National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-02
| AM HOLIER THAN THOU.
REV. DIR. IHsKIP's sAMP-MEEFING
en- SIXTH STREET..

/ EI6HTY-EIGHr CHILDREN dusTIFIED-
/ THE DOCTRINE OF sASCTIFEcATION-A
GREAT BATTLE WITH THE DEyIL-sHAT-
TERIEG OF DIR. NsKIP's BATTALIONs-
REORGANIZATION BY THE PoLIoE-LU-
DIcRoUs SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
The reporters Of TIE REPuBLIoAH assigned 20
the duty Of Writingup the closing scenes Of the
| National Enea mpment for the tSfrOWth OF Holt
ness" sincerely trust that in telling the truth
offence Will not be given to individuals or to the
divine and beautiful spirit of Religion itself The
| indurated soul Of q newspaper man sees nothing
and hears nothing but the hard acts It is his mis-
sion 70 make faithful transcript Of them, and y
reprsauoe the Impressions Of "a assembly, and IN
. camp-meetinga as at the opera boufe he has -
make IN average opinion between the extremes
Of good and bad For more than week past
certain ministers have been ihslding protracted
| meeting under tent erectedan the Sixth street
!St IOr ns Phst 81 Se
| willing IN the outset
TO BEARD THE LION N HIS DEN
Is In proof from the fact that n there Is piece OF
ground In the city which the devil claims as bis
own by long occupation for the purpose OF exhibit
| ing fhe Aztec children, the double headed baby,
the skeleton man, the fat@eman, and all the
| unhappy world H Is this. There his great coadju-
offbe eircns have for years done their ground
through the hoops, performed their aeriai evolu-
tions IN Imitation q their great master when he
fell from snpernal bliss, and there they have ir-
i trick horse "Excelsior,n the trained mules and
/ the fantastical clowns. It was . great assump-
| placently upon the growth Of holiness there,
especially when he knows that this Is eircus-mad
night, when DR.. Inskip ignominiously surreu-
! dered, "horse, foot and dragons" his generals,
| captains and privates TO
THE PRINCE or TIE POWER OF THE AIR,
II
mencement Of the exercises last night there could
| not have been less than four thousand people IN
der the canvas. They contributed nberally IN re-
| Spouse to DR.. Inskip's appeal for money. They
Joined fervently in the singing Of hymns, and the
prayer itself was an earnest, powerful appeal to
Heaven for assistance. At this point the vast au-
dIence was quiet and orderly, and though BY far
the larger part were there out Of mere curiosity,
stiil they were intelligent ladies and gentlemen,
ity to the preached word, perhaps TO be convinced
and 70 seek that Saviour 70 whom ali Christians
Look fer sustaining strength to DO right.
REV. Mr. MCDONALD
took the stand. His voice at first was wholly in
audible, and at no time did It meet the require
ments Of the occasion. What It was about no one
knew, and its disconnected, ungrammatical SEN
fences, its pointless, absolutely Ineffective argu-
and its fat delivery threw the entire congregation
into state anything but religious. He had not
proceeded more than half way through when he
part Of the tent opposite him. He commenced
again, and asked, as near as could be made out In
the confusion, " Did ye hear It 2" No sooner had
the words fallen from his lips than an old man
somewhere In the audience, half suffocated BY
the dense dust, gave a tremendous sneeze, one 50
loud that It might have frightened TChaos and
Old Night The effect was electrical, and q
laugh almost as loud as the sneeIe broke up what
The preacher struggled on against the odds
against him and proceeded 70 tell the story Of
lawyer that he would give up the habit Of chew
ing tobacco, and miserably failed, and had to pay
back the money be might have had had he kept
bis word, (which hurt him worse than trying to
keep his pledge" At this point the irreyerent
cheWers OF tobacco in that part Of the tent where
The REPUBLICAN, reporters were sitting all took
chew, passing their tin-foils around to each
other with fscetious remarks. The cracking Of q
bench and the MASKING Of hat by fat old lady
cially four sitting near the main entrance. They
looked like French girls and strongly resembled
formapce broke Mr. Mcdonald up again, but re-
covering, he proceeded with the story Of his sane
uheation some ten or twelve years ago, and then
stated that the
DEVIL BAD Not HAD THE AUDGcIrY
to tempt him to commit any great sin since, and
that he had not been in his power. This seemed
to amuse the devil very much, and after that he
Course and prevented the least Impression being
made except those In bis favor.
