The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-28
SUNDAY AT ISLAND PARK.
A Union Sabbath SchOol-Sermon by DR..
BOWman-WOmenS Missionary Society.

Correspondence Of the indianapolis Journal.
ISLAND PARK, ROME CITY, July EFT is only
necessary to spend Sunday here to forever
after have the fondest recollections of Island
Park After few days of brushing about.
boating, attending the various places of interest,
there is great enjoyment for ali attendants at
the Assembly on Sunday. No Sunday trains are
permitted, consequently there is no vast crowd
tsorging about AZ day Instead, all is as quiet as
in any well-regulated family. Yesterday was a
beautiful day, and though the day was warm,
the lake breezes kept all in good humor,
and made 1t extremely pleasant to be about the
park The day was largely devoted to worship
by the regular tenters. A Union Sabbath school
was held at the tabernacle, where nearly five
hundred scholars attended and thirty teachers
were occupied in giving instructions After the
Sunday school Rev. Thomas Bowman, of St.
Louis, delivered an excellent sermon that com
manded the closest attention from the large
audience.
The tabernacle was occupied in the afternoon
by the Women's Missionary Society. Addresses
were made by Miss Lydia n. Won Finkelstein on
'The Women of the Orient" and Miss Emma
Bissell, Of Otsego, Mich, on High Cast Women
in India"
of Slavonic parentace and was raised in Jerusa-
lem, Palestine She has devoted her energies
to missionary work, and is in this country to
bring more fully before the Christian people the
needs Of the heather countries. She is accom-
panied by her brother, and while here they have
given a series of entertainments. They go into
details of life in the far East, and parts
of Bible history not understood before
are by Miss +. made clear. At every
lecture the platform was arranged to
represent domestic, rural, or nomadic scene
illustrative of the lecture Bedouin tents, scenes
in the desert, grinding at the hand mill, carpen-
terlng, supper scene, modes of rejoicing, oil
lamps, symbolic marriage rites, wells. herald
upon the mountain, the eye of a needle, mu az
zins call to prayer and form Of prostratiOn, and
numerous other illustrations were exhibited.
Her lectures have been instructive to Bible
readers as we'll as entertaing to the casual lis
tener.
The exercises to-day consisted of lecture by
Rev. Scott +. Hersey, of Lancaster. o., ''Infidel
and Christian Forces in Civilization" Concert by
Megs sisters local quartet from Goshen, Prof.
c. c. Case, Goshen and Kendallville bands, and
recitations by Charles F. Underhil also a
lecture on "Some Contemplate characteristics, y
by Jelu Dewitt Miller. Besides these were the
tations of classes. Tomorrow is Chautauqua
day. and it promises to be the most
successful gathering ever held by
Chautauquans in the West. There will
be a large number graduate and participate in
the public recognition services, and besides, the
dedication service of the new Chautauqua Hall
will be attraction in itself. A vast number
Indiana and Michigan arrived on the trains to-
day to be ready for to morrow's exercises.
Should the weather be favorable the throng will
be immense