Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-14

S Nv TIE morn,- intervals. Several arrived
the aTounS 81 train Of those who tent on
, nne ~ .pe fsesIdins elder Who has charge Of
liz M The latter's absence up TO this
Sas besn owing TO his having had
'1s ss &c OF another camp melting 81 st; Mary's.
day morning was held in the "Ta6efaacle,"
And was led By the Rev. B. Peyton Brown,
81 Gea a1ar s.ay charge; At lox 2: m TIE Rev:
discourse. and It has been pronounced ali
over the grounds a the finest sermon deltv-
cred. Ats P. N. the Rev: Richard Norris de-
Rev. J. w. McKenny, OF Mt. Zion charge,
preached 70 nne congregation In the taoer-
nacle; after which sn experience meeting
Simpson, Morgan and others.
on Saturday, among whom were the Rev.
Webb. Of 1IeIandria, va; Rev. J. @. Nc.
Cauley pre- sident Of Dickinson college; R.W.
Ryan, I. J. Reed J. 7. Mitchell and Graf.
ton Monroe: aud W: b. Hess, OF the Apaap-
AVER NIGHT AND DAMP MORNING.
During Saturday night the rain poured
was extremely Unpleasant, having the rain
dropping from the trees, but about 9 a. m.
the sun made It's appearance, and the damp
ness soon disappeared under its scorchius
Early Sunday morning the camp was all
astir getting things in order for the day.
ceive their friends from the city.
SUNDAY VISITORS.
As early as i've O'Clock the people from
tne surrounding county com nencet arriv-
Ing in wagons, aud all around the outs kirts
OF the camp was In state OF animation.
over 5000 people arrived Sunday. about
4,5oo coming on The trains from Martins
burg, Frederick Guy ard Was Iington.
Among the visitors we noticed ]. F. Lewis,
member OF the city council from the ninth
ward; Baltimore, Judge Bouic. w Dove,
Col. Boyd and Nicholas d. Orfut; the Misses
Lsydart and Miss Cora V. Bra ddock, of
Rockville and the surrounding couoty; and,
among those from Frederick there were
Mayor Moberly, OF Frederick City, Charles
Miller, the postmaster Of that city, Messrs.
Tllton and Anderson, Miss Queen, Miss
TIE train from Washington were DR.. Draper,
Frank Wilson, (who was quite an addition
to the singersA VIII. McF hight, William
Whalen and Mrs. B. Reiss. The Hon. Mont
gomery Blair. from Silver Springs, was also
ON the grounds. He brought, he said, one OF
Silver spsinTs for Miss Hattie GoocWin, Of
disappointed to find that neither that lady
as he wished his friends TO hear them sing.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
At eight O'Clock q prayer snd experience
and the meeting was Of great profit to those
present, 1t was led by the Rev. Mr.. Laney,
of Fletcher Chapel.
Long before the bell sounded for the morn
people Of every description of d. sss, from
the n shionabie belle TO the almost coatless
At 10Y a. m. the gong sounded and hymn
was sung by the vast congregation, followed
with prayer. The presiding elder then gave
out the following notices: Preaching on
sacramental service on Thursday morning.
A Young Peoples meeting will be COM
meDced to morrow at p. m. Ia the large
South, they having kindly rendered the use
Of IL. He also stated emphatically, SO tn lat
there would be no misunderstanding, that
night Of the camp. After the notices the col
lection was taken. The presiding elder states
that the expenses of the camp were about
merninS. n wasfirst Stated in 81 bscri oti .
Of 81. About $50 was raised IN TITS way. The
baskets were then passed round, and think
about 500 was raised In all.
The rev. w. c. Webb, of Alexandria, then
announced as his text Matthew Al TO IL.
Subject: Temptation OF our Lord" The
speaker stated that the temptation of our
the events Of our LoId's life as three of the
Al ostles have recorded il. There are those
who would reduce this ma. Iattve to fiction,
but IL this narrative Is destroyed many Of
the other narratives recorded are destroyed
with IL, and would have You accept Ii this
morning just as IL is written. 1 would have
human beiDg, and not as divine one. Christ
was man, and as such he felt the pangs of
hunger. He was also div ne, and had divine
power; but he never used that power In his
CDn behalf, but always to help The needy.
The essence Of bis temptation Is essentially
the same as presented to the child OF God to-
day when IN difficulty or trouble; the tempter
always presents some Y ~ TO escape, casing
all the blame upon God. II he was a God OF
love he would not let bis children suffer So
But how does the Son or God answer him.
n not tua hNv n Iona
Idea Is that under no circumstances has man
right to disturb God. Mans extremity is
Gods opportunity. Here the speaker re-
lated touching incident In the mist Dry of
the infant church recor led In Act, 12tn chap.
In concluding, he said: We may expect
temptation. There is an old proverb which
here forearm and forewarn you also to bat
tie against the enemy Of our souls. He here
made refererce to touching incident in the
This Sermon nS wv Was fni of bsayt,
full thoughts. and no synopsis can do jus
tice 10 it II was one OF the most powerful
eSsT on camp ground
tention was given the spealer. After the
sermon the vast assem- oisge moved on the
dberg EXCEPT %ho In
wherewithal to satisfy the cravings OF the
inner man, and for two hours or more the
click Of knives and forks could be hesrd. The
arrangements this year were better than on
former occasions, and none Of that q amt.
ling was heard incident TO Sunday diuner ct
camp. At 2 p. m. Major Hall had charge of
q meeting at the stand, during which he,
Jack Reynolds, Bud Eggleston and Charley
Nye related their experience. The meeting
was very interesting one, al though die
turbed somewhat by shower Of rain, which
lasted about ten minutes. At the same hour
the Rev. w. ]. McKenny led q chtldren's
meeting in the "taberpacle." This was q
very impl eesive meeting. Addres ses were
made by Brother Ashley and others.
At p. m. the gong again sounded for
preaching az the stand, and he Rev. Richard
Norris, OF Dunbarton street, GEORGETOWN.
preach ed very effective Germon from the
text, Isaiah XIV-22: "LOOk unto me and
be ye saved" The subject was the necetsity.
nature and terms Of salvation. /. The ne
cessity OF salvation Is evident from the fact
that man Is sinner against God, who has
declared that sin, shall not 90 Unpublished.
II. salvation Is a complete and perfect de-
liverance from the guilt and power OF sim
III. Salvation is Offered on terms which are
Simple, just, and eminently Inerciful. Inn
mediatsiy after the Sci mo the crowd COM
menced moving 10 the depot, and by i've
O'Clock about $500 were round the uepot
awaiting the cars TO take them TO their desti-
nation. The vast crowd were all started
without q accident happening.
At7k y. m. the Rev. j. A. McCauley, presi-
dent OF Dickinson College, who came ON the
grounds on Saturday evening, preached q