Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-08-09

August 5, lodI.
The second day of the National camp
meeting shows very perceptible in
crease in the size of the crowd, as well
as in the interest of those in attendance.
It bids fair to become before its close
not only very large cOnyocatiou, but
also one which, by reason of :he subject
will mark an era in the his
tory of the religious body which has il
in charge. As yet, however, the ar
rangemeBts for the convenience Of those
it aresinuomplete. There are
not nearly enough tents, aud although
the meeting has only just begun, the
inquiry for them can not be supplied
Then those that have been put up have
in many cases been erected disadyanta'
geOusly, aud there is complaint thai
whenever the rain falls the occupants
are subjected TO great Inconvenience.
Very possitibly these are things thai
it was difficult to foresee or provide
against; but however that may be, those
who are the subjects of the imconveni
enee will complain none the less. 1T:
human to complain, and however they
may preach, our clergy are but human
when it comes to discuss a good nights
sleep or square meal.
The prepOnderance of ministers as a
class over that of any other profession
hiss been the subject of remark by sew
eral. I think it would be safe to say
that the thousand persons that are on
the ground at this time, fully one hun
dred and fifty are ministers of the Cos
pei. Some of them are here to preach;
others to recreate a little in the country
during the hot weather.
This brings me to say that these Ma
tional camp-meeting differ materially
from those that have hitherto taken
place in this part of the country. Here
tofOre the main object in conduetings
of this kind has been to preach repen-
tance and justification, doctrines direc-
ted particularly to those outside the fold
Of the church, In these the principal
appears to be directed to ex-
pounding the higher phase of christian
life, denominated sanctificatiOn.
Perhaps the most noticeable incident
with the meeting, up to this
time, occurred yesterday afternoon, in
Bishop Morris, the senior Bishop of the
Church, asking the prayers
Of the church. At the close of the af-
ternOOn services this venerable man,
whose long career in the ministry lover
sixty years, believe, has been absO-
Iutely without stain or reproach, and
whose piety has been as noted as his
life was pure, arose and saidhc had new
es been satisfied with his christian .ex-
perience. He finally closed by asking
the prayers of God''s people iu his be-
half.
Last night there was preached in the
remarkable discourse, and
one whose results. for geod are, to say
least, questionable. The speaker was
Rev. Mr.. Inskip, the President Of the
and his text the familiar
JDe, ''FUr am not asha AIMED Of the Cos
pei of Christ" In commencing his ad-
iTess the reverend gentleman alluded
% the fact that the church had just clu-
ied up thank offering for the existence
Of MethOdjsm i'll America, an offering
which counted up to seven millions Of
lOllars, and was mainly for the gratifi-
;atiUn of the members of the church,
ind one which only added to the COM
ylacency of its members.
He did not believe the system of ed
lcation now was of any profit. The sum
hat had been given in this Centenary
'ause would support missionaries TO car
y the Word of God to the remotest
,arts of the earth. The sum annually
for tobacco by persons in the
hurch would carry salvation to dy-
ng world in twenty years. The useless
worn by the women of the
hurch, if expended and applied to this
purpose, would munificently support
he missionaries of the church and Sc
ure the conversion of the world in ten
ears.
They charged an entrance fee at the
ate, they sold their ice cream and soda
Vater, and rented their tents all for
money. What he wanted was for them
o work for Gods people. Hare they
would have closed the gates on Sunday
nd desecrated Gods day by charging
n entrance fee to the ground, but he had
aid it should not be done. That thing
hOuld not be done, or they would leave
be ground and have nothing to do with
he meeting.
CAMP GROUND, NEAR URBANA,
August 1, 1871.
During the past twenty-four hours from
hree to four hundred more persons ar
ived upon the camp-ground, with the
Intention ofstaying through the remain
er of the meeting. Among them I no.
ice quite a number of Cincinnatians,
7ho appear to be gratifed to get out of
he heat and noise and dust of the city,
nd into the cool and quiet of the coun-
ry, even though the stay is fraught
With some little Inconvenience.
a CURIOUS CHARACTER.
Among the many curious characters
Il attendance here there is none perhaps,
yhO attracts more attention than a su-
clergyman from Maine,
7hO is named John Allen. He has a
pecial mania for attending camp-meet-
ngs, and this lie assured us this morn
lg was the two hundred and eighteenth
Meeting of the kind he had attended
1ithin the last fifteen or twenty.
He is provided with pretty little
ibley tent, the gift of some admiring