A Dartford man, who has been attending a camp meeting at that place,
inquires of the Brandon _Times_ why it is that camp meetings are always
held when the moon does not shine. The _Times_ man gives it up and refers
the question to the _Sun_. We give it up.
It does not seem as though managers of camp meetings deliberately consult
the almanac in order to pick out a week for camp meeting in the dark of
the moon, though such meetings are always held when the moon is of no
account. If they do, then there is a reason for it. It is well known that
pickerel bite best in the dark of the moon, and it is barely possible that
sinners "catch on" better at that time.
There may be something in the atmosphere, in the dark of the moon, that
makes a camp meeting more enjoyable. Certainly brethren and sisterin' can
mingle as well if not better when there is no glaring moon to molest and
make them afraid, and they can relate their experience as well as though
it was too light.
The prayers of the righteous avail as much in the darkness of the closet
as they do in an exposition building, with an electric light, and as long
as sinners will do many things which they ought not to do, and undo many
things that they never ought to have done, the dark of the moon is
probably the most healthy.