, 1877-08-08
The Camp Meeting Is Drawing to a
Close.
But the Attendance increases as Ne End
Comes Nigh.
Sermons by the Rcv. hessrs. Sheppard
Williamson, and Willing.

To-Day Is looked forward 70 AZ the great day
Of the meeting. The programme h A follows:
On n., Glass Leaders Convention; 10:45 preach
ing hr the tscv. a. N. trit1ith; 3:p p. r., Mrs.
Jennie r. Willing.
THE RyESiSo SESSION
opened al 8 So'c1o X Mentlny with the singing Of
hymn by Tue Chirnrn Quartetto Club
Mc.ars. Harry Thomas, firet tcnor; Charles A.
Kuorr, second tenor; Hairy Hart, first basa;
Z. \. Dew, second bass.
Prayer was offered by tho Rev. Dr.. j. Ror-
bldce, Of Enelcwoo.l. and t1,e Rev. Rooort shcp-
parl. Ut Chicago, rcad pottlon Of the fthehap
ter Of II. Corinthians. Then
Iust ~ am, without ono plea,
WAS sung by tic audience.
THE REV. Mr. EnErrARp
thon preached from tho te1t:
Who are kept by the power Of God throush faith
uhtu aals Ruu ready to he rcachodsat ihe last
II Peter, L.. 8.
The speaker said It seemed harder for men 10
rrrugnizc tlr power Of t}od in their own nature
than tn tho nature srountl them. We ncrr not
llc WIS doing In us, but Z was hard for Us. tn
tukc valk al,roatl without becoming fnl-
pressed with the power Of our lnnkcT. Nc werg
hath to give 0olthe credit for whatever OF Ruod
take all the credit to- o,lraclyes. tlod was
in Chrtst working our salvation, not inpartlnR
unto met, their tra,sgEessIons. VIZ were kept,
tie spca1cr sa!ti, by the power Of God n,ito
salvation. The powcs OF the Almighty was rx-
hIbtcd In tic hurricane that spiiuterc.l The
ntaats Ut our largest and sta,relcst vcsscls, In
the explosion of gunpowder. In tle mammoth
swclls VI the old 0rcan, that took our heaviest
eltps and raited them to mountain heights, and
ctthePb down <'s easily ~ a child IN I cradle;
IL was Visible IN the Workings OF tho planets. in
tho entire soinr system, and In ali nature
Why should 1lo not 1c mighty to save as well
as mighty In all other tatngsf
Through this great power OF U0A mcn were
saved from tI,sinsclsee,-from their dcerad&.
tio!la, from their sins. Air. Sheppard compared
the stoli;llty of tue sinner to that Of thc bar
,lcned criminal WHO was arratgncl for trial at
the bar OF j1stitc. In q chnrchyhrd In Dundee,
Scotland. there WAS tombstone over tho grase
OF rtous furfncr resident, and upon the klah
was trscEibed the name Ut the deceased, born IN
1sl4 died In 1851, and underneath this tue sn.
verse Of the lirst chapter OF i. Peter. II wis
glorious thing to he kept In tho faith By tho
power of God.
Tllu Chicago Quartette sang a beautiful selcc-
ttou in solemn, cl,ant-llke strnin which lad
great effect upon ti.e au,lencc. As ono u tho
brethren remarked on the cAinp-Ernu!hl . few
days ago, there appears to oo snore worship ia
the singing Ut hymns than In prayer.
EtDEH 1uTktAa
,na,lc few remarks. and expressed himself as
feeling d greater senBc Of Ratlsfacti0u that night
than ho lad ever felt before. The question 70
lalttl was resolved into simply this: DID tho
iIai not. lle desired tt,at Aitecn minutes
should bc devoted TO pfaycE and speaking in
that propttlous hour.
