, 1877-08-09
SYLVAN l'IErY,
Yesterdays Services at the Lake
Bluff camp.Mseting.
Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Caldwei1..-
Think Of All Things Pure.
Br. Griffith, Of Allwaukte, Prtashts On the Only
Atans Of Salvation.

ns quite number from the city. There wnB
nothing unusual IN the routine exercises of tho
day, with tho exception that latlcs' temper.
ance meeting was held In the carly afternoon,
and m extra t'rayertnccttnR or two.
The canttmectt1g wilt be dfsdan1cti to-day
at noon, With the closing services, Ut a general
nature, in tho forenoon.
Services commenced at o'clock Tuesday
evening, with singing anil prayer bY tho Rev.
Mr.. lIttkt. OF Florida. The Ncv. Mr. Caldwell,
Of the Ada Street Church, read tho fourth, chap
ter Of tho Episalo Of Paul to the Philippians.
happy days that liked my choice etc.,
was sung by tho congregation.
Thu Rev. Mr.. Caldwell selected a. bis text the
following:
Think on these thlngs. Philippians. IT,,
lie said there was mighty power in }.umnn
thought Atrn spoke Of mighty works done,
aud Of mighty energy, but, uuaccompanlcd by
thought, there was hui little 10 DO acconi-
pllshsd BY energy: The n,adn'an was cn-
WIS tne energy Of destruction, and not OF mcth-
OF. The wild horsc won!tf tire himscif to cx-
hau,tlon md spend his strcneth In running to
ah.i fro upon the plains, Int Tiers was no re-.
suit. no gootl to come from T..
IT. sccmct! to tue speaker that mems minds
shoul't not bc The Falea where Gods treasures
should be lloar.lcd, nor the granaeics wherein
Gods ttorrs should be Unused. It wAs no use
for a tlan to bccome walking encyclopedia of
learning, to spend hfe lffc IN acquiring knowt-
edge tor his avn ratification, unless lie rnale
uss Of 1t fHr The oeolt Of '!s tclows The II.
to the literary absorbsr. u shaSspearc. ps.fe.
It was said, va. not n literary man, vet lie 1ai
pr'duced work that Ila1 no parallel q. A liter
cst poet of tho aec, co,,ltl not have been liter
ary man. for he was blind and could not rca1.
Any humatl being who acquired my amount Of
knowledge and did nnt utilize + with thought
s;n, was failure: 70 tgr y aeeomplshtng his nil.
cTcntea Us little lower than tho angels, but lIe
whntcd us To tnink,--to tnedttatc anil "thfnk
On these things" Christ tatl SO commanded.
qi anS .tss neas Ind S naqr. pewns t and nes sexs
thought of his patients, the *a|tor thought q
thought: Il! :, Of h!a ;, cups. DR.. Holland, IN
s Wo comea sscsdc tahk' ths vito o. Thought 9a ha
so,ne tiulc she SHOULD. die by the same death.
She thought 30 ,nuct. upon the subject that
f1aliy she DID perform tho very act which hail
alled her mind for 80 long. Thus. when II per-
wou1,l almost Invariably perform The act which
occupied the mind. And tho sinner whose mini
constantly tlwclt upon tho imngc OF satah wul,li
IN time become lmbuel with the very spirit Of
satnn.
Tie gigantic frauls that had swallowed rail.
roads aud tnonopoffzed commerce had been tic
rssuits Of dcop thought. The, man WHO
sussd o ssd ts 70 .a effects wa Of ase. The hf II
hs own mind, and not only cheated hIs eustom-
crs. but cheated his God aud his own soul.
Whatsoever things arc honcst,s saith tho
seriptures, - think On thoss things" What
s. bored x %sks obscene. = !np!s, ,to,snts il
ts.o nas easI esIS, nrs as. OF o
goM g; reoo.t, w'i1tsocrer t!tines are virtuouss,
ness of the world, thiuk Of TIC possibilities l'o:
fore Us, think Of eternity, md at God, at,d of
uul own maufosM, and tile truth that VIVA Ia ue.
