Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-15

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STAT Correspondence OF Gazette and journal.
Brandywine Summit, Aug. 8. .-Physi-
cally the second day of the campmeet.
ing season was decidedly unpleasant.
Its pleasure was marred by extreme
sultriness, The camp populace could
not rid itself of the sticky feeling pro-
duced by the mingling perspiration and
dust and yearned constantly for bath
tub. In spiritual sense the day was
a success. Despite the oppressiveness
OF the weather the services were largely
attended and everybody participated
zealously therein. The attendance yes
terday was considerably larger than the
preceding day.
MISSIONARY MEETING.
One Of the most interesting services
OF the day was the meeting under the
auspices Of the Woman's e Foreign Mis-
sionary Society, which was held in the
morning. The Rev. j. d. G. Hanna
presided. Miss Mary A. Crouch offer
cd prayer and Mrs NJ E. Schaeffer
read the scripture lesson. Miss Dan
forth, a missionary who recently re-
turned from Japan, made an admirable
address. The singing, which was di-
rected by j. r. King, was excellent
Mrs. Schaeffer distributed mite boxes
and copies of the ''Heathen Woman IS
Friend" The boxes will be opened
at the next campmeeting and their con-
tents will be sent to girl in Japan
who is being supported by Elan M. E.
Church.
AFTERNOON PREACHING SERVICE,
The afternoon sermon was preached
by the Rev. G. II. Williams. His text
was Without the shedding of blood
there is no remission.
There is he said, scarlet thread of
blood running through the Bible from
Genesis to Revelations. He spoke of
the royalty of the atoning blood of
jesus Christ, of marks of royalty and
of the inscription on the cross, where
even His enemies called Him king The
palms strewn in His path when He
| went to Jerusalem marked Him as di-
vine He was the king of heaven, who
suffered on the cross of Calvary.
He also spoke of the adornment of
the blood. Sin is clothed in rags and
in the filth of selfrighteousness but the
Iatoning blood of Christ clothes us in
the beautiful robes of Righteousness.
He spoke Of the virtue of the atoning
blood and of its oneness. God made
Of one blood all the nations of the earth.
Sin brought confusion. The atoning
blood brings back the race to its
original oneness.
SAM sMALRs SERMON.
The Rev. Sam Small, d. D., preach
! ed the evening sermon. His text was
And the spirit of the Lord will come
upon thee and thou shalt be turned
into another man. While the dis
course was pleasing it did not enthuse
I the audience to marked degree.
The text, he said, is a plain state
1 ment of regeneration. There is such
thing as spiritual regeneration. Re
generation. ditferentiates Christianity
from all other religions. They are
Il satisfied with reformation. Christ de-
\ mands regeneration. Reformation is a
/, Encouragement of the old figures until
A thy represent larger sum but regener-
n ation represents a change by an infinite
\ power till man is infinitely better.
A Ale spoke of mans helplessness. Man
Z has not power to regenerate himself.
&At5 5uman nature received an unfortunate
II list by the fall and has never straight
ped itself out Man without God is
lave to his flesh and slave cannot
f2berate himself. The carnal man can
\ not please himself, let alone please God.
We must be made over again. Jesus |
\ L
alton. His teaching on this point was
so radical and His life SO in harmony
! with 1T that it led Him to the cross. |
The drunkard who reforms in January
I is floating faster than ever down the |
| red stream toward death and hell by |
March. The Holy Ghost is the only |
4 agent who can pierce us through with |
conviction, stimulate our faith and |
! point us TO the bloody, dying Saviour.
No man can whitewash himself so com
pletely that all the world will vote him |
assaint and much less will the outward |
patchwork be approved of God. There
IS but one way that a sinner can be
divested of his sins and clothed upon
with righteousness. That is the grace
/ Of God in Jesus Christ. There is a
dissatisfied feeling among ali men with
their efforts to be good in their own
! power. great many people want to |
be good. They intend to be good. They
| have all the mental characteristics Of |
goodness. To use boys expression
I they are good in their minds, like the |
people who are wonderfully wise in
their minds or rich in their minds.
Sudden surprises overcome the man
-, who is merely reformed. The old |
! swearer is trapped up suddenly of the
( devil and swears worse than ever, The
4 important question, he said in conclu- /
/ sion, is may we have this regeneration.
/ He would not enter into an argument |
He would appeal to history, to the
thousands who have experience 1t and
4 who stop the mouths of all gainsayers,
linfdels and skeptics.
{ ANOTHER CONVERSION.
During the evening after meeting,
In response to the appeals of the Rev. |
Asbury Burke, two penitents went for
ward, one of whom professed conversion.
THE OTHER SERVICES.
Family prayer was led by the Rev.
Louis E. Barrett, d. d.
The prayer meeting held at 8. 80 a.
IN. was conducted by the Rev. Mr..
Nichols, Presbyterian minister who
is tenting here.
At the children's meeting Miss Dan
forth made an address and the Rev. f.
lBurgette Short distributed catechisms.
The young peoples meeting was ex-
tremely interesting The music included
a solo by Mr.. King and duet by Miss
Name Morrow and Mrs. King. The
Rev Merritt Hulburd, d. d, gave an
instructive address and about 10 per-
sons bore Christian testimony.
The first of a series of holiness meet
inqs, to be conducted by Miss Clara
Boyd, was held during the afternoon. !