The daily gazette., 1879-07-23
1IRTII EDITION!
7. Camp In Jersey

~ WORSHIP ACROSS THE
pIAS' nIvER. IL,
w,,,0i0aton people who attend ,,.,
Ifet"odIsl camp meeting ,"s Ssw !"J. Jersey sy
Penl,'s' !" the sau>y little steamer
- WIZ S',r,'r'M. II and tax, the hack o.
a.. a, .'S' .ide for the camp, The hack .acx
ther e s'sI y. is' II like the average Jersey
u "s iii Il Tell YOU, that the camp
udls y pa"ussrove, |.'' and that he Will !
o. re, r'j !" .7eyactly fifteen minutes
you 70, %u' :" and m are wllir ed along the
gei gn,vavs j., avs in a deliberate way
n,s"%a l';%sraie, indeed, and when you
af's''a ,ns camp, after having rode for for
o ',,c noor u' through the thick dust, YOU
o. " ''U" liselv to congratulate yourself
'e ~ aNo 1o,,en IN ,re out of the Jersey
WIZ ,hsa YOU bargained for,-tha ls'
.,a" ""',r ride extended fifteen min
y '.r yUri than the specified time.
lO'li.' ~, is the only unpleasant part OF
W. .,''I m Pennssrove camp. You
.1p ,pom ~ the hack and enter the grove
navls aTIe Isl Is resounding with the blend
lun l'aIS y" of voices and organ tones In a
a'ur " uraise or the voi.c Of a brother
".p, o. p''d and earnest supplication to
" ''%I "f craze, or the ringing tones Of
.schsr U' a, he expOunds the Word
u ,'s and exlDr,s TO salvation with
meeting seriousness.
|. rroye itself is pleasant enough
sil,,ated by the roadside upon tue
pnshfap leading from Pennsgrove
%srnsiown. The rubbish Of the
nn, avail has been cleared away and
!, look snug and pleasant under the
trees with the $ alb tents that do
ook ualy when you glace at them a
nj lime, arranged in a circle, with
NJ n,4arher's stand and audience
hss in the cen re. A plessa mt
n cool and fresh in its journey up
,,er from old ocean, stirred the
d Yesterday, and a picture OF peace
r1tenl was on all sides. Through
rs one could see in the distance
Ihile winged vessels as they fiitted
n fro upon the river.
n camp is the third held here by Tho
Melhodlsts of PennsgrOve and was
menced, properly speaking, on Mon
hut three sermons were preached
he ,ay before. The religious exer
are in charge of Rev. J. ii. Parran
ennsgr0ve.
\, committee which has charge o
(alnp is as follows: William Sum
II, (president,) 5. Horleap, Davi'
i, Jas. Layton, }. II. Cllrk, Stacy d
|on, Sam'l s. Thompson and ). b
ghton,
bout sixty-fve families are tenting o.
tamp ground, the larger part bein
Pennsgrove aud lower Penn's neck
some are from Camden and Othe
is. Yesterday morning Rev. MI
twood, of Salem, preac red upon tn
.ct "faith,' and in the afternOo
MaMichal disconrsed upO
Ne, the motive power of Faith" A
clock in the evening, Miss Lizzi
b held an interesting prayer aRd eN
sn,e meeting in the large tent.
ew Mr.. Stogden, a well known eva'
from Camden, came down in I'll
Ping on the Reyboid and held a NEE
II night in the large gospel tent Ii
here. Among the ministers preseI
Revs. Parran, Snyder, MacMicha
Zant, Price and WestwOnd.
e'. Anthony Atwood, of PhiladeI
will preach Oh Friday next at
Pck, Mr.. Atwood was pastor I
lry N. Z. Church in Wilmingto
pt 40 years ago and his preachiI
interest Wilmln.tonians. Mar
80 over from Wilmington, it
ght, On that day. THif
he campmeeting will be continue
next Monday and between no
then, 1t is likely many Wilmingt
sw.ll visit the place. A number q
led yesterday. %