St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-20
The Famous Methodist Camp
Meeting in Full
Swing.
Young People Lament for the
Halcyon Days of 1.-THE
Sans"
The Red Rock Boom Left It
Stranded in Low
Water.
Crowds Do Seek the Methodist
Groves as in Days Of
YOPe.


Four Hundred. Red Rock is to Minnesota
MethodiSm. Their summer camp meeting
is quite as necessary an article of faith as
the midwinter revival service. For two
weeks in June they 20 into camp, and,
rain or shine-generally a good deal of
rain-these pioneers in revival work
labor for the conversion of souls.
1t is a Bethesda pool, whose
waters are troubled once year. Re-
ais are as necessary to the Methodist
soul as his dinner to his stomach--and
the fondneSs Of men of the cloth in this
sect for spring chicken and other good
thingsfn life is proverbial. Every off
shoot from a state church has held its
first meeting with little band of faith
full followers in cOncealment of groves,
with only the blue vault to 'gather and
roll back the sound of anthems" The
groves were Gods first temples, and
the spirit of the god Pan seems nearest
to the divine spirit of the Christian fol-
lowers.
IL lacks but one year of quarter of
century since the pioneers in Minnesota
Methodism held their first grove meet
ing Oh the banks of the Father of
Waters, where the Indians had smoked
their peace pipes around the Red Rock.
What little band of enthusiasts in
being good and doing good it must have
been. There is so much of sturdy Purl-
tan strength, of auStere nObleneSS in
the primitive people of any church.
And they have loyal posterity in the
annual gathering at this camp meeting.
There are old,
Gray-Haired Jacobs
and mothers in Israel who heard the
first sermon in this grove. And what
sermon it must have been. Not fine
literary. rhetorical effort. with glitter
ing generalities and softened doctrine,
but q sermon filled with fiery gospel
zeal: weak i'll grammar, perhaps, but
strong in that power that wins mems
souls; such a sermon as John Wesley or
Whitfield preached in the little London
chapel, as Peter Cartwright delivered
on the banks of the Ohio. The doctrine
was not toned down, but went straight
home, and men were frightened into
believing and cried out with such power
"Get thee benin d me-" that one WOE
derS Satan ever dared again invade the
Methodist camp.
The fame of Red Rock is as wide as
American MethodiSm. And the fishers
weighted their nets in this ''sea of sim
ners" are the most noted evangelists.
Harrison, the boy preacher; Mrs. Van
Colt, the most noted of mothers in
Israel; Chaplain McCabe; Wood, Nc
Donald, Cumick and Gill, the second
blessing and entire sanctification quar-
tette. and inimitable Sam Jones, Sam
Small. and that vivified silver clarion,
Prof. Excel. Red Rock has never re-
covered from her enormous popularity
during those summers five and
six years ago. The people thrOnged the
grounds in thousands, yea. tens OF thOuS-
ands. The Sunday trains creaked with
their burdens. and the Sunday boats
sank to the deck with their freight.
Everybody wanted to hear the SANS"
il was the joke of the season, the most
fun possible in one Sunday. Well the
''Sams" have come and gone; the iden-
teal pillar is there around which Sam
Jones twined his spare neither extreml-
ties when he confronted
The ConyuIsed Audience
with "there amt no doubt about that"
The mercy seat around which thrOng
gathered. some really touched by his
words, others regarding it as legiti-
mate part of the fun, still remains. but
Inc CdulS dlO EOuCs WIN
and the Red Rock boom in their pOck-
cts. You will hear the cry. II wish Sam
Jones was going to be there" from
young men who regard it as a taking
away of their fun; but the place thereof
shall know them no more. The man.
agement does not think the success of a
camp meeting depends on the crowd.
and in place of the thickly clustered
tents you will see green fields and the
trees nod to one another with sad II
told you So"
This year the affairs are in the hands
of committee of Twin City clergymen,
Drs. Mckinley. McKaig, Stafford, Sat
erlee and McClary, and they have Sc
cured DIR. Keen, of Cincinnati. the
PentecOstal evangelist. He is plain
speaker of the old-fashioned sort.
straightforward and honest. He doesn't
beat around the bush, but his sermons
are full of fire, and there is predicted
for him great success. He is accom-
panied by Prof. Hills. who has charge
of the singing, and has organized
choir among the young people. These
latter are there in strong force, Epworth
Leaguers, Kings Sons and Kings
Daughters, and many of the meetings
are given in their charge. The children
are also specially cared for, DR.. Keen
preaching at times especially for them.
The ministers on the ground are
Revs. F. s. Tuttle. j. A. Sutton, David
lice, j, ". Powell. A. Turner, j. W.
Martid, DR.. Cyrus Brooks, Dawson.
Thompson, Wright and Satterlee. The
meeting of the association for the cleo
ton of officers occurs Thursday; me-
mortal service, home and foreign mis-
sionary and W. c. T. U. days will be
given up to the Epworth leagues of the
German churches in the cities. The
hotel is kept by Mr.. and Mrs. Moses, of
Minneapolis. Many are boarding. there
in preference to tent cookery. The pa