Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-17

OPENING SERVICES ON FHIDAY-bUNDhY OBBERVAN-
cEs-pRodREssio OF THE MEETING, ETC.
Especial to the Commercially
CAMDEN, DEL q, August II.
The Camden Union Camp-meeting was for
mally opened on Friday evening, August 18th,
with sermon by the venerable Rev. John Ed
wards, from Revelations, VII, 9-1O: ''After
this beheld, and 10 ] a great multitude which
no man could number" &c. On Saturday morn
ing Rev. A. Rittenhouse preached an excellent
sermon from John, XIV, q ~ am the vine and
We are the branches" In the afternoon ]. E.
Price, a young man, student at Dickinson Col
ege, preached from Galatians, W. IA "But
God forbid that L should glory, save
in the cross" &c. In the, evening
Luke xix, A ''Because thou knowest not the
time of thy visitation" This sermon was fol-
lowed by prayer-meeting, which closed the day.
SABBATH MORNING DAMNED
upon us most delightfully."-, and at an early hour,
the people came pouring into Camp BY 10
O'Clock, a vast multitude were within the enclo-
sure. At So O'Clock, prayer and experience
meeting was held in front Of the altar, under the
direction of Rev. Geo. Hughes, OF the New Jer-
sey Conference, which was an occasion of much
religious enjoyment. Many testimonies were
given for Christ
At 10 o'clock, Rev. Prof. Harmon of Dickin-
son College, after singing and prayer announced
these Kings" &C., introducing the subject by a
brief history of..King Nebuchadnezzar, of his
dreams and Visions and the calling of Daniel to
interpret them, after which he discussed as his
first leading Thought, the nature of Christs
Kingdom, and secondly. the establishment of
thisJ Kingdom tlrlly, the grounds of the sta
bility of this Kingdom. The Professor handled
the subject with master hand any attempt at
a description of his sermon in the space allotted
to this report, would do it injustice Suffice it to
say that it was grand array of logical facts, and
for an hour and ten minutes that large audience
was held as by magic power.
At haf-past one o'clock, children 8 meeting
was held in front Of the stand under the direc-
ton of Prof. Fischer of Philadelphia, which was
AN OCCASION OF GREAT INTEREST
not only to the children, but also to the adults.
A number of addresses were made to the chill
dren by various bretheren present interspersed
with singing by the children.
At o'clock after the preliminary services Rev.
Geo. Hughes announced for his text Acts l, 8
"But ye shall receive power after that the Holy
Ghost has come upon you" Introducing his
subject by reference to the peculiar power of
Christianity, he said Methodism is modern de-
velopment of it. The sermon was listened to
with much interest.
At six o'clock spirited prayer-meeting was
held in the large Union tent. At seven O'Clock,
Rev. J. E. Price preacnad good sermon from
jeremiah xiii, 16 Give glory to the Lord thy
prayer-meetng.
We have been attending
THE cAMP-MEETINa, HELD ON THIS GROUND
for number of years and though we have seer
more tents here, than there are this year, (the
present number being about one hundred ant
sixty, )what they lack in number is fully made il
other respects. Upon the whole, they are at
good if not the best board tents we have evei
seen. One fourth of them are two stories high
many of them are really handsome, among the
number is that of our friend DR.. Jump
the popular Republican Gubernatorial candidate
with whom, on Saturday, was also the Republi
can candidate for Congress, Hon. James r. Lol
land.
Rev. Joseph Dare of Wyoming, has charge o
the meeting, and seems to be sufficient for thu
work. He is well sustained by his colleagues
Revs. E. G. Irwin, and G. D. Watson and ais,
an efficient Board of Managers.
THE CAMP Is WELL SUSTAINED
in all its departments The best of order pre-
walls, and the Indications are good for success
full camp meeting. l must not forget to sa
that Profs. Robinson, of Baltimore, and Fischer
of philadelphia, are here, andhave charge of tn
singing, and are perfectly at home in the musica
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