, 1879-08-08
MODERN DRUIDS.
Second Days Services at the Lake
Bluff camp.Meeting.
Addresses by Drs. Willing, Williamson,
Stowe, and Others.
Sermon BY tho Rev. r. D. s'icpnrl-.-
Programme for To-Day.

Nothing Of mitch Importance occurred at Lake
Bluff yesterday morning. AZ o'clock "be-
llevers' mecttngn was held In Clark street
chapel Tho threatening weather did not hnyo
vcry inspirttIng effect on tho workers, but sho
chapel was full, und vurv good meeting was en-
toycd. DR., ". G. whiting led WITH fow re-
marks upon the proprety Of opening the nctIvo
meetings Of tho wcok with season Of prayer
and experience.
Dr.. john Williamson and Dr.. W. P. stowo
were present, and cndcavored to lmprcss Upon
their hearers the necessity Of beginning In cur
nest. After these addresses q short tlno wna
0pcnt In prayer anA experience.
The afternoon WINS begun with chililrcn'a
meeting at Faith Cottage. Quite number Of
young ncoplo were IN Attendance, and Atra. Dr..
Willing held their closest attention for three.
quarters OF an hour.
Al O'clock services were held IN the Taber-
fsaclc. After singing, l. 1ova thy Kingdom,
Lord" Dr.. A. ". Patton offered prayer, and
Dr.. John Williamson read the fifteenth chapter
Of st. Luke. "T1ero IL a fountain flied with
blood followed. DR.. Il. D. Shepard then nd
dressed the audience, taking as his subject the
rARAntE or THE rRoDIoAL BON.
In this nrtlcss but consummatelr artful story
there is comprehensive history Of mnns be.
ksAuARN ~ AA0 |hAGSu thC SGt5 oIiAklllE I'LL.
a'ogy between the estrangetuent Of human
aoul from ODD, aud the unreasonable
and disastrous rebellion Of the second son, and
h!s ultimate return only after b. had wasted all
Dr.. Williamson then invited all to rcmain md
"scccEvc" tho Gospel rs 1t had been expouaded
by the speaker.
In the Tabernacle, at 9 O'Clock, the Rev. w.P.
D!strcs Conference, preached from tho text:
"For God, VINO commanded tho light to shine
ont OF darkness, hotn shincd Into orr hearts to
giyo ,lc " w.. the liehs of tho snowiedgo Of
s e eSp %po.ts reess ss to 1iss ss a
Ok creation, when God saIa: "Lct there be
light" He has illuminel our hearts viii, the
light Of the aospe Of truth ns the sun lights up
tue oater vorld, liz oslest n shining gto our
God. Il is through Jesus Christ TINT we re-
ceve DIytno light. The manifestation Of God,
through Christ, TO man, as manifested IN the
and, Isecont, In our hearts. Jesus is not simply
s,u tsasnssi sa lie 's ill., 'Ae cnr,sIasty Sny 's s
neither doctrine nor hook, but the person Of
spired BOOK. Doctrine ' IS lis image found out in in
the understanding Without doctrine wo can
arrive ~
~ NO PRECISION or BELIEF.
Christianity, In short, is compilation Of dog
mas In, ns,3 sreeds' Ihe mystery 81 godllacss,
pAto aNat 10 MA tAAHtEdt III l4lQ ASo4s ~ 10
this that cnaoics Jesus 10 say II am ttlu
truth" To know God uMd man Is to know alt
religious truth. Jesus Christ llas shown all
wc cau know Of Gods character. Man.
pence. What answer con Nature give
to theae lonRlngs. uod Ia revealed BY His moral
attributes, as character Is better unprecedented
In netiou thau Ia words. The manifestation of
Christ In Our hearts 10 the grand illumination Ut
the Gospel The object 0f revelation Is that lie
NAV shinu into our hcor.s to give Us light. This
indwclilag Christ Is Tho gilt OF God, not nuw
dcreIopment, hut new creation. 1t is the In
PRODUCTION Of now element. holiness Is the
gift, not Of crcatloM, but OF redemption. The
ent Savior. Men may preach oil tho
emit phrases OF liberalism, but without
Jesus manifest In tho flesh tliero can bc no
religious development. Tho natural sun Ia not
more necessary to tic growth Of Nature than
tho Son of Righteousness to tho growth nnd d.
Vcloptnont OF our spiritual vracos.
To.dny Is young pconie's day. At 0 o'clock
a. m. Dr.. John Williamson win lead a ii be.
lievcrs' meeting" In C}urk-strect Chapel
At II .. IN. the Rev. George Chase will preach
In tho tabernacle. Tile Rcv, X StrowbrIdgo
will occ.luy tho pulpit At .. H., nnl the Rev.
A. ". Pattcn hi the evening. Thcso sermons
will ho addressed to Tho young people.