Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-24
FIRST EDITION.
The Camp Meetings.

SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAYS AT BRANDYwINE SUM
| META WELCOME RAIN-PowERFuI. PRAYER
| MEETING, &c.
| Especial Report for the Commercially
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT, Aug. 24th.
On Saturday morning, as the heads came hop
ping out from among the curtains of the var
ious tents, the eyes of all were turned toward
the sky in speculation as to whether we would be
favored with a rain, as the clouds seemed to
gather overhead, and as the grounds were be-
coming dusty a shower was very desirable.
About nine O'Clock 'the soft patter of the rain
upon the roof" began to be heard, which fell in
just sufficient quantity to dampen the earth, but
not in the least to dampen the spirit of the peo-
| pie, for adjourniug the prayer meeting which
was then being held at the stand, to st. paul's
tent, one of the best meetings of the camp was
held, all present. being deeply affected.
THE DAYS EXPERIENCES.
At the close of the prayer meeting Rev. Mr..
Wilson preached short but effective sermon
from II Timothy, I--7th :: " For God hath not
given us the spirit of fear ; but of power, and
love, and of a sound mind"
At the conclusion of the sermon, Rev. Mr.
Lame followed with an exhortation after which
prayer meeting WAS held. The sermon of the
afternoon was preached by Rev. Mr.. McKeever
from the text" Can any good thing come out
OF Nazareth And they answered come and seer
In the evening Rev. j. France preached very
earnest sermon from Matt. Vl-33rd-" seek ye
iirst the kingdom OF God and his righteousness /;
and all these things shall be added unto YOU"
At the close of the sermon
ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MEETINGS
we ever saw WAS held, if noise is an indication of
power, the entire woods resoundng with the
songs, shouts and shrieks of the people remind
ing one at distance of a terrible riot. There
were several conversions at the meeting, among
nlTnhqr a nj N al - in,
fuence
At six o'clock in the evening, those located in
st. Paul Avenue gathered in one of their re-
liglous conversation circles, which have become
quite feature of the camp and are attended
with much profit.
On Sunday morning the prospects for a fine
day were very favorable, and as u consequence,
at an early hour the people began to arrive in
their various vehicles, increasing in number un-
til they poured in at the rate of about two hum
dred and fifty per hour, filling up almost every
possible or impossible space upon or adjacent to
the ground.
SUNDAYS ExERoIsEs.
In the morning, Rev. Enoch Stubbs preached
stirring sermon to an audience of several thous-
and from the text "There is no other name
under Heaven given among men whereby we
may be saved, but the name of Jesus" The dis
course was fully up to the high standard of Mr..
Stubbs' efforts, which need no comment from
US, as he liz familiary known to the most Of your
citizens.
Shortly after noon the clouds began to thick
en- and before long the rain began to fall, which
gave unmistakable signs of settled rain, and as
consequence very many left for their homes,
although sufficient remained to crowd all the
large meeting tents, driven there by the rain,
and Immediately little knots of Methodist work
ers scattered around among them and started
prayer meetings, The preaching at the stand
was to have been conducted by Rev. s. T.
Thomas in the afternoon, but on account of the
rain he preached in st. Pauls tent. The re-
marks of Mi. Thomas were full of earnest ap-
peal added to sound reasoning, and we have no
doubt seeds of truth were sown in the hearts of
some that will grow and produce abuudantly to
Gods glory.
uation as one can imagine, particularly when it
comess unexpectedly. And the experience of
yesterday was a complete veriication OF that
fact, as any one would say who was present, and
witnessed the woe begone expression, the be-
draggled skirts and muddy feet of the people as
they slid, rather than walked about the grounds.
with the single comforting reflection that they
had thus far been able to hold their feet upon
the ground rather than their heads. Y. L.
FURTHER PROGRESS OF THE CAMDEN CAMP
CAMDEN, August 81.
The camp-meetng is still well attended, and
the meetings are progressing successfully.
was preached by Rev. ID. @. Ridgway, of Milford.
In the afternoon Rev. Thos. L. Poulson, OF Bal
timore, delivered an able temperance address,
and was followed in similar address by Rev.
Pennel Coombe, of Maryland who also preached
the regular sermon, from the text, "And the
times OF this ignorance God winked at hut now
comandeth all men everywhere to repent"
Last evening the sermon was preached by Rev.
A. w. Milby, and this morning by Rev. Robt. W.
Todd. O.