The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-14
THE CIRCULATION OF THE DisPATCH
Is LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CIR
CITATION OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY
NEWSPAPERS OF TIE CITY.
NATIONAL CAMP MEETING.
Sixth Days Proceedings.

NATIONAL CAMP NESTING.
Sixth Days Proceedings.
REMARKABLE REQUESTS FOR FRAYER-hR.
sEARLEs EARRATES HIS EXPERIENCE OF
sANCTIFICATIoN-LIMITE EMARKs-A
RAMBLING SERMON BY MR.. INsKIP-TwE wENTY-
FIVE CONVERSIONS At ONE SESSION..
Correspondence OF the New York Tribune.1
ROUND LAKE, N. Y. July 9.-The minis
ters' meeting of Saturday at Z. NJ. was,
as usual, full of interest. The ministers
themselves seem greatly to enjoy hearing
each others experiences. The only draw
back to these sessions is the apparent ina
bility of the speakers to cOndense what
they have TO say. Being limited to three
minute speeches, by far too many OF them
use up two minutes and half in unneees"
sary preliminares. Now and then one gets
nm ali loaded and primed, with aim assured,
fires straight at his mark, says "Amen," ana
is through. One Scotch Presbyterian said
that he had once obtained sanctiticatien, but
had lost it within II hours. Another had
found himself obliged to give up croquet,
having been convinced that Satan lurked in
balls and mallets. An old-tashiOned man
declared himself ''saved from head to foot" "
If man struck him on one check he could
give him the other, "and God bless him
all the way down to the end Of it." One had
been prayeriul from the age OF four to thlr-
ty, and under conviction all the time. AS
autobiographieS seemed to be getting 100
common, Brother Eddy said he should not
enter upon the arithmetical, geographical,
historical, or biographical account of his
experience. He might say something about
Z .,f If II of the active
kind, indicative mood, and posSessiye case.
After this conversation, having cut the
last land-line and showed out, he shouted
to the moon, to the stars, and to the very
stones. for Joy. But he lost it afterward,
being tempted to keep still about it. But
Good had set him up in business again,
and now he was hidden in the blood OF
Jesus
The p. M. service was characterized by
peculiar interest. An old-fashioned melody
was sung with power and grandeur even
as one rarely hears twice in lifetime.
Some remarkable requests for prayer were
read by MIR. Hughes; for wife beloved :;
for an inebriate brother, just recovered
from delirium tremens; for an Episco-
palian; for melancholy man, who has not
spoken to a human being in four years.
Another remarkable feature of the evening
was the experience Of the Rev. DR.. Searles,
given by himself. Hc took rs q text, "May
the very God of Peace sanctlfy you wholly"
This doctrine Of holiness was known in all
the churches. The belief of it in the Meth
odist Church, however, was peculiar in
respect to the brevity Of the time in
which this blessing may be realized.
Nothing less than entire sanctitication
comes up to the Bible standard. Both the
Old and New Testament teach it. lie
l. 1y To he n
time of conversion. The text suggested
partial sanctitication ut conversion. This
blessing is sought upon the basis of justiti
cation by faith. After conversion he had
entered the ministry, and had from time to
time sought this higher state. He finally
settled down to the conviction that he had
| made mistake i'll suppOsing it to be an at
tainable condition, and that conversion
comprised all. He looked upon Perfec-
tionists as honest, but greatly mistaken in
their views. He believed the substance of
1t all to be reclamation from state of
backsliding. He was thus led to crticise
this matter severally, and the word
sanctitication" became very unpleasant
to him. He was conscious, however, of a
need in his own soul. God blessed bis work
abundantly, and that tended TO confirm
him in his theory. For the past year he
bad been conscious of possessing 4 large
degree of the carnal nature. lie tried to
light it down and still stick to his theory.
During remarkable revival i'll his church
last winter he had prayed much, for he felt
his foundation giving way. lie resolved to
follow Gods lead in all things. 1t soon
proved to he in the direction Of California
with 4 camp-meeting association. They
started on the 9Th Of May, and mustered at
Omaha. The mountains told him some
thing was in store for him, but the devil
kept him shy Of sanctitication. When he
entered the tabernacle in Sacramento, Bro
tter Inskip shouted "All hail, New York
Brother Searlcs, come this way" The cor
dial erecting was comfort to him. He did
not know what cold shoulder might have
done.
He resolved to do just what was pro-
posed. He went down on his knees seek
er, He consecrated himself to God delibe-
rately. Brother Inskip asked such as could
say Jesus was their present Savlourto to stand
up. He stood up, but he felt that there
was something more than that In sanctili-
ca1ion-" There's more than faith, friends :;
don't stop there" He prayed and waited,
and wreStled and prayed. At length he
felt his soul going-moving. What an eX-
pcrience it was! He felt that he must have
The gospel of peace. lie felt that he would
rather die than fail of the blessing. Then he
felt himself going down, down, until he
was nothing, and all he said was Jesus,
Jesus! He telt Gods plowshare 60 through
his heart and root all sin out. Then he felt
himself filling up, and he knew 1t was the
baptism OF fire. The brethren spoke low
he could not have borne more. "NoW,
brothers, sanctiiication is the grandest word
in the Bible" He never knew the meaning
of tho word 6 brother0 before IT. ia Sur.
eestive OF Jesus and heaven. He could not
express it. The bond of brotherhood FORM
ed in that far-away land can never be bro
ken. Could his brethren wonder that he
exhorted them to get this blessing3 He
himself was tho happiest man they ever
saw. Ee besought them to be men for God
wholly. Sanctitication was the only thing.
1t alone would save the Church in the con-
tiict with the devil and ROmanism.
He was listened to with profound atten-
ton. The silence was perfect, all attention
being absorbed by the story so simply yet
so powerfully narrated. The Sunday morn
ing 'love-feast was held in the Taberna-
Gle on account Of the threatening aspect Of
the clouds. The Rev. VIM. Mcdonald pre-
sided. There were hundreds of people de-
sirous to speak, and but two hours to do it
in. TO have TO engineer such a mass OF
souls-such q variety Of temperaments-
was enough to appal tim1d man. Dir.
Med onald said that to save: such precious
time he hoped not once to hear from any
holy about "twenty years ago." "Let
the past 60. Speak only of the pres
ent. Those who wish to testify will raise
q hand" The Tabernacle was filed, and
everybody seemed to have hand up. Tcs-
timonies began, some very brief and others
ooinp off into the StWenty-yearS ago"