The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1892-08-20
THE SCOTTSvllCE CAMPMEET-
ING.
Several Days With Holy People.


eral days of this week at the Scots
vile camp ground and intermingle
with God-fearing, God-serving,
Jesus-loving women and men. One
cannot be on this lovely woodland
scene long before he is impressed
with the fact that he is on holy
ground. The very astmOsphere is
mellowed with the prayers Of devout
men and women imploring Jehovah
to save and sanctify those who are
earnestly seeking, and have great
need of, these purifying influences.
1t is really celebrating to the
mind, body and soul for one to leave
behind him the busy worry and
skurry of business pursuits, and go
out among those whose greatest con-
Germ is not the possession of the wary
dollar, the chase of which is carried
on SO earnestly, zealously and contin-
uously as to debilitate every fiber OF
their being; but whose aim is a
grander one, whose search is for that
which is found in the treasure caves
beyond the great sea of life. How
one is impressed with the magnitude
and glory of God, the eternal, ever
lasting and endless love of Jesus,
when he sees around him men, wo-
men and children whose faces bear
the impress of the illuminating seal
of the redeemed and hallowed of the
Lord. One sees there living exam
pies of those who, humbling them
selves, are thereby exhalted of Him
whose raising affords consolation and
satisfaction to the heart and soul.
There, enc comes in contact with
men whose intellectual ability would
enable them to shine with brilliant
luster in the political word, and
whose orations on the rostrum OF
public affairs would win applaudits
which, though pleasurable, are intox-
icating, alluring, and are prone to
misguide and to lose. Yet they &c
!. about in plain attire, humble in the
, presence of God and man, and seen
unaware, unmindful, uncereful O.
!, their grandeur, for to the honest
earnest people desiring to do right a
God sees it, they are grand men
How their lights do shine before tn
people, thereby proclaiming tn
honor and glory of God, the everlast
ing and deep love of Jesus for hu
: manity. praise the Lord" is thei
n watchword, and it's expression fall
= with peculiar sweetness and tender
4 ness on the ears of the sanctitied
v with tones of hope to the regenerated
o with loving reprimand to those VIII
- have neglected their salvation, an
e have been drifting along on the It'd
. of sin, and are still unsaved. No on
Q but sanctified person can say prais
l. the Lord with earnestness sufficlan
$ to arrest attention, but when thi
a falls from the lips of one who pc:
o sesses perfect love, a look into til
. face of the one who speaks, it will a
,e most involuntarily cause the one VIII
v. hears to lift his eyes heavenward an
j. mentally exclaim, God, how gres
1. and good Thou art; how small an
v sinful l amp
s. On Sunday and Tuesday it was OF
o. great pleasure to hear the Rev. j.
% Keene, of Kentucky, and oh, what
pleasure it was. human agency hi
n invented no measuring line to SCUM
S. the depth of this divine's heart an
k soul. With a countenance refectiDl
( as well as human nature can, Il
N boundless immensely of Christ's low
m pity and devotion, he sounded fort
r.. such messages of warning, such il
in vitations to come and BIZ saved, sue
to notices of reproof, such words of TO
, " giveness to those who would seek
to and such notes of consolation to Il
faithful, that the audience drank