The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-13
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
WACO HOLINESS MEETING

To the Editor of The Post.
Waco. Texas, August Ii.--Ar In the days
of John Wesley, the pure living of perfect
love brought opposition and persecution
from u baoksliding church and carnai pro-
fcssors. sc IN our day, when our churches
arc fun OF professors who claim TO love
the Lord, but are found violating thlf
church disciplnes and confessions Of faith
daily by attending thcatcrs,. horse racihs,
buyins ana selling on the Sabbath. rsdihs
On Sunday trains, goine TO dance parties,
etc so the holiness work ~ evil spoken
Of all over our Southland by such CLASSES
when they have heard IL lstaCned ana
testified 10. While many honest niea and
women oppose the WORK from hGaiAiy,
never having heard IA sermon On the doc
trine OF perfect love, ana as me oppNs-
ton TO John Wesley ana his folowtrs
only ndveriisod them and then work ana
mace people curious 90 scc ana near the
men 80 much talked about, ~ conference
revolutions read by the people nav. ere
nted curiosity among the people 10 zoe
and hear the men and people 40 inuch
spoken against, and by Saturday iAsht
fun OF people. about 400 stopping on thc
grounds besides what come cut daily
from waco Oh excursion trans and IN
wagons and bugges.
NJ, nix IT n conservative estimate TO
Say that TINT l0vm po1.le heard the gospel
Of perfect low" pr ached ana toFtilrp 10
WHO had never hpth on tlt kFtuuil~ Nv
fore. Fully 50 per cent Of The cnmpetH
had never campt1 on the grounds before,
some families coming $50 mites IN Two
horse wagons Not lces than ifty counties
were represented on the grounds during
the meeting, and perhais doScn states,
and nhoui forty preachers NlH't,n me
meeting. Dr -. cnuadine Of 81, i'ouls.
II. G. Morrison Of LonisvAc ana J., y,
Picitcu of Wllmorc, Ky, - / most " the
preaching Some r0 persons. men, wong u
aud children. were blessed durlR ihc
Meeting an seekers. either restrtc'i fism
i hacksidct condition ~ converted aud
regencratod from the stances state, or
maze ycrfec' - 10y, or who'll san ,, =,
~ helicvc.s, u as John WcslcS n1' I'm u IN
PIMA, Ensssh, "RereiVe' the secohu o''sS'
ISll thorc states of grace were. received
mstaniancously and by an act 81 t..Nh On
the part OF the pcrron who exercised u.
They -, testified TO obtaining these states
Waco holiness camp ground IL three
III les east of Waco, on IN" piir ~ tno
Cotton Belt railroad. and CONSISTS OF thii ,
~ acres of shaded ground, ton orSnple'
IN the center by a Large shrh hbNlln i'~,,
we'll seated AMI loe,tsng r. the shed from
all rJee OF the ten acres ore nice stf"etS,
and between the streets are dpub'H fowh
Of fonts. No horses are allowed 70 s,snn
inside the ten acres. and no men or ooys
| are allowed ~ sand aud smoke m ines,
grounds Tho twenty ncrrs are SCI hpn'
| for stock and cnmr"fr. whv CONF n WE
| ons -Four large, dsop wc'ls on NE Irpi'l. !.
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| Tho water psr the people Is iced after II 10
drawn Boarding houses N ana ar NM
| III. grounds furnish the hungry WI.
lunch or fruit or regular meals ~ 10 20 Y
cents. All visitng minister" In GOOD ,'a'n,
| Ing IN tbeh churches are hoard Ann
! lodged by our Layman's association tr%;
Wool and water are fhrnirhcn ftee 10 "''
| campers - ... ,,,,,,
ME expense Of the mc~lnG runs from
| 500 to 5000 prr annum, usually moi bp our
| nih,ic collection. taken on the rroumIs,
| and by private subscription OF funuh. nm ~,
ycer the private suh 'orp,i9ns . TAKEN VI
| the woods one dsy amounted 20 WET ~,
| was taken IN fftcan minutes. Al wv
work IN now In tho henis. ~ the iaymsn ~
the church The grounds are M ny 30 4
| hoard OF trustees ind cai only ne nsod
To- ,he r,earfring of Bible hoHnrss.
The nesi nesting win likeiy, include tn,
las, sunday IN July. ISL o Hsn" !, y gS'
| n.nutd hear old.fnghonrd MethndRr
nrcnsmed MS Wesley; wh'iieh. Asbnr'
and others preached II. n uo.,n