The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-22
CHURCH IN THE WOODS.
The Methodist National Camp Meetfng-Pre
paratI0ne for an Immense GaIh erinE

The Methodist Nationel Camp Meeting-Pre-
The National Association OF the Methodist Episco-
pal Church will begin its fourth annual session at
the camp-aeeting grounds in Hamil on, Masshu-
setts, to-day, and continue until July OF the Asso-
ciation and the preparations for the occasion the
SIT is composed OF some of the leading ministers
OF the Methodist denomination. From present ap-
pearances the meeting will be very largely attended
one hundred and fifty tents having already arrived
on the ground from Baltimore, and numerous dele
cations having promised TO come on from New
York, Philadelphia and other large cities, while
Maine will send a host Every accommodation will
be provided for the crowd, however, aud already
addition to the forty-nve immense ones OF their
own. or course fine weather is heartily wished for
but even If heavy rains fall the services can still go
on, a mammoth tent, capable OF accommodating
some fifteen hundred persons, having been provided
and placed on the top of the hill 1t will be dedi-
cateo on Wednesday next
1.-The improvements that have been made in the
grounds since last year have been very great Ex-
cept when the weather was too severe to allow OF
work being done out OF doors, some few men have
oeen employed since the last camp-meeting in pre-
parlpg new avenues, removing buildings, or putting
up new ones. Perhaps the greatest Improvement or
accommodation Is that made by the Eastern Rail-
road Company, who have laid branch line TO within
a few yards OF the gate and have erected hand
some depot TWO hundred feet In length with offices
at each end, capable OF sheltering one thousand
'Of the whole forty under the control of the
Asonry camp Mest,ng ~, association very little VIII
have been made for the laying ont OF a park the
lunch department has has, been removed and placed in
locality where 1t will be in better keeping with the
appearance OF the grounds, several elegant two
story Swiss cottages have been erected, and every
arrangement has been made for accommodation
provided the symmetry OF the present arrangements
were not interfered with.
''rhe victuang department, under the charge OF
q committee, Is considerably enlarged. ana now
about three thousand day can be provided with
dinner, without any crowding Besides this num-
Der, however, about six hundred more can be pro-
vided for In the lunch department. and there are
also some grocery and bakers stores where provi-
sons can be procured and cooked by private parties
The Kitchen, enlarged and generally fixed over, is
now one OF the handsomest buildings the grounds,
and is capable OF more than double the amount OF
work Deing performed in 1t than last year.
''There has been new avenue opened up from
the railroad depot TO the centre OF the grounds The
auditorium has been carefully graded, provided with
new seats, with slopng backs, and altogether very
comfortable, and capable OF accommodating four
thousand persons The pavilion from whence
speeches, etc, will be made Is also remodelled.
"A high picket fence encloses the grounds. The
gates will be closed every night at haf-past 10
O'Clock, and re-opened at o'clock IN the morning.
Persons who intend 20 pass Sundays with the asso-
citation will have to be within the enclosure before
hef-past 10 O'Clock on the Saturday as the gates
will be closed all day Sunday. It is purpOsed by
those having control OF the meeting to have the
Sabbath strictly and relgiousy observed"