Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-28
PRAISE OF MOST HIGH
Another Beautiful Day ut the
N. e. District Camp
Meeting.


Meeting.
THOUGHTS OF THH MISSION FIELD.
or . Hemori.l Mature n the After.
nOsa wssn fribass 10 Pad % Tssse
who Have Passed Bryona Dsrsag the
Yssr-Boslnsss Meeting Pesspsasa-Psr.
sonsl saa 0ensral.
|nAMP MEETING Grounds, Tin.
|vh dall's Grove. Aug 27.-An-
" other beautiful day greeted
the campers. and as this day
bad been set apart for missionary
day, all rejoiced and we're glad The
service Of bible reading. led BY Rev.
c. o. McCulloch, wss q continual, a
Of yesterdays reading and taken up
in the came manner % yesterday
morning.
Rev. Coolidge. OF Atkinson,
preached at the morning service
from the tsxt found in Luke
14:15-16:
Blessed is he that shall eat bread In the
Then said he unto him, q certain man made
greao supper and babe many.
The thoughts of the speaker we're
that in the times spoken of in the
chapter feats were esta blished to
com memorate certain events, and
this was marriage feast. to which
many guests were invited. and for
which great preparations were made.
Many OF the invited guests made
foolish excuses aud would not 20.
God has prepared . great feast Tor
Us at the end Of the worlds day. He
has prepared a place. q beautiful and
glorious city. The speaker thinks
Se shall not receive all OF Gods
blessing at once, but. as 10 the Gus.
tom OF fsasts. will give 1t to Us in
courses. one Blessing at Q time, 60
that we may have appetite and de-
sire for more. II we wish to psrtake
~ this feast we must put on the wed
ding garment-be earnest, faithful
men and women. ding earnestly aud
cheerfui.y the work God has given
us.
He wss followed by Rev. Ballew.
Of Viola, who in q unique and viQor.
Gus exhortation- showed the folly
aud sin Of these invited guests who
Excused themselves from the feast.
He then gave an invitation to seekers.
which was followed by an enthusi-
sstic altar service.
A number Of Salvation Army peo-
ole we're present at the altar service,
who became 80 happy that the
grounds rang again and again with
heir "halluj ahs aud amens
At 1:S0 the bell called all tent
holders together for business meet
ing. The secretary being absent. a
notion was made to adj urn until
Saturday afternoon ~ 4 O'clock.
The missionary service in the
ernoon was OF memorial n-ture
Mrs. Hyde pres,dipg After .ing,ns
Mrs. Brown offered prayer. Mrs
Cady was called upon to cooduct the
memorial service She made an
eioquent address full OF tender and
noble thoughts BETTING the occs-
sion.
C. o. McCulioch. pastor of the
First N. E church. Rock Island.
vas called upon Tor person al remarks
when the name of William Freeburg
was called. He could speak but
briefly. as the time Was limited, bur
his tribute was eloquent.
A duet was then sung By Mrs
Little and Mrs. Upton, Of Preemp.
ton, and Mrs. de read letter an
nouncing the death of Miss Carroll,
OF Bombay. the missionary sent by
the district board.
Mrs Calhoun spoke Of Addie Al
brecht as being very helpful in the
forming OF society.
Rev. Luce. OF Davenport. thereup-
on preached an able sermon from
lsiah, 42:4.
In the evening after song service
prayer was said by Rev. Ward. Bev.
j. c. Grain. of Orion, announced Al
q text, James Ala: "For What 10
Your Life"
Psrsoasls.
Or. Evans. of Hedding college, IL
here and will preach tomorrow.
DR.. and Mrs. Contey, Of Framing
ton, have come to spend Sunday.
The little child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett who has been sick, 10 this af-
ternoon much better.
Dr.. Lyons. Of the First n. E.
church Of Galesburg. is announced to
preach Sunday morning.
Mesdames Case. Julia Cromwell,
Silvis, De Santo Framing, Louie
Litter, Battles, Robinson, Sweeney,
Noitsker and DAugherty. and Misses
Edith Noftsker, Biddison. Emma
Medin, Alma Lloyd, Cornwall. Lulu
Bennett. Lizzie Martin and Florence
Freeman, and J. L. Freeman, and Mr.. |
and Mrs. kneberg came out to the
missionary service.
One of the mos, u:efui and conse-
quenfly most successful workers in
the u,estiDgs is J. p. Bailey, general |
secretary Of she 7. n. c. A OF Rock
Island. Mr.. Bailey adds to his earn
pGtness and val;O;nua zosl . espa q.