, 1876-07-19
RELIGIOUS.
Western Interstate Sunday.Sohool As
sombly at Lake Bluff.
Tho Reformed Episcopal Council
nt Ottawa, Ont.


Yesterday Was tue first day Of tho western
Interstate sunday.schoot Assembly a. Lake
B,uH. Tho floating population At tho Blum Is
~ oso .,,at tho .nr;t ~ rornrstnrss
must be cohiesseo that 1he sp'lt u s,' ~
Inns not dlmn@hed III pfopoft'oa' ine "eatn.s
tent TIC Dir was close and fans wcro In demand.
II wos crnccte1 that she Rev. William Goud.
III, eaass sa"s ~. a..o,,,,r IN ti,s At,
ieov wo%a . aess s,a. se Ms'e ~ avo,aoy
absent. Tho Rev. j.. D. Ossrandcr, of New
york. anil Afr. Il. r. Jacobs, however, were OH
hand to contribute thcir part Of tho programme.
Therc wero lew arrivals Yesterday, and ssv;
plc eI asa,at a. residence IT Tic Bluff. Among tho
an,nruyemeuts ahont The nlacu is The bcautlying
nf Tic llotcl lintng~roon, with Ieayca and crcr-
erscn enccl Sn"tier G. G. r. fyuie. Cor 'j is ihc
lniost Importation, for what Use nobody seems
to lo nware,
Tho procced]ous Of the frat day commenced |
s hsy "a; ycfx T. 1nRos f. a.s
II murc exactly, there wcre not qllito fifty peo-
n]r prescnt. fho Rev. William spencer, "'rho
Singing Pilgrim" preslde4! At te orEan and
c1sqciscs. tho Chnrnsan introduced
TIIs nv, !. b. osr1tANDER,
who addressed tllo assembly at some length.
RI him Sunda7-ecllool assembly was not
1n,r fii;mr ia 1ilan was mhrkcl out In the
Rihlc, IL wt,rk bcrun and ctuicl in Inc Word
~ f,od T'1crn ,yns cycn nassago in Nehemiah
whoro the children OF Israof wcro instructed by
month. to study Ills word. 1t was somewhat Of
n coimrtienco that tls assembly met in tho
scyentl, montf-in july, according to our
calendar. Wlat was 10 bo the outcomo Of all
resl,fta. There Ind boon q gcncrai awakening
n rriIirtous thought, TO lin It seemed tllat
these meetings werc a union Of tho spiritual
and thn ,,at,trI In tho city there was tic dull,
n.a M NV s's+st .tti t.tnIr srr1rfae o,,l mnrtawo.
i't IN 'tl,cse % sylyan groves aod could bo worslipcI
in tbu great, Gright arena Of His creation.
There was coming together, ae II were, Of all
Of Ills blcssod Word. Tic grcat objects Of the
cntherinr were also accomplished by tic social
features of the OCCASION. This social element
s2 and g.s nUts g., nesasS IN aa a g. srss %
ho called attention. Out Of the hundred odd
tIousaud SUNDAY y-schoois In the country there
wcro not inoro tllan 150 normal schools, To
aya tsaeers spceIsy pcpased for tat
nuse. Eut tho grcnt dcsi1eratum was tho study
81 God'a Word The gentleman had once gonu
through cainp-mccting, hut had found nobody
was made tho subject Of the closest study, tlie
snniay-pcl,opl could not fultll tho highest and
beat requirements Of Its mission.
After tho singing. Of anothcr hymn tho asscm-
u. r. JAcous,
who upo1ogizcd for what ltttlc he had to offer by
saving lhat Dr. Ostrardcr Ind stolen good
Pst ot his e sSy, If s s95sg 's
tho realinc Of tIo Bibio i,al fallen, O{ old II
used to be- the custom for congregations to sft
With open bibles before then, wliic the preacher
hia hns scr@on tTas II Il as tc custom to follow h
hit nf iato thls custom lad been to d groat
tHcnsurc abandorcti, and tho result was TINT
nr.nrhnrs. flni]inlr thay werc M lpnror Tutctotl
Sometimes ' pseac5ed doctrines for whicl, tlore
wa M strictly Scrtpturnl authority. Thousands
If families w9tc wfthout tic Word of G0i. Thc
metrazincs and t1,o novels, ho was sorry to eay.
sss all II ss' s ss All bsss 81 s ID a Res *os
liz l,ad observed the results OF d thorough use
uiariy In Mooays church, ani ilo &c
; rnnnfnf1 for tho t,tcccss md solid
. jtv al that Church and that SuujaY-school
inrrniy on this ground. Mr.. jacobs Ind q word
. 10 say IL favor OF tic study Of tho Bible by
was VIEW wasted At in rcaIIne trash to make ons pretty
~ran iran tuat law Of his hearers rcad The SUNDAY
6anerss iIn hadn't m,lcl, to eay about them,
Gut G he slyiy remarked that tic DSyil was smnrl
cno,1vt T. tnd,ste e,litors to sandwich, In q CON
siInrs1,.a atnount at baI alonu will tho little
. nood thoy contajncd. liz was astontshed thai
! Manv nv" crnIT cvrn tc1l how MANY louks il cor
tnf,,et] nnd iust here. 10 ynry htB baronguc, he
asked how many present could tell. Tho fcN
: handa. tha yorY few. which went IN proyed tho
| truth NJ thh i.rcvlOua nERaYf1nn. Wnr4H thnr
ali th,s. thrro VIVA ao,,ornl iopeencss OF beite
. n rcUarl to t1Ie f}hls. Thn accot,nts nj
= the c3cat!on, tic Hood, and tho scheme o
. rnicmntion wern acofcI at, and oven In the
j rhrr"hrs th"sn thjnvs wers b,dnT forvnttcn
nnta +, sntna caaes, .,ractIca1ly flisbdlieyod
: RI" wenInrss nf lin Th,1rl nnl TIC Sunday
srInni 1nr IN tbo fact tint t],cv hni mt bert
nrnncr1r }eii viii, tn hrnad Of iife.
Tkfc gontiomsm cnnfinnrl in lila samc pen
craj Strsi1, far soue time. md ciuscd With a,
d nnneai to his i,uarers to learn to study tllj
0 4EPen' - n'9 Asuet ~ r.. =. ~. III IL
Z nroycr Il, Gnl rnr,id bo Tint iIa would rive /,
1iis nannln tl,e nrracnco ~ Tia UOly Ghoet
thn+ fTov m.rht ai,,Iv fhia Ward and learn i,
i.,.n Il n'or"
). 'c'' N'"' nm. 1urK1Ns
( voa ,,,ovc, IN eminent n, the fact TINT th
roros "u nf lila world wcro bccolniut. Ycry absorb
!, inr For ;nktHncs. uet,n,e wn,lii cs,tne to III
Wj1;tY sfav MI niri,t a,i rnal bnek in t1sInra
IN ; tbo md ,n5fntng, Proceeding @ With the roo