National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-05
,NETHODISTC AMP-MEETINGI
rzreREaT RELIGIOUS GATHERINs
WEIR GAIrHERSBURG.

WEAR GAIEHERSBURG.
ooK-THREE HUNDRED TENTS
AI N NOW IN PROGRESS
s,1IpPTSG FRETGHT-sCENEs ABOUT THE
RrpoT-A HEAVY TRAIN SENT OUT YES
TFRpAY AFTERNOON SCHEDULE "
INs-pIsTIEGUIsHED PREACHERS TO
BE PRESENT.
The great religious soicurn in the WOODS IN
der The auspices Of the Methodist churches o.
the District Of Columbia begins this morning. !
and 4 to be held in, the oak grove near
esi,bersburg, On the metropolitan Branch Of
the baltimore and his railroad. ms grove
embraces over two hundred acres Of sRsae,
..ch as can hardly y round within hundred
miles square Of " sshington. Beyond rs nat
,,r,l admiration Of ilne shade and smPles1ppiy
Of uure cold waterA 1t is easy Of access, being
re.ched bv = ride Of about forty minutes over
anew road whose picturesque SCIENCES have
sDssn introduced into stereoscopic views.
Campmeetings are q speciality with Metho-
.1ists onsy. and hsEe constituted : prominent
one Of che many appliances ussd BY this De
,,o,,,nstIon to reach and Christjanize the
,D.,s.s of civilization. Like sn other Things
modern, they hsFe OutgroWn their cary neg,
- -. ~ carried on upon 9 scale OF magnl-
5sybjcb has made them rival watering
49, I'D sasIside loungiug in the induce
Ro1ts rev offer for recreation and social en-
iovmeat, The great national camps, lnaugu-
;yysted but a few years since, az kound lake,
ses-clif and other healthiul sposss now iaouce
move neople 20 the enjoyment OF their retreat
than spy one Of the most popular watering
places. There are three
CAMPS NOW IN PROGRESS
IN tie State of Maryland, at which 1t is esti-
mated that over ten thousand persons are this
week soiourninR The great camp Of the Meth
o5ists OF Baltimore city is now IN its second
,Eeel. and Is located at Emory Grove, on the
western MARYLAND railroad, about fifteen mics
north of Baltimore city. About hVe hnndred
tents have been pitched, and BESIDES theH reg,
ular occupants thousands OF people come ana
90 daily from the Monumental CITY, ,
The camp of the Southern Methodists OF
RaItirnore and Washington, at Wesley Grove,
near ANNAPOLIS junction, will begin tomorrow,
and it is estimated that two hundred taberha-
.cles will be pitched and the attendance be en-
Enthusiastically large.
THE WASHINGTON GROVE CAMP
near Gaithersburg, in which our city Is olIec1ly
Interested, will have about three hundred per
mansnt tents, while thousands O. me PoPuII-
ton of all the adjoining section OF Maryland
and Of this CITY will be its transient guests.
The csmn committee has already been In the
Grove for A week. superinteDding and aiding in
having ali the tents in readiness by to-day, and
success has crowned their efforts. Yesterday
the snowy canvas Of the vast number OF tents
each covering an average of 26O square feet
NJ ground-wss visible, each neatly iOOred, to |
be today fitted up by the hands Of the matrons
and maidens who will do the household honors
beneath their canopy for two weeks. No one
can conceive, except by experience, the inter
esting spectacle presented by such scene, with
its three hundred happy families, eamped Tor
social and religious enjoyment.
This year the inner court. e., the place
filed M with seats and where the preaching is
beld-is TO be Octsgoual in shape; last year Il
vast sguRre This is skiTted upon its eight
sides with tents looking out upon 1t IRON every
direction, except where the aTenues-Whieh are
radiating, instead of straight and parallel as
last vcar-enter IN upOG the court. In the
rear of these several rows OF tents, called the
front rows, from the fact that they front upon
the court, are other avenues about twenty feet
wide which bear the names Of many OF the sta
tious whose members are tented upon them,
as Foundry, Wesley, Metropolitan, &c. At the
four corners Of the camp as laid out last year
are pumps Of the purest water, and as cool as
one can readily drink. Separated from the
camp across an open field are four magnificent
springs OF the same refreshing water, while in |
the eastern portion Of the grove the celebrated |
Cbslybeste spring Is located, the water Of
which, upon chemical analysis, has been said
TO contain strong and valuable medicinal prop !
critics.
At the northeast and southwest eItremities |
of the camp are the two mammoth eating \
booths, or, as Frank Milliken has more fash |
ionably christened his, the "dining court"
MiIltken has learned what people like, not only |
70 eat, but to hear, hence this more pleasing /
title. If the people don't get good fare this year
II certainly won't be from any lack of effort on
his part, for the knowing ores say that he has
robbed every ro6st Tith4a 1ss miles OF every
thing IKE an eatable bird, that is, oItiting the
setting-hens and superannuated ROSTERS. For /
two days past he has been on the ground, as
siduously at work, and at little compliment
airy supper spread by him last egening to about
two hundred persons, he put the concern In the
most charming working order. It is treat TO /
eat such food IRON saoW-white tables.
THF cGMP-MEET1Ss FEVER.
has rared E5,opy the MethodIsts Of this city |
for The mast six weeks, and has grown more
and more intense with each weekly mass
meeting that has been held. No better proof
of this could be asked than the scene at the
depot yesterdsy-the day set for loading and
shipping the freight. Every conceivable a-ticle
Of household furniture, from feather bed to
q salt-cellsr, not to mention bedstesds, chairs,
carpets, parIOr suites, cooking-stoves, pots,
kettles and what-nots, was hurriedly hustled |
upon the platform and run into the cars from
early morn to shutdown, and yeti pile looked
immense. i was hurried away on several
trains 10 its destination, and will be unpacked
this morning amid scenes Of bothered men, !
women and children looking fOr individual
property, which are better seen than described.
no, FOR CAMP
The 2lO train to the camp grounds yester- |
1oy uvent off crowded tn rPUletiOn- |
everybody seemed eager 10 get TO their homes |
in the woods, and it was hard for spectator
to resist the temptation TO be one Of the happy |
party
Aspecial schedule of camp meeting trains has
been arranged, as follows: To camp, sos and
9 q. N, and 40 p. m. From camp, 7'O9 a. m,
5:15 and $50 p. m.
Special arrangements have been made by
the osmp-mssiing committee ard Frank Mill
ken, for the accommodation Of transient guests
who can remain but one or q few days. Tents
all fitted up viii be ct their rental, and q most
reasonable rate Of board will be charged by
Mr.. Muliken, who has also arranged the morn
ing and evening meals with special adaptation
TO the arrival and departure Of trains.
THE SPIRITUAL WORK
Of the camp will be conducted by the clergy Of
Washington principally. The great Irish Yves
leyan preacher, Thos. Guard, Of Baltimore,
bDECLuCE Will WV pClA1Es Va t-S WI
lege ofj5ishops will be present, D. V. The first
or opening sermon Of the camp viii be preached
at 7:SO tonight by Rev. z. D. Owen, Of Union
chapel solid man, who will doubtless sound
substantial keynote.
The details Of the great gathering, as relates
both to its temporal and spiritual interests,
seems 70 have received the needed careful at
tention. Nothing appears left undone to make
the meeting q grand SUCCESS. Every one con-
nected with # has been in earnest and aud per-
formed the work assigned him with jealous
care
TRR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN has sent a
special correspondent to the grounds, and de-
tailed accounts Of the progress at the camp can
be foand itB columns daily.
4 GOOD ITEM SPOILED.