The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-29
SERMON ON A MOUNT
IMPRESSIVE DAYBREAK SERVICE
HELD by EPWORTH LEAGUERs.
Two Thousand Ascend
and Watch Old Sol Rise.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 2S.-Look-
out mountain was stormed early this morn
ing by two thousand Epworth Leaguers,
who took possession without opposition. At
$50 o'clock the street cars began TO move
the young Methodists toward the noun
tains. AS the cars ran through the city
and suburbs their occupants made the air
resound with the old-fashioned Methods:
camp meeting music. Darkness covered
the face of the mountain as they reached
its base, but hat did not deter them from
their purpose. With gladstone song and
hearty shouts the ascent was begun. Or
they went until a steady stream was seal
ing 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 it's appearance
and one could catch glimpses of the sur
rounding landscape. Great clouds Of mis-,
hung over the city and the valley. The
faint outlines of the Tennessee river could
be traced as it gracefully made its turn
on the Moccasin bend. The assembled band
of pilgrims. representing almost every
State of the Union. and also the Dominion
Of Canada, reverently uncovered their
heads and began their devotions. Rev.
George B. Stuart, the celebrated evangelist,
who assists Sam Jones. led the meeting.
AS he stood and talked to the people of the
love Of God and of the power of the gospel
OF Jesus Christ, and as one looked on the
peculiar surroundings of the assembly his
mind ran back to the noted meeting nearly
nineteen hundred years ago, when a great
assembly of people heard the gospel pro-
claimed 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
The great clouds are rolled back, the mis-,
is fleeing as If in wild alarm, and the grey
is turning into the rosy tints of the morn.
Inc worsnipers stand as if lost In devotion
and alteration. Their hearts are brought
close to the God of nature, who is so
beautifully and majestically revealing his
power to them. They stand silent and
horizon the first beams of the great king,
OF day. they all. as If moved by a common.
spirit. break forth with the long meter
Blessings Flow" The good Methodists
could stand it no longer. Their pent-up
were given and handshakes were ex-
changed on all sides. 1t was a scene never
to be forgotten.
The day was given to the carrying out
OF an elaborately prepared programme Of
routine papers and addresses of interest
to the leaguers. The appearance of a COL
pred speaker, Rev. John Wesley Bowen, of
Atlanta, was the occasion of generous ap-
plause from the audience. AT the after
noon meeting a great hit was made by an
address by DIR. Carlos Martyr, a Presby-
terrain minister from Chicago. who spoke
on Christian citizenship. He said that mu-
nicipal affairs in the South were in most
instances well and honestly conducted.
Speaking of Chattanooga DIR. Martyr said:
you Christian people should thank God
that you have a Mayor who is clean. hon.
est and progressive" 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, and when he appealed
to the young Methodists to do their full
duty as citizens of the greatest country
upon which the sun shines he was cheered
to the echo.
The night meeting was the largest assem-
blage ever seen in the South. The great
tent was filled to overflowing; people
stood In the aisles, and a great circle of
eager listeners hung around on all sides
of the tent. 1t is estimated that fifteen
thousand people were there. Missions was
the subject under discussion, and able
speeches were made by Miss Stella Rule,
of Knoxville. Tenn; Rev. w. p. Lovejoy,
of Athens. Ca; Rev. l.. A. Loveland. Of
mira, n. Y; Rev. d. c. Kelly, of Nash
vile, Tenn; Rev. w. r. Lambuth. of
Nashville. Tenn; Rev. c. G. McCabe, of
New York, and Bishop Thoburn, of India.
The weather is superb and the attendance
is still growing.