Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
METHOD|STS HOLD
BIC ENCAMP PMENT
Second Day Shows Great Inter-
est Manifested in Ser .
mons and Talks
PRAYER MEETING AT SUNRISE
Or. Francis T. Mcconnell Delivers
First of Series of After
noon Lectures
PRAYER MEETING AT SUNRISE

HUNTINGTON BEACH, July 1S.-
The second day of the Southern cali
fornia Methodist encampment was
marked by sermons by DR.. Graeff of
Hemet, formerly pastor at that place,
and Bishop r. H. Hughes. A heavy
shower fell during the early morning
hours and prevented most of the wor-
shippers from attending the sunrise
prayer meeting.
DR.. Graeff preached to the assembly
at 10;30 a. m. on "The Mount of Trans
figuration." He said that he believed in
the immortality of both soul and body.
AS evidence of the immortality of the
body he cited the appearance of Moses
to- the disciples 1900 years after his
death, and the appearance of Elias 800
years after his DEATH AS further evil
dence of the immortality of the soul
he said: mo one familiar with the
New Testament record can doubt the
immortality of both soul and body.
The Bible tells us in language that is
unmistakable that Dives recognized
Lazarus afar off, even though he had
been but a beggar here below. The
disciples recognized Christ on each of
his several appearances after his res
direction"
DR.. Francis ]. Mcconnell. president
of De Pauw university, delivered the
first of a series of ten afternoon lee
lures on "The Christian Fundamen-
tails" DIR. Mcconnell is one of the
leading philosophers and logicians of
the world and proposes to treat this
subject from the philosophical stand
point. His addresses promise to be of
more than usual interest.
The subject Of his first address was
Religious Certainty" He said:
"Religious certainty is not so much
a matter of argument as of experience.
l once prepared an article attempting
to prove by q process of logical reason
ing that i was the only person in
existence. When l presented the case
to a personal friend he said: What
you say is conclusively proved by your
logic. 1t is beyond question. l can
not disprove it, but If you are the only
person in existence, why mention the
matter to me?' His point was that
logic may be flawless and still of no
value. He acknowledged the import
ance of logical tests for religion, but
said that after all the supreme test is
the religious life. That which is itself
false cannot produce truth"
Bishop r. II. Hughes preached an
able sermon at night, taking as his
subject Fear" He pointed out thar
the worst enemy of Christianity was
fear on the part of Christians. Taking
as his example Nicodemus, who when
in trouble came to Jesus by night. He
said the men and women of the world
today are afraid of the criticism of the
world else they would be Christians.
Jesus was not popular leader at that
day, and many who would otherwise
have accepted his teachings would not
come to him because Of worldly crit
icisms. Many people today are not
Christians because of the same fear,
but there is not in the whole state OF
California, not even in Northern Call
fornia, a man mean enough to make
fun of one who comes to Christ by DAY
The world reJoices in man VINO
stands out boldly for Christ.
Evangelist Smith took charge of the
service, and several manifested an In