American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-10-09
Communicating.
tof the Citizen.
HARMONY, Pa, Oct. Sd, 1867.


ago, and which was fraught with such
glorious results to the church, a states
ment of it from an eyewitness may not
prove uuinteresting. flH
Tents began to arrive on the ground
on w ednesday. l lth ult., but on Thurs
day the camp-ground was scene ofbust.
ling activity reminding one of soldierly
proclivities, of some of the scenes Of the
late war, i. e., the pitching of tents
To the loyal, christian heart, it was a
scene of deep interest. The people of
God, under the leadership of their great
Captain, Jesus Christ, were preparing for
a severe conflict with the enemy, expect
ing to win glorious victory.
On Thursday night, Rev. B. +. Saws
hill, gave an earnest and stirring dis
course to the soldiers of Christ, directs
ing them to the source of all strength. H..
1t seemed as though our good old father
had renewed his youth, as with earnest
aud thrilling power he addressed the peo.
pie. After be closed, he was followed by
Rev. G. W, Cranage, preacher in charge
of the circuit, who gave brief, well.
timed, deep and earnest exhortation, cali
ing upon all present to look to Christ for
: r.
justi fication. This first j. meeting was a
decided success, and augured well for
the ba lance Of the service.
On Friday morning, at 103 o'clock
Rev. l. A. Pearee, of Wellsburg, West
Virginia. delivered powerful sermon.
taking as his theme, "The Christians's s
Defence" Rev. p is one of the rising
men OF this conference. On Friday af>
ternoon at o'clock, Rev. B. +. Sawhill
again addressed the people with good
effect. On Friday night, Rev. Preston
Kerr, of Bidgewater, officiated A
slight sprinkling Of rain betimes during
the preaching somewhat marred the en-
joymeht of both preacher and people,
but Notwithstanding this, the service was
decided success, and all present who
had named the name of Jesus, felt Him
to be precious to them.
On Satnrday,at clock "A general class
was held, which was decided success
All the brethren and sisters spoke we'll,
evincing that their hearts were in sym
pathy with the Great Master, and they
were ready to battle for God in earnest,
having girded themselves for the contest.
We were especially charmed and delight
ed with the remarks of Mrs. S. A. Brown
of Brownsville, on this occasion. Her
words were words of beauty, pathos and
power, and coming from the heart, they
reached the hearts of all who heard them.
AT l09 o'clock, DIR. Storcr, so we'll and
favorably known to the Methodsts of
Butler county, addressed the people,
OF course he preached we'll and accepta.
bly,, and the lovers of Christ were com.
forted. At 3 z. M, Rev j. S. Lem,
mon, n,of Apollo, preached upon the theme,
"Mighty to Save" 1t was powerful
discourse, and one the results of which
can only be revealed in eternity. Mr..
L. is 6tly looked upon as one of the
strong and rising men of the Pittsburg b
Conference. After his sermon several
seekers presented themselves. In the
evening Rev. Col. Danks, of Sharpsbnrg,
Pa, oficiated. He prepared his sermon
with the singing Of most beautiful and
touching hymn, aud, being a fine singer,
it had most happy effect upon the con.
gregation. That the sermon was effec.
tive and well received was evinced in the
fact that, at its close, large number OF
seekers presented themselves at the
altar of prayer
Sabbath was most propitious day, the
weather being very pleasant At s o.
clock, Rev b. f Sawhill preached AT
81 O'Clock, he was f,lIose1 by Rev [
A. Pesce. At / o'clock, Rev Hiram
Miller, d. d., of Pittsburgh, preac he'd.
The mention Of his name itself is sufii ,
cient TO convince all who are acquainted
with the preachers OF the Pittsburgh
Conference that his sermon was deep,
powerful, logical, earnest and weli>timed.
The crowd present op Sabbath day was
yariously estimated at from 1000 to 1000
Our Judgment is that 1000 is very low
estimate. At 8 p. NJ, Rev. j. 5. Lem.
mon, officiated His sermon, as also parts
of DIR. Miller's were so cuttibgly practi-
cal, that it gave offense to the large mum.
Der of dead, journalistic religionists, who
were present on the camp ground. Mr..
L. showed very clearly that there was an
orthodox as we'll as heferodor way to
hell. and it made those who hare
stolen The livery of Heaven to servc the
Devil an" feel very sore. They haven't