The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-26
YHSTHRDAYAY THH CAMP,
Another Big Crowd Poured into
MoundsyilIe to Hear the
EFFORTS OF NOTED DlyINEs,
bringing tho Meeting to a Close
Everybody Well satisiied-Rishop
Joyce Gives Some Splendid
Talks-Note and Comment,

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Yesterday was really the last day otthe
Moundsyille camp meeting Of 1889, It
was in every respect the greatest day OF
the meeting, and particularly so in point
Of attendance, The day was a glorious
one and the people took advantage Of 1t
to turn out in droyes, From 7 till 1880.
O'Clock the gate-keepers at the south
gate were kept busy taking up the tick
cts Of the hundreds who arrived on the
excursion trains that were run from up
and down the river, and from out the
main line Of the Baltimore & Ohio, and
during the same time there passed
through the eastern entrance q stream
Of people on foot, on horseback and in
wagons and buggies, who came from the
surrounding country. 1t was one Of the
largest days IN the history OF the Asso-
citation, 4,
The 8 O'Clock service was conducted
by Dr., Bitter, and, as he expressed 1t,
was a red hot one. He called on all
who had been in the service forty years,
or more, to gather round tbealtar, Some
twenty responded, and he then asked
all Others to come forward and take their
hands. AT least one hundred did this,
and for oyeF ten minutes there was q
regular Il .iRhioned Methodist meet.
Ing. Short testimonies were In order,
and many wonderful ones were given.
Mrs. ElIiiritz, Of Wheeling, who is said
to bethe first convert OF the first camp
meeting held on this camp ground,
spoke Of her conversion In q manner to
bring tears to tho eyes OF nearly all
present.
A song service was held before the
public service. The 1880 o'clock ser
vice was opened with singing "Holy,
Holy, Lord God Almighty" Father
Butelle offered a feeling prayer. Mr.,
Easton sang mot ashamed OF Christ"
The sermon was preached by Bishop
Joyce, his subject being "Obeylng or
ders and reaching results" Ills text
was from Luke x,4: "Now when he had
left speaking he said unto Simon, launch
out intothe deep and let down your nets
for a draught,"
Iii not au easy thing to explain why
words so neutrality-suspicious. men nor
how one mind In given times and under
certain circumstances influence q great
number OF minds. The Bishop spoke oil
the Bible. How God had put into it
words that feed our thoughts. God does
the best he can with the material he has.
| think he does wondrously well with
the kind OF men he has to work with. II
| were to call on YOU, not more than 900
OF the 1000 before me would respond for
any great work / might call on you to
perform. God could not get all the Ger
mans ready, but he did get Martin Lu.
Their ready, Thus he gets q few men
ready and pushes them out TO draw, and
the multitude follows. We make mis-
takes; We often have to apologize for
what we do to-day, but God never makes
mistakes.
A great many men think that their
opinions settle everything. lean go into
the market aud buy old opinions for
twenty cents q car load. Opinions may
ut a boys shoulders, but 1t takes prinCi
Piles to 1t the broad shoulders Of a full
rounded man. What u wonderful book
the Bible Is. There are more men be-
lieving in II to-day than ever before. 1t
is printed In 200 languages and scattered
broadcast throughout the world. Christ
was a great preacher, and We seem to
hear him speaking to day as 1t comes all
the way down nineteen centuries.
There werCmen ofall classes who came
down to hear Christ that morning. All
wished TO hear him, for human nature
is one whether behind a leathern apron
or under q golden crown, He sat in a
fsherman's boat 10 preach To the people.
l have often wondered whether Simon
bought OF built the boat, but ! have an
idea he built 1t, for he could do any.
thing; he could even do q good job of
backsiiding, and when he got ready he
could do good repenting, and when the
Lord got him ready he made wonder
full preacher. In speaking Of the boat
pulpit the Bishop said there Is aprcaCller
who for years has been running after q
Bishop to get a place where the people
eau appreciate his talents, and Re has
never found q place yet. The place
never makes the man; IL Is not where
you are, but who your are. Many a lit
tie man is in a large place, and thank
God there are men who are too large for
their places.
Doctrine Is the spinal column OF
the Bible-the backbone OF religion.
Scarcely any one likes a doctrinal SER
mon. They want ministers that will
draw, men who sCrape stars iifty.two
times a year 10 please the people. This
is not the preaching that will save the
world. The great doctrine Of redemp-
ton must be preached that Christ died
for every man. II is not hard 10 believe
that, but 1t Is hard 10 believe what grace
can do for one. 1t is hard to believe
that whatever sin has been done for one,
Christ can undo. Jesus Christ can take
the vilest specimen othumau nature and
put him on his feet and make him pure.
Nineteen hundred years ago, when our
race was down in prison, Christ bought
our pardon and every drop OF blood in
our veins ought to thank him.
In closing his sermon Bishop Joyce
spoke Of Christ ordering Peter TO cast
bis net where he had tried all night and
never caught q fsh. He applied Il to
certain ministers who did not wish to
90 back to the same place again because
they had not caught q soul. Christ bor-
rowed Peters boat from which TO
preach a sermon and he paid him with
q ! gdraught Of fishes. He applied the
subject 70 the people h~altpaying the
preachers.
The great audience listened with the
deepest attention for the entire time,
which was more than an hour.
Atthe Children's Meeting, In The after
noon, DR.. Bitter had charge Of the ser.
vice. The singing Of the children, as
usual, was one Of The happy features OF
this meeting. They sing with spirit, and
the older ones have always turned out
In full force 10 hear them. The attraC.
ton Is not 90 much what they sing as
the way In which theyging. hechildren
arc each provided With a red ribbon,
that they guard with jealous care.
Before the close Of the %childten's
meeting Bishop Joyce, assisted by Revs.
Bitter and Stewart, baptized thiftytwo
children. This service was very i'm.
pressive aud will long be remembered.
A large audience gathered in the
auditorium AZ 8 O'Clock 10 hear Dr..
Cushing, Of the Fourth Street Church Of
Wheeling, preach from the following