Daily Republican., 1889-08-08
STRONG SERMONS.
CAMP MEETING NOTES AND
INCIDENTS.
hevs. Collins, Hanna, Murray, Grice
Bryan, Hubbard and Others are
Felicltous In their Work.
Bright Weather.

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the Bible. How much we use and how
little we know about 1t. A deaf ant
dumb student said: ETERNITY ia the life
time OF the Almighty" The epeakel
ret like talking rather than preachint
and to emphasize what his hearers alrcadI
knew; The sermon, however, was de-
c!dediy original and the preacher wa,
privi'eged with great latitude n
thought He spoke OF the great indiyi.
duai responsibility that lies In choice. II
any man perish at last 1t must be a burn.
ing remembrance. If we have not lie
evidence We are for God, let us settle Il
now. Man is eternal as proved from the
suiierings Of the Divine Master and. the
scriptures. We have the Bible because
we are immortal.
States or conditions IN eternity are
either exquisite bliss or Infinite pain. II
rs state OF eternal progression. I be.
aeVe inc spirit leaves the body and goes
s.ralgnt 10 heaven. 1t is an unalterable
STATE. The man once saved when he qets
10 heaven can never he lost. The o,.
posite state is also unchangea Let
us take the only remedy aud seek heaven
now.
rev. w. IL. Ridingtop, student oil
rrinceton College, In charge of Elan NJ.
4. Church, took for his text, Matt. xxii.
AZ, What thiuk ye of Christ p'
Inc thought itself is power It con.
uols actions, desires, affections, beliefs
and conscience. How can our opInions
be formed' Intuitively or by common
sense. 1t may be from one fact only in
the case because the opposite side Is I'm.
huencing us or there is prejudice. How
ougat we TO form our opinions From
the facts or truth; from the statements of
renaoie men; from the Catholicily of be.
hei, from the Necessity OF the case. Is it
seif-evident or reasonable7 Everything
cepends on what we believe. All beliefs
nor according to the Bible, are wrong.
IL Is personal question. We cannot
escape It's decision. The speaker then
| dWelt on Christ as q teacher OF morals
an exemplar and Judge.
| Rev, j. ID. G. Hanna: Text, III Rev..
i 10: BE thou faithful unto death and
1 Will give thee crown of life" He
remarked John was perhaps the great
est, most loved and intimate disciple of
Jesus as shown at Gethsemanec. the
TRANSPORTATION tho reception of his
mother, The resurrection, etc. His ex.
per.ence on Patmos was referred to-
Ibe text was addressed to the church at
smyrna. Bible promises were set forth
he recommended: 1st, emulatipp the
crown as areward of the faithful life:
"a, llle OF fidelity by precept and ex.
ample; 81, to avoid helping Satan mil
down weak brother; 4th, to ubstain
from circulating or exaggerating evil:
2'h, 10 give criticism, II any, face to
iace. The power to lie fsithful ia
greatly tested. Much ioollehness as to
advancing in spiritual life is prevalent
| we ought not to be forever leaving the
| slphaoet-we ought to grow into q
higher state of grace and live better each
day. If we feel our burdens are heavier
| than we can bear, we have a burden
| bearer. We are mistakenly ant to think
the early martyrs were not OF the same
human material as ourselves, Several
apostles were here described.
lst, Take care to be guarded with The
truth Of Gods h ly word; ID, Do you love
your Biblef Ii you neglect the book sent
by Him, how can you live lives of entire
devotion to God? How can we have a
baptism of power unless we emulate
Gods WIFI Sd, Keep firmly before the
mind the divine model of truth. Ills
every look was love, his every toucb
healing balm, his answers to reprcacbes
were loving looks. He said he was the
son OF God and the sou of man. MANY
scenes in the life of the sa- |
viour were next set forth in a thrilling
and concise manner. There is no man
I hat you can follow. There is no minis
ter of the gospel whose example YOU can
follow. Behold the Saviour's examples
OF protiered forgiveness, his bearing
toward the scoifing crowd. See how he
suffered to pardon the world 4th. Have
the divine spirit in your heart; the word
and the example. Follow the faithful
power that warns you of sin. 1t Is posi-.
BILE to eujoy victory every day aud every
hour. "Be thou faithful unto death and
VIII give thee crown of life."
The preacher here narrated his hls ex-
Derience OF conversion at IL years OF
lge, aud remarked crown In this life ia
he summit OF ambition. But every
)erson may receive crown of life. |
After f,licitously setting forth the
experience and crowntno
oys of faithful Christian life, he con.
luded with an enrapturing description
4 the triumphant ascension of ,le !.
,hristian from earth to heaven.
His voice is clear. Ills style narrative c
With smoothly flowing but energetic and '
lhcient delivery. lie was full of the a
ioly Ghost and faith, happy and felici.
ous.
CAMP NOTES. :
A lost child, Miss Mabel Leach. was /
eported from the pulpit as found at 1l9
ummit avenue. a
The daily congregational meetings are 1
t $50 and $50 a. M, 3 D. M, with {
reaching at 10 a. m. ani 7.45 p. ID. 3
Beginning to-day Mrs. Lizzie Smith, T
Brldgeton, N. j., has charge of the d
'omen's meetings at $50 p. IN. daily, Y
eld In tho large tent of St. Paul's NJ. E, Il
hurch, erected ON Tuesday. n
To-day is mission day, and Rev. L, L. Ia
hubbard preached at 10 o'clock. At 8 r,
IN. the exercises, In which prominent ri
peakers participate, are in charge of the el
Vomen's Homo and Women's Foreign b,
Visionary Society.
Messrs. Hubbard ard j. T. Mullin re-
lrned from Joanna Heights camp yes- e
rday.
Presiding Elder Murray breaches this i,
m. Ii
Ample grounds are provided for NJ
itching teams free. A fee of 25 cents CT
Ill secure service, care Of team and at
0 ling OF the horse. Il
The association is some hundreds of y
'llars in debt. having ran behind fome g
go last year. OF
The trustee meeting at 5o'clock p. m.
'ednesday was to hear report and to
cllitate the business of giving out free a,
'kets to tent holders for admission of hy
ans to the grounds. ~
Cheeriness, vivacity, brightness, slm- "
lefty, earnestness and clearness char ~
terize Rev. Vaughan g. Collins teach. n
9 OF the little children. NJ
This camp meeting is felicitious In u
itting the right man the right place, as
cheerful and happy man sheds the aun-
Inc he carries into many hearts and AUS
multitude of tplrits, and what he