Connecticut western news., 1878-08-22
Camp Meeting.

Camp Meeting. The large exodus of ministers Saturday | to their several appointments, left the | grounds nearly deserted Sunday 90 that there was no regular service held. There waa prayer meeting in the forenoon winch was quite largely attended, and was productive of much earnest feeieg and ex, preasiOn, and forcsnadOwed m degree the good times that are to follow thls week. A service of song in the afternoon, made She welkin ring, and tuned the p,nes to the songs of Israel that are to be sung there all this week. The meeting last night was o'clock. Rev. Robert Hunt ct Sheffield read the opening hymn, "Al hail the pow CT of Jesus name, and the notes of grand od mace h: f.,y re services there were sixteen slergymen present on the stand, and an attentive, though not large audience. Rev. Mr. HHnt also made the opening prayer, an eloquen for blessing upon the work now common cinG.
 Prendiug Elder, A.. K. Sanford, then read the S5th Psalm, after whlch the as- sembly joined in sipg,1g "A Charae to hls hearty satisfaction at the large number already present and impressed upon his auditers the importance and the sOlemnity of the occasion. This meeting was not to be rellgious picnic, but mighty power paved streets of the New Jerusalem who received thelr first religious convictions on the camp ground. We arc here to save souls and build up the Church of Christ. To do this we must have spirit of prayer Ia every cottage, and sn earnest personal COnBOCrMCl0R to God.
 With an eloquent plea for cooperation and heartfelt invocablon of the divine blessing to rest upoo the weeks york, tho Elder closed his address. and was followed by Rev. Wm. c. Hoyt, of the N. Y. East Conference. Alter singing, Rev. A. H. Ferguson of Hudson, . former presiding elder. gave brief addTesR. He was fol- lowed by Rev. D. Plllsbury. sud the eve D. lnR's services were closed with the doxolo- gy and benedictloa.
 THE MORNING ExERCIsEs.
 The services at the Ground. Tuesday morning. were opened promptly st 10H o'clock by singing the beautiful old hymn, Am a soldier of the cross." The open- ing prayer was offered by Rev. k. H. Ira wis ot Claveracks and was an earnest plea for the salvation of souls. There was a goodly attendance of clergymen on the stand and an audience of from three to four hundred. Presiding Elder H. K. San- ford announced that the children's meeting would be held daily at o'clock D. m., and would be m charge of Dr. W. c. Smith Dr. s. made few remarks upon the vital importance of this part of the meeting and urged all parents to aid in making it suc' cess.
 Another hymn was sung. after which Rev. J. W. Macomber of Ct. Harrington preached the morning sermon. taking fol bis subject, Practical Religion. Christian Duty" Christianity, said the preacher, has proved itself superior to all other religions, but in its early days had to meet and over come the arguments of philosophy and the reasonings of bitter opponents. The Jews had lost the true faith in spirit of formal ism; but Christianity made many converts from among the Jews. To keep these con verts frm, and not let them fall back, Wal the chief object of the Apostle in his epis tie to the Hebrews. He aimed to show that the Gospel was infinitely superior tc the Law-the one was the shadow, the Oth CT the substance. 'sLet us hold fast tn, profession of our faith without wavering' said he, ''for He is faithful that promised. In this the Apostle did not mean mere in tellectual belief in Christianity. He mean 6 saving faith, a religion, so heed ss t show itself ln every action. The Jew were greatly favored. but we have far nor to be thankful for. The Bitle IS filled wit examples that we should initiate. The du ty of secret and earnest prayer was thel dwelt upon by the speaker. The soul tha IS born into Christ IS born into an atmos
 pbere of prayer. Nothing can supply it
 place. Though the World and the Dew
 should combine, nothing could or can chec
 the rising aspirations of the soul towar God. The closet must therefore never
 neglected. We must maintain this prayer
 ful relation also in our families, and ou
 example there should be that of faithful
 unwavering Christian. Children's mind are like wax to receive, but like marble t retain impressions. If the children o Christian parents turn out badly. it IS to- often owing to the vsciilation of the parent themselves. Do not some parents, by thei llves, teach their children lessons of pract, cal infidelity? On the other hand, what
 blessing would practical carrying out o
 our Christian profession in our families ex ertl It is not true that the children o Christian parents arc worse than others The statement is base islander. Take tn
 great and good men of the world, and 70,
 will generally find behind them prayerfu Christian parents.
 Another duty of the practical Chrlstial is to belong to tLe Church of Christ. Neve say a man can be as good Christian out o the Church as in it. Christ instituted th Church to save souls and sid mankind heavenward. We should attend also to al the means of Grace, the ordinances of thu l Church. If all her members had beer faithful in this respect, the Church would have long since been victorious, the con- querer of the whole world.
 The importance of Christian example must never be forgotten. We need men honest men that always pay one hundred cents on the dollar, laymen that the Work and the Church must believe in and respect We must let our lights shine, but while we render unto Cesar the things that art Casar's, we must not forget to render unto God the things that are Gods. We mus never be ashamed of our profession, or de sert our post. Our happiness requires this l for he who wavers in his faith is always filled with sorrow-alwsys singing and sigh ing for past joys. Our success demands 1t | for only those faithful in well doing shal