, 1879-07-24
CAMP-MEETINGS.
The Sunday.Schoo' Assembly at
Lake Bluff.
Addresses by the Rev. Frank r. Wood.
burg and Ots,ors.
interesting spe,obns and Exercises at
Camp 0ulliet Laka Geneva.

ANNkI AtOEEs
There wcro Indications OF hot day at the
D,ui1 Yesterday morning, h,,t aout 10 n'clork
the Wind vccSed around TO thu north, and the
camp wa. visited by vertable sinntoha warc.
This served to damrcn the religious nr.lor Of
those in some dnQroo, hut. mn the whole, the
exercises passed of very pleasantly.
IN THE sfoRN1NG
the regular routine wns observed, The Sunday
school tcnctiers' confcrcnco was conducted by
Mrs. q. N. Cooley In The absence OF the leader,
John Dale. Doctstnal addresses were delivered
by ]. N. Caldwell and Ira W. Lewis.
At II o'clock the Rev. Fsank r. Woodbury., OF
Rockford, Ill, delivered an interesting illus
tratcd lecture on Bible Photography, or the
"atorY Of tho Book" This gentleman has col.
lcctcd, In his travels. n large number OF fac.
EimIle pngcs Of ancient ahd medieval BIble
manusI rpts from the libraries of Europe. and
has rualo 1t his speciality to popu1arizo the
photographic argument for the gcnuineucss Of
with description Of the general problem OF the
paleograuhtss, VIZ: how 10 ascerlntn the
aRe Of n manuscript from itself, thc
material Of The hook. the forms Of tllr letters
md words, The sectional divisions. punctllatt'n,
etc: M' these contribute, 10 oar knowledge:
md the successful combination Gy forgery Of
nli the a,Rrka Of great antiquity III s,lc snanu.
Rcrpt as tile snafttc 90 az TO hai'le the trsls of
&ClCnrC II Hul0 nH ulI1eutL rs tfG counterfeit D
a .r!,atehlcss antique statue. The lecturer ,e1-
hibIted number Of quaint writnss' illnmlna.
Of the transmission Of Scripture through the
tlgst threo centuries, md shuwclt frnm tle
1arge number Of quotations and references
throughout this dark period. that the pages
rs they left the hafl.s OF the orfgtln
writer's, .o,as aso n 49ana n our most mn, a
tsate1 with 1arEc mud tlnrl wrought ua!nttngs
OF different foralItlcs. chiefly In tho Guy OF
ROmr.-thc palacee. churches, ratacOmbs. and
ruins which nso snct, rith repositories Of hts.
manuscripts. Thtse pictures with the fac-sitn-
lie cartoons and the full dissertations aH1 cx-
p1anatfons riycn, made tic lecture attractive ns
well rs instructive. The conclusion reached was
tlMt no other documents Of antiquity nnsscss n
tttir OF .lr proufs Of geruineness which elllscr
aooli. The Christian ecrpureR and That revision
uf our common Englsl, translation, now nearly
itnislied Is attended with surnratngly y]argc a,H!
coDous resources agatnst error, AMI these have
hrcn 1ou"h increased by tic discoveries Of tue
last thirty .cars.
spoke on "The ftIstory Of The Restoration"
A. O'Clock the Rev. A. Il. Cillctia delivered
lecture on
1.-THE suNpAT-scnooL ASp THE srArg."
He was ot The opinion TINT The SUNDAY school
was most Important factor nf the Church. IT
helped to b',ild up the Church upon tirtu foun-
dution and to cducafo children to Christianity.
1t should elo combined with school education,
ns tug fattcr aiol:a often i'n'l evil Influences:
tnS saussngsa slIla'ns o. ots eseaI cues onGhrd
oE-vIcv. What Nas needed to supplement this
common.srhool education VITA thorough Sun
day.srhool tcaclltng. f1c said il,u lie believed
tnat ,ne n'b!o ahonln nc nsea III INC PUBLIC
only those who loved Il anil could teach u Ct.
1ccluhlly. IbeFo hau bsen Il grhlnl improve
ment In Sunday. school worl:ings during tic lust
decade, tut be thought tl.ut We were Just
upoD tho threshold OF this general
lshcd tn all great cittcs, as =" re were if thesp
naSes J. iorge i,asscs u nnsdusased people who
as osd sresst woa ;axo w6at II se 'Id sa
r. nralt, ant WosK lor tals advancement. a
assnss,nn On is mntlvr shen tooN p!aee' the
eh,lle csnElSeanat1 I'LL. lofhi,E " ~:
,,1n, al oe.oeK as .ns hev. u. D. nueeway, ot C!n'
cinnaS'' delivered lecture On ti'e subject OF
"cHlLD pirTr,"
He taid That the question now was not how o,d
child must be ~ order to possess utesy, hut
should Le carly in tic. M We wcrc oil convinced
of lis adyap,ages Mo could ali fsa,ij snmu
vvtl recollection of tic shadows hours oi chiid.
ions. Wo felt uuecr, ind coll)d not iii vny.
Ia our childish ignorance wo ro,lid do "n 10
other than assign tilrm to natural Causes. But
what wns more unaecountablc was ttms WI were
the subject Of such visions, nu, neptictl nnly nm
interpreter. The children around us now were
having tese satnu visions. wiz t,l Nv W. "nrt ny
net al tEtcrpretcr. for tNrtn7 For i,,t ~ snn,n
As tic child beEa,, to realize ,hc sienii]raucs mn.
.n,1rco nj tIrsr vis,nns ha nenn,rai niotr w. ~
Itl not sufilcipntIv i1isrrmnnlr hr,wrm v,,nt
belonged TO chiflhood md ,ghat tn mmnhnn.I
Tie moral condition OF n child VIVA lrss nprrn.
gatcd by CONSCIOUS guilt tj1an tt,at of M n.,,tr
and t,r sense of oartion, when granted. w"% nnt
80 marked as With al adult. Ii,. yIsit,to 1nnrSs
ri cnnyerson s"re m,,,h rrea.a, T., ,,amn,e,, ."
thau In childhood It was tn ba cx nerl ri tIinf
n!r pIety IT sl!lld would be marked with slsrtn-
experlcnce OF Infancy, Their knowledge nf truths,
espeeMtiy dls1he truths, "aa limited, ut,l II
theF lcsl INTO errors Through this ignorance
thetr picty Should not be ad)udged ia false.
But this was often thu raso hiuny thought
thnt when a child bcrsimo cnnrnrfrti IT. sf,n1,II
Jisuenso with rntnnin,r. hearty in,r,,.or n,,1
childish pranEa srhia I. a tsovo ".rn- ~. Ts
enra:rr r,InH rnnw tns,.noha ,snaaa .,,sa sme
hnpI"Ses e!tGu Mhany inathuees MheFo ch!luFe0
nau psGn u;1ustly phnlahcl i0r the6a REASONS.
y should bo remembered that Ernce worked
tnfouFh nature and not to crush It. but to
purify And ennobla It. 'rhe reverend gentleman
Illustrated Ills discourse with amusing AMI iu-
tcrestIng anecdotes, and his audience wer. rn-
tirely il sympathy viii, VII 's' hin In Te'' cel. eI'
II etnTF WH1en pMnteu