National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-10

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: prayer Of righteous man svaieth much"
The discourse was on the subject OF prayer,
and was interesting as well as able.
After the sermon of the morning was con-
, eluded the bells and gong announced the call
for dinner.
FEEDING THE MULTITUDE.
At once every available seat in the two dining
courts were occupied, and each seat reflled as
soon as vacated. Several times the vast courts
were entirely occupied, until about two thou
sand had been supplied with roast beef, roast
lamb, baked chicken, sliced ham, eorned- beef
and cabbage, sweet and Irish potatoes, corn,
tomatoes and side dishes, with ice cream and
cake, apple pie, watermelon, tea and coffee for
desert. " a.
At each Of the vehicles nom the country
most elegantly laden baskets OF provisions
were consumed IN picnic-style. Judging nom
tour among the eaters, Il is sale 70 predict an
immediate rise In the price Of poultry In the
Washington markets. Camp meeting Is q
Waterloo to the barn-yards of this vicinity, and
It Is doubtful whether there VIII be sufficient
stock left to breed from next year.
A season Of lounging and quiet for digestion
was INDUCED BY all parties. Prior to the great
event Of the day, which was the sermon Of Mr..
Guard, the
cHMDRKN's MEETING, -
under the direction Of Rev. A. E. Amos, was
held at the meeting stand. W. r. Woodward
| and Mrs. A. NJ. LinYale, of Wesley chapel, ad-
dressed the meeting. Miss Rachel Garrett, Of
Ryland chapel, presided at the organ. The
crowd attracted by the singing Of the children
Owing to an unexplained prevention, Rev.
81. A, Cleveland, who was booked to preach
this afternoon, did not arrive. $780,
The presiding elder, however, was In receipt
of communication last night from the great
Irish Wesleyan preacher, Of Baltimore, Rev.
Thomas Guard, the flashes of whose genius
during his short residence in this country has
made his name familiar from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, announcing bis proposed visit to
the camp to-day. He was accordingly desig-
mated to fill the afternoon appointment.
SERMON OF REV. THOMAS GUARD.
An audience Of about five thousand persons,
presenting great sea Of upturned faces, con-
| fronted the great preacher ambient enthusiasm
and inspiration to his eloquence until It rose IN
those imprisoned strains which TO be sppre-
ciated must be heard.
He chose for his text the eighteenth verse Of
the fourth chapter Of Corinthians " For the
things which are seen are temporal, but the
things which are not seen are eternal"
Paul, the writer Of the text, was q man under
the influence Of the greatest motives. The
gTandest motives are those which connect US
with the infinite. A mans career Is Judged
BY his motives, and you estimate the rank Of
himself into Influence morally and spiritually.
Paul gives us q reason for his life and charac-
ter in the text, The seen and transitory and
the unseen and abiding are the themes to which
attention n called. The things which are seen
and are temporal may be embraced In three
classes: our dwelling place, the circumstances
which make up our life, and the life itself.
The earth tselfts from the same source as the |
word Of God. Nature and inspiration are from !
one God. < : Z. . . !
is God. The earth has a definite existence. |
Change awaits #, and this Is in harmony with |
science; they have been accomplished in the |
past through varied causes, among which are |
fire, ice, wind, &c. The change prophesied by |
the Bible as yet to come is to be accomplished |
by fire. II has heretofore done q great work
through the agency Of science. There Is fire
in everything-in ice, water, snoW-hakes, &c. |
There must be Q vast amount Of internal heat
in the earth and the freed oxygen can soon be
converted into a mass Of fame BY spark. The
potency which annihfates is coordinate with
that which creates. Fire is created thing. |
Things In nature are wearing out its forests
and rocks, and change is the universal and re-
sistless law; but change Is not humiliation; II
is the wearing out as vesture doth wax old.
All changes have been in advance and sub |
servient to higher law of being or type Of life.
