Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-07-21
The National Camp Meeting.



The meeting is indeed National in character,
for nearly every Stale III the Union is represent
cd and all diyersities of manner appear in the
conduct of the several services. The National
Committee seem to thoroughly understand the
work they have in hand and we should say man
| age this vast meeting with great skill and tact.
Every one Of them has his peculiarities of CHAR
actHr, and each HAYS power with those OF their
| own east of mind. The President, Rev. John s.
Inskip. is an impassoned speaker full of fire
and excitement yet remarkable in many re-
| spects. Next to him stands Rev. b. NJ. Adams.
| of Brooklyn, who reminds one of Beecher. He
| speaks with clearness and vigor noble manli-
ness characerizes all his bearing, and when he
commands, the vast crowds obey the direction as
though it were. next to impossible to do other
| wise. Mcdonald. OF Boston, is the clear headed,
ripe scholar, of the COMMITTEES. Our own Cook
man with gentlencss and love wins TO Jesus,
while ',onerct called by some shocks from the
battery'-and old Father Coleman, are regular
''sons of thunder in their presentation of truth
At o'clock on Wednesday morning an exceed
ingly interesting prayer meeting was held at the
stand led by Rev. A. Goodman; and it may be
understood that in all these prayer meetings
much time il given to brief relations of Christian
experience. On that morning some fifty persons
gave in their testimony At ~ o'clock Rev. b.
NJ. Adams Of Hreakyn, preached with great
power from the I'd verse of the i2d Psalm.
My soul thirsteth for God; when shall come
and appear before God The sermon was mas
terly III argument and Astounding in illustrations
OF very great aptness and beauty.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald preached very clear SER
mon i'll the afternoon presenting with remarkable
disinctness the peculiarites of the doctrine pre-
scented at this meeting, showing what sanctiica-
ton embraces. and what not embraced as
| believed 10y this denomination as christians. We
| thought them evangelical and most certainly
| Wesleyan. Rev. c. ID. Battelle occupied the
stand in the evening andpreached from Numbers
xiv, "a.
Mr. Battele Is one ~ the pioneers of Metho-
dism IN tho west, and is now living in London,
Ohio. His preaching was earnest heartfelt, and
closing up with what is n peculiarly in all SER
mons here preached the relation of the expert
ence OF the minister occupying the pulpit.
Rev. j. Mckenzie Reilly, u. D., formerly of
Baltimore, but now of Louisville, Ky. preached
on Thursday morning, from ID Peter 18th verse
18th chapter.
His sermon, though an hour long. was follow
cd by an earnest and clear exhortation by Rev.
j. Dunn of New Jersey, who called the people
TO immediate action, when score or more pre-
scented themselves at the altar as seekers of
| entire purity
The Roy. Geo Wells Of Wisconsin, preached
IN the afternoon from Ephesians ~. from 18th
to 10Th verses This was regarded by very many
as the best sermon yet preached and was above
anything in which this superior minister of the
gospel has yet presented the truth at any of the
National Camp Meetings i'll any former years.
The prayer meetings In the mornings al .. and
in the evenings at o'clock are held in the taber-
nacle an immense canvass tent. costing $1,000.
and capable of seating 3UO0peTsOns. AT the close
of the service in the tabernacle on Wednesday
evening it was announced that about 800 was
needed to enable the Committee to pay the bal
ancc yet remaining on it, when in few minutes
5000 was given and the balance pledged.
There are now over $40 tents erected, and
gang of men are yet ut work constantly in the i'll
terals Of service.
Before each service, the Secretary reads the
requests that come in from persons present. or
through the mail for the prayers of this vast
body of Christians, when the congregation il
asked 70 arise and pray for the persons thus pre-
scented. while Rev.J. Hughes the Secretary holds
np the written request before God and the CON
gresatioi.
At one o'clock, the bell is tolled. and nearly
every tent on the ground is closed Willie the oc-
cupants engage in silent prayer, which frequent
ly closes in triumphant shouts of praise.
oAK1YdroY, Nh, July IL.
