The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-08-23
THOUSANDS THERE.
sundaycamp Meeting Programme
Drew Large Crowds.
BISAOP FOwLER'S FINE SERMON
In the Morning was Listened to by Very
Large Audience, that was Spell hound
by the Great eierEyman's Eioquenee.
The Weather was Observation-Disclosures,
Had Mig Task tn Taking Care ofthp
Crowds.

Yesterday was great day on the
camp grounds, Early in the morning
people began pouring in from all direc,
lions, The street cars weFeserewded &c
their utmost capacity Extra cars were
run but the accommodation We're
scarcely sufficient for the great crowds
Fifteen hundred people were on the
grounds.
The love feast in the morning was
we'll attended and very helpful meet,
Ing AT 1880 the preaching services
were opened by powerful prayer by
Dr. Manchester, President McKinley'e
pastor, OF Canton, o, Bishop Fowler
preached one of the most powerful SER
mons ever delivered ON the grounds
He took his text from Psalms 4S:l2
Walk about Zion and so round about
her; tell the towers thereof"
He said Jerusalem was war clty-a
city of defenses against the warfare of
olden times, So the figure used In the
text was not strange figure to the
people Of that time. He had heard
many criticisms against the name OF
much like war, But the scriptures up
hold us In such figures OF speech,
Christ is spoken of as our great Captain
and we are urged to be good soldiers of
Christ, He does not believe in reli-
gion that Is all "goody-goody,"
He described the defenses OF the an
Client cities, speaking OF their walls,
towers, trenches, and the draw
bridges. He then described the phys
ical construction Of the human body,
comparing It to the defenses Of the city.
Our bodies are not ourselves any more
than the walls of the city were the city.
The towers of defense which he spoke
of were the Bible the revelation, the
contents Of the Bible, unity of the BIZ
BILE. sacrifice and death He said death
was n horrible monster of which he
used to be very much afraid. He spoke
OF Il as a great skeleton going about
scratching loved ones from homes He
then pictured the cruclhXlOn and resur-
rectlon in n touching manner and said
that since he had been brought to Il
saving knowledge Of the risen Christ he
had not been afraid of death He
closed with an appeal to all to find the
right road to Christ,
In the afternoon Rev, D, L. Ash
preached from the text But we are the
sons OF God, but It doth not yet appear
what we shall be, for we shall see Him
ae He Is" He spoke of the blessings we
are to enjoy hereafter. He told Of a
sir who was born blind. but when she
was Is years old gained her eyesight.
She asked for her father. No one an
swered After feeling around she recog-
niGcd the touch Of her fathers hand,
then she felt his face and was sure.
Then her father spoke and she recog-
nIzed his VOICE, She said her father did
not look as she had expected him.
Jesus may not appear as we had ex-
pected Him but we shall know that
voice when He shall say, Come ye
blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you" He closed by speaking Of the
blessed prospect OF seeing Jesus and our
loved ones In heaven.
The young peoples meeting, conduct
ed by Rev. y. b. Evans was very
helpful service. The auditorium was
again crowded in the evening to hear
Rev ]. w. Robins, d. D.,who preached
from the text, Work out your own sal
walton with fear and trembling" 1t
was a powerful sermon.