Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-02
SUND4Y At RED ROCK,
Multitude in Attendance-BishopF oss'
Discourse.

A Multitude in Attendance-BishopF oss'
Discourse.
The day opened very favorable for the
multitude that was expected and
which began to come in from the 5:45 a.
m. train and pouring in during the whole
day, every arriving train and boat being
loaded, until the grove was really crowded
with the largest congregation ever assem-
bled at religious gathering in the north
west. The people on the grounds come
from all parts of this and surrounding
states many of whom are here for the first
time.
Trains were run all day between Red
Rock and st. Paul, besides the boats max
ing hourly trips so that the crowds were
enabled TO come and GO whenever they
chose to.
The services commenced with the usual
prayer meeting al $50 a. NJ, which was
very largely attended and made very inter
esting by the leader, Mr.. Galbraith of Min
neapolis, who occupied the full time al
lotted to the meeting and had to close
while many were anxious 10 speak.
Love feast at s was in charge of DR.. Ho-
bart, and the testimonies came in
thick and fast during the whole
meeting, which had to be
closed 10 give place to preaching before
Which the Jubilee singers, by request,
chi nted the Lords prayer and sang sew
erai pieces. The Jubilee folks form quite
an addition TO the working force of the
meeting, all but one beingimembers of the
Methodist church, and they sometimes
grow happy and shout more than may of
their White brethren are accustomed to.
During the afternoon service one of the
ladies OF the company became very faint
from the extreme heat on the stand and
had to be assisted to a cooler place.
Bishop Foss preached to a
very large congregation at 1870,
taking for his text the words,
Let US draw near with a true heart IN
full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our
bodies washed with pure water Hebrews
| 1922.
The following is a short synopsis of the
powerful sermon:
Is religion an experience? May man
know his sins are forgiven or have we to
do with only a creed-a mere form which
when gone through with is sufficient.
Speaking from a scientific standpoint, we
know more of God than we do of the ma
ture of grain of sand. Too many regard
| religion as mere matter of form and
| are perhaps good servants but
never become rejoicing sons. The chief
cause of this state of affairs is the low
experience of the church which falls far
short of the standard to which it should
reach. The OLD patriarchs, before Christ's
time found God and knew that they were
saved; how much more should we be
enabled to known our sins forgiven sin Sc
sacrifice has been made for US.
What is this experience? Great feeling
is not necessary but life of faith is what
we shall have and should make our religion
part of ourselves. We may have three
witnesses that we are saved-the word of
God, the spirit of God and the spirit of
man. The promise.says you shall be for
given while your own spirit says, ''yes, yes
[ am forgiven"
One of the belonging of this assured sal
Walton is peace, another the conscious
abiding in Christ and feeling that we are
part of him; constant self-recollection
with habitual and perpetual obedience to
! God also belong to it. If you have the
love of God abiding within you will be a
law unto yourselves.
The bishop then gave his experience
during the long weeks of his late sickness
and during all those weeks of conscious
approach to what he supposed was death
he never felt like drawing back.
The great inserest taken in the sermon
was manifested by the loud amens coming
from all through the congregation.
During the afternoon there were a num-
Der of regular band meetings held at diff
| ferents points in the grounds besides the
business mems meeting led by L. Briggs,
of Moorhead, in tent number 2; the
mothers meeting in tent number l: the
sermon in the German language by Rev,
Mr.. Funk, who preached from
Acts 26-18, held in the tabernacle,
and the song service at the main stand led
by DR.. Marshall, in which the jubilee
singers took part all at p. m.
DR.. G. A. Williams preached in the af-
ternoon from Acts SO ''What wilt thou
have me to do" giving an excellent ser
mon to the largest congregation ever as
sembled on the ground.
At the close of the sermon the audience
was dismissed without any other service,
owing to the extreme heat.
EVENING SERVICE.
The evening service was conducted by
Rev. Harrison, who preached from the
words: Thou art very near to the king
dom" The sermon was more an exhorta-
ton than anything else, and when the in
vitation to come to the altar was given
large numbers pressed forward, and many
were converted. A man overcome by the
heat was taken with fts and had to be car
ried to his home in Minneapolis.