Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-29
UoTA IONS AT THE BRAsDYwrNE MILLS FOR FLOUR
Rrandy,vine Summit Camp-meeting.

THE CLOSING ExERcIsEs-THE cHILDREN's FARE
wELL-scENEs AT THE LAST pRAYER-MRETINa -
CATHOLICS AND FRIENDS AT THE ALTAR.
Especially reported for the CONNIE call
BRANDywINE SUMMIT, Aug. %.
Yesterday being the last day of the camp, the
usual large crowd was attracted to witness the
closing services which commonly occur at mid
night, but which were postponed until the fol-
lowing morning, at five o'clock.
CLOSING DAY SERVICES.
The sermon of Rev. j. Downey, yesterday
morning, from the text-''We would see Jesus, ="
was among the finest of the camp, and in the
estimation of many, decidedly the best, not from
its oratorical effect but on account of the depth
of thought evinced.
In THE afternoon Rev. C. Mclean conducted
the childrens meeting, aud at its close, had the
children to march around in front of the stand,
shake hands with the preachers as a parting SER
vice, which was very interesting. In the after
noon Rev. T. M. Griffith preached an eloquent
discourse from the text" Come unto me ye
that are heavy laden and will give you rest"
In the evening Rev. w. G. Best preached a
stirring sermon on "Naaman, the leper," after
which the usual prayer meetings were started
i'll the various parts OF the ground. The meet
ings in the various tents were
ESPECIALLY SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE
on account of the testimonies of those present
to the emotions that stirred them upon that hour
as they bore witness to the power of God in con-
verting and sanctifying their hearts, during the
ten days just being ended; and they looked
around the company and bid them farewell, their
eyes were filled with tears, and their voices were
choked. Truly the expression "see how these
Christians love-" was the most appropriate that
could be used by an observer as he gaZed upon
the scene before him.
While these solemn scenes were beiug enacted
in the tents, those who were yet unsaved seemed
to feel the awfulness of the hour, AZ they real
lied that the harvest was almost ended and that
they were not saved and as they found they
could not retard the progress of the swiftly-ty-
ing moments, many in the bitterness of their
souls at thought of the neglected opportunities
which might never return,
FLED TO THE ALTAR OF MERCY
and great was the shout that went up in the
camp by the host that surrounded the stand as
soul after soul felt ''the cleansing power of the
blood OF the Lamb as applied to their hearts; and
thus they went on until daybreak, this morning,
when between thirty and forty professed saliva
ton through Christ and among the number
were Quakera and Roman Catholics There has
not been a close record kept of the number OF
conversions but we are informed by good au-
thority that il would approximate hundred.
This morning, the company
STARTED IN PROCESSION
around the grounds made sacred by 30 many
hallowed associations, singing those sacred
hymns of the Methodist church, and passing by
the preachers stand, grasped the hands OF
those who were in waiting, with many express
sions of God speed as they separated many of
them to meet no more on earth. At the close
of the parting services all repaired to theiI
tents and in fow moments it was disorder and
confusion, AZ beds and bedding, carpets and
chairs made their appearance in commingled
heaps in front of the tents awaiting the arrival
of the conveyances to take them to their respec-
tive places. And in few hours there will be
silence in the grove, the chirping of insects
and the warble of birds, as they return to occu-
py the home from which they were driven.
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