St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
Narrow Escape of a Man At
tempting to Board Train
at Red Rock.
Sunday Services at the Fa
nous Old Methodist Camp
Ground.
A Party Of Young st. Paul
People Upset in White
Bear Lake.
Sunday Piekings Dished Up
in Tasty Form for Busy
Readers.


Yesterday fully demonstrated the fact
that there is a great need OF proper
walks at the Red Rock camp grounds.
The morning rains had put the grOanos
i'll an eXeerable condition. They were
sloppy and muddy. and ill Jared the
dress that was dragged along the wet
ways. The mud along the path from
the depot to the gate was plentiful and
thick, and just of that consistency to
cling affeetionateIy to ones dress. The
management ought not to lose day in
| placing a suitable walk there for the
| convenience of those who attend the
meetings. 1t would do far more service
than the lamps that were placed
in position last week. The rain had a
decided tendency to decrease the at
tendance at Red Rock, still there were
nearly 1900 persons present, and the
meetings were success from Metho-.
| dist point of view. The tabernacle was
comfortably filled, and great deal of
| religious fervOr was expressed both by
those leading the exercises and by the
laitY.
Although one is accustomed to linger
longer in the arms of Morpheus Sunday
than on other days, yet there was a
goodly attendance at the prayer meet
ing which was held at a. III. At 8
| o'clock there was the lovefeast. and at
10:30 Mrs. Amanda Smith addressed
the aSsemblage. She is a fervent. ear
| nest worker. and, although her ability as
an orator is not great, yet she carries
the audience along with her, and is sure
of large attendance whenever she adj
dresses a meeting. For the text OF her
sermon she took l. Peter, ILL, 4, 5. Said
she:
Il am not so much of preacher as a
talker. The Christian lives with hope
that is not dead, but fully alive. AS is
ones faith so will the Lord meet ones
demands. We alone limit ourselves as
to what we may become and accomplish.
There are two hopes; the first, fleet
ing one, which soon passes away; the
second transforms us and brings what
we wish, and surpasses the first. This
hope brings JOY near. Some may hope
| for joy in heaven, but l intend
to bring a great deal there with
ME. There are a lot of people
who are trying a scientific sort of re-
ligIOn, but they find that they always
get left. Let us have men OF more back
bone and endurance.
''As a photographer takes ones pic
ture, SO the Lord photographs our souls
and He develops HIS pictures in the
dark; not in rush. but one part after
another. If we took as much pains to
become converted as we do to have our
photographs taken we would make bet
ter Christians"
At noon the Kings daughters met
and the young people held session at
| 4:30 O'Clock. There was the usual
prayer meeting in the afternoon. led by
Rev. DR.. Wilcox, of st. Paul. The
evening sermon was preached by DR..
Barsee. The text was from Prov. iv., Is.
There is but one way to convey
human thought properly" said the doc
tor, ''and that is by speech. There are
other ways, but they are not so effect
ive.s In speaking of spiritual things we
4 are unable to convey ourideas perfectly,
and are compelled to use metaphors. So
we compare good mans life to a
luminous pathway.
''If there were no dark shadows we
would be ignorant of the
Beauty of light;
and if there were no moral darkness it
would be impossible to see the beauty
of spiritual life. The Christian must
not necessarily be a philosopher, but
every man knows some things. There
is not much in the high-soundng terms
of science when they are investigated.
We find everywhere the trace of God S
handiwork. There is nothing so beau
tiful as moral purity. Few realize e
how much we live in the future; darken
mans tomorrow and you take away
the Joy of to-day. A man who is rich in
pleasure and wealth alone is poor in
deed. knowledge, happiness and hope
are the primary rays of religious life.
The religion of the cross makes life in
old age shine out more than in youth,
and if we shall meet 100 years hence we
shall know the perfect day"
To-day's exercises will be the same as
on other days. Mrs. Smith and DR..
Brassie Will address some of the meet
ings, while others will also participate.
Yesterday many: informal meetings
were held in all parts of the ground
wherever an exhorter could gather a
crowd. Among the arrivals are:
David w. Edwards, president of the North
western Aid association; Rev. H. j. Van Eos
sen, Knoxville, Tenn; w. w. Sherwood.
John N; Lee, St. Paul; ]; L. Keogh, st. Paul
Re~eomb ReR5s5 FP1d dnd wife A STs STish S. J NeR B.
comb, Mrs. E. H. Cobb, J. E. Carlson.
George HELD, A II. Benson Ella NJ. Barton,
Carrie C. Barton. C. E. owens E. s. Moers,
E. H Cobb, N G. Holden, E. NJ. Holden, A.
N. Holden, John Sullivan, Walter Brown, f.
| M. Davis, W. l. Gray, Robert harrington, Ly-
| man NJ. Belts. George II. Cobb Ben Holwav,
Lulu Turkey. Minneapolis.
few representatives of the Saliva
ton army were also present, and took
an active part in the exercises of the
day.
What might have been serious ac-
cident, yesterday, was fortunately
averted by Providence. The train
which leaves Red Rock at 4 AZ D. m.
was few minutes behind time, and
fully 200 persons were waiting on the
platform. Instead of stopping the cars
at the platform, WHICH is long enough
to accommodate several, the conductor
brought the train TO standstill so that
three of the cars were south of the plat
form and were therefore almost inacceS-
sible. The crowd made a frantic rush
and began piling aboard as fast as they
could. Suddenly the train moved
ahead without moments warning and
began its trip to St. Paul. Women
chung to the rails and steps and wefe
pushed on the cars by their escorts, who
ran along on the platform. Even so.
| several were left behind. One man, who
had generously allowed the ladies to GET
OH the cars first, saw with dismay
the train gliding away from
him. He seized his fve-year-oId
boy in his arms apd essayed
to spring on the car. The train was
now rapidly moving and the unfortu.
nate man, hardened as he was, could