Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-09
MOnteagle.

MOnteagIe.
MONTEAGLE, Tenn, August 3.-Mont-
eagle is success. This is the universal
verdict.
The idea Of the MOnteagle Sunday School
Assembly was born in a Sunday school
convention at Griffin, Ga. At first only
Sunday School Assembly for Georgia was
intended. but a similar movement being
on foot in Tennessee, after negotiation
the two sister States joined hands to carry
on the noble work together. Conventions
met, committees were appointed, and
many beautiful spots were visited.
But, added to its natural adyanta-
yes, MOnteagle offered the best money
inducements, and here we are. On the
summit of the Cumberland plateau, ,, 1913
feet above the level Ofthe sea, in central
position. easily reached from all the cities
Of the South, 10j acres in extent, amidst
tall trees and gushing springs and whole
some air. That is MOnteagle. No place
better in which to spend the summer, no
place better in which to recruit yourself
after a winters hard work. MOnteagle is
a sanitarium. Universal testimony
agrees on that point. The constant breeze
that sweeps over the mountain top dispel
the malaria; the water is pure treestOne,
fresh, cool and plentiful. Chalybeate
springs are also at hand. The nights are
invariably cool and pleasant.
There is no dissipation at MOnteagle,
and therein lies strong reason why it
should be preferred TO all other summer
resorts, for what is life at the average
summer resort but a continuation of the
winters dissipation in the city! Come,
fathers and mothers, with your childrenl
. Il
lectures and normal schools is offered to
ali who wish to be benefited by them.
The normal schools will always begin
on July >. and are under the gen
eTal management of Professor j. +.
Scobey. of MurfreeshOrO, Tennessee,
who Will answer all questions directed to
him. The ancient and modern languages.
elocutiOn, penmanship, mathematics, the
natural sciences and music receive
special attention. The opening of the 5.
:. y. proper is fixed for July Il every
year. From then till August 6 is a con-
tinual course of lectures interpersed with
concerts and other entertainments. These
lectures are from the hest men in the
cOuntry-men who command an audi
dience anywhere. Perhaps the most eX-
haustiye and popular set of lectures was
that on Prohibitions" July Is and 10
were devoted to that all-impOrtant topic.
such speeches as were made then cannot
but prosper the cause. They serve to edu-
cate public opinion, which must some
day do the work.
ON the 2lst and 22d, DIR. ]. H. Vincent
of Chautadqua fame, was with US. On
Saturday he lectured on the Common
school," and on Sunday he preached on
the topic ''Old and New Fashions in sun
day School WOtk.' The doctor cOmpli-
mented the assembly for having made
such a success of MOnteagle in the first
year of its growth, stating that it far sur
passed the first year of Chautauqua.
July u was turned over to the Young
Mems Christian Association DIR. Mum
hall and Mr. Brown, State Secretaries Of
Indiana and Illinois. respectively, took a
leading part, and made the day both pleas
ant and instructive.
July - and . were set apart for the
discussion of missions. The lectures were
fine. Prominent among them were those
of Rev. c. w. Hawley, of Nashville, and
of Senator COlquitt, of Georgia. The most
interesting occasion of this series was the
visit from the Protestant Episcopal Con-
ference, held at Sewanee. Seven bishops
and a number of the clergy and laity were
present on the afternoon of Saturday, the
2Sth. Bishop QUintard said few words
relative to Sewanee and MOuteagle as
neighbOrs and cO-wOrkers, and then called
upon Bishop Penick, of Africa,
to address the assembly. The
Bishops theme was ''Africa" u
the land for which his whole |
heart yearns. He was awkward at first,
but as he went and warmed with his sub
ject, he waXed truly eloquent and swayed
his audience as did DemOsthenes of old.
say not now that the OratOry of Demos
themes remains unequaled. After him,
Bishop Elliott, of Texas, the venerable
Bishop Green. of Mississippi. and Dr.
Saul, of Philadelphia, were heard from.
August / and were the educational
DAYS. and were distinguished by lectures
from Drs. Carlisle and HaygOOd, on the
subjects Education Of the Masses Out
side Of Schools and Colleges and the
''EducatiOn Of the NegrO.'
DIR. W. =. Harrison lectured on the
pyramid of GhiZeh' to-day. and will
continue on the same subject tomorrow.
The Musical Department has been and
Will remain under the control of Professor
X, VI. Mcintosh, who has done admirably
With his material. On the evening or
Wednesday, the 1st instant, he gave a
grand concert, in which some of the best
talent of the South was displayed. Those
most favOrably mentioned are Mrs. Igle-
hart and Miss Price, of Nashville; Miss
Hardeman and Miss Mcintosh, of GeOr-
gia, and Mrs. Bigger, of Kentucky.
very interesting feature of the assem-
bly, has been the biblical museum and the
excellent and instructive lectures on
Life in the ORIENT" given by Efendi Van
Lennep. who mas spent many years of his
life i'm the East. He has never failed to
interest his hearers, giving, as he has,
many practical illustrations of Scriptural
passages.
Altogether, MOnteagle has been we'll
worth the coming to those who have come.
BY next year many improvements will
have Leen made and new accommodations
will be ready, and it is to be hoped that
large numbers will be here from all the
States, and especially from Georgia, the
mother of this idea.
Come, and you will not regret it.
EDGAR =. ALLEN.