Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-08-14
WORSHIP ~ THE woods.


Especial Correspondence Of The Sarl
CAMP, NEAR GAITHRRsBCRG, Montgomery
county, Nd August Is ls7S.-To day has been
dehghtfully pleasant, and the services have
been enjoyed by large concourSe Of people.
Tae morning trains brought numbers from
washington and along the road swelling the
number OF hisitors 10 perhaps two thousand
souls, including those who came in from the
country by private conveyances.
The morning exercises We're led bv Rev T..
ID. owen. The occurrence OF this meeting
Immediately after breakfast and during the
time OF the arrival and departare of trains
makes IL somewhat sparScly attended when
compared with the attendance at the other
The majority of those who came 10 the
ground this morning, proiiting possibly by eN-
perience, immediately secured seats i'm the
Tabernacle. and at l0:jD O'Clock, when DR.
Ames, OF Mckendree church, preached, ac-
cording 10 the announcement made yeS,erday
his audience was fully as large as the Sunday
audiences. In This fact the difference between
Ihis and the Sunday crowd was noticeable:
those here to day, with a scarcely apprecable
exception, came 10 participate In the services
ihslead ot parading around the circle and
thr.ugh the avenues much TO the annoyance
OF the preacher and listeners too.
MI. Ames' text was the Isl, I'd and Sd verses
OF The 18th chapter OF Johns Gospel and is
spoken OF as one of the finest diScourses vet
delivered during this camp. The , O'Clock
neeilng Ior the children was led by q III. Mar
I'm and John L. Mitchell. esqrs aud al 3
O'Clock Mr.. Harrison held his last service. IL
was very largely attended He left camp to-
Light by the s:l5 train for Mound City, West
Va, where his services have been engaged for
the coming week or ten days Quite a goodly
number accompanied him TO the depot ami
the poor fellows right hand is pretty nearly
shower this afternoon: indeed for a few min
uteS we enjoyed the Indians sign OF rainy
weather, but the clouds were dispersed and
We were enabled 10 witness one of the grand
est and most picturesque sun sets have ever
seen. Very few came by the evening trains
beyond those whose families are tenting ON
the ground. and who spend the nights with
them here TO return TO the city for business
pursuits in the morning.
Rev. Mr.. Mckenney preached tonight
from lst Kings, ith chapter, i0th verse" Thy
Judgments have decided il, &c:' the theme
OF the sermon being the dark side of the re-
suits of sin, and was a powerful discourse of
the kind. But 1 have noticed as an outsider
lay man, as We are called-that such themes
have received great deal of attention from
the preachers The terms OF the law have
been faithfully proclaimed, but venture the
assertion that If the attractions of the cross
were more fully and effectively presented, a
far greater work would be accomplished. It
Is the love of Christ i have so frequently
heard it remarked, and.not The fear OF hell,
that meltS the human heart
Tomorrow being the last camp day, some OF
our people propose leaving then in order Ia
avoid the rush 0i the following day, and con-
Sequently many leave -takingS are faing made
tonight. NJ
JACKsoN's WOODS A. A. Co., Nd. August
18th, lS1S-For several days past persons in-
terested in the camp meeting, known as the
semi centennial camp of the Methodist Prot
eStant church, have been on the ground pre-
pairing for the meeting, which Will commences
tomorrow, and many of the tents are already
up and the preparations are well advanced.
This being the semi-centennial of the church.
the camp will be regarded as in commemora-
tion OF the organization. This church is, as is
I+pfl Eran Ea0l, q
family, and was formed in lS2s principally by
ministers and members of the Methodist EpiS-
copal church who had been expelled or drop
ped from the rolls of that church because they
advocated the doctrine of mutual
rights or "lay delegation" and the
name Of the Associated Methodist churches
was adopted. In 1880 convention OF the rep
resentatives of these churches was held in
Baltimore. and the name, The Methodist
Protestant Church" was adopted. There are
two OF the survivors OF the convention-Rev.
Thos. Mccormick, of Baltimore-who are ex-
pected on the camp ground. Although as a
denomination this church has not grown 50
rapidly as the mother church, yet its members
claim that its influence has been felt in that
denomination, and that the very principle for
which the fathers of the church cOntended has
been partially introduced in the mother
church, and that large proportion of the
membership of that church openly advocate
the principe. They also assert that they are
the only National Methodist church, there
There are now AZ annual conferences cover
ing the entire country. The Maryland con-
ference embraces Maryland, Delaware, the
District of Columbia and portion of Vir-
ginia-li of the border counties. The churches
in the District are as follows: lst Church
Navy Yard, Rev. w. j. Floyd, about 20J
ed; Ninth Street (Rev. DIR. David Wllson5, len
members, 8 tents: North Carolina Avenue
Mission (Rev. j. w. Trout, 50 members 2
tents; Georgetown and chapel (Rev. DIR. j. j.
md ~
bers, tents; Alexandria, loo members and 3
tents. There are seven churches III Baltimore.
from which representatives are expected and
WIN WIN G or tents from Towsontown, or more
eastern shore several, from Severn and A. A.
Circuits, and four OF five from the neighbor-
hood, the camp will be of fair size at least.
Floyd and Mr.. +. j. Bartlett-have been
working hard, and the tents are nearly
an In place; The ground is, perhaps, as
reasonable distance of Washington, when
It's location. Immediately on the railroad.
neverialling springs of clear, cool water, and
are considered. The railroad has erected a
platform on the ground, and fourteen trains
Will stop daily, each way.
, Ihe order OF exercises as proposed by DR.
Wilson, whowili as chairman of the committee
supervise the camp, is as follows: 81 (or
earllerl, rising; 619 O'Clock, morning prayer;
Z, 4, Dre3akiast; "a s4 prayer meeting; 10, preach
ing; II, dinner; ~ preaching, followed by in
qulry meeting. and revival exercises; ~
O'Clock, preaching, followed by inquiry meet
ing, &c. Besides these there will be special
mee'lngs-pra aise, experience, prayer, chill
dren's and other meetings-which will We'll
nigh fill i'm the time, so those who come on the
ground may find at nearly all hours something
going on. X
A MINISTER LOCKED UP-Hearing the cries
OF a girl in the Bower i'm Central Park last eve
ming, Officer Frawey went there and saw a
well-dreSsed old man fOrciby holding a girl Il
years of age. The man was identified by De-
IIIllu Ir.a.r a.r,..iS q