Connecticut western news., 1880-08-28
PINE GROVE.
YE,SZ,ERDA Y'S SER VICES
MORNING EXERCISES.

with the immense gathering of the day before. the preachers stand large number of per- sons, who entered heartily into the exercises of the hour. The singing was hearty and well sustained The familiar hymn Arise, My Soul, Arise" was selected, and, while not many books were noticed in the assem- blaze, nearly all were singing. Rev. W. T. Hill, of the New York East Conference, led in prayer.
 The preacher of the morning was Rev. B. M Adams of New Haven, who chose as his text Isaiah 10th, 3Oth and 3lst; "Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew the5r strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary 0aod they shall walk and not faint" The speaker be- gan by saying, I shall take as more particu- larly my text the words, "They shall mount up on wings as eagles"
 All through the Bible there stand out prominently these two ideas human bank ruptcy, and divine supply. The beautiful story of the creation evidences this, and in the curse of God there is wrapped up the first intimation of the love of God. The words of Moses at the burning bush have been the lan- guage of excuse for all the ages.
 God has an interest to us, as he is being, projection, force in the world; but a pe- culiar interest in what he is to us individually; unless he saves me it is mockery of my ne- cessity.
 The first thought of the text is that fspirit ual gravitation, for there is a law of spiritual, as we'll as of physical gravitation. The Bible says that man IS of the earth-earthy; and every man knows that he has a tendency downward that there is an under tow contin- ually drawing him to wickedness. More than this there are countless outside influences conducting to this result.
 Even civilization must be bolstered up by education to overcome the tendency to moral
 degradation All own the fact of this spirit.
 ual gravitation, and wish to overcome it.
 We shall in vain attempt to rise by philoso- phy or discipline, for man is struck through
 by sin, and can get up higher only by Gods
 grace. '.- Il Human bankruptcy and Gods supply are
 side by side. God alone sees the heart. He
 tells me that am poor case, stricken witE the fever of sin, but that I can be. cured.
 They that wait upon the Lord shall mount
 up, shall overcome this downward trend. That
 person is unwise who neglects to strive fol this upward attraction. God develops mer in the line of routine life. There are few great circumstances in any common life. Il is considerable life which contains more thar ten days of noticeable events. So the proper religious life is one of routine. Men rise by the proper performance of routine duties; this
 is the true life, to which God will give grea
 things.
 There are two wings of the soul faNh and
 love, faith that possesses and love that goes
 on after. By the use of these in our routine life, souls mount up to God. The view
 broadens as we rise; saint of twenty years growth is higher and nearer God than one O
 two years growth. The soul broadens witt thezview. God cannot be harnessed into any denomination.
 g The ease of flight as we mount upward is
 noticeable, Old burdens are more easily car
 ried as we go on and up in life. Men may I get into such communion with Christ tha 3 they don't know whether they have any bur U dens or not They may be all there, but they
 grow easier as we go. There is safety in higl g flight. The eagle flies beyond the rifles ball F Christians should fly up beyond the rifle sho y of Satan. Some are afraid they shall be to'
 holy, but the safest thing in the world is to b'
 all the Lords, to be holy, to ''fy high. n Finally Christians must in their flight ge > sight of heaven and go straight for that. w 'r must then wait on the Lord for this power t.
 fly, and to wing for heaven. Every soul ha
 the power to fly, which power comes iron o waiting on the Lord. Special prayer is tn To means for this waiting Get alone with Go !. and God will lift you near to Himself. Lool s up and soar away to realms of happiness
 Wait on the Lord,
 MT. Adams finished his preaching by invit ot ing all to gather around in front of the pulpi y and 'wait on the Lord" then and there. { 'e lively prayer meeting was the result ChaI g. lain McCsPe leading in the singing exercises t AFTERNOON EXERCISES.
 An assemblage of worshippers, larger tha the one in the morning, was gathered in tn
 afternoon long before the time for the regula h exercises, attracted by the service of son ,a which was being held, and especially by tn a, singing of Chaplain McCabe, who sang with " tenderness and pathos that touched man,
 hearts and moistened many eyes, the piece CT le titled My Mothers Hand" The 7O4 hym h, was read as the opening part of the regula IS preaching service, and after the singing o le which the Rev. Alexander McAllister ofere Of prayer. The Scripture lesson was found i
 the sixth chapter of John, beginning at tn 27th verse.
 :. The sermon was delivered by Chaplain Mo