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

| ty-five miles, although there are thOus-
ands here from remote cities and towns,
and many from adjoining States.
There are also representatives from
many distant points, including fully
two-thirds of the States and Territories,
the British Provinces, and even the
United Kingdom.
This, of course, is the great day OF the
camp-meeting, and the time when the
heaviest theological guns of the move
ment are brought to bear upon the
stronghOlds of the world, the flesh aud
the devil, with view to their annoy
ance, discontinue and, fpossible, utter
defeat and rOut. Il is the occasion when
the grand assault is made all along the
line, and the conflict is supposed 10 be
most stubborn, and the results, if at all
favorable, most triumphant to the Lead
ers in the movement.
As carlyas five o'clock this morning
the crowd began 10 come upon ths
grounds in numbers that gave promise
that long before noon there would be
such an assenlbIage present as had uey-
er before been brought together in this
quiet country place. BY six, stead
stream Of humanity might be seen en-
tering the gates, and hurrying toward
the knoll which stands in front Of tha
quadrangle of tents, and which over
looks the Tabernacle, the boarding
houses, aud the other places devoted to
barter and commerce. Seven u'clock
saw it still on the increase, and when
eight O'Clock came round, and the usual
camP-meetiug Iove-frast was comnienc-
ed, there must have becu from twelve to
fifteen thousand persons within the in
closure, the greater portion Of whom
seemed anxious to be witnesses to the
teachings Of this new departure in reIig-
ion, as it has already been denomina.
ted
THE LOvE-FEAST,
Promptly at eight o'clock the crowd,
which had already filled almost to over
flowing the great Tabernacle, was adj
dressed by Rev L. r. Dunn, of Newark,
New Jersey, who commenced the ex-
ereises by reading the 7O4th hymn. Al
ter it had been sung, a prayer was Of
fered by the Rev. r. S. Rust, of Cincin-
natl. Then another hymn was sung,
after which the leader of the meeting
made few interesting remarks, saying
that they extended cordial welcome
to all who were present, mailing them
as dear friends from different quarters
OF the continent and from different
States in the Union, though all partic-
ipants in Christ's salvation. He said
that this was a feast of love, though the
use of the customary emHems of bread
and water was for obvious reasons dis
pensed with. He called upon all who
felt the love of Christ in their hearts to
give their testimony in the very briefest.
manner, saying, in conclusion, that his
experience could be expressed in the
single word, Saved" -
The meeting thus opened was kept up
in a similar vein for an hour, or perhaps
an hour anda quarter. The "experi-
ences," if such they might be called,
were usually expressed in a brief scrip
ture text, and at no time did moment
eIapse in which there was not some one
either speakingSor singing, while very
often three or four were standing and
speaking at the same time. The first TO
speak was an old: man, who said, simply
"The Lord is my shepherd Before he
sat down, lady cried out, "My heart is
fixed on God;' then another said, 81
stand by the truth-gIOry to God" aB-
other said, 'Tis done, the great trans
actiOn's dOne;u then another cried out,
81 know for myself, and not from an
other, that God has power on earth 10
forgive sins" and 50 on. Frequently
verse of some familiar hymn was sung.
the vast congregation joining In with
hearty emphasis. 7'
Among the last 10 speak was negro.
preacher from one of the Conferences in .
the Southern States. BY struggle
reaching the platform, he cried out at
the top Of his voice, MY good brethren
and sisters, can't leI il no better, but
I am happy in jesus, aud plodding on
and on i'll the sure hope Of glory at last.
Saying this he threw himself backward
into the arms of some sympathizing
friends, aud was borne out Of the tent.
During the time the meeting was in
four hundred and fifty-four
persons spoke, and some ten OF twelve
verses Of hymns were sung. At a quar-
Ter before ten O'Clock the meeting was
to a close by singing the Dux-
,logy.
ATTEN O'CLOCK,
However, the grand climactcric of the
occasion was reached. The crowd
which had kept on increasing all the
ime, now had reached its maximum.
md was estimated by persons familiar
With such matters to contain twenty
thousand persons. The bell tangled out
IS summons to worship, and the greater
Dart of the crowd drifted into the Tab.
the grove, in both os which
places preaching was to take place.
In the grove or square the services
we're. conducted by Rev. Inskip.
he text being taken from ThessaIoni-
ms ii, IS. In the Tabernacle they were
by Rev. Nenanda, Presid-
ng Elder from the Columbus District.
Both DlacpS of yvOrshin Nvara o,.o,,,,I,,l T., .
he utmost, and the audiences atboth,
y their close attention to the speaker,
an interest in the subjects
eing discussed that is seldom seen in
uch large bodies. The theme treated
t both places was that of sanetifiea-