Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1903 — FROM FOUNTAIN PARK. [ARTICLE]

FROM FOUNTAIN PARK.

The grounds at Fountain Park are in better condition than ever before. The line of cottages has been straightened and many new ones built, all are filled up to their capacity. Many tents are dotted over the grounds. A new checkroom and barber shop have been added to the many conveniences. A new vapor gas system of lighting has been put into the tabernacle. The platform talent for this year is fully up to that of last. The general program is better as several new features have been added. The singing is something inspiring, and is under the direction of Mr. Orvill Harrold, the singing evangelist who assisted in the meeting at the Christian church last winter. Music, Bible studies, lectures and entertainments are so skillfully interspersed as to allow neither monotony nor dryness. No person who can possibly attend can afford to miss these meetings where the best thing in the lines mentioned are brought together from all over the world. If Mr. Parker can continue dishing np such proframes there is no reason why onntain Park may not rank with the best known Chautanqnas in the United States. *