The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-06-09
Holiness Camp Meeting

and which started the day toward
great things The praise service al
$500 a. mi was led by j. M. Harris.
Morning Service.
At the preaching service at TO! iE
Rev. l.. M. Haney, one Of the oldest
workers In the Holiness movement
preached a. sermon, using for his text
Hebrews iii. On account Of his Ell
perience he WAS able to breach a
very effective sermon and one which
appeals to the people. During his
service he quoted much nefipture
Men and women with faith have no
trouble with the first chapter Of Gene
sis Let Us have our breast filed with
that thought Of Faith until we leave
camp. Kithout Faith 1t Is impossible
to please the Lord. Nobody need be
In a hurry or on a strain, Faith puts
YOU where you are at your best" II
was an excellent talk and caused an
expelling of the inner feelings of many
Afternoon Service.
In the afternoon Mrs. yennard had
charge OF the preaching services
The sermon was preceded by a song
service by the congregation and
closed with solo by Mrs. vennard.
The speaker of the afternoon took for
her text st. John, 20i21. She said
that she has had burning In her soul
for days for a definite blessing. Her
message was taken from the post,
resurrection messages of Jesus. speak
ing of how he prepared his disciples
for His going First talking with
God and then appearing among His
disciples. Jesus prayed for the
Spirit of Truth" Jesus message
was Behold send the promise OF
my father upon you"
This is one of the promises of the
$4,000 which can be found in the
Bible, but this was a marvellous bless
ing. Divine work is still purifying
the hearts of the people. The Holy
Ghost" is still coming In his Pente-
oostal fHllness and is meaning some.
thing to these people. There Is pen
tecOst and there is baptism which
is important" The afternoon meet,
ing was glorious one and even be
fore the opening of the preaching
services converted ones were shout
ing that sanctifeation had come I'M
to them. The song services have a
sermon to deliver and with all voices
lifted heavenward the blessings Of
the Savior are surely ascending in
these praises.
AT ZOO O'clock yesterday afternoon
the bell rang for a session of silent
prayer. Everybody dropped their
work and down on their knees they
went, praising the heavenly Father.
silently praying for the meetings,
their friends and for themselves, Not
a sound nor a stir could be heard any
place, and people on their Bonded
knees could be seen in the spot where
they were when the taps of the bell
sounded the hour. Some were in the
tabernacle, some were in their tents,
some were in conversation and others
were on the path, the place made no
difference, nor the work at hand was
not too pressing. This was the tiane
for prayer.
Evening Service.
A large and enthusiastic audience
of reverend workers greeted the
speaker of the evening, Rev. G.. w.
Ruth. rousing song service, closing
with that most popular song among
the campers, You Need Not Look for
me Down in Egypts Sand" preceded
the preaching services. Rev. Ruth
took as his text, Hebrews 3; 14-15. The
speaker brought forth some of the
great spiritual truths so Vividly illus.
trated by the history of the wander
ing of the children of Israel Egypt
is illustrative of the Kingdom of Dark
ness and the crossing of the Red Sea
is illustrative of those, experiences
that occur at the conversion of sim
ner. Kadesh Barnea, the place where
Israel was defeated, while they were
on the very verge of victory, portrays
the defeat of many who are just about
to receive the experience of Holiness,
but by disobedience go back. To
question God is to doubt Him; to
doubt Him is to dishonor Him. II
depends upon which end of the teles.
cope you are looking through TIC
the unbelieving grasshopper looks
like a giant, but to the faithful a
giant looks like q grasshopper The
danger that the Christian people
have to face today is that of resting
in past experience. This is the be
ginning OF all backsiidiug. YOU
can't backslide while YOU are going
forward. The speaker said that
there are three gets Get the Bles
sing, Get out OF our way" or Get
run over" The wilderness is type
Of the life of a backsllder or the PEG
pile who know their duty aud will not
do il. The call OF God to Holiness
is Imperative. II Is not a luxury bul
necessity. Mr. Ruth was asked Il
he thought that only the Holiness
people were the only ones that woult
get to heaven. and he most emphatl
cally said No., but also declared
basing his remarks upon the word d
God, chat only Holy people will so Il
heaven. regardless OF their church al
dliation The measure of ones ligh
lis the measure Of ones accountable
lity. In order to remain sanetiiied on,
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