Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-13
Chautauquans Enjoy an Ideal Sab
bath of Rest and Gladness.
SERVICES OF PRAISE AND SONG,
CUPID BREAKS INTO THE ASSEMBLY



iroln Il soft Italian sky over camp of wor-
shipers and lake of bewitching blueness,
both of which reflected the shadows of earth
and mirroced the images of heaven. 1t is
necessary to spend Sunday here N order
10 appreciate how much solid comfort, genu-
ine happiness and real resi- can be crowded
lGfa oHe dav.
ChautaH9ua is the most quiet spot IN the
world ~ The sabbath. The entrance gates
are closed OH saturday night until Monday
morning. and the Summer City is rs
2aurh cut of from the outer world IS if it
wore located at the north pole. The rush
and crush OF excursions, riding or driving,
saloons bathrooms, ry-go-roundS, boat
ing, ti~hing-all these are unknown here on
SUNDAY Everybody dons a religious frame
of mind aud Chartauqua at once becomes
Puritanical paradise. Such isolation from
secular matters and pronounced interest IN
religious things are some of the reasons for
Succr>S Tired teachers, weary business
IIcu, in fact everyone worn out with his
work. ran find here the real meaning of the
Srriprural t"xt, The Sabbath was made for
nlau" When Monday comes the student,
-hc cottagcr and the stranger within the
gates all GO forth 10 the weeks work invig-
> Very sad Death.
The cnlv thing that marred the day was
1h,. news that the wife of Maj or Griffin p
Thcpluld. IF Louisville Nv, had died Sat
urdav midnight from an attack Of paralysis.
Mrs. Theohald was Southern lady of rare
:ttaiuinents and good works, whose chari-
,ic> and benevolent deeds had brought her
ilin. much prominence at Louisville. The
Slunathv for the bereaved family is verv
general and Chancellor Vincent made a
I1o,J touching prayer at this mornings ser
>irc for them whose sorrow Heaven only
can tell"
The religions services opened at 9 o'clock
bv Bible study in the Amphitheater, con-
durted by Prof Weidner, of Chicago. The
subject was "The EpiStle to the Phillip
stians," or Pauls exhortation to unity, con-
tord and brotherly love. AT II o'clock the
-Amphitheater was completely filled with
Large congregation, who gathered to hear the
Rev DR.. J. w. Bashford, President of the
Ohio Wesleyan University, preach the ser
mon Of the dav, for Chautauquans get but
one sermon on Sundays, the remainder Of
the day being given up TO spiritual songs
and the study of the Scriptures.
DR.. Bashford's text was from the Psalms,
What is man, that Thou art mindful of
him? Thou hast made him a little lower
lIllQ IQe dDGelS. lD6 S6TU1On was eA-
ceedinglv rich in thought and suggestion.
There are four Kingdoms" said the
speaker, "and perhaps fifth" =" These are
first, the inorganic, where there is neither
Species nor individuals; second, the vege- |
table, where there is species, without the |
individual; third, the animal, where there |
i species with individuals; fourth, the |
human kingdom, where we have individuals /
with species, and fifth, the angelic, where |
we have individuals without species.
Between Brutes and Angels.
''We are consequently placed half way |
between the brutes and the angels, and |
hence we have temptations tending to drag |
us down, and aspirations tending to lift us |
upward. The difference between the old |
and new civilization is that to-day man is |
put in right relations with the forces around |
him Men do not swim the Hellspont or |
walk long distances, but employ their facul- |
ties to develop the highest thinking and |
living. We are surrounded by good and |
evil influences Jesse Pomeroy, the boy |
murderer, and Guiteau, the assassin Of Gar
field, attributed their hellish ideas to the |
evil powers, while Demosthenes, Virgil |
and al great orators and writers recognized |
the gods as the source of their inspiration.
Stevenson's DIR. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is
a book that recognizes these supernatural
forces
1.-THE new birth is nothing more than
breaking with the evil force. Henry Ward 1
Beecher said that the gladdest sentence in
the English language is 'Ge can be born
again There is a power that can come
into the human soul, which can regenerate,
redeem and disenthrall it. God can ar
range the elements in our nature so that
we ran pass from the charcoal to the |
diamond state, although the same elements
Il =,
little lower than angels. The new re-
viSed version says: "a little lower than
God
shutting the SouPs Windows.
'cThe sin against the holy Ghost is in shut
ting the windows of our soul to these higher
ind hoIier influences from without. Cut |
vour garments according TO the cloth, but
let the cloth be for eternal ones and infinite
possibilities. Emerson saws: Hitch your
hariot to a STAR but star is only an atom
in Gods great creation. | advise you TO
itch your chariot to God Himself, who has
made the millions of worlds in His vast uni
verse. God had great confidence in us, inf
litrlv greater than that of a little Lord
Fauntleroy. He knew how petty ,puny and
putrid our souls are. but He said, BE We
perfect But such are our divine possibil-
tiles that our little souls can be so filed with
infinite goodness as if you should put the
Atlantic ocean in pint measure. The re-
yised version states the case, Man is lit
tie lower than God
The speaker concluded with beautiful
! Ieroration, exhorting his hearers to live
lives of the highest usefulness and the
largest holiness
At 2:3O o'clock Miss Newton conducted
primary class in the kellogg Building; Sec
retarv Duncan, big Sunday School class
"a Tpr,y1lp aud praSidonf NIilla-
Bible class in the Amphitheater. At p. NJ.
,llc Society Of Christian Ethics held meet
ing in the Temple, which was addressed bv
Dr. Jesse Lyman Hurlburt, President of the
Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circles.
Beautiful Services of Song.
At 8 P. NJ. was the c. J.. ). G. vesper ser
rice, most beautiful evening service of
praise and song, and at p. NJ. was he'd the
regular song service, at which the big chorus
under Prof. Gleason rendered some beauti-
hl anthems and hymns, and Mrs. Kenney
Hall Wade, of Brooklyn acted as soloist
Chautauqua has had two deaths already
hus early in the season, but it has also had
-0mewhat of a romance, too. One of the
oung lady school teachers who came here
n the summer from the West fell madly in
I've with jamestown carpenter, and yes
srdav the nuptial bond was tied. The
nly way that young man can become
laehelor again is by taking his degree at
he college here
The various representatives 0f the lead
u newspapers here intend forming press
ub. The first meeting occurs tomorrow
ight. The AmphiIheater is crowded now
every service. IF the unprecedented
ash continues otieven the roof itself will
scommodate the overflow The cru of
ardine packing has arrived even now at