The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-22

AUGUST e, 1890.
roof of these wooden structuers. Aug
ust 23, IS, occurred the first eruption
of the mountain, Vesuvlus, which had
been dead volcano for years. The
first eruption was of about Is minutes
duration, and consisted of cinders and
ashes. This set fire to the tents and
wooden structures Of Pompeii. Fol-
lowing the first was cessation for 6
or Z minutes, after which the flow
from the crater continued until the
whole city was covered from thirty to
fifty feet above the highest buildings.
This second flow was Il sort Of mud that
ran into and filled every crack and
crevicc, and finally hardened into
stone.
Etcuing Session.
The lecture of Samuel Phelps Le-
and was Oh the program for the even.
ing. The subject was World making" :"
The lecture itself was scientific dis
cnsition upon the making OF the planets
of our solar system. The lecture was
illustrated by a map showing the rcla-
tive size of the members of the solar
system. The lecturev confined himself
chiefly to the making of the earth.
from the time II moulten mass was
thrown off from the sun, through its va
rious stages of cooling, the formation of
u crust upon its surface, the various
eruptions and upleavals Of this crust,
the formation and deposit of our useful
and precious metals. The speaker sta
ted that the coolin. process was still
going on: that within the time of
the present history of the earth, tl,ous-
anas of planets and many species ofani-
mails had become extinct. because the
eart|, was changing and was no longer
adapted to their existence. This change
would continue and forms of life
now known upon the earth would dis
appear. The speaker quoted from
scientific authorities to show that
within four or six hundred years the
human family would disappear from
tile earth. and that in thirteen OF four
teen hundred wears all form of animal
and vegetable life would he gone and
the earth would become IL dead planet,
the same as Mars is at the present time.
SUNDAY, AUG. IL.
Morning Session.
There were no services at the church
during the day, the Chamtaugua meet
ings taking their place. Sunday
school commenced at $50 at the
grounds. aud the school was divided
into three classes, adults, young pco-
pie and children. s..
AT II a. M. service was held, openi,tg
with an anthem by the choir. Scrip
tura lessons were read by Refs. D.. ".
Hancl'er and q. S. Cleyeaser, and
prayer was offered bys.k.Y. L. E.
Frame, Of Buffalo Gap. . Music Was
interperscd in the exercises.
The sermon was hy Rev. g. +.
Clevenger, pastor Of the Baptist church
at Rapid City. The subject of the
discourse was Jesus the Messenger
from the Father aud it was handled
in an able and interesting manner.
He compared the teachings of Christ
with those OF Plato, Socrates and other
wise men of olc,en days. Socrates
said on Ills death bed that he knew
not whether there was future or not.
that it was unknown to all save God.
Christ says, II 60 unto the Father" :"
Socrates said, "Whctlcr my life has
been Il success or failure do not
know; God knows and shall find out y
Christ said, Il have finished the work
which thou givest me to do IL
Christ he not the messenger from the
Father then are we all agnostics from
very necessity. There is abundant
proof of his resurrection from the
dead, having been seen by so many
witnesses. Great men of all ages and
nations represent special not general
humanity. Christ represent universal
humanity Christ is the messenger
from the Father.
.4fieruoon Session.
The only service in the afternoon
was a preaching service at
- u clOCk. hlb'tT ucVDJlOI.al eaeT-
ciscs. participated in by ls.vs. Hancller,
Pomeroy and Searls. interspersed with
music. the sermon was preached by
Rev. j. ID. scarls, oil Sparta. Wis. Mr..
Scarles was some years ago district
missionary for the Black Hills; now he
is presiding elder IN the West Wis
consin conference. He spoke from
the text found in Romans l: l6, ..For
am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ, for it is the power Of God unto
salvation to every one that believetl. -
The gospel Of Christ has wonderful
power, not through tine senses of see
ing, hearing or understanding, but
through manifestation. There are
many things in nature that we do not
fully understand, but we study them
to see some means of harmonizing and
understanding these forces. Just so
we must study the gospel of Christ to
learn the power of God. All power re-
sides in thonght. The confined thought
of ages has lifted humanity, but the
gospel contains the thoughts that Tod
breathes through this medium to the
human soul. The sermon was full of
thought from beginning to end.
The evening was occupied by a fell
lowsl,ip meeting and by a song service
led by Prof. Straub.
For Congress.