, 1881-08-07
SYLVAN WORSHIP.

Yesterdays Services ut the Lake Isiuf
<nn1r-1acctin4.
The thunderstorm nn.l Siighl shuwcr Of Fri.
day night had Il peculiar effect on the camp
| injecting Ill Lake Bluff Yesterday. The weather
wns delightfully."- eo and the atmosphere WI.
tlear and hirscng. For this vrry reason til.
meetings were more sptrsely attended than u,
any previous day. Not :. few of the clergy wcrt
absent. some having gone hume to their pcunle
although 4 number were stretched out under
the big trees. ar wrote texts III the sandy beach
with their fingers. The attendance ut NIL the
meetings WAS slight un1 the interest manifested
was sliglter.
The only Indication vi the tra1tionary camp
meeting enthusiasm, which has 80 far nanI-
Tested Itself, wills seeu Fritlny night. when tile
Rev. L. \. Hardin. ''tne CoIoue. preached to
quite ii far:.c audience III tue main Intcr1laelc.
lie spoke on the lesson cnntnincd III. Poutli
Pilates anxious inquiry us IL whit hr should ti'
with Christ. The iirsl rnrt Of tue 1iscntlrs" w,s
simple logical statement III the position III
Christianity in history, With quotations from tho
admissions MI this rDint t1t prominent free
thinkers. The slcnkcr then left his 'nuIn
discourse and proceeded to his rXhurtat1nn with
direct applications III those present. -. Gl"ry.
he shouted. Jumping up into tue air and coming
dT~ h;n M.'1 1 15 ,a with GG ~ l fI"y h"le-
''pont!us Plate couldn't answer that question
and neither cs.u you.
''i'hnt' sti. ami "ClOry hallclujah ChOruscu
the brethren The front hcnches
''YuI wait none oI the 1Ia,n',r-pn1nhy goody-
;,niy snrt Of religion. fn, can't 1nuke cstn-
promises with Christ. know IL prominent ctcr-
gy1nun who mas built up a grc1t in
siltutton on II prominent corl'cr,. IN the
city who compromised his Calvinistn
and Aoles ont silly sort Of puctry.
Thnt's not religion. Glory: 10 Tod. Glory. glory
hnelujiah: AIN getting happy now. This lib
craI Christ ttity is nothing but an fNhlscrtMl-
lutc scramble hetlvnrds. All this cntnpie,lnfse is
but the work Of tho Dc' il; It IL the co'!ccntratcu
csselcc or the arsenic OF He'll. Glory !" God.
Only give !uir trial. 1tcssch he John Hu1l~
van, whose religion has 5prcud from pole to pole.
Glory to l;ul for .Iohtf bunyan: and the speak
or stopped to wipe tho prrsp!rntlun from his
face and co1.h out cln,ld OF sin"ke trot1l the
sent the c;=e 10 tue jury n ud;, rood leEnl ;n
the verdict. Glory he to God. I1alc1ujtaa,.
That verdict Is rolling from AfricA China. India,
the Fiji Islands, lnh Madagascar. am satisfied
with ii. Now you. Spencer. tell ns whether you
sltist.l Glth tht: verdict. GLORY tt' tn God.
llnllelnIinll. | nm going to poll tho jury.
While Brother Spencer was quietly relating
how the verdict had stood the t-t OF time anu
trial the exhorscr. almost exhausted sank I'll II
bench, 1nterruptug the testimony ny shouting
t.Glnrv tn GtMi" t.lapprg his hnnds+ " fiAlic-
Juitnll" tstamp1ng his fccth aud loudly calling
Amen"
Eder the direction Of the Presiding Elder, tho
jury, consisting Of II dozen clt:Et1ncl. were
lulled, and :sli expressed satisfaction with tile
verdict, that tho only thin. 10 Ito with Christ WAS
to embrace Him body and so:,f.
Elder Willing requested ans who might feel
the saving grace uf GOtl to step to the trout and
lilo cyhcrtcr repeated the invitation. but With
ont effect. There was silent pause, And the
meeting broke up with tho UUxnl"Ey-
The suryccs yesterday Werc wtfIHut cspcclal
note, beyond evident earnest Christian wurK.