, 1879-08-20
CAMP-MEETINGS.
Closing Session Of the Christian
Work at Camp Collie.
Opening of tho Great Bible Con-
ference ut Geneva Lake.
First Day Of tho Annual Campaigning
at Deap!airoa.

N1>cfai nftnnira IN 71e Tribune.
LAHE HksEvA, Wlz.. AuH. lG.--I'e closing
exercises oi thr Christian Work Assembly nj
the camp occurred Yesterday. After ucck of
co01 weather. the sun SHINE ont beautifully To-
day, the uFr was balmv. and The watcrs of the
lake never appeared more trans1NccMt,-tt was a
pcrfcct dar.
The 1lcv. =. Gilbert, editor Of the Chicago
Adsants, spoke upon tlle Tendency Of Things,
taking tho text from "Slratght Is ttc rntc and
narrow Is tic way that leads 10 llfr." In tlte
doctrine 1T tendencies uur Lord TEACHES tint
tiwre are Tendencies that VIC soMet'mrs mis-
taHcnly enl1 ciianves. D"ca1tAc wn are not per-
mittcd tugazc upon the Divine Being. It wiFl not
answer 10 c1atm '1crG Is no tn!. The law Ut
grayitatton is Invisible, bnt cnn s,c say, with
truth, t1at there cxisls m downward tendency!
Time Is tcnhtnc backward Into tln grave of tlic
past. and VIC arc tcutl1ng forward into The e.cr-
mi future. Transpc,11ent rover lirs In the IN
fant.cllifd. The oeean IN Its ebhtng mn, flowing
is hut tie slight surface OF those immense
currents which sweep from continent to
continent, The ChEnnman Of The nlnc-
tccnth centnsy Is tho Chtnarnan
OF the nineteenth century bcfore Christ. Thc
members oi a rcti1it,ua denomination have a
tendency to carry tl!etr ialtts from generation
tion. Tie converts under Fiitnr or htoajY have
tendency to casrY the tmprnss Of the surround
Ervs ot tllttr conversion. Tie human heart is
moved by Its surroundings of evil, ns"l Its tend
cnrv Ii downward. When ono ncg'ects tile
prayer scsylrr ana the stu1s OF the Word Of Cod
their tendency Is down-hlll. Can vuli nut the
grain bark onto t1c cob. Or into tho saels from
Whence 1t camel II ts mnt difficult thing to
tilnk The steamer tlnsn the brDAd st. Lawrence;
hut, csmtnr to the beginning! of tic SINK Hap
itls, n strong arm, nn iron neryr. and Keen eve
must guide this great vr*sc! in those raptd cur
rrnts amung tho rocks. The ltt'c llte.hoat,
with n1l The nnisy crew. saws CarIgle. will annn
mass By a,nl diaanptar from our vision forever.
In the marvellous C0n!rasinn Uf ct. Augustine
we .cnsl that he creh nut Rgatn md again." Whr
uet,-why not nows's anl finally the cllaugo
catnc.
TINT the dvlnglv-expaM1Gl lnvn Of the vnrd
was highly important. lie related The tntrrcst-
ing rarltcnlnrs o! M cxcursion over thu North
crn paeilc Rnllroatl.
At the carft-1re service In The evening, Mr.
K. 4. Burnell. Of Aurnra, spoke Of TIM great
missionary. work nn,un1 tho seTcn hundred
millions Of Japan. Chlrn. nml 1nd'a. Thirty
days In Japan. the Wonderful country of thu.
rising SUI. a,l It's $500 Islands, Its thlrtv-tour
m.lj!ons Of pconc, lonk!n, In carefully and
clo'elv 1lnon III" lfe of Fix great rties, lna paaa
tnE through the denqrly.pnnu4atcd rouhtry oser
tlrtr wcll-butlt railways. afforded na:,|e oppor.
tunfty Of stuiyng tl.r inner life of ,1iut tmfta-
There Is not In KIT vast Territory nno nisson~
nrv to eacl million Of Inhabitants, AMI The
country snay be Raid to he afl opcn to phllan-
tlropic md ChrIat!an cffnrt Thu missionaries
zaton. have penetrated 1.s09 miles Into
thc interior, to he WARMLY welcomed.
We, ~ Americas Chrlsttans, uectt soncthn. Of
thu apisit o[ STANLEY III his srarch fur Living.
stone. HTo lnl Livingstone f." was lis watch.
word by tiay anil his dream BY night. literally
his 1t'r,is ono thing do" India hae been tbs
Datt1s-nrnuutl Of tn.sions for tie pnst s!xty
yeass. It can be said that not fnOrc thhn 1.00U. :
0o0 pcoplu have brcn directly rcarl,cd hs The
power Of the G"spet. as q Christian na,ln!I.
ia our responsibility concerning tic ealyal!on Of
japan. China, nt,d Indn
In reviewing. Ut the close Of the Christian
Work Assembly, Mr. Rurnclt said Tint snnlc Of
TIC workers had been upon tho ground for slx
wcelss Others Tor shorter perIous; The wca'Ier
has hncn GenorAl1s charming, uud OH only two
nights wcrc, tlle seFvises ut shc camp'
| fire omitted bs rcascn OF storms.
| Tie mcetings haze been we'll sustained. Nearly
every town a1,ti citv within sixty mira has brctl
| represented. liz drew beautiful picture nj
Thu Influence Of the Christian canp, and paid a
glowIn. tribute TO nIl The kind spirits who had
| rc3dercd efficient asd fl conducting tc serv-
/ Ices from nv tn day. Camp C0l!la Ia success,
md he behaved I'D. withott ex:ep:lon als she
attendants would be giah to return. Il Is n
tire, t1r roots III when aru striking deup. md
| foundations hayt been md are hring lnt1 for
the cnn1Ig grncrn!on HAT asc certain for grand
incentive mud inspiration on Tic beautiful shorGa
Of tns lake OF lnkrs. rte oution1s Ia most
promising. Tie Chr,sttan-iFork Assembly fnr
1870 !. closed with lspirlng hopas for tho sra'
| son Ut one yc1r hence.
| 4 largc number Of peop1n haze dcpartcd to
t.etr tnmcs, hut The camp viii b. Kept anon for
few wvsks fur thosa scukfng rest an1 r9etea'
| lIuh.