Think Of all tlicsc thEnEs.
wcrc. pure, and lovely, and right; think on tho
Lord jesus Christ nn Cur heaven and our
home. Win these things filling our minds,
there would ee no room for cyfi thoughts.
on ,hs subject, In, which hu maintained that
one's thoughts might 10 controlled, even though
they could not bo helped. One fad said, "YDu
eanaot help thc birti. flying o'er your head.n
hhss bs sa n.ats sa r "YeT SI9 Ss can help their
This injecting, like oil It's predecessors, closed
with braycr-scrvirc.
= Tbe sab:fastorates' Convention. at hnlfpest
arhs Ifsfbso Il psGG's swagkcc wa' led by the '' Dr.
THE MORNING SERVICE
81 yesterday commenced ut 10:i5 o'clock with
Y fhs Nsy: IT, i: NJ. Griffith, OF Milwaukee,
prcachcti from Tho text:
.Scit,rr IL tero salvation in any other, for there
~ none. other hamc MHlef hr.yen gIycn nmony
men, whereby VIC must 10 saved.
tbs speaker commenced by saying that oil
,", gtat en,Els tn the works y men were asso-
soci.ted w!th NOAH; the Journey Of tho
children Of Israel was associated With tho
naues of Moses and Joshua; tho
aayspt ah @ q GhrlsttanIty " the world was assoc-
In all th[nga tho natncs Of aonle prominent
partlcs wcro associated with tho dccd. II q law
was to be enacted In the rulings Of society, that
law must havo some signature bofore It could
country, tho document must have the signature
Of tho President Or Bone otl,er high officer bo-
fore It could become raid nnd tegnt. When VIC
6aw certain military, Or other. order
signature It tho botton, tcfotG wo recognized
IL % Ill order. II bond fell into our i,aila wc
must have tho rtgittul sfgnature brfore VIC
would accept Of It.. This was tho case with bank
cheeks, rallrGad tickets, ctr.
10 tha speasrr y was not at nli surprising in
the plah VI salvation that thcre must bv some
gort OF sign or signature. No Man cuula be-
rome citizen Of the United States without tie
,a,no except tl!at Of TIC Lord Jesus Christ By
which we could get salvation. Thu blood OF Jesus
must bc spst'k upon theContfact OF salvation.
When w nlaAo contract With anybody we
M&uk%A " NC 1AouGEA VI tHH TlEHk u t4ktG.
Cam WIS prototypes Of one who rasne u tioi
n h!s own nalI'e. l!e was too proud to come IN
tlle t4t1lu Of h[s father, hut chose tu repruscnt
l'Msclt. The statement of Os,l was Tint thru
was none other name under Heaven whereby
We might By saved other than that Of tho Lord
jcaus Christ. Many argued tl,at thry might 10
savc.i by reason. iseas9n was good thing: ):
but ,na',y IT,! things ra'na 10 u in thu name Ut
All Of the poxes Of uod was plcd9ed % hold
t1IG pluR Dl salvation In conformity with This
plan, tho proper use OF tue name Ut tho Lord
Jcsus ChfAt. IT na4ta no AtGefenre VIVA. q
man belEcre1. but he must hc'icye III Christ.
Suppose that q nn1i should tnd that to hal
ny legal title 10 lls househul1. and to t,is VILE,
Would he rest until i.e haA obtained title to
both that would t,r recognized III the sight Ut
GoA nsnl tu lhe sight Ut mani
The speaker felatcd the story OF q rich man In
New York who touk no interest fn charity. lie
disl!kcd tramps and hceQars, an,i bis nusl,c was
eeltlom see.l upon the subscriptions fur mis-
fortune. Tho War brukp out, mud Charley, tl.c
rlth nan's only sou, enlis.od. ,Froul that
time forward he took nn interest tu
soldiers. Que day. as hr was seated In hs Office,
u poor, aiek, and Wounded soldier entered and