The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-08-19
Camp Meeting Cores
pGndence.

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tinel, consequently this camp meet
iEg will have closed before Its pub
licatlon. But there may be some
thing of interest to your readers VIII
: could not attend the great cam
meeting, in an account of the pre-
ceedings here and of the person
: who were in attendance from Lo
= gan and neIghborhood In our for
l mcr mmunication, We gave lis
as nearly rs possible I'm full, of a.
our own people who were upon tn
grounds as residents, as also thos
who visited the place over Sunday
We noticed no new arrivals yester
day; but today (Tuesday), ther,
are many, eve are speaking o
Hooking county people only. J.
Among the numne were Mrs. Chas
Bowlby,sMrs. lillery. Misses EN-
ma and Matte Dollison, Emma
Curran, Emma Floyd, Mrs. Floyd
Rev. Williams and wife, Mrs
chase, Misses Lucy Crawford and
Hannah Lehman, Chas. Schwenke
+. G. Collins and wife, Lulu Ram
bo, Miss Gompf, Mrs. Nathan
Barnes, Ann Webb, and we pre-
sumo many others whom we did not
see owing to the crowd. The asso-
citation held ITS annual election to-
day. The officers OF the last year
were continued in office, without
an exception. The second term
idea prevails among the good re-
iigious brothers and sisters as
strongly as IN the political field
They are Democrats so far, if not to
any greater extent.
By some misunderstanding n the
part of the executive committee, of
their authority i'll the premises, a
contract was made with Andy Bau
man, permitting him to sell on Sun
days, IN addition to the articles.
such as cooked food and lemonade,
heretofore allowed to be sold, ice
cream. soda water, candies and
nuts. This was extremely repug
pant 10 the religious sentiment of
| the majority of the association; and
it was denounced in very strong
terms by many in the meeting of
yesterday and today and the cx
ecutive committee was ordered to
have the contract modified by q
compromise with Bauman, elimina :
ed from the contract the
articles named, SO that next
Sunday we can get lemonade,
but not ice cream, soda water, etc.
Where is the moral dist in
the sale and purchase ofaly of these
articles on Sunday
BY the way. it may be of some in
ter to know who constitute the
association. 1t is a corporation.
organized under the laws of the
State, and any lot owner may be
come a member thereof by signing
the constitution. The membership
therefore is confined to the owners
of lots, and these constitute the As
sociaticn.
There arc 1900 more people
camping here than there was last
season.
The two "Sams" are here. 1t
was announced through the papers
and from the rostrums on the
ground, that they would be here
Monday evening, but they did not
arrive until this morning. The peo-
pie began TO gather at The auditor
ium ut an early hour this morning,
and with great impatience and ea-
ger expectation; awaited the ap-
pearance of the great preachers. One
phase of the human character ap-
peareG in a degree that we have new
er before seen manifested IN any
community, crowd or assem- bly,. Gu
riosity predom:nated over every
other feeling. The religious spirit
was entirely subdued. Nothing
could now ailay the feeling but a
sight of these men. They are noth-
ing but men, and very ordinary
looking ones at that:
The great question OF the hour
was, not "What shall | do to be
saved ?' but "Has Sam Jones ar
rived p AT about 10: 80 o'clock the
arrival of Jones and Small upon the
platform, Was the signal for gen.
eral uprising of the congregation
to get look at them. For the ac
commodation of the people, Jones
stood up that they might get a good
look at him. He is of medium
height, black hair and mustache and
dark eyes. In his demearor he is
very quiet and self possessed. In
preaching he very seldom raises
his voice above the ordinary con-
versationai pitch bu. he is easily
heard at the iartkess limits Of the
great auditorium. A great multi
lude assembled to hear his first
sermon on these grounds lie took
very little time for preliminary re
marks, but proceeded almost imme-
iiateiy To the discussion OF his text.
Sam Jones is certainly wonderful
lan. All who hear him must adj
nit that. But we have found no
1ersop who can define what it is in
nim that IS his power and strength.
It would be impossible to analyze.
lim. He is not eloquent,
IS eloquence is generally un-
Ierstood. While he is an educated,
efned man; his language in the
pulpit is lnelegant and borders up
IN the coarse and ungenteel. His i,
Illustrations many of them CRATE
Ipon the sensitive, refined nature OF
nany: vet they are always in point