Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-08-24


is in-in No. !, 2, 8, or Tabernacle square.
From Tabernacle square or circle Conrad
led the way to square No. l, where Pro-
fessor Ellenberger was leading a choir in
singing. 1t was 10 O'Clock then. Conrad
said, ssPl travel" We said, "Pll sit down. :"
Conrad travelled, and we sat down by the
side Of
AGnAr-HAnrD Man,
who soon began to talk. he said, " You
are a stranger in these parts" Wegave an
affirmative nod of the head. He continued,
"You are fond of music" We gave an
other nod. with the expectation Of having
the questions put to US in great numbers.
but, to our surprise, he stopped the ques-
tons, and added, 81 don't like the singing.
1t is pretty well done, but there isn't that
JUNCTION in it that there used to be in the old
camp meeting music when all the couerega-
ton sang" Our experience in hearing
camp meeting music was so limited that We
could neither say yes, or no. to the " unc-
ton" that the old gentleman spoke of. Mr..
John Graybill walked around with US to
SQUARE No. 9,
where Rev. Mr.. HamIin had been announced
to preach at l0i O'Clock. A large audience
assembled to hear the sermon. The seats
were all taken up. The choir, during the
service, was led by Mr.. Baker, of Newton
Hamilton. Ar. Hamlin was on time and
preached from John Srd chapter 10th verse
"For God so iored fas worid that he gars his
only begofiem Son, hat whosoeper bsiierefh ia
HIM .hoaM NOT perish, but hare everlasting
life"
I, was the great serrt;on Of the day. The
Theme, Human redemptics by the redeem
ing power of Gods love, was presented in
its most attractive manner, and the inau
ence of the love theory was plainly to be
seen ON the countenances Of the hearers.
In the days Of the fathers sometimes il
became necessary to resort to peculiar ways
ard means to bring an audience to decorors
conduct. For example, on one occasion
Rev. 8ruver. to bring q bevy of young
ladies' to reverentisl attention, stopped
preaching and said, elf the young ladies thai
are standing on the benches, talking, could
see the holes in their stockings. they would
sit down and be quiet" DR.. Hamlin was
driven to no such expedients last Sabbath
The large audience was decorous. The ser
mon las.ed till high noon. Preaching was
also held in Square No. at the same houl
that Rev. Mr.. HsnIin preached. If the As
sembly at the preaching place was large, il
still afforded no standard by which cor
rect idea or knowledge of the large
Crowd
of people that had gathered in the woods
could be obtained. 1t was only ~her
one stepped out o. the precincts Of the
squares, to the rear of the tents, and
then and there, as one walked in thu
woods did the number of the multitude
enlarge in his mind to something like III
real size. Hundreds OF people broush
| their dinners with them, and sat about un'
der the trees eathing. Hundreds of o'her'
walked about, or sat about and talked. Tho
crowd was an American crowd--sll Chris
tians, or nearly ell SO, that hoped for
blessed immortality in the world to come
a Protestant crowd, that resents the though
Of idol worship, and if Ashur's massive
golden image of 40 feet high had been Sc
up In the woods in would have been quickl,
broken to pieces, and the proceeds appro
priated to improvements on the camp meet
lug grounds, and for railroads and horses
and carriages. SO as to increase the facilities
with which to get to camp meeting. Itwa
a crowd that resented the thought, and still
more the practice of the system Of theolog!
that priest or idol can come in as an inter
mediary between God and man TO forgiv'
SINS. Some were there that forgot thei
manhood and misbehaved, but the numbe
was not large. Where is that number no
found The crowd embraced people of al
ages, from The infant to the. aged man AM
woman. Almost every shade of complex
ion was there, such crowd as VIII surg
before the great white throne on the da
for which all other days were made, the 1ud
meut day. The policemen on duty repor
that they experienced little trouble wit
the crowd in the grove. 1t is great Piac
for love making, but what place is not wher
the sexes are brought into association I
our certain knowledge We know of sever;
marriages that grew entirely out OF peopl
attending church and carrying on fiirts
ton with the eyes. We could cite case
a man who vas determined to win cerfai
girl for wife. He was not on speak'n
terms with her. He attended church whel
she did, and took a seat every Sunda
where be could look her il the face. b
and BY she looked at him, and looked agal
and again, and they looked at each oth'
r till they determined to become acquainted
, and after that it was not long till the preaci
er was called in to marry them. Poiic'
men Say tndt tuo eicaeSSe
keep people from talking. A hundred pe
sufial incidents of harmless character tn
, occurred among the people could be mel
I toned. The quaintest one took place IN
circle Of men in which was Officer Sam,i
, Lamp and es-SheriI Walls, of this con
ty. The group had become tired stan'
, ing and were seated, engaged in conve
: sati,u far enough away from the ten
/ that the murmur of their conversafit
could not Re heard by people in al
about the inner court. Hundreds Of OF he
!. were seated in the same way close by. Su
denly an object fell in the midst oi Il
group. AL eyes were turned upon
Whence it came no one could tell. U
glance was Sufficient to identify 1t. 1t "
the heel off a woman's shoe. The cOmi
: of the heel, if it had been anywhere eli
would have produced hearty laugh, but
such q presence the crowd could only smi