.lingly to rally The
/ p ople to the ground. .- #
Sd. The preachers must show that tley
and so far as possible, their families also
arc Identified with the meeting about tt
be held. Let them announce it from
Sabbaih to Sabbath with emf hasis. Le
them pray publicly and earnestly for the
blessing OF God upon the cohing Occa
sion.
4th. Every sGtiety should hold a spe
cial prayer mesiing on the evening before
starting for the meeting. These meetings
taken with the proper spirit. will bring
the blessing Of God in a baptism of power
Upon ptetcherS and people. ....
9th, There should 30 four or five 80
ciety tents on the ground twenty By thir.
" feet for prayer meeting purposes. Tc
this etTeet le. the necessary number b
families furnish each a piece OF factory
cloth just such as they will seSeIally wan
for use afterwards. ia.
9th. No huckstering should be allow.
ed within two miles Of the encampment.
7th. There may be a boarding tent
provided il be in suitable hands, and
wholly subject to the rules OF the meeting
and only place for taking meals, and hol
a, all for selling beers. candies, &c.
9th, Every member OF the church
should do something to add to the inter.
est Of the coming HcCssion. and that
whether they go themselves or not. Lei
mother, for instance, fit out daughter
and enrust her to the especial care o
some judicious female friend of arden
PiSty, dpeudiHg herself dStHe hours ii
prayer every day for the salvation of bel
child during the meeting. lie. son be
sent, with arrangements thus suited to hi'
position and cl aracter. Many familie.
can contribute something toward the fit
ting up of tent, and others can assume
a few small cars tor a ncighboriug familj
TO enable them 10 attend.
9th. Very much both of the success
and the reputation Of a camp meeting de
pends upon the due maintenance ofprope
police regulations. Some strictness o
control is necessary, yet the rules Of or
der should be as lcnient as may cousis
with due attention to propriety. but sucl
as are made should, be insisted on will
great 6rmne5S. And it's we'll to hav'
the tules of order printed and posted il
cohsPicuous places, aud tho attention o
the cor aggregation directed to them thar N
one may be ignorant Of them.
10th. AS 10 the order of exercises and 0
domestic arrangements, l have general
ly noticed that the following worked &All
lst. Rise at FIVE in the morning.
end. Family prayer sud breakfast iron
six TO seved
Sd. A short sermon and three or lou
prayers at hell past eight. A. NJ.
4lh. Preaching a. half past ten, fol
lowed by prayer meeting until twelve.
9th. Dine at half pas. twelve.
9th. Preaching at half past two, fO
lowed by prayer at The altar till FIVE.
7tb. Tea at six.
9th. Preaching at half past sever
followed by prayer meeting at the alta
till nine or ten. ..
, A camp meeting thus sustained an
conducted, eau never result in defeat. |
several instances in the primitive days
these meetings, large camp meeting r.
suited in the salvation of FIVE hundre
souls. 1t may be so again--ray. l b,
ieve it will be SO again. Beyond oil pr,
cedent this is an age progress and inhC
vation in nearly every human pursuit.
The war steamers laundering tramp
!; heard in every sea, and the rural villag,
are startled by the snort Of the iron hors
: The old county fair has suggested Il
worlds exhibition, and the CIRCUS hi
sprung into the hppodroiie. In sin, to-
men are uuhesitating and rampant The
Sin on large scale and with bold han,
Is this then time for the church to be
retreat from bolder positions and ia
back upon routine?
Nay, verilly. Let then the tribes Of OF