Connecticut western news., 1883-09-12
eral selections from "Songs of Redeem ing Love-" and the audience dispersed

eral selections from "Songs of Redeem ing Love-" and the audience dispersed
 SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
 The audience assembled in front O. the preachers stand at 2:3O o'clock ant the choir sang ''The Child of King, then hymn 43S, "Arise, my soul, arise, was sung and prayer offered by Rev MI Ford. The scripture lesson read by Rev MT Pegg was the 9th chapter of Revela tion. While the collection was being taken the choir sang, "Glory be to the Father as it was in the beginning" etc. ,,Then hymn 33O, The voice of free grace cries, Escape to the mountain! ' was sung, after which Elder Ferguson read set of resolutions passed by Pine Grove Camp Meeting association III memory of the late Rev w. C. Hoyt.
 The sermon was delivered by Rev John Pegg, Jr, of Danbury. His text was Mark 11,12: ''They were all amazed and glorifed God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion, MT Pegg cited the miracle of healing the palsied man of Capernaum, to illustrate the amazing and godlike way in which Jesus forgives sinners, and as further illustration he quoted the passage, ''But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,I say unto thee, Arife, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house" MT Pegg said, ''It is not necessary to know whether there is an open polar sea or not, whether the stars are inhabited or not, whether l the doctrine of evolution IS true or not, but must know whether Jesus forgives sin or not before can have any lasting peace. What a precious thought, to have our s1ns forgiven by brotherly God and not by a God of majesty alone to have our sins forgiven by God who had mother What 8 comfort to know that God has power on eanth to forgive sins, and not only in chanting throng.' He then described Johns vision; 'sheaven opens-many crowns all the armies of heaven followed him. D He pictured the sinner lying in the gut ter and Christ as saying to him, ''Filthy sinner, get up. am your brother ; come, get up let's go to heaven" He continued: 'I say, let all your unbelief vanish away. Sinner, if you have the awful paralysis of sin on you to-day, / say unto you, arise and walk. Dan Belton, ly1ng for weeks on his iron bedstead, said, God is lifting me, and Dan Belton went from that iron bodstead to heaven. The fishermen had toiled all night and caught nothing. Christ showed them where they could get ship loads of fish and he performed this mir acle to show you Christian workers where you could throw the net to catch sinners Sinner with withered hands, lay hold on infinite salvation and you will feel the rush of omnipotent power to save sinners. He casts the demon out that he may get inside of you. He opened the blind eyes that we might see God. If we have such miraculous evidence that he can save sinners what an awful thing it is for any sinner to go home to-day without letting him forgive your sins. The stupendous sin, of all sins in the universe, is the sin of not letting Jesus forgive your sins this after noon." MT Pegg then related child's description of Niagara. Niagara is like-Niagara is like-Niagara is like Niagara ''So Christ's power to forgive sins is only ike-Christ's power to for give sins. Sir Henry Bulwer for several months had imagined he was paralyzed; j; but while sailing on the river Rhone, the steamer canght fire. The terrible cry of fire! fire!'' rang out. The captain ran the steamer ashore and the first lively pilgrim that ran down the gang plank was Sir Henry Bu1wer. Sinner, the fire cry of eternity rings out on your para lyzed souls to-day" The 79th hymn, ''Just as I am, without one plea," was sung. A prayer meeting was then held in front of the preachers stand, after which the audience dispersed.
 INCIDENTS.
 To illustrate the desire of people to reach the encamp mpment and the discom- fort and inconvenience theysubmitted to in order to get there, we state that almost every vehicle was over crowded We saw 19 persons packed into one wagon, and one standing on the steps.
 On Friday horse belonging to MT Farist of Bridgeport, took fright and ran away, while being harnessed to a wagon. No one was in the wagon, and no pedestrians were injured though the two seated vehicle was badly smash ed and the horse slightly injured.
 It is motley crowd that attend Camp meeting. All colors, all ages, all sizes, all styles, from the modern dude to the greenest backwoodsman. Saints and sin ners, good, bad and indifferent. It is won derful pleasure to study human nature, and ancient and modern styles ot dress.
 Sunday was beautiful day and at an early hour the rush for the encamrment began. By 10 o'clock all the highways leading to the Camp ground were lined with teams. At the entrance of the .le. .>x,..Goa4 l>lnal-ol, c,E