Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-01
Brandywine summit Camp-Mee.lns.
FOURTH DAY-AN INCIDENT OF PRAYER MEETING
NOW WE CAN WORK FOR JEsUs''-AcoIDENT TO
REV. JOHN EDWARDS
[Correapondence of the CommerciAI1

FOURTH DAY-AN INCIDENT OF A PRAYER MEETING
NOW WE CAN WORK FOR JEHus"-AcoIDENr To
REV. JOHN EDWARDS.
| Correspondence of the CommerciaI.l
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT, Aug. 80.
Op account Of the weather, the services last
evening, were conducted in st. Paul's tent, Rev.
Mr. Barnhill discoursing from Luke XIV; IT,
Come, for all things are now ready" Immedia-
tely after the sermon,a a prayer meeting was held
AZ is the usual custom which was continued until
after ten O'Clock, and was one of the most sue
cesHfui meetings held Thus far, resulting in great
| good.
The day is cloudy and damp, and the cry is
| again ' to your tents, Oh Israel " and the
| preaching service this morning, was held In St
| PnuIs tent Rev. Mr. Shields preached the SER
mon, after which Rev Enoch Stnbbs made an
| exhortation which produced such emotions In the
hearts OF his hearers, that at times his voice was
| drowned BY the exultant shouts OF the people
Surely I" IL is good to be here" While listening
| to the experiences of those people, and looking
| into the heaven-lit countenanoes of ..many Of
them, we are forcibly reminded of the passage in
| Gods Word which declares that " in Christ we
have not only the promise of the life that now is,
but OF that which is to come" For from exper-
| ience and observation, we are free to declare
that the world has no joys such as many of these
people experience. 1t appears to us that the
Methodists are peculiar In q Measure from other
denominations, in the fact that they not only find
in the Scriptures rule for their lives, but also
"a fountain of Joy" 'l''
At one of the meetings, an incident occurred
which shows the operations Of the Spirit in q
peculiar manner. lady arose In the conPreQa-
tion, and divesting herself of her jewelry, 0or
which she said she had passsion,) she stated
that she was the wife Of preacher. but real-
zinB her unfitness for the responsibility OF such
a position, she had consecrated herself more
fully to the Lord, and feeling that her love of
Jewelry was a clog to her advancement in Chris
tiAn life, she removed and renonnced it then
and there and turning'to her husband exclaim-
ed with chlldlike simplicity, NOW we Can work
for Jesus
This afternoon the childrens meeting was ad-
dressed by Rev. aud Mrs Dr. Matlack. The
meeting was very pleasant but the time was
TOO limited to allow an opportunity for altar
work and it was, therefore, decided to extend
the invitation to penitents at the next meeting,
Immediately after the opening exercises.
Rev Enoch Stubbs discoursed in the morning
from Matthew 3rd o; IL and II v. He spoke for
Sn hour and twenty minutes.
The chdren's meeting was hold at the usual
hour but on account of the dense crowd and con-
sequent confusion tho time was occupied in sing-
ing and PRAYER. there being no invitation extend
ed to penitents
The afternoon sermon at the stand was
preached by Chas Hill from 2nd Timothy, G;
lO Y. but other sermons were also preached-in /
st. Pauls Avenue and at the entrance to the |
camp meeting-while meetings of various kinds |
were held in all quarters of the ground Such s |
praclng every opportunity that offers itself /
whereby they may glorify God and save souls
ibis afternoon the bright smiling face OF "old /
Sol made it's appear ancefrom behind the clouds |
shedding its genial rays not only upon the earth /
but into the very hearts of the people, and at
present groups of happy hearts are scttered over
the grounds each one vieing with nature in Of
ferilIg praises unto God.
Ihe afternoon service was conducted by Rev. |
J. ID. Rigg, and during his sermon he was fre-
quently interrupted by the shouts Of his congre-
CATION whose emotions overbalanced their pow |
81 10 control them. The evening sermon was
preached by Bev. T. J. Myers.
While Rev. John Edwards. an old man. was on
ais way to this camp to-day he attempted to step
ipon the cars while they were in motion, not sup
posing they vera going rapidly, when he was
'iolently thrown to the ground, cutting his head
md face, producing painful though not serious
Wounds. YERDANr.
'IFrH DAY-fMMEHsE oUTPoURINd OF THE PEOPLE
THE GREAT DAY OF THE oAMP-MEETING
SUNDAY, August Both.
"out OF Zion, the perfection of beauty, God
ath shined." These were the words which were
uggested to our mind as, with hearts brimful of
dmiration and alteration, we drew the curtain Of
ur tent aside, and stepped out into the avenue
nd drank IN the beautie' OF nature which sur
ounded us. Certainly to-day is one Of natures |
cts ! the very ''leaves are clapping their hands
or joy"
This morning at 1880, a "love- feast" was held
which IL the common custom of camp meetings) |
'hich was attended with remarkable degree Of |
and which at times seemed to have
o bounds. The meeting continued until to /
1thln fifteen minutes of the time for preaching !
bout seventy persons having witnessed for /
hrlst in the meantime. q
While enjoying the feast of love" we did not c
office the influx Of visitors until the close Of the
leetlng, which had grown TO be very large one.
Inch kept increasing in numbers until at the r
lose OF the preaching the entire circle devoted n
} the preaching seemed to be one mass of hu- {
lanity, while every available space on the | a
round was occupied by vehicles of all sorts and t
zes from the farmers hay wagon, drawn by !
our horPes, to the delicate "Jenny Lind" of the v
ty. Large numbers came in the cars both from
Philadelphia and Wilmington. Yet the good or
or was the subject of remark Notwithstanding |
le immense crowd present. C
While strolling around the grounds and look b
lg at these workers, We are reminded of these n
ords of Wesley Q
''See where the servants OF the Lord
busy multitude appear
For Jesus day AMI night employed,
nis heritage they toll to clear"
1t is estimated that the number of persons
Resent will amount to from eight to ten thous-
ld, and probably two thousand horses.
Thus far everything has passed off quietly and |
oasantly and We have no accidents to record
! any character VERDANT.
PREACHING, TOMORROW.
Rev. d. W. Bartine, ID. D., will preach, to-mor-
on afternoon, September 2nd, at 2J1 o'clock.
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