Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-08-05

which proved very enjoyable and
instructive. At 10:45 was a sermon
by Bishop Mcdowell. The taber-
nacle was crowded, people having
come by the score from the city,
returning at noon. At 4 p. m. was
quiet hour of prayer led by Rev.
Gordon. At sunset several hundred
persons gathered on the Lake Front
for evening service conducted by
Rev. Gordon. AS ones eye roamed
over the large audience seated on
rustic benches, camp chairs, cush-
Ions, or the grass, one could but
think of the hungry multitude on
the shores of Gallilee waiting to be
fed. AS Mr.. Gordon dispensed the
bread Of life in the evening twilight,
the appeal went forth to those
who as yet not known of the
message he brought, THE Master
is Here" A solemn hush brooded
over the Assembly, unbroken save
by the silent dipping of oars as
rowers came up to the waters edge
to listen to the address and the
sacred gospel hymns accompanied
on the organ by the daughter of
the presiding officer, the Rev. DR..
Base. The service being over, the
campers remained seated or dis
persed to their tents. The Lancas-
ter crowd with others were drawn
to the shore by the sweet strains of
music of the old familiar hymns.
Group after group came up and
added to the volume of song as it
fioated over the bosom of the lake.
Some of the selections were as fol-
lows: Pull for the Shore" ''Throw
Out the Life Line" 'Sweet By
and By" ''Beulah Land" and a
number of others, ending with
"God Be With You Till we Meet
Again. The ten o'clock retiring bell
sounded, which finished the day of
one of the most impressive Sabbaths
of my experience.
One must not leave this scene in
complete without a feeble descrip-
ton Of the memory picture. The
lake was as calm as a summer sea.
On the opposite shore rose the
stately domes of the Capitol and
University and the towering spires
of the numerous churches. The
electric light flashing all along the
shore gradually rising to the crest
of the hill made one wonder if this
beautiful city produced such adj
miration what must it be to wit
ness the New Jerusalem. The
Casino, peanut and lemonade stands
were closed all day. One of our
party conversing with President
Case incidentally referred to Rev.
Ralph's sermon concerning the
Schlitz Hotel advertisement in the
Monona Lake Journal, which we
all know casts stigma upon the
Assembly by permitting the sale
of wines and liquors and a detri-
ment to the influence of popular
Christian education. Mr.. Case ad-
mitted the business of the censure,
saying that it was an oversight,
having given the managers to in
sert the same advertisement of last
year. l failed to speak of Hon.
Jennings Bryan's address, which
was conceded to be a scholarly ad-
dress, and was heartily encored by
all parties who were not to be in
fuenced by party prejudice. On the
rostrum we noted the familiar faces
of A. R. Bushnell and J. Oswald.
The Auditorium, said to have a
seating capacity of six or seven
thousand, was packed to the ut
most limit. On looking over the
register this Monday we find the
number 1714. There are said to be
500 tents Oh the ground. AS can
not spare time for writing this one
week of literary feasts must satisfy
the readers of the Herald. We have
just learned that the Assembly pay
$4,000 for Morans French band.
MRS. M. A. REED.