The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-08
BnASpYw1SE SUMMIT. Aug. Z. IsoI

mons aud Hot wen,Ler-sam s'nuiis
Discourse.
BRANpYwINE SUMMIT. Aug. Z 1893.
Women had their day In camp to day
and they took advantage of 1t as only
women do. Although the day was the
warmest one since the services mmeneed
none Of the activity. which has been man
ifest since the first day. was lacking.
gentle breeze blew through tie grove,
but IL brought little reliet. A storm has
been threatening. and should 1t come. 1t
will be thankfully received by both saint
and sinner.
The first service was that of the Wo'
mems Foreign Missionary Society and
conducted by Miss Danforth.
Tile address was very graphic and
interesting description OF missionary
work 10 japan. The speaLer was the
colleague OF Misc MHry Wilson ut the
mission school at Nagaza Japan. She de-
scribed the bopeessness OF women In the
loss of their friends and relatives by death,
under the Buddhistie religious eustams
and their hunger for the sympathy and
teaching OF the Chris tian missionaries.
One particularly graphic description WIS
that oil the funeral OF little Rirl and
the pleadlngs OF ner sister 20 tie mission
ary.
TIE chlldren's meeting was jubilee OF
song All the children crowded again
into the taeer nncle. and behind iileln were
all the grown people Who could hnd seats
unier the bia r01k Ihe program was
varied by an address By Miss Dagf0rth,
who told the children about Japanese
ebldren and the curious customs OF the
far East. Mr. Short has arranged for les'
sons in cotechsm as part of tho regular
order OF exercises.
The llev. q. u. Williams preached nt tine
afternoon service. His iext was with.
out the Shedding OF Blood IheIe Ia No
Remission OF Sin." The sermon was
plea Tor holiness.
The Young Peoples meeting at 6.S0
o'clock this evening was attended pS
the encampment session. The meeting
was led by the Rev. J. ID. u. Hanna, The
choir, which has been In process OF for
nation for several days, sung Tor tie nrst
time at this meeting u.der the direction
Of J. 4 KING; Two seieetinnsi M s",o; a
a duet "1hc Best Friend is Jesus" by
Miss Morrow and Mrs. King. were the
GENE OF u fine musical programme.
The song service was followed by q ten
minutes address by the Rev Merritt HUI
burd. d. b.. and testimony meeting In
These meetings dre becoming duly more
interesting and effective as part of the
camp meeting exercises.
Inc evening sci III on was by Rev. Sam
Small. Tho Introductory PRAYER Yas py
Rev. DIR. Hulburd, the text CHOSEN by
DIR. Small was: Sixth verse. samuel 10
chapter, And the Spirit OF the Lord shall
come upon thee anu thou shalt he turned
Into another man.
N terser expression of the work OF tbs
Holy Ghost can be found In the Holy
Scripture. except that Iateful night when
Nicodefnus left hts fellow priests in the
SaEhedrium and eneaking up the back
staiis of the home of jesus begged of him
what he shohld do to be saved.
The spiritual regeneration OF man by
the power of the Holy Ghost is the par.
tlcular quality of the religion OF jesus
CHRIST. No other religion 10 SO far reach !.
Ing as that OF tho religion Of the Lord
Jesus Christ. reformation means the
taking the old matter ana remalte IL In
harmony with the Divine law. This can.
not be done except by tho power Of the
Holy Ghost. This is The unvarylpR and
infalllble testimony OF human experience.
II men wuu!d comprehend God II Is ab-
solutely necessary THAI they shall he
made over.
Holiness is not by whnt mon put on or
put off. No man can win verdict of
holiness from his fallow men. Even Job
could not do 1t 1t required he testimony
OF God to establish the faut 1t is no use,
|, eretpre, 10 attctnpt The putting up Of
signs. or whitewashlng these human
sepulehres. Nothing but the power of
these evil natures into children of God.
Many man ls good In his own mind.
but nowhere else. Paul knew that when
he said that IN his mind he served God,
and served Elm in his members. Men who
are good IN their own mind are like other
men who are smart-in tholr minds. They
put patches OH old garments.
Often men say they will quit swearing
! of their own will. They keep the resolu.
tions for while, then the patch he puts
nm 10 M fAnr THtT "a lan,
more blasphemous than ever. SO with
| The iruukerd. He becomes a worse
drunkatd than evef. aud they 40 together
down this stream of ruin toward the pre-.
eipieo of death aud damIatlon, BY eay-
ing men do not put new patches on old
bottles. he meant 10 tell us that il Is vain
to put new patches OF reformation ON old
men. IL is folly for men to fall at q od,s
stairs. and plead with them with the Holy
Ghost. They must be made anew
Can this be done; II SO. how2 The blood
poison OF sin Inherited from our father
Adam, can only be washed out by the
blood of the Lord Jesus Chrst. Can Christ
do this. and will he do lt2 There Is no use
of attempting theological or phllosoph-
ical dsquisition oil this question.
simply appeal to tho facts as have been
wrought out by His miraculous grace.
None other but God can work snch mir.
acles as making old sln-cursed mtn over
again into new, good and pure men.
NOTES OF CAMP.
There was visitation OF the Chester
Heights Sunday school to day. Thirty
SIX children came over in wagons deeaed
with flags and in charge of /. r. Cog
geshell. Tomorrow Is TEN perauce day
.. and Rev. Adam Stengie will deliver the
morning sermon. Rev. Sam Small will be
the afternoon speaker
Presiding Elder Barrett will go TO 10.
ana Heights tomorrow. From there he
will go to Moodlawn camp, and on Sun
day will preGch at Elkton and North
East.
Rev. Mr. Ewing will rreaeh tomorrow
night. Among the ne " arrivals are Mrs.
Rohert Matlack Miss Emily Finn, John
q. Robinson Of Baltimore. General l. Il.
Pnrkes. Mrs. A, h. Wood. Mise Lippncott
and Dir, aud Mrs Hulburd.
Ihose who returned to camp were Rev.
$. NJ. Morgan. Rev. ]. IL. Howard and s.
ii. Baynard.
Rev. j Owen Sypheri has arrived.
Rev, Mr. Lasileld will go TO Woodlawn
camp tomorroW.