AZ go'sloek yestcrrlay, morning the c1a:s.Lsad-
ers' conTsat!ou "ss galled to qT!leF IN tho Tab;
ing Boys' ctass-Mcctings," iu which she cx-
p'al,eti tho manner In which she gained tho
confidence Of her claes OF boys aud made then,
md int fn.1 In Ahnte
A long discussion followed the readiuR OF tlo
paper, an,l many ninistcrs and classleadcrs re-
lated their experiences In conducting the clast-
4 ehort tutcrmiaston waa takon, and then tho
l0;45
Promptly at the above hour, the conRrcRa-
tlon. which lad greatly augmented IN numbers
trains, assembled In the Tabernacle, and tho
usual preliminary exercises wcEo pasaed
through.
THE REV. Dr. WILLIAMSON,
Of Chicago, announced u hts text;
Fes thi. pq.poss tho Son Of God wu tqsnifsstea.
The speaker opened hts discourse by stating
that thetc were great many theories as to why
tho Lord Christ came Into thu worlI. a grcnt
ssas. sssPs sysr0:s *;taSss tat IL Il as
5ut, from certain passages OF Tue
| TIC wAa not alWays iu xood Enl1nor. He DE-.
stroysd some that llc might build up othert.
Another great Question to ho aasmrrca was,
Who VIVA tho Devil The Devil WIS the dc.
stroyer Of human happiness. Thu reverend
gentleman called lls satauir Majesty soma
pretty hard natnes, auch 10 liar, drlgon, prince
III darkness, Icna, scoundrel. bnac destroyer,
! aud other Crtthcts Of disgrace. The n!ble, VIC
saw. believed Ia personal Devil. and II We be-
lsovea ~ the b!s,!s we must bci!eTc alst, sn a
peraunaa Devil Tlsc people who did not be-
licye iu Devil, tho speaker found, did not be-
| licra fn any other part OF the Bible.
We had been told That the only way to be.
come saved Wa for lnan to bel,nse hln.self,
never lnattu IN obstruction that mans will
| might rot conquer, aud to ucny tho seemingly
!nc!Lcnta1 doctrine Of the Scriptures titut
there was = personal devil Was equivalent Ia
this point VIZ were anbcGvcEs in aii things. md
could not bc saved accurlEng to tic Word. The
Bitao Thought thnt the dcv,! Tas q
dbl Adam and Esc, he fell. DOUBTLESS hc wa4
| given y probationary chance to regain h!a
purify, the aaue - rss given 10 at slnncts, but
educss Instead vi gruwluX better.
~ great 1naly Werc troubled rarely. because
,oA created tl1o dov!l und permitted alu. to llye
God did nut create The dcvll, and VIC displayed
| hAOSA1uk INN vi @4!tA WNGt4 NC uQQb9tA VIZ
eo,lslstc.lry VI tho Almighty. Tho rtpaker no,
only believed t'at iaA had claimed Satan
but that llc hal actually lIarucs4c
him into the, work al His salvation
THUS, Satan, who wna the caute Of the tall ol
man, VIA also Instrumental In helping him t.
regain LIS feet. tla WAS set to WORK axuina
hinisclf. Some saked IN surprise: Was tht
devil rrratei by (ltl merely u an ugent fur thl
ptrposet II -. tho devil must be TITO 1nost url
happy aud unfortunate being In tho universe
but lAs speaker wanted to say uguit. that tlot
did nut snakc TIC devil: la madu hilnscii. is
God, having HIN ~ Ills hands, prupuscl to III.
him. And the dcvEE wa4 nat all agency ot humat
probation, but OF human ilsctplinc.
stn was tue work of t!s devil, aud for tht
workings of tlls devil. Tho unbeliryi,lF, 10
prayed huaaau hcx1t was the towering mlonu
tncnt of the devil.
Thu spirit Of tho Son OF God was sosneshln,
l!ke this: 4 vii! keep In mind the tlsst .tatioi
Of nun, snd will restore tim to Ills full estatg
lie Loaf III through tilu workings Of the Devil
Ls shall regain I'LL BY hls fai:h III BE. ~,
| that TIC WAS sick before I1nsa sluHn, AMI