National Republican., 1876-08-22
JEHOVAH'S RURAL RESORT.
GAITHERSBURG FULLY ALIVE
GRANDEST SABBATH SUCCESS
WORK OF VETERAN HETH1DISTS
SCENES, PERSONAL AND fIPEaS0NAL
LET The GOOD WORK GO ON
A MEETING OF THE LADIES
WORK OF VETERAN HETH0DISTS
SCENES, PERSONAL AND fIPEas0NAL
LET The GOOD WORK GO ON
A MEETING OF THE LADIES
WASHING TON GROVE CAMP, }
NEAR GAITUERsBuRG.

labors of yesterday with great satisfaction.
And they have occasion to do so. Never did
the general of an army plan q battle with
greater skill than was displayed in sri angling
] for the work of yesterday. The Oldest laymen
and ministers, who have been attending camp
meetings for years, say that yesterday was one
of the best Sabbaths they ever witnessed for
a camp ground.
| 1T WAS GRAND FIELD DAY,
and many were the victories achieved for the
cause of truth. If the demands of the Sabbath
were always met as wisely and well as on
yesterday we would say let the multitude come
on though it were ten times as large.
| Great praise is due to Sheriff Higgins and
| deputies for the earnestness manifested in
| keeping the exceptional cases of evil minded
| ones in complete check. 1t shows what pluck
| and intelligence in an officer of the law can
| accomplish. The fears of disorder, which last
| year made timid people very uncomfortable,
because of the known failure as to sympathy
on the part of the officers OF the law up here,
! has been unknown this year, 10 view of the de-
termination of the community and their Off
cials to protect the interests of the meeting and
maintain the charac'er of the county. This
deserves mention, and the change is highly
credit able.
To-day we have a scene of .quietness and
peace, like the calm which follows the storm.
| goodly number gathered at
THE PRAYER-MKETING
| at $50, which was conducted by Rev. DR..
Laney. The experiences related were very
| heartfelt and spiritual, and many amens, tears
and shouts of glory characterized the service.
| The congregation that gathered at 1890 was
MOI large, but attentive enough to be an in
| spiration TO the speaker. Rev. Samuel Shan
| non, of Franklin street church, Baltimore
Drpachnd from III kiOns 4 {. nd ba
| the mantle of Eli jah, that fell from him, and
| smote the waters and said, Where is the Lord
God of Elijah!"
THE DISCOURSE EMBRACED
the most prominent features in the life and
| character of Elijah, the great reformer of the
Jewish Church. The preacher then took a
Centennial turn and reviewed the early his
tory of Methodism. John Wesley was COM
pared TO Elijah, In that he was the reformer of
the Christian Church as Elijah was of the
Jewish. "The reformation which began a
hundred years ago." said he, "reached the
shores of America, and we are now fully en-
tered upon the second century of this work of
God in this country. Shall the work 90 on
Shall it spread and abound yet more and more!
Shall the trophies of the second century be
equally triumphant the first, and shall 1t
not be increasingly more glorious God OF
Wesley, hear US. God of Asbury, fire US with
his zeal, by which he made a continent his
parish God of Mckendree, touch our tongues
with his pathos, by which hearts would melt
as wax before the fire. God of the Father of
hetbodism, endow US with double portion of
their gifts, grace, wisdom and power"
at the conclusion of the sermon the hymn
beginning "Chldren of the Heavenly King"
was sung, after which the presiding elder
announced that there was brother present
WHO was sort of connecting link between the
age of the fathers and this, and he would give
me- hrfa nvhO fatia nd i,,tro D.,
Mr.. Mccormick,
VETERAN OF THE METHODIST PROTESTANT
CHURCH.
Mr.. Mccormick arose and came forward to
the stand, and, with somewhat feeble and
tremulous voice, related some interesting in
cidents connected with an experience of sixty
years membership in the Methodist Church.
