The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-09
The Acton Managers Explain How the False
Announcement that Sam Jones Would
Be There Came To Be Made.
Evangelist Small breaches Two FOrci-
BILE Sermons to the Camp Visitors.
Gen. Cary's lecture on "The Wines of the
Blbe"at Bethany Park-The Union Serv-
ice at TOmlinsOn Hall Last Evening.
IMMENSE CROWD AT ACTON.
Two Sermons by Sam Small-Explanation Of
Evangelist Jones's Absence.

Evangelist Joness Absence.
Sam Small was at Acton camp ground yester.
day and spoke twice. once in the morning and
again in the afternoon. At both services the
pavilion was not only crowded, with all its open.
ings thronged, but more than as many persons
as listened were unable to get within hearing
distance, and put in their time lying under the
trees or strolling about the grounds. The hotel
and refreshment stands did great business. 1t
was day profitable to the railroad and
plethoric in gate money. There were fifteen
trains each way from this city to the camp
ground, and no fewer than 45O0 persons went
from this city alone The train from Cincinnati
picked up along the line seven hundred pas
sengers and landed them at the camp ground,
six hundred came in from Lafayette and trains
from Rushyille, MartiEsville and elsewhere did
proportionately WE'LL 1t is believed that there
were seven thousand persons on the ground
yesterday, in addition to the resident population
of 1,500
Before Mr. Small began his morning sermon,
Colonel Cumback, addressing the auiience, said
he desired to correct some false impressions
that had gone abroad in regard to the days
services He desired to say, in the first place,
ing and the assembly never to announce the
name of person to speak unless sure of that
persons attendance. He said he spoke in order
that justice might be done to Mr.. Jones, as we'll
as the camp meeting management. Mr. Jones
had been at Cincinnati in February and,
looking over his engagements. said he would be
free to come on this Sunday-that his engage
ment would close at Loveland in time to allow
him to do so. He was asked if he could be ad
vertised for to-day. He said yes, and it was
done. 1t seems that in the multiplicity Of
Mr.. Jones's engagements, there came about a
misunderstanding, and he was engaged for the
Same dav at Loveland. Mr.. Jones said he would
get release at Loveland, and If he could not,
would get Mr.. Small to come to Acton. The
newspapers have said that Mr. Jones never in
tended to come here. On the part OF Acton
camp meeting. said Mr.. Cumback, with much
warmth it must be said that no false induce
ments TO get people to come have been held out,
nor is Mr. Jones blameable. They free them
selves from all such charges and free him from
all intention of doing any wrong
Mr. Small took as his text, Matthew, sixteenth
chapter, part of the third verse.
ye hypocrites We can discern the face of the sky
but can ye not discern the signs of the timesa
"The sermon was one of great force, Mr. Small
concluding with these Words Let us look at
are beating in upon US like simooms from the hot
and arid desert of the world, throwing upon the
green and happy places of our homo and social
life the sands that. though infinitesimal in them
selves, roll and beat in billows that choke and
finally buly all true life under their ponderous
weight They the simooms of worldliness
that invade the sanctity of our home life, catch
up in cyclonic wrath the tender human growth
of our homes and give them a soaring, madden
ing, giddy exaltaton, only to dash them des-
poiled upon the barren rocks of the seashore Of
sin and worldliness.
''The great besetting evil of our social life Is
found in this wordliness that corrupts the mind
and perverts the conscience OF our youth. dis
tracing them from the sure counsels OF the
word of God and from the lines of true living as
seen in the life of Christ. 1t tears them away
from the landmarks of the religion of
thei~ fathers and mothers and drifts them out
upon a boundless and shoreless sea of sin and
despair. Until we SET metes and bounds
around our homes against these destructive
tidal waves, and establish the Christian prin-
cpe as the levees of our social life. individual
wreckage and social storm tracts will mar the
path of our national history.
1--WE can also see these signs of the times por-
tending evil in the very church of God itself.
There are insidious and sweeping tides that are
washing out some of the foundations OF the
church in many places. and the martyr spirit
seems to haze left the church of Christ just at
the time of all others when it is most needed.
mo one knows better the deep-seated antag-
OnlSm persistent malgHancy ana the constant
enmity of the world of to-day against the Chris
tan church than one who has but recently par
tcipated in the debasng aims of that world.
like the speaker before you to-day. have
lived in it and been copartner with
it in its antagonism to the religion Of
Jesus Christ, and l know how strong, how
intlexible how malignant are the worlds
purposes against the church. The church must
resist the world with the heroic devotion OF
martyrs, aud combat at every point every form
of conformity with the practices and philoso-
phies of the world.
"You may sneer and scoff at the fidelity with
which the ministers of God invegh against these
com mpromises between the church and the world
butw know how that world stands aloof and
sneers at the church in its futile endeavors to
throw a cloak of consistency its coat or
many colors and compromises. At least we shall
be faithful, be our life long short, in guarding
the warnings to Christians, and delivering our
souls from bloodguiltiness or completely with
these compromises. Whether Christian pro-
fessors will be warned, and will beg God for re-
baptism of the Holy Ghost or not we will. at
least, defend. with all our ransomed powers, the
faith and integrity of the church.
"But if we will unitedly come up to the full
measure of our duty to God and the church. we
will be enabled speedily toreestablish it in all the
perfection, integrity and power that God Him
self intended IL to have in this world. 1t Will
have it's foundations laid deep and broad upon the
acts of the twelve apostles, with Christ Himself
as the chief corner stone, its walls built high
with the works of His spirit and cemented with
the blood of His sacrifice. 1t will be rooted
over with the mercies of God, arched and
groined with His blessings. 1t will be lighted
through the windows of His three thousand
two hundred distinct and precious promises,
through which will stream the stainless radiance
of eternity 1t will be spred with tho Chris
tians pointing steadfastly to the throne OF
God in heaven, and clinaxed with tho cross o.
Calvary, the symbol of His salvation and bis
final victory over death aud hell
The morning service concluded with prayer
by DR. Dolph, of Greensburg.
In the afternoon Mr. Small spoke, taking as
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