The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-07-10
THE THIRD DAY
OF CHAUTAUQyA
Weather for Encampment Has
Been Ideal and Attendance
Is Very Good.
THE DEPARTMENT WORK
Much Interest Being Displayed in the
Sunday School and Bible De-
partments-The Night
Entertainments.

state continue to come to the Chau-
/ tauqua at this place and the third
day was of much profit and enjoy
ment. The number of campers was
considerably augmented Thursday
and Friday morning several addition
al families came in to remain until
! the camp fires are extinguished the
morning of July IS. The weather has
| been ideal for camping and this life
| is being thoroughly enjoyed by all
who are temporary domiciled on the
encampment grounds. A light rain
F.! storm came Thursday afternoon but
the dowIpour was not sufficient to
! curtail the attendance to any great
extent. In fact the rain was of much
! benefit in the way of abating the
! dust nuisance.
The attendance of town people has
not been as large as the assembly de-
serves. Those who have not attended
the night entertainments have miss
ed some real treats. The program
provided by the management for this
year contains many high class attrac-
ton which may be seen at a nomina
cost.
The first real enthusiastic demon
stration took place at Thursda,
7 nights entertainment. Ellsworth
Plumstead appeared in q short pre-
liminary program of songs and i'm
presentations, and at the end of tn
first number the applause of the au
dience was quite vociferous This wa
repeated following the rendition O
each selection, and at the close o.
his program the calls for him con.
tinued until he returned to the stage
and bade his auditors good night
Chas. P. Book, the crayon artist
was then introduced to the audience
and for about one hour he kept up
running conversation while he dex-
skill and rapidity with which he COW
cred the canvas with beautiful paint
ings was something wonderful.
An increased interest is being dis
played in the lectures of Dr. William
Evans. director of the department OF
bible study. Dr. Evans is an enter
tanning speaker and those who de-
sire to add to their knowledge of the
bible should not fail to hear him. He
continued his lectures Thursday
morning on the book of Ephesians
He said:
1--WE saw yesterday in our study
of this epistle that the past chapter
deals with the church in the past
the church in the mind OF God before
the foundation of the world. After q
brief salutation in verses one and
two the apostle breaks forth into a
hymn of thanksgiving. This hymn
has three stanzas, each ending with
the same doxology to the praise OF
his glory? (See verses 6, 1s, 14.)
The first stanza sets forth the work
OF the Father; the second that of the
Son; the third that of the Holy Spir.
1t in the work of redemption. Sum
ming up this hymn seven-fold bles-
sing is found therein: A holy calling,
adoption, acceptance, redemption, a
heritage, knowledge Of Gods will
and the sealing and earnestness OF
the Holy Spirit"
Each one Of these points was
dwelt upon at some length by DR.
Evans Continuing he said:
Following this hymn comes a
wonderful prayer of the apostle
found in chapters lis; 2:1o. This
prayer has in 1t four three-fold petit
tions, viz: That every christian may
know what is the hope OF his call
ing that Is to say, why God made
him christian. This reason is SET
forth in the following way: In 2:10
we are told that our regeneration to
Christ was for the purpose OF walk
ing In Gods piaa Of good works. We
may know this plan. first by study