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OFFERED UP THEIR JEWELS.
GIVE OF FOUR PRIDE" HE SAID,
AND OFF CAME THE ORNAMENTS.

| spond TO the Rev. Mr.. simpson's Appeal
Miss shepard. Diamonds Quickly Fol-
low tho Coioneis Watch and Chain
Then Como Others Until tho Altar at
Round Lake Giitters with JeweIry.
SARATOGA. July 14.-However secular Round
Lake may be during ten months in the year
since 1t CHANGED it's name from Round Lake
Camp Meeting to Round Lake Association.
| during July and August opportunity is given
for tho fullest manifestation OF religious zenl
and Christian enthusiasm. and no place could
be better adapted to such n purpose. Its hun
dreds OF beautiful cottages are SO sheltered by
great trees as to be almost hidden from view
OF passengers In tho many trains that pass
the station there. The Hon. George West.
better known at tho Lake as Uncle George"
Is one OF the leading spirits OF 1.-THE place. and has
been at times its manstay and chief beneflci-
| ary He gave $4,000 for the founding OF a
museum: he took up s25.00O mortgage on the
property, and In many other ways has been In
neod friend indeed.
| The present religious season at Round Lake
began on July 8 with Convention OF the New
York State Christian Alliance that was to con-
tinus ten days. Tho primary objects OF the
Alliance. as stated. are ito hear united
testimony and promote the wide dif-
fusion OF tho grrnt essential truths
OF the GOSPEL OF our Lord Jesus Christ. em-
braced in the four-fold Gospel. Christ our
| Saviour. snnctiflcr heaer. and coming Lord"
and In joining the Alliance the members say:
We have voluntarily tnken upon ourselves
tho obligation 10 do oil We can to carry out
| these objects Of the State Alliance.
The Rev. Il. Chamberlain Of Buffalo is Presi-
! dent Of the Alliance. and Miss f Gibson Of
Albany is Secretary. Among the thirteen
speakers and workers present to take part in
| ha ba A ~
the Gospel Tabernacle. New York. He hns been
the leading spirit OF the occasion. and hns been
| we'll supported by the Rev. G. H. c. Pnnnell Of
Brooklyn. the Rev. John Morrow OF Pittsburgh.
tho Rev. II. Chamberlain OF Buffalo. and several
others.
The exercises began week ago last Sunday
| with m attendance OF about 1000. which In.
crensed 30 that all the 5000 seats in the big
auditorium were filled. and the enthusiasm
grew With the increase Of numbers. The daily
services. which began at $3.50 O'Clock in the
morning continued. with only sufficient inter-
walls for meals. until 10 o'clock at night.
Many OF these meetings we're very much like
old-time Methodist revivals. There was much
rubbing and cnpping OF hands. and many
an emphatic Amen - wns shouted. and many
a" Praise God" nnd "Thnnk tho Lord" Last
Sunday fourteen mon and women almost all
OF them long professed Christians. were bap-
tized by immersion In the lake. They had ex-
pressed themselves dissatisfied with the luke
warmness Of their previous Christian lives.
and, under the convincing preaching OF the
Rev. Mr.. Simpson. professed new conversion
and sought baptism as an expression OF their
fuller "consecration 10 newness Of life." One
OF tho men so converted and baptized was Mr..
Darby, discount clerk In the Marine Bank Of
Buffalo.
The giving OF money for the various objects
to which the convention gave its approval
seemed msttsrof competition rather than OF
solicitation. One day the Rev. Mr.. simpson
said $500 was needed for special purpose.
md asked Who will give s5o?" when up rose
man, a German from Buffalo who said in
broken English:
Il will give $50 will give more II you want
II. will give tho whole $500 IL you will let me-"
But We won't let you" said the Pew. Mr..
Simpson "for. my dear. e. eat hearted brother.
we want others to share with you the blessed
pleasure OF giving to the Lord" and starting
with the Germans $50 that 5000 was raised
about ms quickly as the paying teller OF a bank
could pay out that amount.
But the enthusiasm OF giving reached It's
height to-day when foreign missions were the
subject OF sermons and prayer. At the close
OF sermon by the Rev Mr.. Simpson $500 was
asked for to send "one more-just one more
missionary to carry the Gospel to the poor be-
nGhtod heathen."
"Givo of your pride" said tho preacher:
give tho jeopardzng adornments OF your
pershing bodies. Greater will be such a sac
rince and sweeter In the eyes OF the Lord than
the gift OF coin or currency
Col Burkh har: OF Kentucky started the CIV
ing on the part OF the mon by taking his costly
gold watch from his pocket ard the gold chain
from his neck and laying them upon the altar
Of tho Lord.
Then followed Miss Louise Shepard a
wealthy young woman. few years ago tho
season belle Of Saratoga and later well known
in New York. but now zenous Christian Al |
lianco VOL ker. She laid three valuable dia-
mond rings upon tho nltar. and her example |
was followed by others and others until tho |
pulpit was piled with rings and breastpins and
watches aud chains to the estimated selling |,
value Of sl.5OO.
That's the way to give" said tho preacher. |
"Iasked for a fish. and 70 have given me not |
ono but many-stones. precious stones. that |
will hereafter shine In the crown OF your re- |
joicng. ami many missionaries. aided and |
guided by these brilliants. can 60 TO preach
the Gospel Of salvation"
During all this giving the enthusiasm grew
and grew until. at the end. Praise God" Was |
sung with a fervor heretofore unknown. even
at Round Lake.
Miss Shepard spoke from the platform and
announced that she had given all her jewels
to tho Lord and now proposed to givo $3.50 to
pay the expenses OF . missionary to the
heatheh. She asked II any one would help her. |
and at once a number Of the congregation.
men and women. arose and donated their
jewelry-ripgs. watches. watch chains. ear
rines. &c.-and money to tho same purpose.
until the little altar looked like a jewel case.
Miss Shepard was overcome by the scene and
could not restrain her tears.
Miss r. Louise Shepard Is not an outsider.
but an insider. She has been an enthusiastic
worker In Tho Rev. A. Is. SIMPSONS Christian
Alliance for six months past. She lives with
her mother In the Berachah Homo. at $50
West Forty fourth street. whore the Alliance
workers live and pay Just as much board as
their conscience and means dictate Mrs
returned from Round Lake on Mon
day evening" and she had not heard anything
then OF her daughters gift OF jewelry to tho
Alliance