National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-16

Especial Correspondence OF National Republican
GAIrHERsBURG, MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Nd,
August H. 1875.
TENTH AND ELEVENTH DAYS.
Rev. E. d. Owen, Of Ryland chapel presched
o practical sermon Friday night on the excuses
urged by the ungodly against the acceptance of
Christianity. 1t was based upon Luke ix:61:
"Another also said, Lore, i will follow thee, but
At the close Of the sermon two penitents were
found ct the altar Of prayer. Owing to the rain
which prevailed the service was held in the Fifth
avenue tsnt.
Saturday found the grove too damp to justify
holding the morning service at the preaching
stand. The general prayer and experience-meet-
ing was therefore, held in the Fifth-avenue tent.
1t was conducted by Rev. F. g. Kirby, Of Laurel,
and proved very interesting. This meeting was
succeeded by preaching at 1880, by Rev. W. II.
Hedges, Of Fourth street, East Washington. His
text Is recorded In the list chapter of Revelations
from the I'D to the 9th verse, inclusive. The
service was held in the grsve and one person pre-
sented herself for prayer before the close Of the
exercises.
SALE OF THE TRIBUNE SUPPRESSED.
Among the arrivals by train this morning were
twenty copies of the Washington Tribune, which
journal has had correspondent on the ground
the religious features Of the eneampment. It was
soon observed by one that in this edition the
"Mslor" had prostituted the spirit Of honest jour.
nalism, and attempted the more serious business
Of throwing slime on the character Of the camp.
As q consequence Rev. B. Peyton Brown, of Dun
barton.street church, Georgetown, forbade the
sale Of the paper upon the camp ground. Why
he should has presumed to have done this inste -
OF leaving 1t TO the presiding elder or the Camp
Meeting Association, which are the only properly
be imagined rather than explained.
AN INSULT TO THE PRESS.
The correspondent Of THE NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN, and through him the press In general and
the reading public Of the District Of Oolumbis,
Rev. p. b. Brown to-day, that he considered
newspaper correspondents of the camp meeting Q
put his foot on the grounds" DON'T accept tSis
as a index Of the feeling or opinion of the people
here. The efforts Of TIE REPUBLICAN to give q
Of the camp have been highly commended by the
clergy, laiety and majority Of the directors of
the Camp Meeting Association, including its
valuable president, BY compliments rendered Its
AT 2o'ciock the usual tent meetings were held.
The one on Fifth avenue was for the
CULTIVATION OF THE RosE-BUDs,
and was conducted by Rev. F. G. Kirby. The
than on previous days. Miss Clara Hoover talked
Pathetically to the little ones, winning an un-
divided attention. Rev. Alex. Bielsski, young
man Of deep sincerity and earnestness, followed
with appropriate remarks, at the clSse of which
q large number Of these children Of the Church
publicly acknowledged their interestin the saliva.
ton Of their souls, and requested prayers by rails
ing their hands.
At the same hour the ladies' meeting was held
In the Broadway tent, in the interests Of the
Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society. The exer-
cises were conducted BY Mrs. DIR. Newman, who
addressed the ladies present upon the operations
At3p. m. the preaching service was done away
with, and general prayer-meeting was held At
the stand. II was placed under the management
o. 81, Rev Re- Richard Morris Of waugh chapel who
transparent Christian character, holds position
in the esteem Of the people here second to that Of
exercises, as is usual with him, and ten persons
presented themselves for prayers. During the
progress of the meeting several of them professed
to have received the coveted blessing.
NIGHT SERVICE.
There was threatening Of rain during the Of.
ternoon and at twilight but rs the night advanced
the moon struggled through the drapery Of clouds,
and by the hour for service the indications were
a large audience assembled IN the grove to hear
Rev. g. W. Hobbs, Of Grace church, preach. He
announced as his text. Revelations $40: behold
could be heard in the remotest portion Of the en-
campment as he called the ungodly to open their
heart doors for the divine Guest. He preached
with his Characteristic earnestDess and presented
the mourners' bench, to which seven penitents i'm.
mediately found their way, two Of whom were
happily converted.
