Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-25
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sent their united testimony that the bitterness
of UNCONVENTIONAL lines is being swept away
and harmony prevails among all christians.
SKETCH
of the origin of the National Camp Meeting
may not be without interest, a body which
originated in prayer and commenced from the
first with the approval of God, To Rev. w. b.
Osborne belongs the honor of its conception and
by the hearty cooperation of DR.. Inskip and
a few other devoted men the heaven-born idea
expanded into being.
The Association was formed in the city of
New York in July, 1867, and its first meeting
was held at Vinelands, in the State of New
Jerfey, the birth place Of its founder, but now
residento of Florida. From its first foundation
the Association has been most successful in the
grand work in which tits engaged and at the vari
Gus points at which meetings have been hold
hundreds and thousands have been happily con-
yerted.
The course of action undertaken by the min
listers composing this Association is in striking
similitude to that of the disciples of old acting
! as they did under the iniuncton-"Go ye into
all the world and preach my gospel 70 every
| creature They know no North no South, no
East, no West, but labor rs assiduousy in one
section as another, being actuated by the de-
| sire, TO save souls.
The services on Sabbath were conducted ac-
| cording to the programme laid down and were
attended by immense audiences, there being up
wards of
FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS PRESENT
| Every train that went out to the grounds was
full and the railroad officials had to make great
| eXcrtions in order to afford transportation for
passengers
The seats in the enclosure are sufficient in
number for about four thousand and there were
| considerably more than thousand scattered
around on other parts of the ground. The
morning sermon was preached by Rev. DR.. In
mastery effort in the cause of salvation. His
| earnestness is so apparent that was he a man of
less ability he would still be considered giant
| in the work in which he is engaged.
| AT quarter past one o'clock in the afternoon
the children's meeting was held in the taber-
| nacle, large pavilion, capable of sheltering
several thousand, which was crowded to its ut
most capacity and large numbers could not OBJ
| tain even standing room. The meeting was
| conducted by Mrs. tnskip, whose zeal is not less
than that of her husbard in this work,
THE AFTERNOON SERMON
was preached by Rev. DR.. Lowery of Cincin-
| natl, which was one of the most effective SER
| mons on Personal Hsppiness that We ever
heard. Standing there with his tall form tow
| ering above the vast concourse that hung spell
bound, as it were, on his utterances, we saw de-
| picted in Imagination the camps of the early
| pioneers of Methodism when Peter Cartwright
| and his colleagues carried the banner of the
| cross into the Wilderness and reused by their
! powerful oratory the country for radius OF
many miles, and whose names were known and
their influence unbounded among their hardy
ana scattered charges, who though almost lsolat-
| ed from civlizaton--beyond the verge of the
| settlements, within.the territory occupied by
the aborigines-yet welcomed the bread of life
| az gladly rs it was given and at stated period:
| assembled to worship in the temple Of nature
| whose walls were the trees of the forest and the
| ceiling the blue canopy of heaven gemmed with
stars whose twinkling light shed approval on the
| objects for which they had assembled, the
worship of the great Creator Of the universe.
The interest is rs great as on the day previous
| though the number in attendance was not Sc
| large.
| THE INTEREST MANIFESTED
is very great. At the conclusion of each service
the altar is crowded with mourners by hundreds
whose sins are brought home to them in thi
way upon whom the ordinary means of grsc
seem to fail in reaching a spark has been g
nited that will kinde fame which will SWEEP
like electric fire through this section and re
dound to the glory of God by the conversion o
many souls.
Rev. Mr.. Osborne preached the night sermon
| which concluded the Sabbath exercises, and u
ten o'clock, wearied by the days labors, retireC
to rest and silence reigned through the encsmp-
ment where all were soon
! Peacefully dreaming,
And the tents in tho rays of the
| Clear autumn moon
| And the light of the camp fires
| Were cleaning"