, 1870-08-11
THE CAMP MEETING.
Worship in the Woods a. Desplanes-
Over Fifteen Hundred Peo-
pie in Attendance.
Rules and Regulations OF the
KErounds-The Exercises
on Yesterday.


Word OF God peculiar to c-r,aia sect, an Auer1-
can institution, known as the Camp Meeting. had
lta tse and, Ia spite OF all that has been said and
Written against II, the love for outdoor worshlp
seems 70 he On the Increase, aud whether from
KenSaous zeal or worldly desire for novelty, the
tented woods" still attract their thousands.
Iherc arc two sides to every abstract question,
ano mea enoose eiiher the one or tneosher accond-
i1G 70 taste1 education, or temperament Most
really derout persons would prefer to lay theIr
bu1nenh fsetore Col IN secret communion. teelag z
.na H. sPPfoashnS ..
| lninda upon heavenly thing1 However, there
eeT ssne saasy po ThS f q
asuon, and seek support and spiritual strength ta
~ voice Of the nuldtude. In the ordinary malEu
IeK Whssver Se oes he na@ s s1spas sss1 n bqs s
approaches The iatsde1 with faitn ana reaches dc
pinnacle unbFulsed and untruuhied. The weak
whole, orer which he has listie control When :
component part, he sometimes sssimnIAtes to
himeef strength that promises well for rutur.
lnd!v1dual e1ort, bnt the moment be Is compelled
70 tcly upon biz OWL resources Sels-fel!auce for
saIes him, mad unless others assisr him, he Is
Ssen a oysr 70 usf nun and .,espa. The ~ ot
~orld. There arc thousands Of holy men and NO.
men who rely entirely upon the faith that L. 10
taeln. ana make thelr own consclences tue only
Eolde T. iinss,psstiug ne vii, q God saen as
themselves On The other hand. there are Other
men and ssgy seod aa
Of the multitude. Alone. they are
PREY 70 doubts and self-acc.,saiious: but. when
ri Ra1 nta q ~ tney r e ed = me
monentaly power Of their oTn. In the strong
man thers y s!lcnt power. stu waters
power ~ an external show Of force The ioex-
penenced traveller. On lrsr bcholdlnx the sea Ii
conn coam1meuah, may attribute strength 70 the over
but experience soon te2cheA the leesQo that hl the
power rests 11 the under-roiliug wave The great
es me coMmouon of the butS. the more rsoth
but with tho tempest So 1t L. with the wcak
mAn-sna the weak Christian. His yesy exist
saSe; fts,e; M A oeilsEer: depends upon excitement
and doubt His tat,h was neser bis own, Upt Of
oshe1x i was tmpasted to hlu By contact with
tne Mnlntnue, AZ an electric machine sends cur
rart, but tevrr the connection and the force
leaves more rnpIdly than 1t came. Hence the Weak
see5 strength ln aREreeation. in external show,
~ ont.arn Mofnns Of Tue spirit and thus came
One q the reasons why the eaup-uee,.ns is
peculiarly 40 American snstituton, Ii untoLbted-
y doe 70 the tact, as the Frenchmm Ifrcverentiy
e1rfeased II. "tnat We hare = hundred religions
Int only one grnry." In m3gt other countries re-
ssuos LOT ao1ms n ana 6e'iefs arr prescribed hy the
nFaed 70 indulge tn individual relt91ou9 speeu1a-
ton. But under the benign ipnpence Of opr free
;nss"onons: Na.s each maa can worship as beholds
ind II necessary to atfEng,hen tae1r faith by al
manner nt extraordinary processes.
oi @ all TIC creed. Of this county Aethodlsn Is
rreaenef pioneers the gospel, and frequently, for
hs4t oi ahelteF, be- Is compelled TO conduct wor-
saip IN ths open alr; Qa iais account also. It IS
lrcolla1 penchaut for worship IN the open alt,
even where churches abound III plenty.
mere hc9atlul SPOT for ihg holding OF the Ms