A THREATENING OF DISORDER
was announced az the opening OF the service by
John T. Mitchell, esq. 1t was gathered from the
fact that some parties had been found upon the
ground with considerable spirituous LIQUORS apon
warned sueS des before ~ Ss ~ ST
Of the law should overtake them, and named q
large number Of the more prominent gentlemen
tented here to act as authorized officers of the
law. Shortly Afterwards Deputy Henry Whalen,
o most valuable man to this camp-meeting, with
posse Of assistants, made capture from one party
offender is q resident Of Montgomery county, and
carried upon bis person glass, with which to
deal out his poison. He was allowed to 60 home,
as he was evtdentlythe worstscared man you ever
The remainder of the night was quiet, and the
campers slept unmolested, waiting the dawn of
Gods own day, when very large additions to the
crowds who came up Saturday evening are ex-
pected.
SABBATH AT WASHINGTON GROVE.
The day was ushered in by bright sunlight, Civ
ing promise Of great indueement BY reason OF
scured the sky, and before the arrival Of the
trains there were strong indications of rain.
These, however, gave place to more favorable in
dications, and up 10 noon the day continued pleas
ant, though cloudy. About O'Clock slow shower
Of rain began, but It soon passed OF, and the Of.
frst religious ssthsring Was the O'clock meet.
largely attended than previously, and proved q
great help to fuller conservation to many who
After breakfast had been enjoyed by all the
company, the bell announced the hour for the
stand. The feature Of this meeting was The 9 '-
FIRsT-cLAss SINGING
which seemed to charm everybody. Messrs. O.
Berlew, Frank and Henry Wilson and Rev. L.
H: York did the leading, and made the choicest
hearts Of many present and brought tears from
some, halleluiahs from others, and indications Of
appreciation from all. The experiences which
followed were full and satisfactory.
SABBATH VISITORS.
The nrst train arrived at ten minutes after nine
O'Clock from the city and brought up seven cars,
four Of which were occupied BY camp passengers,
the remaining three bound West This was fol.
lowed ct an interval Of one hour by nd
train bringing seven cars, all the occupants stop
ping at camp. In thirty minutes the train from
Frederick and HsgerstoTn came, bringing SIX
carl loads, making an aggregate Of twenty-one
carloads of camp visitors, averaging fifty passen-
gers each, making the arrivals by rail between
last Sabbath. In the crowd who came today
there was not the gratifying representation Of
business men and more prominent citizens Of
was an unusual proportion Of colorsd people with
the crowd.
THE ATTENDANCE IRON THE COUNTRY
IL about equal to that Of last Sabbath, though 1t
is not so estimated by some. Taken in It's en-
here s 50 h s
not come up this morning BY the train, Q much
larger number came Saturday evening than last
week.
TRANSFORM EXISTENCE.
At 1880 o'clock Rev. W. S. Edwards, Of Balti-
more, nlled the pulpit, and preached TO an au-
dience OF two thousand persons. from the Book OF
Numbers, x:29: "Moses said INTO Hobab, the.son
Raguel the Mldianite, We are journeying unto
the place Of which the Lord said ] Will give II
you; come thou with rs, and we viii do thee
good"
Israel were on their journey to the land Of prom
Use when Moses addressed this language to
Hobab. The language displays some features In
the character Of Moses, which It will benefit us
awhile to consider. First, It showed Q genuine
and hearty benevolence, q genial cordial spirit
Whfch We 30 seldom meet in every day life. They
show domestic affection and confederation on the
part OF Moses. Sometimes We meet persons who
despise their kindred, and often We encounter
those who care for none others than their kins.
folk. Such persons are greatly wanting in morals
and manners. The transient condition Of the
children Of Israel was typiied in the expression
Of Moses-"we are journeying;" and ans illus
rates the transitory feature Of life in all ages as
10 their state In this world The Bible 70 full Of
expressions Of this phrase of lIfe 1t Is wrought
Into the poetry Of the Church that everything is
uncertain, tranBient, passing away. Man is look
ing Tor better homes wider sphere, q more ad-
vaneed existence: The text refers to time when
Il viii no longer be said
pnai,ykS WE @x youRNEYIEe
There n prospsct-a oanaan-a world. Of
promise for the Church of Christ Of to-day. We,
he Lord hath said will give It theel We1re
lot running race or warning battle without
reward. The inducement Moses gave Hobab 70
was that OF the land to which be was