Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-09-29
NATIONAL CAMP MEETING.
increasing Interest and q Number CON
verted.


csmn ground yet at an early hour the scatter
pd clouds passed away, and the air, which was
rather cool, became very pleasant. =,
At the usual hour the congregation gathereo
in the Tabernacle for
MORNING WORSHIP,
which was conducted by Rev. Mr.. Osborne.
The morning sermon was preached by Rev.
Mr.. Harlow, from the Sd verse of the 18th
Psalm.
AFTERNOON SERVICES.
The childrens' meeting was of unusual inter-
est Yesterday, a goodly number of young folks
presenting themselves for prayers, and the fer
vor with which they addressed throne OF grace
showed how deeply in earnest they were. an In
earnestness on the part of the seekers always
awakens corresponding esrnestness on the
part of the members of the church, who are al
ways ready to help.,those who show disposition
to help themselves, and the consequence was, a
glorious time and several conversions TO the
Lord. To see these young girls and boys rise
and give in their experience as testimony to
the Goodness of God is enough to stimulate to
renewed exertons the older ones in the cause
and must be gratifying to those now so faithfu
" engaged in this glorious work. Bring the
Children all to Christ and the future OF the
drens' meeting, Rev. Mr.. Inskip read some
= REQUESTS FOR PRAYERS
from various persons, asking an inter-
eat in the PRAYERS of the National Camp
Meeting Association. There were written res
quests, which he read to the congregation, ex
planning at the same time how and when this
practice was instituted, and how many extraor-
binary answers have been received on shch re-
quests A silent prayer was held for the fuls
fllment of the wishes of the petitioners, at the
conclusion of which
REV MR. GREY
Took the stand and preached q most excellent
sermon from the latter clause of the 10th verse
of the 9Th chapter of Mark: "Only Believe"
The speaker very finely illustrated the true
saving faith required by God, from numerous
passages of Scripture, one of which was the
healing of the woman who touched his garu
ment, showing her reliance on God. This oc'
Cured at the time the Saviour was on His way
to the house of the ruler where his daughter
was seriously i'll, and when the news arrived OF
her DEATH it gave rise to the text, Christ saying
"only believe" That was all that was requir-
ed to insure safety of his child. He said it was
his intention to try to aid some one that was
seeking after God TO realize faith. He stated il
a man came to you reporting something, which
in itself was not unreasonable, and the charac-
ter of the man forbidding you to doubt it, you
take his report for fact having thorough
makes certain promises. His character certainly
prccludes all right to doubt, then why not ac-
cept them7 He gave numerous instances from,
the Bible of perfect faith, such as Noah and
Abraham, and as God never required more than
was possible, it should not be such hard work
to accept the truth But before person can
exercise saving faith, their desire for regen-
Grafton or sanctifcation must take full possess
sion of the man to the exclusion of everything
else. He earnestly besought all to seek after
purity of heart, relating how good old man
once exclaimed in his hearing. "Oh that there
was a window to my heart, that all men might
see how love God" This impressed him very
much and he asked himself the question, would
he like for all men to see into his heart. He had
at that time to answer no: How is it if you do
not wish to have your fellow creatures to know 2
Creator, who knows every thought ofyour heart
His whole sermon was replete with logical
facts, and strong appeals to the better nature OF
his audience and elected frequent responses
from among the congregation. God was g'o-
rified and lions walls were strengthened.
During the afternoon services there wa:
quite a shower of rain, but the tabernacle gave
good shelter to all, and by the time the Al
train was ready to leave the rain had ceased and
everything was as pleasant as could be.