The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-09-21
Killed the Camp Meeting
Cor. Crystal Springs Meteor

Cor. Crystal Springs Meteor
Mr.. Editors: want to endorse
every word in al editorial ID The
Meteor of August 26, most siren
uousIy, except the killing.
! will admit that the G. M. has
suffered severely at the hands Of
its friends, ] say friends because
rs do not think that any liberal
minded Christian or religious man
0r woman Of any denomination
could possibly be an enemy Of
Remington Camp Meeting, No.
No. Some say the Chaufauqua
did it. / don't accept this. The
men that are behind tile Chautau-
qua are liberal Christian gentle
men and would not for the world
wound or allow to be wounded an
Institution that gave it q boom and
nurtured it in its infancys No.
the Chautauqua knows too we'll
that it would never have had a.
home on those sacred and adapta-
bic environments if the Henning-
ton Camp had not first cleared
away the brush.
And, Mr.. Editor, / will 90 far
ther and say that there would have.
been no CAMP meeting had it not
been Il think / will say inspired
men of Cody Rev. w. e. M. Lin
field, the jolly and liberal old COM
moner, William d. Terry, Isaac
and Henry Remington, Fetch and
Ike Enochs. OF course there were
many others that gave prompt
and liberal cooperation and help.
It would make this article entire
liz too long to give the names Of
all the good men and women that
came up promptly to the help Of
the Lord against the mighty, and
for which Heaven is so much the
richer.
Do you see and do you wonder
why the interest has abated, when
Joshua fought With Amalek;
Moses, Aaron and Hur were not
Indifferent spectators on the top Of
the hill, in the real. Suppose
Moses had said "Oh, pshaw, what's
the use fol me, away back here in
the rear to hold up these old fee
BILE hands. Moses, that looks
nonsensicaI, \ say Aaron and HUI.
The facts are that Amalek is too
much for us.
Who is to blame? Enochs,
why did the Executive Committee
kill the Camp Meeting?'' Didn't
do it, you did it ii It is dead. =
How9o by your indifference.
1t takes tenters to make a Camp
Meeting. "OlI was going to
tent. Z Did you tell anybody"
II was going to 60 to the meet
ing, but we moved out to the
Chautauqua and was sorter tired,
but We allowed to go rather than
have the meeting fail; we would
have moved back. =
Sin of omission the entering
wedge of all sins, l knew my du
ty but did it not. = Sad indeed.
Mr.. Editor, my notion of Chris
tianity is that it is a religion of
sacrifice and the man or woman
that is not willing to sacrifice
something, hasn't got much Of the
genuine article.
Now / want to say chat no man
or woman, boy or girl, preacher
or sinner, that has ever visited
these sacred or picturesque
grounds that does not owe them
more than a passing good wish.
The management of this en-
Iterprise has never been exclusive,
they have thrown wide their doors
and said in as loud tones as posi-
bile, come one, come all, preacher,
commoner, Methodist, Baptist,
Presbyterian, Episcopalian and
all whosoeyer will let him come.
It's the peoples meeting and ought
not to die.
It is true that we live in a po-
gressiye age and the necessity for
| the old fashioned camp meeting
possibly no longer exists. Ii this
is true then It is up, to this gen
Ieration to do something 2 That
was exactly what the pioneers of
lei. G. M. a. did. / would sug-
gest that we begin q mean all the
people) to think soberly and Sc
lriously how we can, | believe will
say, reorganize and infuse new
life and energy into this grand en-
terprise that has been such a bless
ing to all the people. We can't
afford to let it die.
JIM ENOCHS.