Connecticut western news., 1878-08-29
Camp Meeting.

for week and more, and thousapds who bad DO regular abiding place there, came up to visit and listen, For weeks before the camp meeting opened, quite e large mum. Der of cottage owners have been liyLnR in the Pines. sensibly preferrinR the place, with it's shady and quiet retreats It's sani. tary condition and it's beauty of sceusry, to the stir and hustle of fashionable sumn,sr resort. During the summer several cottsR. es have been built. and c large numl or have had additions made on them. Paint bss been ust d freely and to much good, the appearance of the cottages being improved greatly by ths painters brush the grounds. have been beaulifed ip many wave; better facilities have been made for getting water a fine hard gravel walk has been built from the station to the grounds the station itself has b, en improved; the grounds near It filled in, and many minor but necessary changes, all for the best. The preachers' stand has been subjected to improvement, 6 new belfry has been made and placed on tue roof of the stand, and large platform, rallied ID all sides and around has been built on the front, thus bringing the preachers | out In bold relief and in plain sight. The rear open space has been boarded up, save place for door, and the lspace was l, utilized for hunks for the preachers. Alto : gether the changes were of nect ssary kind, and were appreciated slike by preach CT and listener. <, The meeting opened Monday evening, and in our last weeks issue we chronicled the exercises up to Wednesday morning. The services of Wednesday were of an in. teresting nature. Rev. A. H. Ferguson, . former presiding elder of the Poughkeepsie district, delivered the sermon, taxing for his text Matthew, l7th chapter, latter clause of the 9th verse: This is my beloved Son hear ye Him." The preacher spoke of tue command enjoined in the text, to lis- ten to the Son, and spoke of the fulpess with which the Father acknowledged His beloved Son. We arc also to listen to Christ because He has reyealtd the truths that are necessary to our salvation. The old Mosaic system had It's merit the world must now listen to Christ. if men would do this the divine life would be seen ip all our churches. And while we listen to the words of Jesus we must render implicit obedience. The sermon in the afternoon was preached by the R,.v. Mfr. McAllistcr of Birmingham, who took for his subject the character ot Nicodemus. The sermon was one of subtle analysis of character, and an earnest appeal to new life. Rev. Geo. | Tanointr TuulAr ha nAl ed the people iu the evening, in the TAber-
 nacle, the inclement weather iorbiddlng service ID the open air. His text was in
 Romans, 9th chapter, last verse, He said
 that the doom of sln Is moral death, and this death means the separation of the soul from God. Sin is an impulse, 1t reproducts itself, ard is an incessant force. The ser- mon was cne of great power, and beauty. and 1t was regretted by all, that good wessh. CT and day time were not at the speakers avail.
 The threatening weather kept many
 from the grounds on Thursday, but an aud.
 fence of over 2,ooo persons was assembled.
 Rev. J. K. Strooridge of Kingston, N, Y. was the preacher in the morning. and took for hIs text, "Desd unto sin, Hound In Ro.
 mans, 9th chapter, part of the llth verse. The verse is an example of Psul's sntithe-
 sis, he here sets opposite to each Sther life
 and death, God and Sstan., Dead unto sin
 is divorce from the guilt of sin, s'deliverA
 ance from its guilt. This is grsh hd idea,
 trunk truth toward which all others tend. It is mistake for us to try to eliminate 2 evil. Let a power from above do that 3 work. When it IS done, then grow. add to the positive some other positive. Don't : trouble yourself with subtraction, but try
 to understand something of Gods addition. 7 The preacher of the afternoon was the elo- !. quent Baptist divine of Bridgeport. Rev. M. H. Pogson, who took h,s text from the : 18th chapter of St. John, sgd verse God
 has ordained that by human instrumental. ties, men should be brought to Hin. It 10
 good in these csys to see deeds. not words. 3 Christ is the refuge from sin, and as He 10 , lifted up, so shall He draw all men unto 3 Him. We are debtors 10 humanity, and
 should help to adjust this gospel to the world. The thought in the sermon was deep and the impressive delivery made marked feeling in the audience before the speaker. The sermon in the evening was delivered by the Rev. W, : T. Hill, Presiding Elder of the New Haven . district of the N. Y. K. Conference. His text was the l4ih and 18th verses of the 9th
 chapter of the 2d eplstle to the Corinthians.
 The theme was the constraining love of Christ, and the power of that love as m6- tive. Iu Christ we all died, died to sin, Each one of us hung upon the cross tn the person of Jesus. We must make the ob- jective fact, that Chrsl's people died with
 Him, subjective, and bring 1t home into
 our hearts and minds. Tue meetings ot
 Thursday were well attended, and much enthusiasm was manifested in the smaller, as well as in the larger meetings. Friday
 was genuine grove meeting day. It vas all that could be desired, and thousands availed themselves of the privilege of atten. ding the meeting. The morning exeycises
 were devoted to the children. and the Hon. Oliver Hoyt of Stamford, made the ad- dress, which was plain. pertinent state
 ment of the need of more personal Sunday school work. Rev. J. c. Oakley. of Lake vile, continued the service in the afternoon with au admirable address to the little ones, urging them to higher life, to rise above present deeds, and do something better and uobler for God and humanity. By far the largest audience 30 far this