The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-05
LARGE CROWDS
AT PLAYGROUND
Camp Meeting is Arousing
Very Much Interest
TALKS ARE INTERESTING
Several Addresses are Made
at Yesterdays Sessions.
Despite the Weather Conditions the
Services 20 on Without later
ruption--Story Of the Meeting.

The Camp Meeting opened at $3.50
Tuesday morning with a song and
prayer service led by Rev C. E.
Rowley.
This was followed at $3.50 by a tes-
timony meeting conducted by Rev.
S. Rice. The service WIS most help
full and instructive to ali present.
At 10:30 Rev. e. S. Dunham
preached an uble sermon from Heb
rev l2;1.
He sad that we cannot properly un-
derstand the text without carefully
studying the preceding chapter. "1t
you are fully saved, right up to the
standard, you will walk circumspectly
before the world OF course, people
will lie about you You'll hear 1t,
but you will not have time TO kick at
the little flse at. your heels. You
will be in bigger business. You need
something else with pure heart.
You need good common sense, and An
unbiased mind GOD hhs to take a
whole lot OF Holiness people and
give them a thorn in the flesh to
take the wind out or them.
"Our cares Increase as we grow
older, because we become better pre-
pared to bear them. we are older and
have more sense. Our cares will new
exercise. What ar. we going to do
with them? sCasting all your care
upon Him for He careth for you.
Tie speaker then dwelt at some
length on the danser of letting the
beautiful things of this life come In
between you and Jesus.
At 2:30, DR.. jos. Smith preached
powerful and eloquent sermon on
"A Present FullIHss, and Const9nt
Increase of tie Spiritual Life.
Among many other things he said
that VIC ought always TO be progress
i've, and to be enlarging. From both
Of these stand points the Christian
life CT many Is disappointment
The richest things found on record
in scripture, are found in prayers.
cone of the things most hindering
to our holiness work just now is the
lack or dearth of conversions. Some
one has said the reason why not very
many of our people are 'tlking on
sanctification Is because not very
many OF them are whore It takes on
at. You never get reconciled to in
dwelling sin. TIE love of the Spirit
IS marked by the hatred of sin. We
want to fnd what the essential full
ness is. We want to be filed with
the knowledge of His will. Full SAL
walton is for practicai purposes as
well as for spiritual flight. God Is
not as hard to please as some other
folks. When we 90 not please 9TH
ers, or do not please ourselves, we
may please God.
"The highest aim of the sanctifed
person to please Jesus. Holiness peo-
pie ought to be az the heart of ev-
cry good work in the community
Mrs. Coil, tie City Mission evan
gelist, conducted profitable spirit
ual service at $50.
AT night, Dr. smith again addressed
the people. He spoke upon the sub
ject OF Power Text, Acts rs. He
said, In part, that s'we are very
weak folks, Sin has not only made
us lepsrs, but las mhde US paraIytics.
You can never be powerful in your
F, self, but maybe complete success
to God, through the Holy Ghost.
We are strengthened by the Spirit
in the inner man.
First we may receive power unto
resistance, It Is a most unfortunate
ting to remain baby in ths Chris
tam life. You may have been over
come forty times since your CONVEX
sion, but God can make you stand.
"Second, we may receive the pow
er of performance. For 1t is God
which workeih in you both TO will
and TO do His good pleasure" There
is a. condition in the Gospel, where
any man can do everything that God
wants him to 10, anywhere and ali
/ the time.
Third, we may have the power OF
endurance. This is, power NOT snap.
Power to be kih1, long suffering and
enduring Power TO be patient.