Birth-Marks



   The sixth day of the meeting was known as John Wes-
ley or Methodist day and only Methodist ministers spoke.
The chief service was conducted by William Burke.
   Sunday, August 9, was known as John Calvin day;
and John Calvin Campbell conducted the afternoon ser-
vice. He was mentally and physically in his prime; a
man of great spirituality, great mental force, great voice
and untirable physically. To his preaching was attrib-
uted the beginning of The Great Awakening, now sweep-
ing Kentucky and marvelous tales were told of him and
his work. As the crowd was very great, arrangements
were made for others to address overflow meetings, in-
cluding Barton Stone and Robert Marshall, both of whom
were very able preachers; but when it became evident
that the crowd wished to hear Calvin Campbell and that
the range of his voice was such that all might hear him
if closely grouped, the other meetings were dismissed and
all gathered to hear him. It was said that more than
eight thousand persons listened in marked attention to
his sermon.
  The scripture lesson was taken from 4he seventeenth
chapter of Acts. His text was "Paul in Athens" or
"Worshipping Our Own Handiwork" and a portion of
the sermon is preserved.
   "Paul, driven from Thessalonica, departed for Cor-
inth, On the way he stopped at Athens waiting for Tim-
othy and Silas.
   "Visit the grave of the great, the tomb of one of the
Pharaohs, and though you know the body is long since
dust, you feel the spirit of a reflective greatness. Thus
Paul visiting Athens must have been impressed by the
mother of art, eloquence and philosophy. Decadent
Athens, her liberty gone, paying tribute to Caesar. Even
a Caesar could not take away the heritage of the children



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