The daily gazette., 1878-08-16
FIFTH EDITION.
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT CAMP.
CLOSING sCENEs-ACCIDENTs
TOPICS.
From our Special Correspondents
BRANDywINE SUMMIT, Camp
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TOPICS.
From our Special Correspondents
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT, Camp
Aug. 10Th, 1873.
This morning opened very uufavorably,
and from appearance 1t threatened a
steady rain all day, but IL did not rain
very much, and by o o'clock lit cleared
OFF nicely, and we had a splendid moon
light night.
The attendance was very large not
withstanding the threatening weather,
aud 1t is supposed there were about five
thousand people on the ground.
The. closing sermon was preached last
| night Dy Rev. Mr.. Broadbent, and an ex-
cellent sermon il was and it terminated
! by bringing great many 10 the altar.
There were ABOUT fifty converts during
the whole camp ana many more were
still seeking, at late hour this morning.
Prayer meeting was held at o'clock,
this friday morning. Long before day
| lighted people were astir, hacking up
their goods and getting ready to leave.
Many were the exclamatiQps to-day,
that they wish it would last longer, and
IL seems as it grows older, that it gets
more interesting, aud deeper religious
feeling prevails.
About six o'clock this evening, AZ n
two horse hack was driving out of the
woods, in going down the hill, one of the
horses tumbled and fell; but beyond a
bad scare to those in the hack no damage
was done. He was soon hitched up and
started off.
| Just after the above accident three
young fellows started for Wilmington,
when their horse balked with them, and
for about Is minutes he would not go,
only to start back in the camp ground.
He seemed to like camp-meeting better
than the fellows. After they got started
and got about a quarter of "a mile, a horse
was coming toward camp he got scared
SHE'D TO one side and collided with the
wagon that had the balky horse bur did
no damage; both horses balkel for q
few minutes, after which they both pro.
ceeded on their way.
The meeting did not break until about
IL o'clock, when some retired, and others
were 10th to leave, and fingered on the
ground until the morning service. Aug
Ii, 1873, at $50 a. m, they started tC
march around the circle, where 150 join
' ed in and sang, "Sweet Bye anu Bye
awe will walk through the City" AfteI
remarching around twice they gathered
around the stand singing, every day
Every Hour" and formed in a granC
shaking and shout, where they kept VI
for about an hour.
Rev. Thos. Plummer in behalf of tn,
ministers and people made a few re
marks, thanking the Board of Manager
and Others for their untiring efforts il
preserving order and looking to the com
fort of those tenting on the grounds. A
vote to the same effect was put to the au
dience, and they all with one accord rails
: ed their hands in the affirmative. TIL,
doxology was then sung and the bene
diction pronounced by the pastor of 81
loan NJ. Z. Church, and thus ended on,
of the most pleasant Camp Meetings hel,
on the grounds. Every one seemed I,
have received rich reward during thei
stay. A vote was put whether the,
E should hold another camp meeting mex
year, when every hand was raised in til
= audience, signifying their assent.
d, At 9 o'clock the camp broke up, an
the camp of 1878 is now numbered wit
: those of the past.
. Some of the people will remain unit
Monday. One of the furniture cars i
: coming out to the grounds after good
tins mnrning, when they got about amil
from Wilmington, one of the nuts cam
' off the axle, and the wheel came OF
! They We're unable to find the nut an
. had to go back to town after anotht
lr wagon.