Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-11

you Will see the stars anu stripes iloatlnS
over the doorways Of these saloons.
For good many years there were no
saloons in the city that | lived in, but after
a number of years few licenses were
granted We went before the legislature,
we came together and said surely there
must be some mistake about it. Just as
soon as the women of the W. G, Il. U. laid
its hands ON the saloon, the country said n
nalion through its women ruined saloons
and claimed the saloon was protected in
dustry.
while we are doing our work and hold
ing our meetings the men say God bless
you, sister, keep right on with your work;
you are doing a good work and while we
work 364 days in year, on the 365th day
the very men who have asked Gods bless
ing on us go side by side with the saloon
keeper and drop one of the same tickets in
the ballnt-boN which the saloon-keeper
does. The men make the law, and |
thank God that the skirts of the women
do not touch the license law. You and l.,
brother sister, will stand before the great
white throneandwe will either hear. Never
thcless rs We have done it unto one of the
least Of these i'll Ny name, We have doneit
unto Me- or As We did not do it unto one
of these in MY name We did not do it unto
Me- Which shall it be-"
Mrs. Ellis gave quite a lengthy discourse
and was listened 10 by the congregation
with the utmost attention. She is very
good talker, and seemed to closely hold
the attention of the people who had the
pleasure Of listening 70 her
THE EVENING SERVICES.
The Rev II. L. Hubbard led the $50
o'clock meeting, and it was very interest
ing one.
The Rev James Conner preached from
Revelations, M, l2-l5. His sermon WAS
well delivered and very interesting. After
he finished Mrs. Ellis gave d short talk,
which was quite interesting.
BRANDYwtNE SUMMIT CANP GROUNDS,
Aug. 5.-.Ehe fifth day Of camp found
everything lovely Early yesterday morn
ing Il thunderstorm visited the camp, and
the rain came down pretty hard, but when
| camp began to stir hardly any trace Of il
could be seen, and the sun was shining
brightly
IL is rather pleasant here, and the good
weather is bringing large number Of
visitors 10 the camp, The $50 o'clock
meeting and the $50 O'clock meeting were
| held as usual The Rev. I. Il. Martndalt
| preached at the l0ocloCk meeting. Ills
test was from the first chapter of Second
| Peter, part Of the 4th verse Whereby
! are given unto us exceeding great and
| precious promises"
ilN 0tllNi' Vlll lGllHlbll HAS u lTlllE UNIV
| to it rs well rs u winter. want Us to
| think about one striking picture Of the
| Christian future 1t is one work of Won
| derftll promise In all our aEOniGs how
| constantly we have heard this one thing
said, If il hadn't been for the promises
In order to get At the promises with some
| system let us ask ourselves several ques
\ tons
u. What is an ordinary promise? A
al. 4,
| verbal made by one person to another
which binds the person making it 10 d,
the thing specified. When God used til,
word promise IN this Bible He meant ex
nctly what have said. God has literally
| promised 10 bind Himself 20 us.
y. Why has God given this promise
God thought that men would need somc
light in the future. God intended To maxi
these promises real iii orr lives and to ill
all the future With them.
-. What is the real value Of God
promises He has all power over HEAVIER
and earth. Men may fail us, but Go,
| never fails us. cur friends may try Il
hide us. but they are ignorant that Gn,
knows from the beginning To the end an,
He stands firm, The promises are AS wild
as all life. They 90 up 70 the throne .
God. They 90 down 10 the gates OF he'll.
After preaching praise meeting wa
ttNi'A A'i thbN'Nl ~ IlllllNltS WHICH lt-Nlltl
Ill the conversion OF one soul,
IN THE AFTERNOON.
At the 3 O'Clock meeting the Rev. Mar
i. Bowman preached. His text was
almost thou perSuadcth me To be
Christian. Acts NNyr., IS "rhe recor
as it is written in this book T" he said, ID,
scrihcs one of the most notable scenes q
old times. The person was one IF the mo.
notable Of all men who had been in bond.
stood before King Agrippn. What did
mean 7" he a Christian in early days, an
what docs it mean TO be a Christian now
~ "ldcn times it meant leaving the fave
Of the people and IN carrying the hatrr
of the Jews and if Jew knows how t
do anything he knows how TO hate, /
, the early days of the church il please
them to select seven men whom the
could place over the church, They selcCtc
stephen rs one Of them. During his wur
hr was mel the opposition Of ccrtai
PEOPLE, As hc arose to make bis dcfcnt
they saw that his face shunc with gtDr,
' aud when he told them Of their faults the
. got angry and stoned him. 1t meant
good deal t. DE n Chris'iap in early days
Is there any opposition now Nc
, there i plenty If il, The opposition
the wicked men The opposition Of II
: profaue man The opposition Of Il
g drunken man, who swears at you bccalp
g you haven't strength enough 10 take
{ glass of liquor. The opposition OF II
II devil, who goes about like roaring lii
= seeking whom to drvour.
! Ina spiritual sense, what does it mea
y 70 be Christian? Ii means to give &c
9 your hoart. and forsukc your evil co..
lnnuts aud work for Cod The churt
% t'ni is looking for souls
! The Reg, Howard Qaigg preached fro
y Matthew Nt., Z ASH, ana Ne shall
u ccye seek, aud " shall find; knock d
T. II shall br opened untn YOU"
His sermon was very interesting III
,e was listened 10 With great attention,
!, After tht meeting was over three II,
n sons prolessed conversion making Ii
. ttiat were converted during the day.
= A ErF ~ WEST cnl,rEE.
u. Last night a patty If young men Il
y women secured j hack and took a trp
West hester, returning about | u'clu,
Ne we'll pleased with their trim trh1 in
le consisted of lulc Yates, Harry Mel r,
N George IuUlk, larry suyillp, Win G. Sayil
James Scott. Jacob Foulk, Misses Mat
~ Hpbinsnu. Mabel bieprge Lille InSl
y Mary Taylor, liCla latnk, Jennie Lii
y, Clara Hall and others
u, 5RAHpYwl>E SUMMIT CNNr, Aug.
II beautiful weather, IL large number
"a visitors, delightful LIscJursca, Ii
music and deep religious furyor ma
T., yesterday an IDEAL big SUNDAY. I
~ camp populacc was astir early and iii
id sunrise until late AZ night the pre-
grove presented an animated SO
AS The first glimpse Of the radiant SKY i
RI the first breath of the delicious atm
- phcrc created il Ill Il buoyancy Ur ~
n which continued the entire day. Th
have been Sundays when tile attnt