The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-17
PLAINVILLE CAMP MEETING
INTEREST AND ATTEND BOTH
 INCREASED YESTERDAY.


 Prayer Meetings Held Annual Meet ing of the Association to be Held To- day-The Weather is Most Propitious. Bright skies and cool, refreshing breezes added much to the success of the second day of the New Haven dis trict camp meeting at Planville. Gods first temples were ringing with His praises all day long, and the very air seemed to fill one with a desire to re- turn thanks for all His blessings.
 The meeting began in earnest early yesterday morning and did not cease until quite late in the evening" The regular programme was carried out in its entirely while there wer many cot tage prayer meeting in addition, so that there was a service in some part of the grounds almost every minute in the day.
 The second day nearly always sees an increase in attendance, both of min- isters and the members of their congre- gations and yesterday was no excep tion. There was a large influx of campers from all parts of the district and they brought with them much of the enthusiasm and earnestness need ed to make the meetings helpful. Among the new corners were Rev. ,. T. Langlois of Thomaston, Rev. Robert T. McNicholl, pastor of East Pearl street M. F. church, this city; Rev. William McNicholl, pastor of St. An drew's church, Fair Haven; Rev. A. c. Eggleston, Simsbury; Rev. A. V. R. Abbott of West Haven; Rev. MT. Buck of Bristol, formerly pastor of St. Johns and the First church, this city; Rev. J. A. Munson of Middlebury; Rev. A. A. Clark of Guilford; Rev J. H. Knott of North Canton; Rev. MT. Dick son of New Britain $. s. Shilcock of this city, Misses Rubie and Allie Will Hams of West Haven.
 At S:30 in the morning an hour was devoted to the study of the Bible Rev. A. P. Knell of Durham was in charge The topic was Fruit Bearing" and the meeting was well attended.
 The regular 10 o'clock service was conducted by the Rev. P. c. Whitney, pastor of the Plainville church. Rev.
 
 Rev. w. D. Tuckey of Meriden, who is i'll. After a short service of song Rev. Mir. Whitney preaShed clear, forcible and able sermon, which was well deliv- cred and doubtless made a good in1- pression on all who heard it. His text was from Romans 1:16, which reads: For am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is a power of God unto salvation of everyone that believeth." He first spoke of Pauls spirit, how he in the center of the civilized world, Rome, at that time, declared boldly in the face of great opposition and perse- cution, that he was not ashamed of Jesus. God is good and both the, old and new testaments are full of exam pies of His goodness. "The power of God" said the speaker, sis forcibly shown in His ability to release men from the bondage of sin and setting them free. He has the power of ex- alting and raising to a higher plane. And all this is for everyone that be- lieves in Him and not for special class or chosen few"
 In the afternoon at 2:30 the preach- ing was preceded by another song ser vice, in which G. c. Tullar of Seymour and c. D. Evans of Ansonia sang solos.
 Rev J. A. Munson offered prayer and Rev. MT. Buck read portion of Paul s letter to the Romans. The sermon was by Rev Robert T. McNicholl of this city. His text was from the fourth verse of the 34th chapter of Gene sis, which is "They gave their idols to Joshua and he hid them in the oats" The speaker said in part: sHe did not break, nor burn, nor destroy the idols given him by the people, but he hid them. This is an excellent example of one of that patriarch's failings, for he had several. A secret ideal is as hate ful to God as an open one God can- not be pleased with reformations which appear to be thorough, but yet are not. The Christian church must answer her. self whether these idols are burned or only hidden. We remove something, but we keep something. That will never do.
 We must not only give up sin, but we must abstain from it entirely and with nothing else can we be sustained. Compromises may be necessary in our daily dealings with one another, but there can be no compromises in our dealings with God we must yield all cVGu OuI He TSlOFHldIlOH UldQe by many may appear to be sweeping, but yet 1t is not profound and thorough, the evil which is done by day may be done by night. The unclean idols, bloody idols, ignoble idols must all be cast aside. Past generations are gone from us, but for many reasons we are moved to feel that their idols were not burned, but only hid. They were alto- gether weaned from their idols, and had not fully yielded themselves to Jeho- yah. The idols of many are removed from public only to be set up again in private. How often 1t is the case that idols removed from the public are set up again as gems in secret portals. Secret immortality can scarcely be dis covered In our day hidden idols are plentiful, but the quiet and polite sin ner is an awful character and will be stamped with the hottest brand of hell. The pure and holy God cannot be pleas ed with such reformation as many feign. There are two things which cause these idols to be hid. One the idea of refinement. Man must not be vulgar as public opinion puts vice out of sight. Idols of pride, fashion and ho hut tbov