, 1873-08-24
What One Of Our Preachers
Thinks of Boston.
Interesting Extracts from the Local
Religious Press.
Programme of Services in tho
Churches To-Day.
Episcopal and Roman Catholic Calendar
for the Week.

Illo Methodist Church ia tho yoahgest ol tne
aecta. It III now among tho largeHt. lta 1nlh'a-
tors orc everywhere. lts churchea aro III ose!s
town. Ita membership and constituency inclnao
millions. The camp-mooting chrno contomporn-
ueouBly with thu church. Whitfield had been |
ahnt ont from tho pulpit. But he lcd to the
hills and doclarod the Gospel to 200 astontshed
colliors. At tho next service there camo 2,O0o.
At the next, 4.0oo. At tho noxt, 10000. Weslcy
vsg oyop shocked at this violation Of church pro-
proty, but lie saw tho enormoua povcr bound up
In thiy outdoor preaching. mud consccrated IT,
From that day to this tho camp-mcettng lbs
existed, Undoubtedly In tho Methodist Church,
khoBc moo1tngs have been groat power iof
good, At first tho proachors wore few and TIC
territory extensive. Tho camp-nioot'ng obFl.
ated, in tho best possible way, the difficulty. IL
also carried into thcHc vast assemblies peculiar
social power productive OF good. 1t doee 30
still. No ono can toll how much the camp
mootipg has tlono for tho Methodist Church. In
this country, where the race of soots has been
freq and untrummolol, today thoro IL
church property put at S7o,oOo'ooo. ans
is moro than is hold by any other
denomination. The first camp-meotinR III
Aluerica was hold OIL tho banks Of Rod River, ~
kentucky. 4. D. 1883. Two brothors, BY the
name Of MGoo, one Presbyterian aud tho
other Methodist stopped at this point to a.. a.
O
Rev. Mr.. M'Greoly, john M'deo; tho Mothod-
lat minister, was inyitel to preach first, which
ho did, with groat liberty aud power His
broor tho Presbyeran folD%ed VII amat a
laat beca,ne indeHcribablo. Whou tho noise =, OF
tl1is extraordinary movement reached tug
surrounding country, tue Pc np9opl11 1sdr ruShea %
to tho banks Ct the l'eq d hgoa meo,nco 10
house was ovorilowod. and to 60 to tho folds,
though not cauonical, WAS necessity, Neason
prevailed, and nn altar was orected TO inc efreat
Jehovah Iu tho groves. This gave now mpulao,
from all directions, with provisions and oth;G, T.,
nocosssrios @ for encampment. Tho d1nngt nn,5t; IN
tents aud tho preaching Of of.sth1ian tai % distinctions
ued for many aossII, I,,o services were conducted
y goee sy Tvary waB to gorify God and sorve
Tho result Of this first camp:.moeting was un-
paralleled aud, worry soon after, another was
held on Muddy River, and still another elso-
thronea. At the last meeting, 1t was reckoncd
that loo souls wero hopefully converted.
From this unpromeditatod beginning thcaoo
meetings wero extended over the country, aud
were called: because participated IN BY rreaby-
1toports OF these early meetings state that
tons Of thousands Of parsous woro often pred
:foll upon tic ground like Saul of Taruus uudor
:tLo power Of God, no deep WAS tho interest.
s'Tho formal professor, tic deist, and the in
met w QUO fp9n fn toy 70. ern sa os- oeI
tute Of tho truo.knowledEo Of God and strangers
to tho religion OF Jesus"
In tho course of time, howover, tho ProBby-
terans left the management Mrat,o ot 1ne S CAMP
ing that God ownod tho useans employed, cur
ried them ut last into nl parts Of tho country.
with more or less efficiency, they have CON
ltxSzn ff1xc.o 1,nStn brrt
misgirngu and opposition, Some have con;
cquded they should 10 abandoned; Others aud
\. ,rhnpB tho minority, bolioyo them to he n
nle uns OF grace which 1t would DO
to.d..y, mud in session now, East and West.
Eortls and South. Even on tho aea~coaBt Mar
tha's Vinoyard) they arc living reality. Ihe9
outlivu tito multiplication Of church buildings,
the ciylizing Of the land and tho coming OF rall'
roads. In fact, the camI'-1neetng ground Of + to.
day ia svlectcd uoar the great city anu on tue
grcnt til thoroughfare. It il no longer pioneer
Convenience, but rather stupendous c,ty ALTAR
yoek and longer, almost III sight Of their palatia
homes and splendid spiro-eapped Churches.
Whether tic institution is as beneficial now al
hooro i ~ question: We s 20 Do not ooo1 6oos
doubtless docs. A new argument presented
in, tho similarity OF tho cansI,-meeting to soms
OF tho Jowish FeastB, where instruction and 40
cial reunion were found; It Is % not snrplisihg h
coming tho 't1oy month" i'll the Methodist cal
eutar, tho happy seaaon, whom far-of friendE
moot again, and III the wild woods, unfette1od
togothor Worship God.
SHOULD HAVE GONE ON a VACATION.
An editor OF one Of our city religious journal
IL evidently in great need OF vacation. It i
too bad that ho is not this vary minute Oh til
North Shore, or in the Rocky Mountains, far ava
from the petty annoynncos OF life. in hot wealth
er. This IL tho way ho broakR out. 1t must b
admitted, however, whit ho says il founded O
fact:
We hare great mind to print some specimens {
our correspondence literature, Just ~ an adnaono1
why In thu world cannot brsshren who know how !
write Euglish ,erite i, instead Of sending & ~ hier
ii as inten's II an and prposes 1swrto them ster the
foow ad5s eons vie te' hs
miles southeast " re pr1atcr wtll make + read So.
BJ e pTintsd. a VIII! %ho ants ss to @ sse sans
shool y every ume, o. ,"ch:" for "ehnEeh Z" Al Al
1 seea ao oa sss you. to as9Eas' cs
meas aake, do your own spelling, ano DO 1t rfJh
A CHICAGO MINISTER IN Hosros.
Chicago minister, in bis vacation rambles, ht
cot around to Boston. Tho consequence IL Of
blaze of enthusiasm. tho light Of which ia r
eotod from TUG pagos 81 1Ga tat reg9u4 5o
iug on, Tho whole numbor Of churches, in
population Of 250,000, Ia 141. Twenty-aeyen
theBe arc Unitarian. tTonty Congregations
eghteen Baptist attoen Epss9paii tour re at
70 the ministers Ferioratlon:
Grand old Boston! No ono Of her children !
loves her very stouss aud g!orles III hor history wi
land. Neser wan ahe moFu prosperous than .to-ta,
lortrade and commerce increasing hor borders enla
IL i. aouatn o. he1 population steadily growing l,or n'
psutlent thought Al intense an ever, hnd nor nc mo
sn .nd .re @ prescns s uospa r
pulpit aud pin! FORM nnl III tho walka ot business