National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-08-15
WORSHIPlNG IN TENTS.
The Religious Gathering at Wash
ton Grove.
Politicians Taking Advantage OF the Crowd
DIR. ReiIey's Sermon ut the Prayer
Meeting Yesterday Morning A
Temperance Mass-Meeting-
Other Events ut the Meet
ing in the Grove.
The Methodists in Camp.
WAsH1NGToN GROVE CAMP,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD,


MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD,
August H. 1879
But little has occurred since yesterday out
Of tho regular routine of religious services.
The attendance has been very fine, and the
congregations at all the services have boon
quite large and, for the most part, very atten.
tive and respectful There is one annoyance,
however, to which we have been and are con-
tinually subjected, that is without excuse. 1t
is quite evident that many of those who come
TO canip-meeting come for no better purpose
than to sec and be seen. Religious worship is
not in all their thoughts. They come to see
and chat with their friends that they have not
seen before for months and often to attend to
other matters entirely foreign to devotion.
| The bringing together of SO many people from
the country affords politicians n rare chance to
make capital for their favorite candidate for
office. The result of all this is that during re-
| ligious services they will have tho i'll manners
and impertinencc to stand in groups in hearing
distance Of the stand and talk loud enough to
be heard by the speaker and congregation.
greatly to the annoyance and disgust of
| both. Particularly is this true on Sundays,
| aud the days of the week when the congrega-
lions arc large. 1t would seem that anybody
with any sense Of propricty or decency would
|
country people. but to some of those also who
| visit the camp from the city. / trust that any
| who intend visiting us whose eyes may fall on
| this letter will take due notice thereof and
| govern themselves accordingly.
The sermon last evening was preached by
| DIR. Naylor, on the Kingdom of Christ" and
the advantages of citizenship in the Divine
Kingdom.
Rev. DIR. Amcs and the presiding elder both
| delivered eXhOrtatlons during the services
THE MORNING SERVICE
| The prayer.meeting this morning was the
most profitable that has been held. 1t was
| conducted by Rev. b. p. Brown, who had pre-
viously invited all the parents especially to be
present. He made an earnest effort to arouse
| them to n sense of their duty to their children
and friends to endeavor to lead them to Christ
during the meeting. BY half-past ten o'clock
| the encampment had become pretty well
throngcd with people, aud at the sound of the
bell one or two thousand persons were soon
sitting quietly in and around the tabernacle,
awaiting the beginning of service. The pre-
liminary part of the service was conducted by
Mr.. Brown, after which DR.. Kelley preached ON
Colossians, I'd chapter and 10th verse And
yo are complete in Him. which is the Head of
all principality and power"
God alone, he said is absolute or infinitely
perfect. Perfection as applied to other beings,
is, of course, derived and relative, to be deter
mined in its meaning by their grade and cir.
cunstances. Michael, the archangel, is COM
plete in God, in that be reflects God perfectly
| and enjoys him fully. Perfection in the scrip
| ture sense as applied to our humanity, must
mean such an acceptance of Christ as brings to
us all the actual present blessings of salvation,
and awakens in us an authorized lovely hope
of the eternal future. We propose, he said, to
apply this idea of completeness in Christ
mainly to one point, viz: What grade of per-
lection does it authorize us to claim, as a mat
tnr Of IT, Alt.
question we may say, in general terms, that
scriptural completeness in Christ, as matter
of present realization, reaches the grade of q
complete, conscious restoration of title to
heaven, and moral fitness for its enjoyment
He then dealt at length on the normal cond-
ton of justified soul, the importance
to be attached to justification and what
it implied. Having done that, he said:
II SO strong Il case can be made out for the
justified, what real advantage is enjoyed by
the sanctfled? In comprehensive sense the
great distinction between the two classes of
believers under consideration is in their re-
lation to the required moral fitness for heaven.
With the one class it is in its incipcncy with
the other IL is, in the scriptural sense, In per-
feet actual possession. Justification secures u
title to heaven still it must be evident that
the spirit Of title, the assurance of title the
power of title and the safety of title WILL I'm
their different degrees. vary the enjoyment
!
showing them TO be infinitely increased by
sanctification, aud closed with an earnest ex-
hortation 10 all believers to seek the blessing
OF completeness In Christ The sermon met
with universal favor and made Profound i'm.
preston. One intelligent lady remarked
That's the kind of specification believe in,
and DESIRE" and Others said it was the cearest
, exposition Of the doctrine of entire santifca-
ton they had ever heard.
THE TEMPERANCE MASS MEETING
this afternoon was attended by u great crowd
/, aud was the occasion of great interest. Several
Interests were presented before the exercises
:, proper began. Mr.. Brown called attention t,
a recently published book, entitled Sabbath
Home Readings" by Rev. j. w. Cornelius, o
the Baltimore Conference. Dr. Dashiells eX
hibited copy of the Baltimore Methodist
= semi-mOnthly paper just established in Balti
more under the direction ola publishing com
I mittec appointed by the Baltimore Conference
The interests Of the Washington Grove Asso
cation We're presented by Messrs. w. K
Woodward aud l.. +. Simpson, after which tn
e eXescises of the temperance meeting began
d Mr.. John F. Mitchell presided. The hymn
, entitled Rescue the Perishing" wa
sung, aud Alex. Ashley, Esq, mad
the opening prayer. Mr. Mitchell the
read the sixth chapter Of Israel and made som
r remarks, after which addresses were delivers
v by DR.. Kelley, DIR. Peirce and Mr.. Norris. Tn
, citizens OF the county especially were appeale
4, to by one of the speakers TO carry their ten
. perence principles to the polls, aud vote for n
A one for office who hadnta clear record on tina
, subject.
- Rev. w. II. Barnes will preach tonight, an
!, to morrow at 1890 DR.. Dashclls, and at "a
!, DR.. 4. IL. Ames.
o Three additional ministers were among til
y arrivals to.day-Rcys. George V. Leech, c.
r Hy de aud NJ. l.. Hawlcy.
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