The great experience Of Rev. DR.. Inskip recog-
nized ~ once tie ground that had been lost, and
Immediately took the stand 70 counteraet the
effect. He attempted . reorganization OF the
flying bsttalions; lectured, scolded read lessons
no purpose. He then said it was useless to at
tempt to 20 on when such state Of feeling ex-
listed, and that he felt compelled to desist. This
announcement was q
TERRIBLE BLOW TO SINNERS,
for they we're there in force to see the CONVEX
sions and 70 hear the shouting and agUnizlng,
and hundreds left the tent suppesing that the
plete. However, q council Of war was held.
They knew, or must have known, that Joel e.
Floyd, sole proprietor and manager Of the MI
toniAn tsbleaux Of Paradise Lost, was not
MORE THAN TwEETxiM1LEs AWAY,
and that the ground must be held. They knew
that these tableaux, like q scene In the "anxious
seats,f' bafnes all description, and that the ex-
war Of angels the fall Of Satan and the fall Of
man. meeting OF Satan and the Arehangei
Michael terrific combat between them be M
tropical flowers, birds and fruits Of Paradise
RE6s R5P IN Would Do
The devil now got mad; Hitherto he had pro
duced on the field only his clowns, harlequins
and eolumbines, but thinking II time to marshal
some Of his heavier troops in the shape OF Inc
preachers on the stand were Andrew johnson and
his kitchen cabinet, and acted accordingly. How
ever, this part Of the meeting is graphically
described in another account.
THE cHILDRKN's MEETING.
To 20 back a little in this account Of the
''growth in holiness on the hippOdrome grounds
yesterday, q description OF Mrs. 1nsktp's meeting
Entering the tent, lady dressed in bombazine,
trimmed with black velvet, and wearing plain
black hat and q shawl was noticed Standing IN
Of little girls. She was wildly gestieulating and
shoutingt to the top Of her voice CLEAR the way y
forward =, "Sing once more, and then Wen
pray 2, And they did sing, "Dear Lord, I give
! myself aWay:n and while singing, q father
dovr N he crying friuhtRned
group of children a little girl, who could not be
more than four years old; in fact, there were,
perhaps, one hundred and twenty Of them,
ranging from four to ten years Of age:
and reverend patriarchs Of thes'sanctihed," and
snow white haired mothers Of the new and extra
faith were walking about among them bending
over and encouraging them to see Jesus, Tor ne
was right there in their midst Then Mrs. In
down, and called on the brethren to "pray shorts"
then after short prayers, the longest Dy Rev. Mr;
Evans they sung while k1eelng De&I LAMP 1n1 o.
Lord TO had done for them.H Several responded,
tSsir words could not be heard. Mr.. Inskip then
took the stand and stated that that woman had
been the means Of converting 1870 little children,
and she had all their names on register.
Match 1t If you can. Though
IAN INTIMATELY CONNECTED
with that women, challenge all the world to
produce her equal" This modest tri bute 20 her
worth from Mrs Inskip's ''fat, round, oily hus-
band NSettleQ IOr no OuS uhLeN "
claim, and Mrs. Inskip smiled sweet smile 70
heI largt lord, as much as 70 say There that
will DO Hubby, / owe you ono" The process OF
the sanctifeation Of the babies then went OIL with
the hymn: Dear Jesus, receive me, and more
short prayers and hymns. Then Mrs. lnsklP
gave each one Of the little girls her address, ana
took their names for registration in her lamps
book In the evening Or. Inskip announced the
fact that Saturday and yesterday had witnessed
the conversion Of eighty eight children.
SERMON BY DIR. LowRET.
In about 1--WE minutes after the children's meet
ing Or Inskip introduced Rev. DR.. LoWreys OF
Cincinnati as the editor Of the Chrtsftdn SfdndGra
and H0me Journal, q newspaper, as ne SAID
brimful Of holiness and running over, and when
| thew an ought to take. Then followed eontri-
| button which enabled DR.. LoWrey TO pay one
| dollar for the puff given his newspaper. kitty or
| siTtV dollars passed into the hands Of Brother
Wiiiiam Rutherford" the treasurer Of the Taber-
/ nacle Dr.. LOWrey then took his text IRON the
/ Romans vi, y, "But now being made free lrom
/ SIN and become servants to God, ye nave given
/ fruit unto holiness. and the end everlasting nte;
/ The Doctor then went on to say that We are All
4 sinners 10 begin with. 1t comes with our being,
1 and Is aggravated by indulgence. IL eungs 70 US
here and Affects us beyond the grave, ior Il mas
/ posf morlem existence. Sin was not the primal
| condition 1t was a subsequent NEGOTIATIONS the
| resuIt or mans abuse Of liberty. God had done
| MS part but man had defaeed all the original
beauty Of holiness. Men must De cieanseq iIo g1