The exercises On this groipd since Friday last
have been of marked character. 1t is not poss-
bly, for rs to convey any proper account of the
spirit and power of the movement, or to give
even fair account Of events transporting. II we
had the privilege Of writing ont for your readers
of the sermons here delivered they would be of
interest and profit, but just now We must he
content 10 assure all that every sermon has had
direct bearing on the main interest here pre-
scented 10 the people. The National camp meet
lils Is held Tor specific pnrpose, the presenta-
ion Of the doctrine Of Christian perfection as
held hy the Methodist Episcopal Church
On FRIDAY there We're on tile ground lust six
| hundred and thrty-two tents by actual count
and yesterday morning the numbers III the con-
| grcgation could not have been less than six
thousand persons. many have computed the
crowds upon the ground az numbering 10000. A
delegation of Quakers from OHIO arrived on the
ground n few day, since, who were identified with
the great revival which recently swept over por-
tous Of the State. \ large number Of ministers
aud lay members oi other churches IN attend
| auco from all parts Of the country Rev Dr.
lioar'lman OF the Baptist Church, author of the
Higher Christian Life, has been present in
| nearly every service expressing his sympathy
| with this great movement.
On Friday afternoon, Rev. W. II, lioole, of
| Brooklyn, n. Y, preached in his usual caustic
| manner, sermon, eyidencng careful compare
son OF the forces at the disposal Of the VI. Il.
| Church. and the result attained by her during
| the last ecclesiastical year His text was chosen
from the command Of Jesus To the Church, :, Go
4 We INTO all the world, and preach the Gospel uu-
to every creature Which lie regarded as the
marching orders Of the Church to 20 forth to
| the worlds conquest.
| III tie evening, layman by tile name Of
SMITH from Phila occupied the stand and with
IT. Paul 70 the Romans, q Oh; 18th w.
On saturday, Rev. Mr.. Harlan, Of Providence.
preached i'll the morning. from Ephesians, 3-l7
| :. That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith"
AZ o'clock Rev. William Butler, late Of the
| Media Mission, preached from Genesis LII
| Walk before inc and be thou perfect IN tho
| evening, two services were held Rev. Ilr. Mitch
| ell, Of Norih Carolina, preached at the main
stand. and Rev. J. Ncl.car at the tabernacle, To
| large congregations.
| Yesterday. services were IclJ nj tI,o main,
stand. tabernacle, and nj several different places
through the ground.
or these exercises We will write YOU more
fully.
fnl, and nothing has occurred to mar the liar
mony and success Of the meeting.
THE HEAT "A GREAT ASH rowERrrL ,'coNy1Srors
| SERVICE OF ~ HOURS THE CONFESSION OF A
| fENIfENr MiNEn-A rouclnSa RE-CyIoS nr
NuRTH AND sprrn THE ISFAIIirtIIrY OF
| n.Nle.
oAEiSGToS Mn, July 18Th. 1870.
The extreme heat of the last few DAYS has af-
fec'cd the worsHppers in the grove about as
much as the stay ut homes" Congregations
have been much smaller than they would other.
wise have been, and very many cases Of sickness
are reported. We notice tile kind and efficient
Dr. James, Of Philadelphia, with hasty step,
| l"'A''H 'i'" ''hN w lSiii' ~ lllt tHll OF the
needy. and ''withont money, and without price y
administering to the necessities OF the suffering.
One of the efficient workmen on this ground is
Rev. f. II. Purdy of New York. lie Yields a
sharp, two-edgcd sword, cutting to the very
centre of all sham in religious life or profession
His mission seems to be to use the pruning
knife, to lopoG the dead branches Of tic church.
and 10 urge all others to closer union with
Christ, and to display more perfectly tho power
Of deafness TO world and life in Christ Jesus.
Mr.. riersall Smith, an earnest layman. spoke
with the sweetness and junction. of Il Fletcher. on
Friday evening. and in the stiffness Of tile houI
that followed his loving DISCOURSE many were
brought into very special nearness TO God.
This evenings service was one Of the most
unctuons yet one Of the calmcAt of the meet.
ing. An unusual power sendeth rest npon
the hundreds assembled on and before
the stand. Thin same devoted Christian
Of the sabbath assisted by Rev. McssIs Osborn
tiracey, Thomas. Person and others had a con.
tnuons service OH the main Ayenue leading from
the railroad To the encampmcnt and near one of
the water talkr which lasted for ten hours be.
; ginning at y O'rlDck in the morning. Fifteen
minute sermons, interpreted with singing and
prayer and personal interviews and cShoItation
continued with increasing interest. At II PRAYER
| h.,l1 IL. .fi.