Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-30
TO A CLOSE.
Yesterday a Big Day at the
Great N. E. Camp
Meeting.
STIRRING SERMONS PREACHED

An Immenss Crowd on the Grounds
-rhe Omcsrs Elected st Two Basi.
ness Me- tings Saturday Afeesnoon-
Personal and General Isems Of In.
tsr-at.
Camp Meeting Grounds, Tipdall's
Grove, Aug. 29-rhis being the
most important day OF the camp
the great tabernacle was
flied by 8 O'Clock. The morning
love feast rang with many hslleiu abs
and amens. DR.. Lyons, OF the First
NJ E church, Gaie,burg. preached
from First Corinthians 1873:
Charity never faileth: but ~hether there be
they snal, fail. Whether there be
lo"gues. they Saall cease; whether there be
it shall vanish away.
The x eat npo, le put emphasis on
the necessity Of GOV. ting The best
gifts. and all are to be put under
t,ibute, ssnctified to God. toward
saving lost world. They are to be
frightened by constant use. and
shiped with AL their added splendor
until this lost world is brought back
and laid at the feet Of the R-deem-r.
Young men about to enter the min
i.try should not be afraid Of ru bling
up these few gifts 1t is the mission
Of the church TO discover men. Give
to God your best; withhold nothing
All other things are wrapped up 10
this word charity. The world stag
gers today when Il sees the church
slipping and falling because it does
not use these gifts. You cannot
measure a mans importance BY his
-picuousn-ss Place aud posi ion
have never made men greater. You
caonot find the meaning of the wori
charity in the dictionary. You will
find 1t in your experience. The
question We are To answer il, not
how much God loves me. bu, how
much I love Him You have missed
one half of the scheme OF human re
dem Ption il you do not comprehend
this fat. There are fur Corner
stones in the scheme-two divine and
two human. The irst cornerstone
is divine and is this, For God 81
loved the world that He gave Hts
orly begotten Son, that whosoeve'
belt veth In Hin should not perish
but have everlasting life" II cam.
rom Ca.va'y aud 1t is sure. MD
while the gospel stands it must
stand. The second, which is divine
also, is "For when we were Vet with.
out strength in due lime Christ died
for the uDgodly." The third is the
human part. He that ha h Ms
com MAJ dments. and keepe,h them
he it is that loveth Me; he that Low.
eth Me shall be loved OF My Fa,h-r,
and l will love him and will nantes,
Myself to him." Here the human
AMI divine come together. Tn,
fourth, This is the love OF God
that We KEEP HIS CON ID and ment, and
his Commandments are not griev
GUS"
At $3.50 a large assembly greeted
with their presence Rev. DR. G. y
McCulloch, who announced as hi,
text, Frst Cor. 1:2l:
Fo' after that in the wisd. m OF God tn,
world by wisdom knew not God
A truth In the text, said tn,
preacher. that some people nevel
recognize. We must come int,
the knowledge in an appointed way
III man desires to come into know
ledge Of the stars he must 40 iusl IN,
telescope in the range of the star
and app v the eye, not the ear. W,
must hurmoDize our inquiries to tn,
conditions. the world by wisdom
knew not God" Egypt IL q III.
mortal Of wisdom; 81 is ROME. The,
highly cultivated nations by all then
devices that stiIl tell US Of their mn
t-riat glory, knew not God '
Athens. with all her fame. had a.
alter Ito the unkno- q G ID. 3" indica,
ing that Greece by her wisdom could
not find cut God. Many not satisfied
with failure OF the research Of III.
past appeal to the investigation .,
the scientific world, only to fad
themselves overw heIned with sp,. n
dor Of the iDexp icable wonder. Mar
is compelled to own himself an sg
nostic. Many uneducated men anc
women have known God. How
NiA uoh hIsS you
When man was formed of the clay.
God breathed into him the breath o.
life and man looked up and recog
nized his Creator. The means OF de-
ierminiDg are given. The book j,
tefore you and contains the Christ
the power Of God unto salvation. A
fair trial OF the gospel will prove Isl
power to save
The evening sermon was preache ed
by DIR. Evans. of ii ddiuy college
and followed by an appeal from Mr
Bailey tn fois-ke sin and come 1,
Christ, the truest and living God.
ratnsdsy'. M~~siogs.
The meetings Saturday were tb,
same in order as those on preyiou
DAYS One Of the beautiful services ID,
of the day was baptism Of children
during the Junior Iesgue honr. sftel
which Mrs. Rutter. OF Milan, talked
to the children abou. their hearts
likening the hart TO q castle il
which d vel one Of two kings-,at.r
or Jesus Christ. Satan fights his
way in; Jesus Cnri-t enters by invi
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