Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-27
The Annapolis Junction Camp Meeting.
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Special correspondence OF the star
CAMP GROUND, Eatsip Woods, Friday, Au-
gu. .. IS"-The text OF Rev. Mr.. Baldwin,
en- Wsdne-da II gn.. was The words OF Peter.
"RsVent We, therefore, and b. converted, that
ycT sIEs may BE- bIOttsd out and the dimes Of
refTes hing may come from The presen OF the
The Lord" and he preached 8 fins. logical.
s-TCug discourse. after which over forty uall-
tents presented them elves AZ The altar. OF
whom Ten made a profession OF religion
Yesterday morning prayer meetings vs.
held IN the tents. aud the voices OF pra
sCuTded through The camp. A, o'clO 80 Er-
HC PRAYER meeting was held at the ~ pap
the direction Of Rev. Dr. McC" Nd; ands
town, when a number of Ivy, ci GeJrgs-
III, mSelyes and sever @e1rAeSs present d
the Foundry or -1crs Rev. Dr. Gibson. Of
his attack or -SsrS, having recovered from
v.2I. TT Rirees. preached from Romtn>
20 M II SIN EGto reIgned unto death, even
un'o "a, ETaee reign through righteousness
tternal lin, by Jesus Christ or Lord
& Rev. Dr SID, IN his opening that there
W 70 two dyuasties OF kin gdoms-thar OF sin
al that OF righteousness; and for nearly an
4 hour lie Compared the one with the other in ms
l usnal Impressive and powerful manner AT
ne close u the sermon Kew l. +. Phelps
/ Pres IdiDg Elder of Rockingham ' a. district
/ d-llyered a short sxhortanop
In the afternoon. Rev. Prof. II NJ Harmouf
] of Baltimore. preached from the later part o.
| he jiTh Yer~e OF me Let chapter OF ID Tim
| u;ny- his them bang immortality. on which
/ De spoke with more than his usual earnss--
/ hc>r ana Wnru NJ related the circumstances OF
/ ms 'arIy conversion, be produced a deep am
| preston OF The congregation, which was very
| large After The preIchiaE services, prayer
meetings were held n several OF tue large meet
lLE tents. continuing Al intervals until nigh.
ana IN number OF the small or family tents
were some impressive meetings held. About
| sundCwn, III the tents of Washington c.. No.
| and Washington 60. No. 2, and the large Saw
/ age tent, were meetings of an Impressive char
/ aSter held, in which numbers sought religion,
and before the hour announced that preaching
/ vas about to commence. there Were several
/ conversions. and those engaged Ia these meet
I lnEs seemed 10 b. 10th TO discontinue them
I The afternoon trains from Washington OrouSa al
/ out quite large numbers of passengers, and by
/ nIghriall the country folks mad arr ed on the
grounds IA such numbers as to make the CON
gTegaton almost as large as that of Sunday,
/ me mum Der m and about the camp Beng esJI-
| mated Al over 5000. The entire number from
Was al uglon attending the camp was overi.g.,
I Al o'clock Rev. Joel Brown, of Laurel, Occu
pied me stand, and, after the preliminary eX-
I eTciSes. preached from the words. BE We sure
/ your sins Will find you out;' from which he
/ preached capital discourse. closing with 4
snort exhortation. large number presented
themselves for the prayers OF The religious, the
meeting being conducted by Rev. Mr.. Holt
day, who urged en- his hearers their duty 10
themselves and 10 their God. BY mldn ght
tnIrty-two conversions We're reported. The dOx.
ology being sung each was announced. Az
- o'clock Rev. E.P. Phelps, accompanied by
the ministers and the congregation. in cluding
the penI;SntS, led the procession around the
yrCle-all singing II, that Will be loyfuI,"
&Ad other kindred hymnS-three times ac-
c0'dlhg 10 the custom followed ever since
camp meetings Were first held. On re-
turning L. the stand a number of pauI.
tents presented themselves az the altar and
Kew Mr.. Mytinger delivered an exhortatIon
Rev. Dr. Phelps exhorted powerfully about
the same hour IN front OF the Savage tent. and
soon there were number OF SEEKERS there
also, and meeting was also held in the tent OF
Washington Company No. /. These meetings
were varied in character. and were kept MP
untli SIX o'clock this morning there belng some
dozen or more who profeSsed religion by that
hCur, making the number of converts during
the night over 10; during the week about l25
Previous 10 this hour numbers OF those en-
camped on the ground had commenced prepl-
Fa'lons 10 break up, and barely had the closing
address been made bv Rev. Mr. West. of South
River, before some of the tents We're struck and
the families occupy ing them on the roads home
ward bound, singing fayoIite camp meeting
hymns those from the cities, a they made
their way 10 the Junction and Oh the trains
Kept up the spirit OF the meeting in 4 similar
manner. Among other prominent Washing
tonIan> present yesterday and d. v before Esra
Mr. Ncrrnent, DR.. r Howard. )ber. Ban
W. l.. Blown, and q. l.. Sheriff
During he entire week there were out one or
Two instances il which the manager and A.
sI>lahjs We're called on 20 eXerl Sc the : power
ana considering the large attendance on he
camp and lis accessibility 70 The DistrIct cite
gredt credit IS due 10 the management and u
the comparative good order maintained. AMI
noeei there We're but few II any complaints
made Is Is either the board or lodging and
take II al IN all. this meeting was one o., tne
most orderly. pleasant and success sui ONES held
tor several years. G.