Daily globe., 1883-07-19
MAHTOMEDI.

The Camp Meeting in Progress-Rev. Il. p.
Hammond in Charge - The Presiding
Elders in Attendance.
The camp meeting was fairly opened
yesterday, with moderate attendance but
very interested audience.
A prayer meeting at 2 o'clock, led by
Mr.. Hammond, was we'll attended and full
of pathos and power.
The presiding elders were all present
yesterday. Rev. Messrs. S. G. Smith, j.
+. Cha1fee, S. G. Gale, G. R. Hair, J. N.
Liscomb. This committee have general
direction of the services.
At IL o'clock the Rev. Mr..
Hammond preached from the
"Gitt of Power" basing his remarks on
Acts 2. His address was chiefly to Chris
tlans on preparation for work. He has
fine dramatic power, great gift of pathos
an lnexhaustible fund of anecdote, and an
unaffected desire to do good which COM
bine to adapt him to the work in hand.
He has fine physical basis for his work,
having plenty of blood and muscle, and
consequent personal magnetism. There
was but one expression as to his effective
ness as a speaker and his tact and gift as
an evangelist.
The music is a fine feature of these SER
vices, Prof. Raymond's fine clear voice
| rising above all the rest and the powerful
instruments leading with a steady, full
volume of sound.
The Song Evangel, from which the
| hymns are selected is compilation made
| by Mr.. Hammond, containing moreover
many fine hymns written by Mr.. Ham
| Tp1Nv n h -Dlc h. OE
small merit.
To give an illustration of Hammond's
method, take the following: He was talk
ing in the morning of there being work
for every Christian, dealing in general
| truths of a familiar enough nature, when
he suddenly stopped: 1 want to read
you a passage from Job. 1t is in
the Bible. hope nobody
| will be offended. One of
jobs servants came RAINING in with an
account of disaster, beginning, "The
oxen were ploughing, and the asses were
| feeding" Then with matchless empha-
sis MIR. Howard changed his tone of voice
and added, Brethren we need more
| plOughing in the Christian church and less
feeding"
The effect was simply electrical Mr..
]
chaste and earnest to press upon the
minds and hearts of his hearers their duty
! to be useful TO their fellowmen.
The evening meeting was also conducted
| by Mr.. Hammond, the committee desiring
him to have full charge of the services.
Mr.. Hammond is peculiarly successful in
his work among children, having sympa-
thetic nature, waich fits him in an eminent
degree for his work.
| Mr.. Hammond in the evening gave some
! incidents of his travels in Palestine. and
| his hymn 'Fll ne'er forget" which he had
composed in the garden of Gethsemane,
was sung with much feeling.
NOTES.
The camp meeting people do not catch
so many fish as the temperance apostles.
Mr.. Goodrich and Mr.. j. Ross Nicols are
| preparing to build at once on their ele-
CANT lots at Mahtomedi near the depot.
| Among the arrivals is Rev. John Walton.
of Dakota.
A letter from Rev. John Clifford an
nounces that a large delegation are on
their way to the meeting from Rochester.
Among the earnest workers are Rev Mr..
Pierce, Congregationalist minister, and
Revs. J. M. Bull. of Duluth, and B. F.
Kephart, of Worthington.
A meeting of the Minnesota Conference
Church Extension society had meeting on
the grounds yesterday, and recommended
several thousands of dollars to needy
churches.
Bishop @. D. Foss has bought two fine
lots at Mahtomedi, near the depot.
The Mahtomedi people think that the
neighboring towns had better take their
talent on the ground rather than take it at
reduced price at second hand, as in the
case of the temperance convention.