The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-09
REUNION OF THE 10TH
PREPARATIONS ON FOR THE EVENT
AT BETHANY PARK.
A Soggy Day at ActOn-The Deacon
esses Conclude Their Inter-
esting Assembly.

1t rained most of the day at Bethany
| Park yesterday, in spite of which the at
! tendance was good. In the morning Mrs.
| Jessie Brown Pounds addressed the young
people on THE Formation of Christian
Character Mrs. Pounds dealt with the
motive, the enthusiasm and the continu-
ance of the Christian character, and was
followed by Rev Burris A. Jenkins, of In
dianapolis, ON THE Acts of the Apostles"
Mr. Jenkins gave critical views of the New
Testament discussion, especially in Ger
| many, and the lessons learned therefrom.
1t was learned and complete address to
young people. Mr. Jenkins said nothing was
to be feared from an Investigation of the
| WORD of GOD; it would stand severest criti-
clsm. lie urged the young people to study
the New Testament scripture more and dis
| trlbuted an outline of his lectures, which will
be helpful to the Christian Endeavorers
| Rev. w. FL. Waggoner, of Eureka, ILL.,, de-
| llyered an address on THE World in Nina
ture 1t dealt with the general information
on missions, being foundation lecture for
the course of missionary lectures, which
Mr. Waggoner will deliver this week. He IL
| Illustrated it with the largest missionary
map in the world and was highly COM
mended by all present. Mr.. Waggoner spoke
OF the proper Interpretation of the great
| commission to go into the world. He said
| people must understand the world from a
territorial, racial, governmental, religious
and missionary standpoint The great work
| OF the Christian Church had been, he said,
| to plead for the restoration of the PRINT
tive ordinances Of the church. baptism and
the Lords supper; now it is to evangelize
| the world.
In the afternoon Rev. Henry r. Pritchard
icfO Of fhn oioIoe,
L" l.. Carpenter. president of Bethany AS
sembly.. compared the gate receipts with
those or last year and found them up to
date as much as all of last year and there
| is yet another week of this session.
In the evening there was a song service
at the tabernacle, led by w. E. M. Hackle-
man and assisted by the delegates to Nash
| vile. 1t was followed by three-minute
| speeches on Soul Winning by Ray L.
| Brown, Mrs. Whistler, and Mr.. Knapp, of
Kokomo. Rev. j. F. Floyd, of Winchester,
delivered sermon at the evening service
on THE Church of the Future and the Re-
lation of the Endeavor Society to IT, and
Kew. Mr.. Waggoner gave ten-minute
airy and junior day The morning prayer
meeting meeting W viii be led by Fannie Kidd: The
ton will be the subject of Rev. w. H.
| Waggoner's discourse. Rev. Burris A
| Jenkins will talk ON 'PauTs First Letter"
IN the afternoon there will be junior rally,
Miss Kate L. Whistler presiding. Charles
| r. Scoville will address the EndeaVor So
| ciety on Junior Work. after which
address In the evening will be delivered by
| Mr.. John l.. Pounds. Tomorrow will be
Christian Citizenship day and a good crowd
| is expected. sr
Great preparations are being made for
the soldiers reunion day on next Friday:
| The campfire on the evening of Aug. II
| will consist of patriotic songs by the
boys" of the SEVENTEEN Indiana Regiment,
| songs by a quartet of young men from
| OF the Soldiers and Sailors Home at
| Knightstown, who was member of
| will also tell something of the old First
| Brigade. Major Grubbs will act as presid-
ing officer and vial talk about the old bat
tlefelds which he visited on a recent trip
| South. The major has the reputation of
being good presiding officer and will put
| violin, which is an old relic of the march
to the sea, and with which he cheered the
ton. Sam Long, of Company E, will revive
memories of the cotillon dances in the
camp at Nashville. Tenn, and Lieutenant
of the same in the camp at Goldsboro, N.
| c., 20 the music made by Mason's old I'D
| de- Dan M Ransdell; Of Company G,
ness" or the 'Joyfulness Of Camp Life"
and R. M. Srnock, of Company G, will tell
regular reunion Of the Seventeen Indiana
| will begin on the morning of the 18th of
| August. The bugler will sound the assem-
| bly, at the usual hour. The Martinsville
| quartet and Captain A. H. Graham will
| furnish music, and Emma Squire whose
| father and grandfather served in the army,
| will assist on the programme. There will
| be the regular business part of the meeting,
| that of appointing the various committees,
| reading of communications and the regular
| annual address of Comrade George w. Cald-
| we'll After dinner speeches will be deliv-
| cred on Atlanta to the Sea- by Rev M.
NJ. Lawson; my Recolectons of the Bat
| tie Of Resaca." by Rev. John A. Ward. and
speeches by Nelson Yoke on Brigade Head
| quarters and ]. L. Mitchell, a son of
| Adjutant Mitchell.
Mr. w. L. NJ. Hackleman returned yester-
| day from the Eureka Assembly. Mr..
| Hackleman will lead the music at Fountain
| Park Assembly, which begins on the 18th.
Following are the late hotel arrivals: w.
| H. Waggoner, Eureka. I'LL. Burris A. Jen-
| kinS, Jennie T. WATSON, Flora E. Draker
| all of Indianapolis; Ethel Wayne Bartlett
| Margaret Barr Edwardsport Mrs w. J.
| Freeman, Vincennes; Fannie M. Kidd,
| Ethel Kidd. Brazil: ]. F. Floyd and WIFE
| Emma Hagerman, Kate Hole, Winchester;
j. M. Black and wife, Washington: w. B.
| Morris, Bicknell: Martha Miller. Browns
| town; Bessie Patrick. Seymour; w. j. De
| Vol, Lebanon; Jessie Satterfeld Ravens
worth, w. Va; o. p. Shrout, Greencastle.
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