Daily Republican., 1879-08-22
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BRANDYwINE CAMP, ,


Fully Under way-A Largo Camp
The Services Yesterday-Inci
denis.
The Brandywine Summit camp. meet
ing may now be said to be fully unde,
way, and the regular religious service.
are now heing held without interrup-
ton. Owing to the rain of Monday
Tuesday and even part of Wednesda,
was occupied in preparations. So lat,
as Wednesday evening tenters contin
ued to arrive, and although there ar,
several vacant tents upon the ground
there are close on to 200 occupied.
Succeeding the storm came the balmy
atmosphere and the pleasant, stirring
breezss, exactly the reverse OF the frs
three days experience of those VIII,
moved out to. the grounds on Friday
last. The boarding tables, too, ar,
filling up, and there is now fair pros
pect that those keeping them will bp
profitably remunerated. The first ser
vices at the public stand were held
yesterday morning, when Rev. W,
3. Lame, former pastor of Sloan charge,
preached an able and convincing ser
mon.
At half past ! o'clock an interesting
children's meeting, under the charge
OF Rev. w. B. Gregg, was held. The
children were present in large mum.
eers, and manifested great interest in
the services. At 3 o'clock Rev. Albin
Baldwin, a local preacher of, Sloan
charge, preached ably and earnestly 20
an attentive congregation, the services
being followed by prayer meeting of
considerable spiritual power,og
A prayer meeting at 6 e'cleck was
held in the Union tent, conducted by
Jacob F. Sharp, Rev. A. Thatcher lead
ing the singing. At y o'clock, servi-
ces were again held at the stand. Rev.
William Kaufman, pastor of Falls of
schuylkill, charge preaching an elo-
quent sermon from the 18th chapter of
Luke and the Sd verse: ~ tell you nay
but except you repent ye shall all like
wise perish" MIR. Kauifman's exhor-
tation to flee from the wrath to come
was pungent and forcible.
1t is supposed that 1t was hardly be
cause he saw before him a couple of
newspaper men, that he said reporters
for newspapers were always more anx-
lous to report the doings of sin than to
report even the conversion Of one
soul, but, said Mr.. kaufman the con-
version of soul is recorded in Heaven
and there is joy there over one sinner
that repenteth. At the close of the
sermon an exhortation was given when
'wo persons presented themselves at
he anxious bench for prayers. ri
A spirited prayer meeting ensued and
he woods resoundsd with shouts, and
'ongs Of praises, and notwithstanding
he bad opinion Mr.. Kaufman had of
'eporters, it affords us pleasure to state
hat one person professed to be conver-
ed and was no ways backward it letting
be known. At half past 8 o'clock
his (Thursday) morning a prayer
Meeting was being held in St. Paurs
ent, conducted by Rev. W. S. Lame.
Amongst the fresh arrivals at the
amp, were Presiding Elder Paxson who
will take charge of it, and Professor
fischer of Philadelphia who it is expec-
ed will take charge of the singing.
Rev. DR.. Kynett of New York, gener-
i agent for the General Conference
Bible and tract cause is announced to
,reach on Sunday morning, and Rev.
)r. Miller of Elm street church, Phila-
lelphia, is to preach in the afternoon.
The managers are keeping a SHARP
We for illicit trafficers and for those
hat violate the rules of the camp.
In yesterdays communicate we
allied upon the managers to erect a
amp at the entrance of the road to the
amp meeting woods to prevent acci-
ents. Last night lamp threw its
rilliant flashes all around the point
Indicated.
Somebody's horse that spends the
light in whickering al intervals Of
bout every two or three minutes is a
reat annoyance to those who want to
leep soundly in the Union circle. This
'ay be fun for the horse, but it is hard
n campers. There is no use to lug
ut baskets of canteloupes, corn and
ther provisions, when they can all be
ought at Chandler's store on the camp
round as cheap as in town.
The young misses who had their
air done up III paper on Monday, but
ere prevented by the storm from as
the natives with their lovely
bangs" have now a chance of dis
laying their bewitchiug lovellness to