, 1876-07-09
RELIGIOUS.
Yesterdays Proceedings at the
Lake Bluff Camp Meet
ing.
objections to Modern Churches
and Their Ways-.-Fullerton
gAyenue Church.
Preparing for the Episcopal
Jubilee Of the Pope.

Notes and Personals at Home and
Abroad--Church Services.
THE CAMP-NEETING.
rrs7ERnAy's PROCEEDINGS AT THE LAKE BLUFF
GROUNDS.
Order has hccn evolved from the confusion ut
tbe Lake Bluff camp-ground. The boxes and
ha51els have been removed; the litter Of shay
}ngs and lumber has been burned, md, though
The sound of the hammer is still heard, the
blows art half drowned By the music of voices
that come ringing up from all sides in tho stir
ting old Methodist hymns. The managers have
bestcn things into shape, and have .snore attcn-
Ion paid to the services. The crowd is aug
men:ing rapidly, and, instead of the handful Of
xorshipers who assembled in the Tabernacle
on the first night, 800 or 100 people respond to
the calling bell now.
There are not many visitors from Chicago as
ret, and the majority come from the way-sta-
tious on the road. Deyout indeed are they.
when in the huge tent, but equally bent on ell
joymcnt they are when the services are over,
and they are let loose in the grove.
Tue edge OF the bluff and the raVlne seem to
present the strongest attractions, and well arc
they patronized by the exhortcrs aud the CON
verts. Up in the grove yesterday and the day
before there was suspicion of warmth. Under
the trees and down by the like there was a
pleasant breeze, but in the tents and under the
big canvas the air was su1try, aud, as the elders
aud ministers became more and moro iii earnest,
perspiration rolled III floods. There has been
some little sickness on the ground resulting
from the hot weather, but, through the fore
sight Of Alr. Truesdale, DR.. c. c. Higgins had
been induced to set up sort Of Office on the
grounds, and the wisdom of the scheme has
been very manifest.
THE TENTS ARE ALL UP
and occupied. There are ten church tents, huge
IN proportions, and capable Of accommodating
ffty people each. The hotel has been completed
nnd is in excellent running order. Tho rooms
are largc and airy and furnished comfortably.
Under Mr.. Trucsdale's management, the hotel
has become q perfect success. Clean beds, cool
rooms, and wholesome food abound, and most
of the worshipers have taken up their quarters
there in preference to the private tents. There
Is milk iii abundance, furnished by thirty COWS
owned by Judge Btodgett, who lives within half
a-1ni1e OF the camp. 1ce-chests, well filled, loom
up on every side, and the llostelry is provided
with everything that belongs to a wel-rcgulated
hotel.
The exercises opened Yesterday morning at 10
o'clock with singing led by 3{r. Spencer, of Chi
cago, and ut 1880 Elder Jutkins announced tue
opening Of the regular morning service. "Comc,
1hou Fount OF Every Blessing " rang out, aud
after prayer by the Rev Mr.. fouker, the Rev.
Or. Eal1ows announced his text from the 18th to
z3d verses OF the 9Th of /. Corinthians, the ex-
planaton OF Paul as to his method Of conversion.
He commenced by referring to the Sth
verse Of the sth chapter of Corinthians, where
God warned the people to abstain from, the
worship of idols. The question was, did Paul
live up to lis teachingss He sacrificed the
sweetest pleasure on earth, the pleasure OF q
Christian home &c knew nothing OF domestic
bliss. No man tan say that Paul had no room
for these things in his large, warm heart. You
have noticed how sensitive he was, how chiv-
alrous he was to woman; lie was actually 1eal-
Dus for fear OF her wandering from the spirit OF
the Holy Ghost, and in that Coriuthian society q
woman could not open her lips without expos
Ing herself to rudeness Of suspicion. He had
Welded HIMSELF TO TUE CHCRCH.
and that claimed all his love. He had given up
the right Of maintenance Hc had worked with
his hands at night that he might not be a bur-
den to any one. He had the right given him by
the law OF Moses, but hc resigned 1t as he re-
eigned the right IT marriage. And the spirit OF
tbs sacrifice must be preserved among the min
listers to-day. The papers sometimes sheer at
the men and women who have given up aIl |
earthly pleasures, when the fact is they have
done more for God in abandoning the world |
than the world has done for itself. Theirs, like
Paul's, is an honest work, and If Christianity is
to succeed God must raise up more men in the |
spirit Of Paul |
Paul said he had become like Jew to win !
the Jews. This was not demanded Of him, but |
Ills respect for their race carried him forward. |
10 the Gentles, who had no Inv, he had none. !
With the Greek, he heard with Greeian cars and |
diplomacy, he fankcd their prejudices To the !
weak hc Uecaine weak, and was tepderer than |