The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-25
The CHRISTIAN CAMP.
Sundays Rain Very Detrimental to
the Religious Meeting at Tin
dall's GrOye.--CIOsing
Services.
CAMP MEETING GROUNDS, Aug "a.

After the rain OF Saturday night the
sun burst forth about 10 a. m, drying the |
roads and grounds, and by IL q. m. peo-
pie from Rock Island, Moline, Milan and
the surrounding country began to flock
in, and by o'clock at least Q 900 persons
were on the grounds. But they had
scarcely gotten here before indications
of rain began to appear in the north and
northwest, and by z o'clock the reverber-
ating thunder warned the people of the
coming storm About 100 it broke
upon the camp in the form of rain
storm-the heaviest ever known in this
section. The rain continued during the
night without intermission, drenching
the canvass tents, and making the
grounds virtual mud hole.
Those in board tents Jared much bet
ter than their canvass protected brethren.
A number of those who came from dis
| lance staid in the tabernacle all night,
others going to the nearest farm houses
to secure shelter for their horses. A
number of horses remained in the shafts
all night long This morning dawned
| upon the most woe begone look
| ing lot of mortals we ever saw
Men wading through the mud with shoes
off and pants rolled to their knees; wo>
men with the limpest white dresses, but
trying most heroically to make believe
there was fun In it. A number pulled up
stakes and started for home, others are
making preparations, and by tomorrow
the ground will be free from campers.
On the whole the meeting has been sue.
cessful one. There has been nothing to
disturb the religious feeling of the meets
ing. The conduct of those present was
good, and the order the best ever known
in the history of the association.
Sabbath morning Rev. Pearce, of Rock
Island, preached an eloquent sermon.
The tabernacle was filled TO the utmost
capacity. His discourse was earnestly
listened to throughout. After the ser>
mon Elder A. Il. Morgan gave short
eXhortation which aroused considerable
feeling. In the afternoon Rev. Luckey,
pastor of the NJ. E. church of Geneseo,
InliUaroJ IL y,not olonuont d;ecDuren fror,
the text:
Behold stand at the door knocking; if any
| man hear my voice and open the door will come
in and sup with him."
He said one of the beauties of
the scripture is Its simplicity. A
wayfaring man, though fool, cannot
err. Whether we are able to fathOm the
plan of the Lord or not, we may know
enough of it to communicate with God.
am speaking of person, he said, |
mean the personality of God Those are
prone to scepticism who deny the person>
aNty of God. We get our conception of
: personality from what We see and know
of each other. | came to the conclusion
that personality is to hive on in God with
out respect of the body. l know God in
person, for from the hour of my birth
he has been exertlng an influence over
r me- God communicates his thoughts,
words and work to us, that we may be
the instruments in his hands for good
AS a person comes to your house and
knocks, so God comes to our hearts ask
ing US to open unto him. Some have
lost the thought that God is still knock.
: ing-but he is still there-but our sensi-
bilities have become dlmmed. Rev
Luckey then went on saying that God i:
5 more willing to come in and sup with us
than we are to have him come
NOTES.
III. Wells moves home TODAY
Ex-Supervisor McInery was here OF
j Sunday.
During the rain storm Saturday the
water pipe at the boarding house burstet
flooding the entire building in shor
time to the depth of six inches, which
made it unpleasant dong anything unit
about 10 a. m. A quantity of straw wa
thrown down covering the mud ant
water.
Receipts at the gate during the meet
ing were $256.10. Outside of this Their,
is the rental of the boarding house ant
receipts from the feed stable, so that the
gross receipts will foot up something
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