The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-07-04

.EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING.
CHRISTIAN ZEAL MANIFESTED
BY THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.
A COLORED PREACHER ADDRESS
Els THE LEAGUERS.
He Was Received With Generous APP
plause-A Sunrise Prayer Meeting
On Lookout Mountain Was
Largely Attended by Devout
Christians.

Chattanooga, Tenn, June 2S.-Lookout
mountain was stormed early this morning
by 2OO0 Epworth Leaguers, who took
possession without opposition.
AT half past two the street cars began
to move the young Methodists toward the
mountain. As the cars ran through the
city and suburbs their occupants made the
air resound with the old-fashioned Meth
odist camp meeting music. Darkness
covered the face of the mountain as they
reached its base, but that did not deter
them from their purpose. With glad
some song and hearty shouts the ascent
was begun. On they went until steady
stream was scaling the side of the historic
old mountain. 1t was a grand scene that
the eye beheld as the summit was reached.
The grey of the early dawn had put in its
appearance and one could catch glimpses
of the surrounding landscape. Great
clouds of mist hung over the city and the
valley. The faint outlines of the Tennes-
see river could be traced as it gracefully
made its turn around Moccasin bend.
The assembled band of Wesleyan pill
grims, representing nearly every State of
the Union, and also the Dominion of
Canada, reverently uncovered their heads
and began their devotions, Rev. Geo. r.
Stuart, the celebrated evangelist who as
sists Sam Jones, leading the meeting. AS
he stood and talked to the people of the
love of God and of the power of the gos-
pei OF Jesus Christ, and as one looked
upon the peculiar surroundings of the
assembly, his mind ran back to the noted
meeting of nearly 1900 years ago when a
great assembly of people heard the Cos
pei proclaimed by its great founder upon
a mount of Palestine.
The Sermon on the Mount was in the
minds and hearts of all present. But
what was this? The face of nature had
changed. The great clouds are rolled
back; the mist is fleeing as if in wild
alarm, and the grey is turning into the
rosy tints of morn. The worshppers
stand as if lost in devotion and alteration
Their hearts are brought close to the God
of nature, who is so beautifully and ma
iestically revealing His power to them
They stand silent, and then, as there
peeps over the distant horizon the full
beams of the great king of day, they all,
as if moved by common spirit, break
lOrlu WITH tne long metre d0X0lOgy
Praise God, From Whom All Blessings
Flow"
The good Methodists could stand il no
longer. Their pent up feelings became
eXuberant and old time shouts were given
and handshakes were exchanged on all
sides. 1t was scene never to be for
gotten. The day was given to the carry
ing out of an deliberately prepared pro-
gram of routine papers and addresses OF
interest to the Leaguers. The appearance
of colored preacher. the Rev. John Yves.
ley Bowen of Atlanta, was the occasion
of generous applause from the audience.
At the afternoon meeting great hit
was made by an address from Dr. Carlos
Martyr, a Presbyterian minister from
Chicago. who spoke on Christian citizen
ship. He said that municipal affairs at
the South were in most instances well
and honorably conducted. He said the
North had to look to the South for help
in this direction of reform. The pictures
he drew Of the corruption of Chicago were
received with great applause. When he
appealed to the young Methodists to do
their full duty as citizens of the greatest
upon which the sun shines he was
cheered to the echo.
The night meeting was the largest as
sembage ever seen in the South. The
great tent was filled to OVERLOOKING. Peo-
pie stood in the asles and great circle
of eager listeners hung around on all
sides of the tent.