Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-08-04
THE ANNUAL CAMPING.
TENTH SESSION AT BAY VIEW.
The Closing Exercises o. the Camp
Meeting snd the Program tor
AemaIrder OF Week.

OF the most important, thus Tar, during the
session Of the Tenth Annual knoampment of
| the Michlgon Camp Ground Association al
Bay View, and il many respects one OF the
most interesting and important la the whole
history of the organization. Yesterday
every train coming into PetOskey, especially
| from the South, Was crowded 10 lis utmost
capacity, ana the trains were made Up of
| from eight TO ten ears each. The trains Of
| Saturday probably brought from two thous-
and 10 twenty five hundred fresh arrivals
into the already er-crOwded town of
| PetoSkey, bat many OF them found accom-
mOdatiOns III their own cottages or with
| friends who owned cottages at Bay View,
| thus leaving fair hotel accommodations for
their less fortunate fellow creatures. This
morning almost every nook and corner
about the village OF Petoskey and the Bay
View camp grounds appeared 10 be alive
with people.
The religious services on the camp grounds
/ to-day were of an interesting character and
were very largely attended. ln the morning
at . O'Clock a love feast wa= held Ia the
chapel. which was crowded 10 lfs utmost
| capacity. The exercises were conducted by
| Rev. Seth Reed, secretary of the association.
| The meeting was characterized for it,
earnestness and a large number of short,
| pithy experiences were given testlfyIng IA
the strongest possible terms of the faith Of
| the speakers.
The regular morning services were opened
about 1880 a. III. III the grove, by prayer and
the reading of part of the I'D chapter of
| Revelations as morning iesnc.,. According
| To the usual Methodist custom "A collection
was then taken To defray the expenses of the
session, and nearly 500 was realized. After
| the collection the audience began 10 feel al
1 home IA ed Vygf a
| sermon by DIR. fiske, of Albion College.
His subject was one of the phases of the
| atonement, and he took for his text Job xiy.,
| l4th verse: "lf man die shall be live
| againl" Supplemented by the words of
| Paul: ''Why should it be thought thing
raise the deady'' His discourse
was chiefly devoted TO showing
| the reasonableness of the doctrine of All
| identical resurrection. He said We all be
| heve, but without argument, that all souls
| have been redeemed, also that the doctrines
| of Christ have exerted a great inflence for
| good upon the world. The question 10 be
! answered il, l. mans entire nature re-
| deemedI The scriptures tell Os that the
| soul is immortal and that TINS Immortality
may bring anguish or happiness To the soul.
| He then gave graphic descriptions of heaven
| and ''sheol" The Doctor did not use the
! new version, however but your reporter
being more timid prefers "sheOl." He said
| the dead were greater III number than the
| living. Is there no way out of the city Of the
| dead? Must We 20 down with no way out;
| Shall the dead live agaIny Is there any
| place in heaven for the body Is the pur-
| pose of the body complete in this worldY Is
IL of any other use: IL not, IL Is folly TO talk
| of resurrection. If il can be shown that
| the body Is necessary TO the completion of
| the soul then the doctrine of the resurrec-
| ton is necessary. The speaker expressed
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| ton, and gave the arguments OF Paul IN
| favor of his view. He defined the soul a.
| that which has had or now has association
| with body, and said we only speak OF souls
| as possessed by human beings. He asked
whether the future will 90 on 20 differently
from the present that there will be
| no use for the body II 80,
why speak of the present A.
a school for the future. He could think Of
| childhood as a school for manhood, etc. but
| not of the present az a school for eternity If
such were so. The question l., Is there
link through which nature Is connected with
| the spiritual worldY If such Toe the case then
God will raise the dead. He spoke of the
| argument against the doctrine Of resurrec-
| tion drawn from the supposed physical
| impossbilities involved IN the changes of
matter, and succeeded IN making Il very
| good point. He believed IN an identical
| resurrection. but said there may be identity
identity of body without identity Of par
ticles He illustrated his meaning by refer.
| ence TO flowing river. 4 river j. always
| the same identical river though the water II
! constantly flowing and constantly changing.
1t could not be a river without a change. A
living human body is said 10 change its par
| ticles once in seven years, but II Il always
the same body. The tree planted - years
! ago "a a mere shrub ls now a large tree. but
| though much new matter has been added IL
| Is the same tree of - years ago. The
| speaker said though the particles of his body
| had probablv changed often he had never had
| but one body, and be would have the
same one If he lived 10 be 100 years old. he
| expected TO have the same body on the res
| direction morn when the last trumpet shall
sound and he rejoiced ia the prospect. We
| may a. well remark here that the Doctor u
rather handsome and he did not explain
| how Joe MDggIns wOnld feel at the prospects
of going through eternity with a pug nose
and a six inch month, bat We suppose Joe
| ought 10 be happy too. He said God would
| be false 90 us ia wasting our feeling with
| reference 20 the dead. n there we're no
| resurrection Of the body. ] he ADORE is but
| feeble outline Of mastery discourse that
produced a very profound impression. IN
the afternoon Rev. DR. Joy Of Grand
! Rapids. preached powerful ser
mon on the death and suferings
Of Christ bot your correspondent vas
| to late upon tft ErpunoN 70 - able 70 give
| q proper synopsis of t. Il gas one q Dr.
| Joys best efforts and bis oioqnence and
psthos moved many in the audience o. tears.
Dr. Joy AZ an eloquent and effective speaker
IA not surpassed by any member of the con
ference. u which he b. p member.
THIs WINS rBoaRAw.
| The camp meeting proper. which has been
conducted by Rev. d. T. Barnss Il Cold
water ViIl close 20 u1orrOH.
| On Tuesday tire Bay View Pastor Iusti-
tute vii begin and ooutinue three days. Dur
ing the session the following suhJects vii be
discussed. The Church, - kev's. Ald~icf,
Arthur Edwards and = Gardner. - 0rsfnp'
| By Rev's. ] u. Miller. y. Ramsey and
! Springer. "Benefcence, hy kevs +. p.
DAVIS. J. Y Reed and u. 2 Barnes. The
/ Children. - Rev's ]. B0el. s. Reed ard A.
/ Richards. kevIvsls.H o. Hevs ~ -.
( Jordan. q. :. Barnes and = DraEef- ''S0ue
I Pressing Questions. by Eev's d. Joy 81
/ q. N0rthroT. p. p. Pope and - ". Gyuia.
1 D. Ridzezsy. Pres. - Garrett Biblical in
f sf1tuie 81 Evanston. fiis. Is 8iso especiec -
4 take Part IN ffse 1izc-seeious.
blsaup Msilsiieu vii - present 0n Wed
nesdaT ard probably the remainder - tne
rees end Bishop Bowman VII - here ~
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