The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-09-01
FAIR POINT.
Letter from "A Kansas Lady aI


ChautauQna.
"Fairy Point" would be the better
name. This wooded cape that juts
out into Lake Chautauqua is where
the Sunday School Assembly is held.
The road that leads TO it passes through
the village of Mayville and for several
miles winds along the bank of the
lake with a fringe of trees on one side,
and large dairy farms on the other.
Near venerable hemlock is the en-
trance. The carriage passes abruptly
into piece of woods just as wild as it
was when the stealthy Indian followed
ms wounded deer through its fern-bot-
TONED ravines two hundred years ago.
To those who come from the brick
walled streets or the city or from the
tTeeless plains of the West its green
tinted, moist shade is enchanting. A
half mile aIther on we come to the
grounds of the Assembly. The center
place Is the Auditorium, q level
grove filled with rough settees that
will accommodate from three to four
thousand persons. The speakers stand
is decorated with large rustic baskets
OF ferns and geraniums. Around the
Auditorium Is row OF tasty cottages.
Beyond these Ia second row. and then
number of reverend avenues; Wes-
ley, Whitfield, Kingsley and Simpson
branch Off irregularly among the
hills. The groundwork gives but a
FAINT idea of that Auditorium. Its
GROWING glory Is the trees. Their
clean straight columns, from four
inches to two feet in diameter, shoot
upward from twenty to fifty feet with
out branch, and then support a deep
canopyi.of green that is fascinating.
Reclining on one of the seats l count
ed eleven different kinds of trees
beech, maple, ash, elm, hickory, hem
lock, Eastwood, chestnut, ironwood
birch, poplar and cucumber. In the
morning they are filled with singing
birds, and in the evening when illumi-
mated by those strong calcium lights
the transI aren't green of their leaves
seems almost fit for heaven.
just beyond the Auditorium and
near the lake may be found the Orien-
tai house, the tabernacle, a model of
Jerusalem, pyramid of Egypt and
the park of Palestine. The Oriental
house is built like those of the Eastern
lanGs. 1t has an open court, latticed
windows, outside stairs and an open
housetop on which the people sleep.
Within Is a museum of things found
In Palestine. The Tabernacle contains
the Ark of the Covenant, the Mercy
Seat with its Overshadowing cheru-
bins, the Altar of Incense and the
Golden Candlestick. The model of the
city of Jerusalem with its surrounding
wall shows the Garden of Gethsemene,
the vale of Kedron, Mount Zion, and
other important places. Farther on
with the lake for its Mediterranean
sea lies the Park of Palestine. Here
In miniature, are the real rocks,
mountains, cedars, lakes and rivers,
while perched on the hillsides or nes-
tied in the valleys are the toy cities of
Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Samaria.
Every afternoon at five o'clock DIR.
Van Lennep, dressed in Turkish COS
tnme, and followed by troops of hap
Ply children, walks through these
grounds. He stops at all the towns,
giving events that have occurred there,
and points out the sea of Galilee, river
Jordan, Dead Sea, Mount Hermon,
Mount Carmel, etc.
The passenger steamers, D easure
boats, and bustling little steam yachts
make the wharf busy scene.
Scattered among the trees on the
Point near 1t we find pieces of statua-
ry, beds of bright flowers, rustic seats
and arbors.
Such is an outline of the place in
which the Sunday School Assembly
has held its sessions for the past three
weeks. This year, the first three days
were given to course of lectures on
Science, and the next three to the
cause OF Temperance. AS sample
of the work of the Sunday School As
sembly 1 give you a programme of one
day. f. d. Nc C.
ELEVENTH DAY-PRIDAY, AUG. 18th.
] Morning Bells at 6; Morning Pray
ers ut 6 40; Breakfast at Z.
2 In the Pavilion-S a. m. Normal
Glass. Subject: "The Doctrines
of the Bible.
In the Auditorium-9 a. m. Spec
linen Sunday School Sessi on.
In the Auditorium-lI a. m. Lecture
by M. G. Hazard Esq, Editor of
the National Sunday School
Teacher" Subject: The Dynam-
les of Teaching"
8 In the Auditorium-2 p. m. First
Annual Lecture before the "Chau-
tauqua Alumni Association" by
Rev. @. Deems, ID. ID. Subject:
''The Bible and Modern Science"
6 In the Pavilion p. m. Normal
Glass lecture, by c. B. Stout, ESQ,
of New Brunswick, N. j. Subject:
"Young Mems Bible Classes.''
z At 5 p. m.-The Specialties.
In the Auditorium p. m. "Third
Platform Normal Glass Review"
Conducted by DIR. Vincent. IRE
view OF Normal Glass lessons on
"Doctrines of the Bibles" and "The
model teacher" followed by
the "Question Drawer."l
In the Auditorium-S ID. m. Vesper
services, conducted by Prof. p. p.
Bliss, of Chicago, and Lecture by
Rev. g. II. PaYne, ID. D.. Presi-