Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-27
CAMP MEETING CoRREsP PoNDEMCE.
BRANDYwINE sUMMTT-No sERvIoEs, YESTERDAY,
THE TENTS NOT BEING ALL UP-A RAINY NIGHT
SIZE OF THE EEoAMPMENT, ETo.

BRANpYw1NE sUMMTT-No sERvIoEs, YESTERDAY,
THE TENTS NOT BEING ALL UP-A RAINY NIGHT
-sIzE OF THE ENoAMPMENT, ETC.
Correspondence Of the Commercial
BRANDYwINE SUBMIT CAMP, Aug. 26.
To-day being the fret day Of the camp, and as
large proportion Of campers have but just ar
rived, it has been decided to hold no meetings
during the day, as the noise and confusion OF
tent erecting and tent preparing is probably
fully as great as that of yesterday, those who
are settled in their own tents, assisting the new
comers; and we cannot refrain from remarklng
here, that il q camp meeting did no other good,
1t is worth all the trouble and expense attending
it in enabling US to better understand our Deigh,
bors, and in provoking spirit Of kindliness and
sociability toward each other which it is impos-
sible to develop under any other circumstances.
In our letter, yesterday, we gave description
of the grove as prepared by nature, put as ma
ture could no. do all, we will tell what advan-
tage art has taken Of the opportunities afforded
There are at present about one hundred and
thirty tents erected for ind vduals. which, added
to the tents devoted to public purposes will make
about one hundred and fifty The church tents
are as follows Sloan, OF Brandywine Hundred;
Mt. Pleasant, of Delaware Co; The Wilmington
tent, used by Asbury and Grace churches in
uniou and st. Paul's, of Wilmington.
Last night we were greeted with an exceeding
| ly heavy rain, which commenced about o'clock
and continued through the greater part OF the
| night.
TO spend q night at camp during heavy
| rain is not the most delightful amusement IN
the world by any means, In our letter OF
| Yesterday we described the noble trees as
| being 80 close together as to intermingle their
foliage, but We have since learned by experience
/ that those leaves are not 30 much OF success
i in shielding us from the rain as in shielding us
from the SUMS rays.
Imagine to yourself one OF "our prominent
| citizens" sitting upon ''sotary isle, said isle
i being the highest point OF his bed surrounded
i on ali sides with water without either boat or
i life preserver grimly curled up and occasional
ly feeling around in the darkness to ascertain II
the tide Is rising, and imagining it must be al
most daybreak when it is perhaps no later than
| IL P. M, and you will have some ieea OF camp
ing on rainy night. But daylight appears at
| Last and with it comes the glorious sunlight in
| all its fplendor rendered all the more glorious
BIS contrast with the night which had just passed. .
| But We are fully convinced that the poet which
| composed the beautiful poem in regard to the
'.patter of the soft rain overhead" never receiv-
| ed his inspiration in board tent at camp meet
ing.
But we are now enjoying perfect weather, We
leave the past behind US, enjoying the present
and hoping much IN the future we pass away our
time We have noticed among the arrivals to-day
MIR Matlack, of Grace, and Rev. E. Stubbs, of AS
bury, of Wilmington, and Rev. ]. d. Rigg of New
port also Rev. Joshua Humphris, of Wilmington.
The camp is under the charge Of Rev. Mr. Ken
| nv OF Sloan Church. As no definite arrangements
have been made in regard to the appointments
of those who are to preach as far as we can
learn, we can send you nothing reliable in that
direction at present, but will advise you as we
proceed NEhDANT.