He heard Nicholas Snethen preach in 1903, and
was received into the Church in 1911. He was
one of the twelve pail bearers who carried the
remains OF Bishop Asbury from old Light
street church, Baltimore, to Eutaw- street
church, under the pulpit of which the body
was inferred. There was no hearse nor car
riages, but six men carried the body upon q
bier, borne upon their shoulders, as far as the
corner of Eutaw and Baltimore streets, when
they were relieved by six Others who carried
it the remainder of the distance to the tomb
where they laid him. All of those pall-bearers
but himself had passed away.
He said he did not know what the Lord was
keeping him here for, unless 1t was to see a
union of the whole Methodist facily; and
Stepping forward to the stand he raised his
trembling hand toward heaven and exclaimed
in tone OF confidence, "It is coming ~ and
many voices in unison responded "amen."
The profoundest attention was paid him
throughout, and when he had ceased speaking
the congregation arose and united heartily in
singing 'Shall we gather at the rver?" after
VrhE oh . sInI Io,,
congregation retired, feeling that they had
teen greatly benefited by the Centennial ser
vice.
The following is an extract from a letter of
Nicholas Snethen, describing
"uAPPY MONDAY"
by the camp meeting held about fifteen miles
from Baltimore. lear the Reisterto yn road, in
September, 1905
BALTIMORE, Dec. s, 1908.
"The auspicious 9th of September at length
arrived. The ground was cleared the stand
was erected. for we had spent three days at
work On Saturday we commenced public ex-
ercises on as handsome a piece of ground as
ever you saw for the purpose. Several con-
Terts hailed the beams of the Sabbath morn
ing and the brighter beams of the Son of
righteousness. The congregation on Sunday
was vast indeed. About noon the work be-
came visible and general in that part of the
"Three O'Clock on Monday morning put a
period TO the public exercises; but We all well
coined the first dawn of the day with Joyful
hearts. Oh, happy day! Oh, day of mercy
and salvation never to be forgotten! Twice
fell Frustrated upon the stand beneath the
overwhelming power Of saving grace. The
dayis canonized-iti is memorable in the Church
to numbers asthe Happy Monday, the blessed
twenty, sixth ofSeptember, 1908. The number
converted cannot be ascertaiped, but all will
agree II at there were a hundred or upwards
who were subjects Of an extraordinary work,
conviction, conversion or sanctifcstion. The
Sunday following took my leave of Baltimore,
having deferred my departure so long on ac-
count of the camp meeting. On my way to
the Potomac ATTENDED Potomac and Frederick
quarterly meetings. The former was a glori-
GUS season. Saturday, Sunday and Monday
were days Of the Son OF man. Hallelujah. Oh,
glory.
81 am, &c, NICHOLAS SNETHEN."
AT2P. M. A LADIES' MEETING
was held in the Fifth-avcnue tent, conducted
by Miss Gregory. By 3 o'clock a much larger
congregation than the morning had gathered
at the stand. The preacher for the afternoon
was Rev. James McLaren, of Uniontown, who
delivered discourse from Corinthians i2-9
Eye hath not seen nor ear heard" &c. Mr..
McLaren is young man of very fertile mind,
ard did good execution. At the prayer meet
ing which followed several souls were convert
ed. Rev. Mr.. Norris made some closing re-
marks, and dismissed the congregation with
the benediction.
Among the arrivals by the morning train
were Rev. J. II. Ddshiell, d. D., Misses Mary
and Lizzie Dashiell, r. W. Bates and wife, and
ProfessOrF F. A. Springer and wife.
Rev. E. d. Owen will preach tonight, and
Rev. j. L. Wheeler tomorrow morning. No
announcement of the remaining services has
been made.
Tomorrow is the last dav of the camp, and
large gathering is expected, The order has
been so nearly perfect thus far that everything
is expected to move on uninterruptedly to the
close. W.. NICK.
Colds Centennial Elevated Oven Range,
At Smith, Birge and Co.'s, 1O14 Pennsylvania
avenue, contains all the later improvements in