The record-union., 1892-09-03

bury the body near the spot where it was
found and place a headstone over it,
but lately il was removed to the camp
ground, where it lies to the right Of the
entrance. 1t is kept in order, with urns
OF uoWerlng plants at the corners and
bordered with the variegated colens, and
there is scarcely an interval IN the day
that there IS not group around the
simple headstone, wondering over the
mysterious fate OF the lad who sleeps be-
meath. a flag is stationed over it, placed
there by Post 55S, g. 4. r., and there are
lew soldier graves that receive more at
| tentIye care than this nameleSs mound of
earth. ON Chldren's Day an organ was
moved near and appropriate songs were
sung. In the crash of passing trains, the
tread OF hurrying feet, the murmur of
Scrlptural teaching, the twitter Of nesting
plrds IN the gentle shade, in winter un
Ger coYerlid OF fleecy snow with weird
moonbeams crouching like spirit forms
around his narrow home, some mothers
boy sleeps the sleep that knows no
waking.
The colored people also have very
successful brush meetings" as they are
called. And for enthusiasm the negro
takes the lead. An witness at a col
ored revival told me that in certain
church the spirit Of joy took such forcible
possession OF the congregation that the
tions and had to be braced ever after. In
the melee the stove was knocked over,
and the preacher said, take hold on it,
brudern, de Lawd won't let it burn
yer"
one nigger shook his head and said,
obviously, II doan know abous dat
bre'r." One sister became so excited
that it was necessary to tie her limbs TO
keep her from flying into the air, and
Jew sisters sat on her to keep down COM
motion.
The story is going the rounds of the
preacher who was having his church
trescoed and the funds ran out. | beg
leave to reproduce the legend in entirety.
He arose with much dignity and re-
marked: "Bredren and slstern, de gospil
Will not be dispensed wifi no mo- in dis
heah pulpit till de abScess behine de pull
pit am fricasseed.'' The darkies seemed
TO think the dispensing WIFI the gospel
was not a success without great demon
strations, and in the melee the sistern
and bredren were knocked about like
tenpins.
Down at Wrightsville a colored Bishop
held forth, and an enlightened fellow he
was. When the hysterical sobbing, weep
ing any moaning, clapping of hands and
promiscuous embracing began, he
stopped abruptly and quietly stated that
he desired quiet, that that style Of going
Oh W eAo away OelCh SlIltI OuI VI tlSOs anu
they should worship in a civilized man
ner. We will give him the honor Of hav-
ing more originality than saying it had
fallen into ''innocuouS deSuetude''-only
newspapers say that. When a brother
who had fallen from grace and a bench
snored roundiy on the floor, he called a
halt until the sleeping debris was re-
moved and then resumed.
AT the Emig's Grove camp a lady tried
to convince the bell ringer that it was
unscriptural to ring the rising bell at $50
a. NJ. by quoting the following: HE that
blesseth his friend with loud voice, ris-
ing early in the morning, it shall be
counted curse to him" Prov. xvii IA
And he answered with Love not sleep,
lest thou come to poverty Prov. XXX. Is.
On the evening of the tenth day Of the
camp-out comes the finale. The crowd
gathers in an immense circle and go the
rounds in a grand right and left, - mean
while singing, 'Shall We Gather at the
River" The outer edge of the circle is
so far from the center of music that when
| the leaders are asking whether we shall
| gather there, the inner ones are answer
| ing, having settled the mooted question,
~ es, we viii gather" etc. This is a
solemn moment to many, and goOd-byes
are spoken amid tears, tor before the old
bell shall summon them hither again in
social communion some of those who
have met year after year may have Joined
| the silent multitude. A. K. L.
York, Pa, August u, 1892.