Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-21

bell rang for rising on Saturday morning
the gentle patter Of rain was heard ON the
tents. By O'Clock water fell in torrents,
and continued to do so for about half an
hour, when 1t eased up q little. About
O'Clock the clouds commenced to break, and
old Sol made his appearance, quickly dry
Ing the ground and banishipg the little dia-
so that when evening came 1t was scarcely
noticeable that any rain had fallen.
The trains on Saturday brought up quite q
amons w So Rev 70 the
3. shannon, Columbus Choate, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leach, Bud Eggleston, j. T. Mitchell, Chas.
lemon, Frank Wilson, Mr.. Hayes, Mr..
At O'Clock there was an informal meet
Ing OF the young men OF the camp 10 plan
seetemen bad iof zones me into to1nAit BEING
their busy day--the meeting, after prayer
was offered for Divine help, adjourned to
meet Immediately after the close OF the eve
At sa q. m. the bell rang for the usual
prayer and experiences meeting. This was
led by Rev. Mr.. McLaren, of Uniontown,
but during the meeting Brother McLerep,
having been called away, turned the meet
ing over to the charge of Brother A. Ashley,
THIS meeting was continued until the bell
rang for preaching. at halfpsst 10 o'clock,
when the Rev. G. T. Weed preached q very
effective sermon.
At3 p. M. the Rev. Mr. Hedges, late of the
9Th street church, preached from Psalms x,
Ia. This sermon was one of great power,
and was termed grand old fashioned Meth
od1st sermOn-one such as our fathers used
to hear preached fifty years ago. The speaker
was not only completely carried away with
bis sc bject, but his hearers also were eIec-
trffi6d and seemed inspired with new DO yer.
At O'Clock the young people held their
meeting In the tabernacle This was led by
Brother Fred Linger, of Union chapel. Tue
burden OF this meeting was for success for
a d.
dresses all tended TO that point.
AT $50 p. m. the gong was again sounded
for services at the stand. Quite large con-
gTegation gathered to hear the Rev. Mr..
Shannon, who Is now stationed in Balti-
more, but VINO last year Officiated at Union
chapel. He took for his text Matthe'7 vi, 81:
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God and
bis Righteousness and all these things shall
be added unto you" The effect of this ser
Ilon was visibly felt among the audience,
several OF whom presented themselves at the
Immediately after the evening service was
Closed meeting was called by Rev. j. 4.
Wheeler, of Wesley chapel, who was APP
pointed to take charge of the meetings on
the outskirts OF the camp on the SABBATH.
At this meeting several plans were proposed,
by circumstances. A large number of breth-
rem, OF whom quite q number were from the
country. pledged themselves to be in readi-
ness and to spend the entire day In working
for the Master. After few short prayers
had been offered the meeting adjourned.
THIEVES AROUND.
tempted to rob the tent of Mr.. TiIIey, but
with little success. Not being able to reach
any thing else, he tried to get away with the
bed clothing which covered Mr.. Tilley, but
that gentleman awOke, and the thief seized
ham and made of with 1t. This tent being
AZ the head OF 5th avenue, Is completely iso-
lated from the other tents, and therefore Is
less secure than those in the circle and near
TO Ii.
THE LAST SUNDAY IN CAMP.
Great JOY was manifested by every one
when the sun arose bright and clear yester-
day morning. A slight breeze sprung up and
continued all day, making the weather cool
and pleasant. Long before the brea kfast bell
rang large number OF people commenced
about; the morning trains also came IN
loaded with living freight, until it was esti-
mated that nearly six thousand people were
Among the arrivals from the city we
noticed Mr.. Byram and family, Mr.. Wetzell,
Mr.. Hopkins, Mr.. Geo. Collins, Wash. Will
liams. j. III. st. Clair, W. III. Ward, NJ. Will
son, Mr.. Campbell, Mr.. Cissell, J. A. Baker,
Major Hill, Col. Blount, Mr.. Boyce, son and
At $50 a. M the bell rang for themeeting
81 the stand. A large concourse of people
had assembled, ana most of the seats were
nIled. This meeting was led by the Rev. j.
X Wheeler, OF Wesley Chapel, assisted by
the young men, and assumed the character
OF praise and experience meeting, which
was generally participated in by the con-
gregation. After some comments upon the
parable of the two houses which were
founded, the one on the rock and the other
upon the sand. by Mr.. Wheeler, some fine
music was rendered by Mr.. Frank Wilson
and others, when the recital of experiences
was begun; many OF them were very affect
ing, among them that OF old "Father
Walters" bowed, with his eighty odd years,
who told In beautiful and simple way of
Gods goodness to him during msuy years,
ard he spoke OF approaching death as a
heppy event, for then 81 shall see Jesus"
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sixty years, also spoke very feelingly.
Messrs. Simon Ashley, Eggleston, and 9TH
ers, spoke, and the meeting was kept up
with unaoated Int crest to the hour for
Owing to the death OF the Rev. F.. ID. Kirby
at Laurel. yesterday morning at one o'clock,
to preach at this meeting, was called away
TO Officiate at the funeral OF this brother, and
the Rev. j. g. Deal preached in his stead
from the text, found In Matthew Xxx, verse,
"Why stand ye here all the day idle" He
was listened TO with marked attention, and
the good feeling that had prevailed the half
past eight o'clock meeting was intensified.
Previous TO the sermon the Rev. Richard
Norris. Of Georgetown, made an appeal to
the assembled congregation for contribu-
tons TO aid In defray Ing the expenses Of the
them to give literally, stating that $500
would be required TO pay their Indebtedness;
$40 was quickly raised. The remarks OF
the reverend gentleman caused the best OF
spirits to prevail, and a liberal response
came to his statement that the Lord loveth
q generous giver.
At the same hour the Rev. B. Peyton
Brown, of Foundry church, preached from
Fac. ix:12. This was pronounced by Mr..
Browns friends as the best effort of his min
lstry. Such q sermon Is rarely listened to-
Its clear, puDgent reasoning will never be
forgotten by those whose privilege II was to
hear IL.
During the sermon the young men, led by
the Rev. j. R. Wheeler, started an open air
meeting on the outskirts of the camp, be-
tween the dining shed and the style, which
was addressed by Messrs. Wheeler, Lemon;
Esgleston, Moffatt, Nye and others. Lum
Cboate led the singing. A stirring address
was made at this meeting by Mr.. l.. II
Finch, of New York, who assisted materi-
ally In both singing and speaking. During
the meeting some OF the young men started
another meeting Cd the road to the depot,
led by Brother Nye. This meeting was In
tensely interesting, two or three hundred
persons being present, the majority of whom
were Young men from the country. 1t was
Kept up for two or three hours, during which
Time Brother Long. of the Congregational
church, made stirring and terse address.
Short exhortattons were made by tue broth
ers who had .aken part in the other meet
ings. and so during the day a running fire
was kept up all along the picket line OF the
camp until a tual charge was made al the
depot, just previous to the departure OF the
washington train, which was literally dlle1