Thus natures book is In accordance with the |
Book of Revelation. Earth is to be one Of the |
apartments for the renewed higher life OF i'm |
mortality, and thus the Bible and nature and |
science are in beautiful harmony.
Is this earth, then, doomed to changer Then
in It cannot be my happiness, my home. Hap
by the man whose felicity is within him, not |
without him. Earth shall one day vanish in /
all her loneliness, and be converted into lurid |
vapor, and mans spirit escape through 1t to q
higher state Of being. -r-.s- -....-f 1rr -f=
The circumstance which make upth scenes |
on this theatre are vanishing and temporal. |
These are more tickle and heeting than the |
earth beneath him. Health is precarious, and |
subject to fight, and the sad commentary is |
written in esrth's grayeyards. Friendships are
transitory. Wealth as plainly not permanent |
in q night panic they are gone. There
comes time when the true man viii look
upon these incidentals in life in their true light.
They form but the seaffolding to the building |
Of life and manhood. Character must be indie |
pendent Of these things, and be such as shall
endure when death shall destroy the scafolding.
Then there Is our life more transient, even
escent and imperfect still. What Is our hfel
In its very midst we are in death-With every
pulse Of life there is throb Of death, and TO q
certain point death shall triumph and spread
its black banner upon the sultry air, over |
mans noble course and cry victory! victoryl |
st. James says our life is q Vapor-What an ex- !
pressive metaphor-like the gossamer web hung ]
insects uG3u 46dl Auu UIOEGu Il
branch, TO be swept away by the passing breeze. |
If you have the germ Of the immortal life |
which was planted within you, In cultivation |
the term Of life given you here is long enough, |
for death TO you Is but the angel who throws |
back the massive ebOn doors to admit your |
spirit to an eternal existence before the throne.
1t is also long enough for you II you are de- |
termined to remain unprepared for death. Few |
ever change their moral life after reaching the |
age of sixty, but living longer is . double !
damage to them, In that they breed q moral |
malaria over others, and become more infested
with the disease Of sin themselves. Stopl
stop! then, aud think on your madness, unre- |
generate man. Every vicious act Is cutting |
another and another Of the strands Of the rope
upon which your life hangs.
Things that are not seen are eternal. Some |
men won't believe in anything they don't see.
Can you see tho pain Of that racking tooth |
achei The man Is silly who believes in moth |
ing he can't see. BE believes in what he can /
feel, taste, touch or smell as well as what he
can see. -s--r...r r-..r.-T
But these are not all the senses. There Is |
Imagination, which creates things another can |
not see. There Is nothing impossible TO reason, !
imagination or faith. have never seen China, |
WITH her singular state Of habits, but my faith |
accepts these - facts, God Is 3 fact; one !
called for by the very nature within you. |
Nothing but God viii ct into this crest fact Of
your DellBs AuSA lAaH - AOu0 ICING klasA /
cries out for home. God alone is this homo, !
this eternal refuge. Mans possibilities demand |
q God. Some deny the eternity Of he'll on the |
facts Of Gods goodness, but there Is no reason |
in this, for God has allowed suffering for seven |
thousand years, Fnd the same argument would |
apply to this. The speaker here drew inimit-
able pictures Of hell and heaven as its opposite,
with which the discourse was closed. /
SCENES KSD INcIDExTs,
While the great crowd Wss ENJOYING the
preaching at the porting and afternoon ser
vices hundreds 81 parties, single, in couplets
and In Squads, were lingering and lounging on
the outer portions Of the camp and through the
quiet shade Of the extensive grove, spending
the hours in social pleasure.
Here blind man sat upon the roadside be-
meath the shade Of giant oak, and, aided by
handsome girl Of ten years, was selling songs
printed on slips. Just beyond q jealous repre-
sentative Of the 7. n. G. A. has interested q
large knot Of passers-by with an extempore
sermon. He Is holding up the "blood-stained
eross' and talking Of the ''home over there"
At intervals sacred songs are sung, and the
melody floats Of on the Sabbath air for acres