, 1880-09-02
DESPLAINES.


ing.
The morning opened with a bright s,i,,
shining ut the Despialncs calnp-Rroslnd, but
c,ouils soon obscurcl tho sky, and tho re-
,uailidcr Of the tlay was marrod by alternate
tlrtzzle and shower. A fine attendance and
grcat enthusiasm were the characteristics Of
tho ear,y.mornlng services Tho regular
morning meeting beginning at 40 was coli
!ucted BY the l!cy; Pr. +; Nh \. 3Bor,1nng, WIG
Hd t9r ny s o sEssII RSpe RSans ..
y, Il, i, l. TIe ,ioctrlnu set forth was That
l,si,est nttriGnto oi a Christian. Every
class had Ia tiistmetlSyo Se,n, abttlG,,; % q.
poiitician; discovery Of the scientist: while
lie Christian glnritied In having peace witt!
{|0tl. With trlbulntfon ,cane experience and
pence, and then lope M reF1asd to future t,ro
o ;st r rsisy W. II ssWn sS 'Ra m te esS rSuaons S
wllfcit tried jain, Abraham, and others.
Despite t!rizzllng Fnin which began tal1.
Ink shortly after the dinner i'onr, a1,tl whls!, III
afternoon soryiccs drew 4 splendid audience
improved By u very c!itfylng season.
After the singing ofn hymn the Meeting
inv. INV ". i. Lcaci,. of Maple f'ark, WHO, lii
1ncetinQ, askcti TINT the brief reminding time
1nigllt 10 blessed with sfnggularly good ro-
THe sermon wag pvenchcd by tho ,Rcv: =.
Judges, Kill, =: us not the cleaning Of the
F5s%s q i! q Ephr'am better thaa the vintage of
Iiaylng explained the history leading up to
tic passnge, the preacher drew from 1t tho
lesson that soft answer turneth aWay
wrnti+ This was not q new lesson, but tncl
ero r are Hs ws a s \ tes x les SSronby 5nS to
Du repeated again and agatn. Gideon
had learned the lesson, ard It was
lis gentle answer to. tho complaining
soldiers whtci, saved the nation from III.
domestic Illustrations Of the danger Chris
tians rest under who will not curb their tenn
pcrs. Another LESSON to be lcnrncd from the
text was TINT rapid response to the = eal OF
tl frcsl, froix tfe Blessed fever Of tho, camp
meeting wnultl be really 10 take part In any
Christian work offered him to do, but when @
tlia spirit Of the GltHrel, las E1own cod, shat
tho a vineyard. The cali upon, a Christian
never 'asks him. to- do two things
In IN opposit direction. These duties
pratse; there ii other work to be done. and
iuucIs ii ii may not be III accord with the In;
ciiHation. Tlle third Lesson to. be lcar1,e!
from, the text was, TINT small things should
fot pe ueSUlSeus cuMe peuplg wv leauJ
meeting. but will not help nt SUNDAY
| to work Of wffcl, the achieved results would
be rnade pafn. Sometimes that which WIS
one, and vice versa, He hal gone i1lto the
pulpit and prencl,ed sermons from which lle
expected grnnd rgsults which never arrived,
while at othor times ttlsco4rses WHICH !!e
saving Of souls. Tie most Important Of the
lessons however, was thnt 1t IL better 10 de-
stroy tha principle Of evil than y Is TO fight
results. II tho, head men OF tho Aidianitcs
had escaped they could have reorganize.l
against tie Israelltes. While sinners were
trying to destroy swearing, dr.lnkenl,ess,
lying, licentlousness, or other eYil hnblts,
! without becoming less sinful: THEY, should
gut down to the root Of tho thing, as the vnrl;
Gus crimes were only THO fruits OF sinful
condition Of heart which, should be amended
It's eyi%sness e. Iaf GS oH H Me
blood Of Christ ho may come into God's rcs
md be made pure.
At The close Of the service tho preacher
natle MI eloquent appeal to the :, nnconyerts!t
tncntcd by tho work Of 4 score Of assistants
Among tho audience, twcnty-thrce sinner
were led to tho throne Of grace.
The h. sermon aY IN thE asn nysE ,sp M9S preas1S; M;
Ind for Ills text John l., -: !"Dcl,0l1 n!
1srncitc, indeed, III whom there is no guile.
III tllis text, tile theme which. SUGGESTED
itself to the prcacher, was the character o
tiianiel, Jesus showed TINT 10 W., &c
q,lalnRd with Ills private habits,-that IL
knew him to be q man Ut marked devotion
Nathaniel knew that gnd nlOne could BIZ nc
qualnted with his private habits, and whe
Jesus showed that lie knew OF his IT
cent secret devotion In his lenfy orr
tory, Nathaniel threw from him III
skepticisIn and acknowledged Jesll
rs tic Son Of God. Tho believers eilaracte
consisted lurgely in labtts of wrestling devc
tion, and not merely Il! the negative vlrtut
J sincerity, which might be attendant upon
sinful net. Paul, prosecuting the Catrtstlnni
was sincere IN tic belief tint he WINS promo
liz the work OF God. Jacob Mt Pcn!al tile Iyrt
pIilnian woman, tho Jericlio beEgar, al,d I'll
publican who taok Heaven by violence, wer
, iii examples Of the devotion OF the trtie ht
| lever. The reward of such Is clearly Ind
, Gated by what Jesus said to Nathaniel,
Thereafter yc sl,nll SEQ Heaven opcn,"-ai,
: to cnch true helIeyerwIll come radiantyls!on
, OF the heavenly world, encouraging ll!t
throughout tfs journey, and at Ills death
/; slioull be literally true TINT tic holy mini
, tratlons OF b!essrl angels should assist hi
, | III Ills ascentto IlcAYen.