, 1869-09-03
DR., HATFIELD AND THE CAMP.MEET.
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DE-. HATFIELD AND TILE CAMP.MEET.
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We hare Mlowcd tho singular md
nut,.alrth"!iss nttnck reerutly 1nalo l,y the
Rev. nr. 1Eattlcl1 riton the Sabbath aud
c0rI'-,nrcIinin topnsH witl'ant comnient.
rteterrirR ArHl 10 sco wllnt might ho
their effect upon tho religious institutions
nj whicI, they wcro aiino.l. Tho efyrrt In
iuw III, s.bsiuua M II, ba d fair snattrr uf
Impartial ootn,uuut. Three TT four !sutnlro,l
5rrronH hmm gathered 'iusly nj tho l'"u'
,an!'ra rnscIinK~. ii wl'om n handful lav"
been faithful wusknrn. as,.l thu rnat orssnr!y
A,ul atlrns!,n llh."nrrn. Dtt III" lrn!lMR
Mu.htn!la. osnrKy II TIN city llnya l'non sosA
10 stny awny, and !hoy ',nse apparently
lren glaA u N pr"to.t for l"!Mg "o.
Though thn p.chchtng IT Chris. waa
a!.aust slolly III camp or gruvu matt
ingR nenr tho tawnA Of Judea, and 1{o
aclIum went inta tho aynagognes, yot
there III primitive cl.capunss uni sim-
pliciiy about them which neither tho
i.cvitea OF old nor tho fashionable
shepherds Of tho present day enjoy.
4tASy LII EA1 ~ l'nAot A4AS HAoN9o
delightful, mud tho changu frou the artii-
chilly Of the city to tho simplicity Of M
turc, 1s Of itself religious inanenca,--A
means ot grace which tho truest saiuts Of
oil ages have found more conducive than
almost my other influence to pioty. Thou
alethodism itself, like it's prototype, Chris
tianity, III the outgrowth Of these opcn-air
meetings. In tle days Of tho Wesleys, and
Of Whiteaeld, no pretended follower Of theirs
would have yentrscd to arraign them for
preaching in tho open mir OF Sunday, or for
doing Tint without which camp
meetings could not bo hold on
that day-fcctling tho crowds who might
60 ont frou. the cities to attend them. II
any uncircrmcised Jew who nistook him.
self for Christian had re1,uked tho found.
crs vi Methoaissn for leading the people out
into the groves for tho Iords Worship, on
the Inri'a ding, he would hayo hoen aternly
answered ''Fool! IL it nut enough that
Christ waa annoyed by men ot your class
for feeding on tho Sabbath tho crowds
whom ho taught, nn1 1nust you, with bis
rebuke in your memories, repeat tho same
complaint agninat us 7"
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thcr,ac1rco ,no,,1o r, ,uah, ,,v ,a1,cr ,,so ~
milk thnn to convert it into whiskoy, ii they
could not get tho article in my other way,
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