The Camp-meeting in Illinois.
The Interior, of Sept. 12, 1878, has an article about the camp-meeting held in Bloomington, Ill., Aug. 27 to Sept. 4, written by a Presbyterian of that place. It is a courteous and candid statement concerning our people and work so far as the writer was informed on these points. The article concludes as follows: “Our citizens cannot help noticing their piety and devotion to the cause; this is remarked by the worldly and indifferent, and a feeling of sympathy and interest is manifested by all classes. The perfect order which is kept on the grounds, and their kindness and attention to visitors, are praiseworthy.” “I believe their visit to our city will be a benefit, not only to themselves, but to us. It may awaken an interest in the hearts of some who otherwise would not be reached; and I am sure their plain dress and plain ways, their kindness to strangers amongst them, and their humility and earnest consecration to the cause of the Master, will furnish food for the thought of some of our top-lofty church-members and church-going people which they should not fail to properly digest.”