Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-15
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

eral.
Special Correspondence Of the Register.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, August H.-Fol.
lowing the meetings OF the Assembly"
the cottagers of this delightful resort have
been thoroughly enjoying the beauties and
pleasures which place and opportunity so
lavishly afford. The home life is full Of
pastime and merriment. Beneath the
grand old trees numerous hammocks swing;
up and down the glades and through the
woods groups wander in search Of wild
flowers, ferns and grasses; pleasure parties
in commodious carriages drive to mountain
tops and along river banks and through
the green aisles Of Gods temples, and every
accessible stream is daily visited by those
who find pleasure in the piscatorial art.
Every week adds to the beauty of the place.
Money and taste are doing their utmost
toward developing this remarkable gift OF
nature. Private grounds are daily being
improved and the vast territory OF the As.
sociation is being successfully and rapidly
reclaimed from log and brush. The large
tract lying between the edge Of the
woods has been clearly moEn, and
what is now wild waste
will ere long be transformed into a magnifi.
lawn, dotted with rustic spring-bowers and
carpeted with inexpressible green. Flow.
ing directly through it, runs the Little
Yough," whose torturous banks, redeemed
from their thick interlacing Of brush and
vine, will add another charm 10 this splen-
did frontage of the park.
Building operations are still progressing
and new cottages are rising rapidly among
the trees. The hotels have been generously
patronized and have given universal salts
faction.
Among the recent arrivals we find Sena-
tor smith. of Fairmont: Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Z. Kasley, United States Marshal Atkinson
and wife, Miss Sterins, Miss Millholland,
and Miss Swift, OF Wheeling
The Camp Meeting
began on Thursday evening last with gem
eral conference service. On Friday morn
ing Rev J. b. Van Meter, d. d., of Baiti-
more, preached. The Doctor took for his
text the words, "God Is love"
He said substantially, that this ex'
preston was different from God
Is light" The latter was iigurative.
Light related to the material world. When
il reads God is light, reference is had to the
moral world. Love must he comprehended
by the heart, not by the intellect. II loses
force by logic A blind man can find his
way in the dark better than one who can
see, because light and darkness are the
same to him.
Love deies analysis and is destroyed ty
it, The flower loses its beauty by dissec.
ton. God is love" is a fact to be believed
and felt, rather than a study or a problem
to analyze.
Love is not separate attribute OF God,
but every moral attribute OF God Is form
of love, and all the natural attributes OF
Deity are welded by love. No argument
can be brought to convince us that God is
love: but as the sun manifests itself and
needs no argument to prove its existence,
50 does Gods love manifest itself in the
death of His Son. No affection can equal
the spontaneous love OF parent and child,
and vet the child may wander from his
home and spurn that love.
But Jesus Christ was the express image
of the Fathers person, and between
Father and Son there existed bond
of perfect sympathy, looking toward the
redemption of the world. Gods love Is
seen in the fact that, whereas no true par
ent will permit child to suffer, when he
can save the child by suffering himself.
God did not spare the son of his bosom,
but suffered the double pain OF seeing his
only bcgotten die on the cross. David could
saw of Absalom, would to God | had died
for thee, but God sends his son to suffer,
the Just for the unjust"
At the afternoon service Rev. :. J. Jones,
u. D., Of Oakland, preached, and IN the
evening Rev. Mr.. lIamill, OF the N. l..
Church South.
On Saturday
the weather was pleasant and fair, and the
CONGREGATIONS larger. The trains brought
quite number and also private convey.
ances. Rev. A. S. Hank, Of Baltimore,
preached in the morning, Rev. Mr.. Sharp,
OF West Virginia, in the afternoon, and Rev.
Mr.. Tasker in the evening. Early on Sun.
day morning. which opened bright and
clear. the numerous avenues leading TO the
camp ground were filled with vehicles and
pedestrians vending their way TO the grove.
The early Can non Ball East brought
large number TO swell the hosts. The day
opened with Love Feast at o'clock. At
1880 the vast auditorium was crowded 70
it's utmost capacity and many improvised
seats without were filled. Fully 1000 peo-
pie listened attentiv"iy to a sermon by
Rev. q y. Masden, from John, 9th chapter
and 25th verse.
The theme deduced was, Christian Ex-
perienCe not a Dclusion, but Scientific
Fact" He enlarged upon the two main
points, viz: the philosophy and the valze
n, IT, tristan experience.
Tho seyn,,, was in Mr.. Masden's best
style, and was an eiior: in keeping with the
splendid occasion and with the abilities OF
the speaker.
At 3 p. NJ. DR.. Frysinger addressed the
children and parents.
1902. NJ. Rev. Mr.. Tasker preached TO
another large audience. The visitors gen
orally remained through the day, and be-
tween the meetings strolled through the
bark asnliring the marvellous work 30 re.
Gently and rapidly performed BY the hand
OF man.
The prospects forl the present week are
very good and a successful camp meetingb
an assured certainty. J. B. NJ.