Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-08-09
WHOLE NUMBER 1856

to be sanctihed. He desired to get out
in the full sunshine Of God.
Father Coleman, one of the apostles,
said that he didn't believe in keeping
on asking God for greater blessings,
when they had already received one.
He had known men to get down and
pray for it lthe blessing, aud after they
had got it, acting under the old impuls-
es, ask for more and pray himself out of
it again. He didn't believe in any such
doctrine.
Another clergyman knew that Gods
spirit could lead man To abandon the
use Of tobacco aud liquor, He knew it
could, and for years neither Of them
had come under his roof, He wouldn't
allow doctor to prescribe liquor even
as a medicine. If he couldn't practice
medicine without using liquor, he could
not practice with his family.
\ lady said she felt the power Of re-
IigiOn all through her soul and body.
She had felt it years ago when she was
like a speckled bird in the flock, but she
was glad that the time was coming
around when she was not alone in her
feelings.
Another lady said she thanked God
for what Of his spirit she felt, and asked
prayers for more.
y young man asked the prayers Of the
to enable him TO stop the
use of tobacco. He wanted to serve God
better
An old gentleman, who spoke in
sitting posture, said he had been trying
to serve God for forty years. He had
but little time to work for God. He
lived In dark spot, but he wanted to
take some of the love of God to his peo-
pie.
Another old gentleman said that his
uncle was connected with Wesley when
he wrote the hymn they had inst sung.
He was in class-meeting at that time
which was ledby Charles Wesley. He
thought there ought to be more of the
Wesley spirit.
A young man said he came upon this
ground with his all laid upon. the altar
Of Christ. He wanted to be consecra-
ted to God.
A young man said it was the first
2amp-meeting he had ever been at in
MS life. He had never turned his at /
5ention to religion until six months ago.
Since that time he had been trying to
get better.
An elderly man said he was local
preacher and a class-Ieader. When he
entered the Tabernacle he felt that the
Holy Ghost was present. He had felt
hat the tide was rising ever since. He
vas sweetIy trusting in his Savior. His
classmates, he said, would be on the
ground before the meeting closed, and
le expected they would go home baptiz-
ii in the holy spirit.
a Quaker lady felt that she loved Je-
JUS. \ few years past she was silent in
public meetings, but had never been
ully satisfied. She wanted the people
o pray that she might be satisfied with .
he holiness of God.
At the close OF the meeting, Mr.. In |
kip made short exhortatiom, closing
With the remark that "if they persever-
ID in this matteras well as they had be,
,un, the devil in some part Of his ar
was going loget hurt"
There is a certain grolesque cloquence
Ii some Of Mr.. Inskip's sayings that is
rresiatably droll, and it is no unusaI
hing on his uttering one Of them for
he congregation to burst out in laugh
er, just as if it We're not religious
Meeting, In patho5 he has a similar
hough not equally strong control over
crowd.
TEN O'CLOCK SERVICES,
The regular ten o'clock sermon this
morning was preached III the grove,
he ground having become sufficiently
ry after last nights rain to permit ser
ices to be held there with safety. The
ermOn was by the Rev. L. r. Dunn, of
'ewark, the subject being "The Song Of
he Redeemed"
Previous to the commencement of the
ervice notes We're read from the pulpit {
skiing the prayers of the people in be-
alf Of the following matters and per- I
1ns: Prayers were requested in behalf
f the teachers of Baldwin University at
.erea, Ohio.
Also in behalf of Sister Hamlim, the
'idOw of Bishop Hamlin, for grace to
id her in her bereavement and trials.
Also in behalf of the Ocean Grove {
amp-meeting, to be held near Long {
ranch, New Jersey, on the Sth of this
lOnth. i
Also in behalf of the camp-meeting to !
e held at Canton, Ohio, on the 18th of t
.ugust. |
Also in behalf of very wicked aud 1
ngodly young man living in constant /
eril of being swept off in the midst of S
is sins and forever perishing. a
A short season Of silent prayer follow t
in behalf of these objects, after t
hich the sermon was proceeded with. {
The children's meeting in the after
Oon was similar to to that of yesterday, j
lly that it was not interfered with by !
le storm, as it was at that time. r
However, the afternoon sermon had {
ardly fairly commenced when the rain {
gain began to fall in torrents, driving
L who had gathered to hear the speak
: Or. Lowry into their tents in most
scramble, {
If the saints don't have their patience u
led by this pervcrsity Of the weather, ,
are saints, that's all. q
URBANA, o., August q, 1871, Il
The National Camp-mceting Grounds b
. thiS plapp wore tO-tlaV crowded 10 -