The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-16

CoIuC UP w Otu0I I'LL, anu ODt1lneQ
the use ofan empty tobaccowarehouse
located some hundred steps from the
can r-gr0uu1, andY det6knincd 30
mover to il The people okhis chaiye
indi1y out what The prS6cher W1s
going 70 do, sent inssupplis in abun-
SaDc9 80 that "a laiRe NUMBER of re-
Sons ERE Accommodated s. this b.
cco-Narehouse. I had the pleasure
of going up and holding family p ayes
with them one morning, and; found
about fifty pesons all seated, and quiet
ly waiting for prayer. Brother Plum
.mer, the nreacbfr I'M charge Of the,
Clarksville' Station, notwithstanding
the Church in GAINESVILLE had a -la..,gc
tent, well sustained, obtained a large
cloth tent, where he Accommodated,
himselfand others 80 that were there
is win, there is apt to be "a way.
Yet there was one other. tent that
deserves notice above all the rest, 1t
was improyised on. Saturday of tho
meeting, and it wonld be difficult to
tell of what it was composed. It was
partly of wagonwheels, rails, poles,
boards, brush, blankets, and straw =
and, under the hands of a youth so ne
sixteen years old, and two widow
women, itrapidly put itself in shape !;
fot 1 don't think it was more than one
hour after saw a twO.horse wagon
drive up which contained the bedding
and supplies, before the tent was. up,
a fire was kindled, and coffee-pot on
it, and the table was set for supper.
The party consisted ola granmother,
daughter, and several grandchildren.
THE old, lady told me that she and
her daughter could hapeilcome and
STAYED with some of the campers but
that they could not think of imposing
the children on MANHOOD y-aid that her
object was the convefs oh 0fhergrand-
son. The last sight I had Of tie old lady
she was sitting just at the edge of the
altar, with tears in her eyes, holding
her grandsOn's hat while he had gone
to the mourner's bench. Reader,
don't you think you. could camp !?
Some talk of the expense Of camping,
and some of the exposure, and yet
persons go to waterieg-plaees, and
lodge in miserable huts, and feed on
scorched mutton and poor coffee. and
play cards and dance till midnight,
and pay for such privileges from three
to five dollars per day. Now if per-
sons would do all this for recreation,
could not Christian people 90 and
camp at a camp-meeting for the good
Of souls and the glory ofGod? Ileft
Cedar Hill Tuesday evening. Up to
that time scme thirty-five OF forty
persons had made a profession and
as the interest was increasing every
hour, / shall expect to hear good ac-
count "A camp-meeting, / find, is
harvest for railroad The Edgefield
s. GAINESVILLE Road, I should think,
will clear five thousand dollars by this
meeting. A railroad could well afford
topay all the expense Of construction
to have a camp meeting located on its
route. 1 wonder if the Nashville & De
caturc Road will do any thing in the
way Ofaid to the building of the camp
ground at Whittaker's. i did not see
q drunken man on the camp-ground !;
/ did not see any act which l regard
ed as disOrderly. There was, dat IL
o'clock on sunday, when some four
thousand persons were emptied out
of the cars at the same time, and more
than half of them women, an acculnu-
lated whisper, together with the mo-
ton of fans through the air, making
a sound like a flock of birds, witch
prevented some from heai.ng. The
same difficulty was expe fenced at
three, when the multitude were set
ting out forhome. Let no extra trains
run on Sunday hereafter. / saw moth
ing for sale no trading going on.
Every thing considered, it was the
most orderly camp-meeting lever at
tended, and the number of tenters
will be greatly. increased another
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