The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-08-14


nation has an article upon the change
that has come over the spirit and the
form of the camp-meetlngs OF the de-
nomination. 1t states that they
saem more and more every year 10
assume the character of great plcnlcs
so that it IS hard to tell, whether the
leading feature of the meeting IS So
cial or religious. Some instances;
one in1ucement offered to proposes
purchasers of camp meetins Iots,
is the fact that the LOCATION OF the
camp. ground is an eligible one Tor a
| tarnIo@arv residence during a few
-aaEs Of the summer. Pure, brac-
no air. good fishing, delightful
dr;ves beautiful scenery, fine
bathing. are some of the attractions
set down in the bill of fare. Instead
Of tents, are houses, neatly finished,
and built TO remain on the ground
wear after year. Here the families of
the owners reside for weeks at time,
enjoying themselves in quiet, rural
way, and finding, We dare say, bet
ter return for their money than they
could get at crowded watering
place, with its fashion and folly.
Happy viii they be if they can always
keep fashion and folly away from
| their temporary summer homes.
These are some of the good points In
the change, which of late years has
come over these peculiar religious as
| semblages. FL
But the Methodist proceeds to re-
cite some Of the bad ones, among
(which it especially denounces the
Telreshment stand" 1t says the ar
/ ticles sold at these stands, no one viii
pretend to say, are essential to re-.
4 Iirious meeting. For what has plety
to do with peanuts, or with soda wa
ter, or with ice cream, or with tobae-
co. or with the score OF other wares
Il exhibited for sale atssuch times? Be-
lfsides, the articles are freely sold du-
ring public service, so that the preach
ling of the Gospel, the songs of praise,
I'sven the prayers of Gods people,
Iare mingled with the 4q popping
of corks, the cracking of
IghelIs, the giddy gossip of ice cream
i caters, and the jingling Of pence.
.IThese facts and others, the Methodist
adds. plainly indicate that the picnic
lpart of the camp meeting is fast
II overridine the spiritual and religious
Features. The chicago Republican,
i aliudipg to the complaint of the
81 afetBOdist, asks if it is not true.
after all, that as society progresses,
the camp meeting is. necessarily as
s sunaiTg mere of social than Teli-
|EViots character Camp meetings, as
\ Exclusively religious gatherings, came
.Isofea dearth Of churches. Will not a
plentiful supply of luxutiously fur
nished churches. naturally turn camp
meetings into piehics2 9eia g
TaIIALs oPA Country CLEReYMAN.
Al Young parson thus feelingly de-
seribes his bachelor experience in the
II first village in which he settled after
!. entering the ministry: Old ladies
!. / rave me tracts and tormented me In
/ every possible way. One gave me
i cough lozenges beacuse q fly got down
Il nv throat in church another sent me
her late husbands goloshes to wear
lwhen I went out on wet evenings (the
! late husbands feet were about five
: Ifnches longl.q a third sent wonder
stful kind Of India rubber bag, which
{ she said could be applied whenever a
| chill was felt. Not till my sister came
to STAY with me did [ know that hot
water ought to be put into the crea
, | 4
a SORT of mat to lay over my feet, and
very useless of its kind. A Miss
II Thompson was the most disagreeable
!, of the old maids. She actually one
day ran her fingers underneath my
ybcollar to see if | wore flannel. Dur
. I ing the year 1 was at Littleback l had
thirteen pairs of slippers, twenty five
/ sermon cases and three smoking caps
4 worked for me. One young lady en-
broidered my initials on a handker
chief in shiny looking black thread.
4 NY sister says that it was done In
hair; and perhaps that accounts for
1 Miss Rudge being so offended when l
said [ thought Testers red marking
cotton as good as any other. Three
young ladies said / had trified with
their affections; two, on the contrary,
affirmed that they had rejected me !;
4 while the village school mistress assur-
i ed the. rector that [ had tried to press
her hand [ certainly never had
l such hard work as while at Little
! back. / played at least three hun
dred games of croduet, went to an
archer-meeting every week. and at
any spare moment | was likely to be
sent for by Miss Anna Phelps to
practice an italian duet. L bore my
| trials with Christian fortitude, until
one morning the Rector sent for me
and said that my conduct disgraced
my profession. l took the hint, and
at the end of one year and three
months my career at Littlebaek was
lover. The young ladies cried when [
j went; they said l was such darl-
ing" Now, ask my impartial read
er whether it was not hard that L
should be blamed for the ladies of
Littlebaek? My life is blighted, and
all that is left of me is thirteen pairs
: Of slippers, twenty sermon cases,
/. three smoking caps, one handkerchief,
/, marked " Z. G." aud bad character
| from my Lotto avov,lovor -ta