Daily Republican., 1879-08-23
(YBsrBRDAY's HEWs.1
nRANDYWINE CAMP,
Another eplenaid Day-Wh0 Did
the PreachinG and Carried ON the
Religious work-Large Attend.
amNA-lynumm uAaaAA safa


splendid balmy camp-mssting days
which scarcely admits Of any improve
ment. The foliage Of the trees, freshly
washed by the recent heavy rains, vas
green and hung listless and still, except
when some gentle zephyr stirred 1t into
life. The ground was dry without be-
ing a particle dusty, and the atmos
phere was SO dslightfully pleasant that
It would have required but 4 small
stretch upon the part Of the dwsllers in
the tented grove to have imagined that
they were in . fairy.land. Nearly
everybody who had intended to tent,
had come in and were permanently set
tied dewn for at least weeks sojourn.
The morning six o'clock bell summon.
ed the tenters to their meeting tents
for family worship, Rev. William KaufI.
man officiating at the Union, Rev. Mr..
Lame at the Wilmington company 8
tent, and Sharp and Thatcher at the
St. Paul's. A. s o'clock Jacob +. Sharp
conducted spiritual prayer m mseting at
the stand, and at 10 O'Clock Rev. s. NJ.
Chew Of West Chester preached a very
profound and deep sermon from Luke 9Th
chapter and 30th verse. Rev. Mr..
Thomas, of Philadelphia, followed with
a string exhortation. A prayer meet
ing followed and two penitents presen
ted themselves at the anxious bench for
prayer.
At 1.30 O'Clock childrsn's meeting
was held at the stand, and was address.
sed by Rev. W. B. Gregg and Rev. T.
+. Plummer. The latter speaker was
emphatic in his condemnation Of the
use of nightksys by boys. He would
never allow boy of his to use q night.
key.
"Amen! !" shouted brother Sharp,
who heartily endorsed Brother Plum.
mer's anti-night-key sentiment, and
the little ones locked around in aston
ishment never before thinking that a
night-key could do so many bad things.
There were, however, here and there
some who smiled at Bre. Plummsr' q
remarks. and which smiles were al
most turned into an outburst Of laugh
ter, when they called to mind the fact
that neither of the enthusiastic breth
ern who were SO terribly opposed to
boys using night keys had any boys.
The brethren were right however, for
all will admit that night keys when
improperly used are bad things. Pro-
fessor Fisher presided at the organ
during these exercises and a choir Of
ladies and gentlemen assisted in the
singing.
A3 O'Clock a solid and appropriate
sermon was preached by Rev. Johr
Perrin, Of Philadelphia, from the 10th
Psalm and 37th verse. Mr.. Perrin al
first did not create very favorable i'm
preston by his style but as he passed
on he become logicsl and eloquent and
made such an impression upon this
congregation that could not fail to set
them thinking.
The foolishness Of representation was
appropriate and illustrated by the Incl
dent Of the wealthy man who after up.
braiding poor man for being chris
tian and denying himself Of the pleas
pxss- of the world, presented him with
a cane, with request to present it tt
the first man he found that was big
ger fool than himself. Time wore OF
and the rich man took sick unto death
The poor man visited him in his sick
ness and being informed that the ricl
man had made no preparation fo
death, he Immediately presented hin
with the cane, he being the bigges
fool he had found since the cane wa
given him by the rich man. The ser
mon was followed by an earnest ex
hortation from Rev. Mr.. Montgomery o
Philadelphia Conference. A & o'clocl
prayer meeting was held in Siloan
Tent and at in the evening quite
large congregation assembled in from
of the stand to hear sermon from the
Presiding Elder W. J. Paxson who hac
arrived the day before and assumed
general oversight. The elder i
one of the ablest as well as one of tn
most eloquent preachers in the Phila
Conference.
His sermon based upon passage il
st. John, was logical, eloquent an,
convincing. A prayer meeting followed
of considerable spiritual power whicl
lasted until 10 o'clock when the ring
ing of the large bell announced the clos'
Of the days exercises, and all retired Il
their tents for solid nights sleep.
Rev. Albert Thatcher never tires il
leading the singing. lie loves to SIM
and the more he sings the more HI
wants to sing, but he would be great.
aided if he had some more assistance
than he has had.
In such large meeting there shoul'
be such a volume of sound as would I'll
the whole woods with melody. Their
are large number of good singers o.
the ground and Mr.. Thatcher should
take measures to have them organize
into choir Immediately.
: The Wilmington people need not no,
hesitate to take any train on w. Il N
railroad to Smiths Bridge, as Mr.. Amo
Jefferis has concluded to meet each Q
the trains with his well known blu
: hack. As Mr.. Jefferis runs his hacl
for the accommodation of the Whining
ton people, the latter should supper
him by inquiring for the blue hacl
with the sleek fat horses. The fare t
Smiths Bridge, single ticket, is 3
cents, but sl.O0 will purchase fou
i, tickets which can be used either way
, The fare on the hack is 25 cents.