The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-22
MOUNDSVILLE CAMP MEETING
Yesterday and Last Nights Pro.
ceedingS.

Yesterday ana Last Nights Pro
ceedings.
MouHDsvILLE, August 81.
Eliln's lutelligeucer:
To give some idea oi the extent Of The
preparations for the meeting Just com
menCing, find on the ground, ready lol
occupancy, one hundred and fourteen
houses and ten canvas tents, one hundred
and twenty.fOur in all. These will nc
doubt all be occupied in day or two
Work was progressing rapidly on all
parts Of the ground during the day, and
families are hourly arriving. / Incl
dentally mentioned in my letter OF yes.
terday the preparations made at the
boarding tent for the accommodation Oi
all who would avail themselves of it,
but ! had no idea Of the extent or per.
fectneSs Of the arrangements until lhi-
afternoon, after being shown through the
different apartments by the proprietor
MIR. White. His arrangements are most
complete, lie has spared no pains nor
expense in order 10 have everything
necessary for the accommodation ul
the public, and such enterprise Le.
serves liberal patronage. The removal
Of many restrictions heretofore impo,Cd
upon the party keeping the boarding
house gives general satisfaction, TN Cna.
bles Mr.. White to make very reasonable
rates Of hoarding-the lowest made since
the war. In another part OF the grounds
We notice the erection OF II line soda foun.
tain, and ice cream will also be furnished
at the same place. These are both under
Mr.. Whites management. Mr.. White
having secured the boarding tent priv.
lege for five years can afford to prepare
to accommodate the public, and he il do
ing so in manner that cannot fail to mrtt |
the appreciation Of the most fastidion4. |
write this, not in the interest
Of any one in particular, but Of
the meeting in general. There have
been many complaints at previous meet.
ings that on Sunday especially people
were not accommodated, and we wish to
assure all who come this year that il they
go away hungry it will he their own
fault.
Ministers continue to arrive hourly
to-day, aud there are prc4Cnt this eve
ming Presiding Elder ". G. Wilson, G..
Conner, a. G. Law, q. 4. Hite, s. y. d.
Prickett, Cleo. &. Wilding, Dr. Gideon
Martin, J. NJ. Warden, ". +. Cannon,
J. l.. Clarke, J. J.. Thatcher, Waiter
Evans, ]. a. Lancaster, d. II. X. Dix.
and J. V. Hilliard, OF the Ohio Confer
ence.
The services Of the meeting were open.
cd ut o'clock. The opening sermon
was delivered by Rev. J. l.. Clarke. oi
Cameron His text was lst Corinthians,
lst chapter, and lat and &l verses incns.
i've. Whatever may have been theApOstle'.
meaning whiITt addressing the church, hr
would take It in its broad sense tonight.
All are believers, no difference what the
denomination they belong to. The work
OF the church is the conversion of the
world. There are yet ten hundred mil.
lions Of souls not converted to Christ, yet
the work OF the church is to convert them.
The magnitude OF the work is incomprc.
hensihle. II il trnly an appalling pic,
ture when we think Of the mission Christ
gave TO the Apostles, "Go We into all the
world and preach the Gospel to every
creature" and then sec how tarly the
church has been in fulfilling the mission.
And when We reflect that the church
spends annually more for tobacco aud
other useless luxuries than ii docs to
send the Gospel TO the heathens, We must
confess the outlook for the future ia rath-
eF dark. The church after 1900 years
Of work, and the world not yet converted
to God! How hard it il TO get u sinner
converted in this gospel land with all
our churches, our Sunday schools and
our family training. Frequently in pious
families where they have been brought
up around the family altar, how difficult
ia it to get such children converted, in
short how few are converted anywhere
compared with these that are not con.
verIed. How difficult then, and yet how
glorious ia the work OF the church. We
are co.wOrkerS with Christ in the labor
that brought him from hcnven-the work
Of saving lost and ruined world. There
is no work more ennobling.
In order TO accomplish the work
'hSAN IN NhVSENy " lINlOubl
organization and drill in The
church. Tic church is sadly deficient in
this. II an army were 10 20 to battle
with no better discipline and drill than
exists in the church Today it would meet
with defeat every time. There must be
an awakening Of the church or the
church may exist | 800 years longer and
fail to convert the world. The church
must have higher Christian experience
than she has to-day or the world will
never he converted.
You may call this higher state what
you will-perfect love, entire sancliiica-
ton or cOnverSion--no ditTtrance what
the name is so we have the principle. lie
urged one and all TO get more religion
and so 10 work. The entire sermon was
full Of good gospel truth. Al the close Of
the sermon aI gathered around the altar
aud some tiRe was spent n prayer aud
piHiSc. RLrOKrEm.