Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-07-30
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ranged arcna.like around the front aud
ends, with their occupants, and the cam
vas of the roof above. Plain TO severity
was the pnce Of this great couyocation.
The services, purely Of prayer and praise
in song, seemed equally free from the
many common articles for exciting OK
traneouS interest Nor was there in the
entire evening service a single pbulliti0n
Of those physical phenomena, which often
attend certain conditions Of religious
excitement. ! never elsewhere heard
prayer in so softencd tones. One might
almost l'ken L 10 u barely audible aspi-
ration of spiritual longing for larger
peace through faith, rather than ~ In
many similar gatherings, startling
verbal argument with the Almighty for
failure in granting greater lung power.
The hymns wore from a collection called
Hymns OF Conservation and Faith"
They spoke tendcrly aud dey0trdly, those
two essentials to the perfect Christian
life, AMI those alone. II was as though
an unbroken and unutterablc peace pos
sesse1 every one Of those Eve Thousand
souls. From opening invocation 10 clos
ing word Of blessing, there was hut one
exalted, peaceful strain sweetly thrilling
through every human tOnr--"I am Thine
and Thou art Minel" And then they
went away with calm 81 glowing faces
into the balmy summer night
As the tent was being closed. not hay
ing place to lay my head that night. /
still sat at the tentedgc on the old settle.
A half-dozen men and women came to
me. | attempted to explain TINT | could
not secure lodging In keswick, though
quite able TO pay my reckoning They
would not hear me out Their hearts
were attImed 10 the spirit Of the place
and the words Of the service they had
uttered. They saw ne, trnYel-Ftnined
and houseless, only with the eyes Of
compassion and help. Two gave me n
siNpence each, another a shilling, another
a thripenny bit. with words of ma
terial and spiritual consolation for the
night, the morrow and eternity Even
the old caretaker, hnflng seen these good
souls out and cxtingtished the last lamp
stumbled back 10 ne with an ancient
lantern in his haDt and let even his
feeble light 50 shin that he found n
huge copper penny, which he pressed
into my hand with The kindly admoni-
tion
''Bide ere t. moar n IN let tina DOT
for a beet bite t 10 ain table Ma {
Laird be WI tina over meet an DALLAS
(alwayslw
sank into dreanless slumber aud
was awakened betinrs BY the old care
taker. True to his word he took me to
his cottage for brea,last, where, with
explanations, left he coin 50 kindly
forced upon me the previous night; and,
having had the hon0i OF being the only
person ever cNclusivey entertained over
night by the lNeNNl0 convention, after
had got well scttld N comfortable
inn, where departinl tourists gave me
place, | leisurcly enjoyed old heswick
town and its rOmantt Suftplhdings and
d, ,.,,rsntv studv ~ ne "lScsWipt ulovp.
mpnt"
These now noted Ieswick conventions
are simply great gatherings OF English,
Scotch aud Irish clrgymcn and other
Christian workers ofall orthodox faiths
They are the outgOwth 81 meeiiugs
mnny years ago IN ne North aud West
of England of local bodies oil the lnter
national Evnngical alliance, aud Their
influence upon The siritni uNes vf indi'
Canon n. ID H,fford -Bnttersby, In.
cumbent Of 81 Iuhfs church, keswick,
who, perhaps also lidai by the gentle
spell of the lake diirict yeniii gradual
Is departed from 1nctariun principles 10
The Evangelical schol. HIS ne and wOri.
were those of u grind, SWEEP anu Indeed
holy man. sorrowin for the metes and
bounds of sreeds searating those work
ing for the salvation Of men aid ierrid'
iy striving for complete 'hi'sinh uhliy
in essentials throuh fealiNnhoA Of an
exalted faith.
In September. lSii was held The Ok
ford convention on similar nnrH. II ore
Ated an epoch In ~ lives OF many hun
dreds Of believing Christmas aud set
on foot movemeniof great anu incrciis'
Ing power for tho ir0nollgn ei holiness
Canon Battarsby iitenied fihs. II ~.
moved his lnsi dobt Ne 'euterrd Into
the rest Of faith he wrote, ~ this
convention. In Jue Of the next year
the "Kcswick meemenh which had
now practically teOme the bnttcrsby
movement within the church Of Eng
land. eliminated Il the first Of The kes-
wick conventions. They have been held
every year since, during the iaEt week
Of July; and on tc 2irl % july lsSs;
their founder did hero At knswirk.
with Thousands o these convention folk
abont him rs his ientle spirit was ''lpsf
in the uuutierablf glow anu faded be-
fore faiths vision noiselossly'
These meetings continue tor a week.
They may be sid 70 d.ner ifqiu the
American Chautsuua gatherings m the
particulars OF possessing no rrcninily
cdncaiiYe or diyriiug feltnfes aud 10
the sole a.piratin ~ attendants OF q
'restiue'' rather han n mere 'HpeiSinR"
faith. Indeed m former u the keynote
u every p4ase o. sfforf here. Five
daily services ~ aeld. Al ihoss 1ha