Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-23
IN SERMON AND SONG.
The Praise Of God Manifested
at the NJ. e. District
Camp Meeting.
THE woRsaIPIHe ON SUNDAY


Preachers Of the Day Too Gen. r.l ORD. I
Of ) rsioss-s sturd.y Evenings DIE
c"ur.e-Taoss Who Compose the Tented
City.
Camp Ground, Tindall's Grove,
Aug. 22.-This has been for the
sunday services a perfect day. Car
riages and wagons came early; came
from far and from near.
Ire FIRST service for the day was
love feast at 9 O'Clock. in charge OF
Rev. &. T. Cady This was followed
with a song service at 1879. con-
Quoted by Mr.. babcock, of Heddiny
collage. with Miss Cooper. Of Moline,
urgauist, aud q fine cnoir made the
tabernacle ring with good old Meth
otistic hymns. DIR. Baker then
preached from John Ia:
In Him was life, and the life vas the light OF
men.
Dr. Baker maintained that:
l. Faith is an essential-sn orig
inal. inherent element of the soul.
All our knowledge is depenten,
upon the exersise Of this power
Sumo times We cannot believe or ex-
ercise this power unless there Is suf-
tcient evidence to compel belief in
that which is offered. Profound est
truths are intuisional; they are ne
cessary truths. being the basis Of
ali thanking.
2 Pau! in his sermon on Mars
hill to the Athenisn philosophers as
sumes the idolatry everywhere
manifested is evidence of an inersdi-
cable belief III God. an essential ele-
ment in the nature of man, and that
whatever, wherever. whoever God is,
the instinct of men is to honor Him
8. Ia looking back in the history
OF mn We find facts showing that
men seek after God manifested. The
people OF India. perhaps. come q,
near to showing Us the beginnings OF
religion. for in the worship of the
sun and stare. they look beyond
through the sy N Dol to the great God
Who made them. God is the greatest
necessity of the human heart. The
souls conscious need Of God is
greater than its conscious need OF
all, besides faith in God-the founda.
ton Of ali knowledge. The entrance
of Christ into the world as it's life
aud light, presupposes a condition OF
darkness and death. Spiritual life
is the evidence of the controlling
power in all the departments Of ma.
tnre-unfaliering and supreme fdel.
Ivy to God.
At 1880 the children assent led in
the EpS worth league tent for service
The music vas led by Mi-s Jaco bson,
Il Cleveland, with maud olin aud gui-
tar accompaniment. Miss Taylor
led the nesting, and talked on the
subject of Jesus the Light of the
World" After scripture verses b.
the children, Mr.. Bailey addressed
the children. giving the lighted lamp
for an object lesson, leading from
that up to Jesus. the higher light.
At 2:3J .. m Rev. Nj. A. Head. who
was five-and-a-half years presiding
elder OF the Rock Island district
preached. After few very appro
pirate remarks, silent prs er was
followed by an oral one for the H 'ly
Spirits presence and light. Dr.
Heads sermon was founded on Ro
maus. 5-S.
God commendeth His love to US in tina
while We were ct sinners Christ died for us
The oiole, it was held, Is y wonder
full book, presenting great themes
challenging angel el"quence. Tn
love of God was the general theme
and there was no boundary to tn
.ove OF Jesus, which reaches to tn,
end Of eternity. The sermon was
Very touching one. and held the vas
audience with un broken attention.
The Epworth league at o'clocl
was intensely interesting. Rev
Wood read aud commented on tn
18th chapter Of Isaiah. trust ant
personal experience being the topic
This was a spiritual feast indeed.
DR. B. w. Baker was announced {
preach for the evening service. Hi
text was from Marx 1915:
Go ye into all the word and preach the 60
pei to every creature.
| Nothing. he said. was so wonder
full as the gospel Of Jesus Christ
The great miracle OF the resurrectio
is clear proof OF His power. La Yeti
said there is no more doubt OF tn
resurrection than that Nspoleo
lived. Jesus sent ~ men, not great
but His commission made them grea
, and they won greater renown tina
Alexander. Caesar or Napoleon. h
sent the disciples into all the worle
: to India. Africa and to all people
They were to hold Christ up. The
. we're to have His life as an exampl
and His spirit.
|. Saturday Evening.
The Saturday evening service VS.
conducted by DR.. Baker, OF Chat