The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-08-30

All Day Services an Undertaking
New-Times Have Changed Mann
cries Of the Past. Etc.
Dunnsyile, Va, Aug. 25tb. 1904.
The series oi sermons delivered ut Eph
csus Baptist church by Rev De. Gar
rptt. uf Portsmouth. last week. were
most impressive. Dir Garrett is par
ticulafly hne ia hie Illustrations, and at
times very 0ratOrical. some twenty
five persuus were added TO the church
uHdpr his preaching.
The Holiness Camp Meeting closed Sun
day evening Immense crowds attended
throughout the week of service. The
sanrtifcatipn movement Is decidedly on
an increase in this section. few years
ago snrh thing Aa sancticAtiUn was
unknown here and when the belief was
first preached very few believed In IL.
Now many OF our best citizens 10 believe
in it and aOme have become sRuctiied
We believe that many persons strive
with all OF their might to do what is
right morally and religiOusly. and by
this continual striving they do seem 20
walk very close with God and their light
shines out so clearly and so kindly and
so beautifully that they come very near
sanctification whether they realize 10 or
not. According to some modern day
theology the promise for goodness is to
the residue aud not 10 the majority. This
may be true. We certainly are not con
yinced that all who profess have more
goodness than they can manage, but we
do most earnestly believe in the almost
absolute goodness OF a lew. Why, We
know a man 10 this neighbOrhOOd who
enjoys bis religion and his church every
day in the week as well as Sunday and
he is not one bit crank, but eXctl llent
company and as practical az he can be.
But that man could no more do mean
thing than he could fly, This broad AS
sertiOn IL based on an intimate arquAint
ance of more than forty yeara lie dOes
not claim sAnctitication, but IL not his
spiritual condition just what the sancti.
fcatlonists teach may be reached II
this ia true in his case. and there are
Others ~ good as he IL, why may there
not be many who are sanctitisd? The
movement teaches, az we understand 1t,
that by continued effort 20 be good,
continued striving after holiness, you
reach point where you are holy.
The Rev Edward r. Bsgby, Of Wash.
ington City. will begin o prOtracted
service at Rappahannock church on Sun
day, the 2Sth inst, The preaching we
know will he good. the congregation as
usual will be large. and we do not doubt
but " hat the great and only object OF
the meeting will be realized a. this well
known minister preGches the Word. But
there il one thing, though, in no wise es-
apntisl 10 the object of the meeting.
which We shall misc. That free spread
between the morning and bfteFnoon
services. For forty years and more we
have heard, summer after summer, just
before the beneGiction these most pAthet-
ic and timely words; There are provisions
on the ground. and all are invited to re-
main and partake Of them Do not wait
for further invitation, but come right up
to the table and help yourselves. There
upon, Forthwith and without grace, we
proceeded aud helped ourselves most
bountifully. Beneath those grand old
oaks. old even when our grsndiRthers
worshipped there. the long tables were
arranged, and OK carts and wagons and
horse carts hauled the best dinners that
our east Virginia mothers could prepare,
aud servants spread the snowy cloths
and placed the oysters and hams and
drumhead stews and corn puddings and
fried trout until the tables groAned be
meath the load, We have lived in Canada.
and we have supped in New Orleans, and
have taken breakfast al q good many
places in between and elsewhere, but
nowhere have we ever seen such
meals as this and our other eastern
Virginia churches give to the public
We have attended banquets where wit
and humor and OratOry and other things
flowed, and read next day of the hun
dreds that the supper cost, but for three
DAYS last week we saw dinners offered to
the crowd far superior to any banquet
or reception which we ever attended.
But a new regime is upon us. Servants
can not he had for loveo or money. Cooks
and mothers or daughters are one now.
The dinners are lovely. but the ladies
want to hear the sermons and erj0y the
meeting with their old friends during in
Permission. It il not fair to force such
extra work upon them So we will let
each one bring his own dinner-iust q
lunch, something to stay the appetite.
Your correspondent expects to take bis
cold biscnit and little piece OF ham and
2naw it just as nicely as little rat. and
think Of the days gone by when Susan
and Mary Ann cooked big dinners, and
John hauled them with LAWYER and
swan to thecsrt, with Philip and Joshua
handy for passing plates and eating
scraps. and consoled himeelf with the
thought that the good mothers aud the
big sisters are free for once at rrotract-
ed meeting time.
The nights are too cool for c1rn and
tomatoes Some are pulling fodder, The
general impression l. that the corn crop
will be ph0rt. Good stalk growth, but