The daily gazette., 1879-07-12
FIRST EDITION.
worship In the Woods.
CAMP MEETINGS NEAR AND FAR THAI
wILMINGTONIANS WILL ATTEND.

CAMP MEETINGS NEAR AND FAR THAT
wILMINGTONIANs WILL ATTEND.
As the summer heat grows more op-
pressive with the advancement of the sea-
son, the minds of a certain class of church
members pleasantly contemplate the
camp meetings season, that draws near
with the latter half of summer. To
many of those season of worship in
Goods first temples" is the only rest or
recreation they have during the year,
and the beautiful custom of holding lie.
ligious meeting in The stronghold Of ma
ture, is calculated to make the occasion
doubly pleasant. With Wilmington
this custom of attending camp meeting
is not aired on to as great an extent as
1t might be were there better facilities
for attending. There is no camp ground
within easy access of tie city, except
Brandywine Summit, and it cannot be
said to be very handy and has its Objec-
tiOnable features. But Notwithstanding
this, there is quite large number of a
certain class of our citizens who every
season attend camp meeting. As time
is well advanced toward the period when
camp meetings are all the rage, a gen
eral article upon those which will be at
tended by Wilmington people may not
be uptimely.
REnOBOTH BEACH CAMP.
Ahead of all other Delaware camps in
time and interest, is the one held every
year by the Il. ID. G. M. A., at Rehobo.h
Beach. L. is the only seaside camp south
of the one held at Ocean Glove in New
Jersey, and its site, its stockholders, and
its class of attendants, make it the lead
ing camp meeting within the limits of
the Wilmington Conference of the M. Il.
church. 1t commenced yesterday and
will be continued for about ten days,
during which time continuous religious
exercises will be held. The camp meet
ing will, from all appearances, be the
most interesting that has thus far been
held. The efforts of the association have
been such as 10 make it very popular.
For the past two months, Mr.. Ruel
Hesler, the superintendent of the asso-
citation, has been at the grounds getting
things ready 70: tic camp meeting, and
many improvements have been made.
Among the changes large tabernacle
has been erected to bold meetings in,
and other cOnveniences for worsbppers
have been iyed up. The grounds have
been fixed in more tasty manner, and
look much pretiier, and the board walk
has been extended further up the beach,
making that Gelie htiul place for promen-
ading much lager than before.
TIE ,leat question Of i,ter ,st which is
led up in 30 4 20 Re''obolh camp, is
the mesier Of dancing. Ever since
camp meet'n s Fave been he-e, there has
been ste.n cOIues. wa5eG be.ween the
Devil aud the church, N'tb dancing as
tie cause Of cou cocoon. aid eve'y ,ime
the odds have been ~ favol o. his Sa-
tapic Majesty when tie Dol.e Of battle
cleared away. Ti'is yeal We e has been
We. = lille said about i, " TIE members
Of the association and y IS lumoleG that
the existing calm is buG the forerunner
o. ST )rm that is going o make things
lively arorrd Rehobo,h Beach. for those
who pelsiso in wco'ng Terp,ichore in
open violation 10 tie rules of the said
Methods. wocshippe,s. The present
boaid of directors, 4 is ..ue. felt outraged
beyond hu .pau endurance and little out
of heaIo Al the II, ,,hill couse they had to
travel in opposition to the dancers.
They Wen. Up The hill sturdily but never
reached the TOP ard now stand where
they did be ore she opposition commenc-
ed. Cuc it IS row S; id tbat things will
assume dife,eDo aspect in few days.
The new board o" directors will be elect
ed nexS WedpeSday at O'Clock; and
people are Significantly hintirg that an
entirely new course will be pursued by
The new officers. Meanwhile the piano
tinkles in the Bright House every night
and the feeS OF careless, ligbt-hearted
dancers trip lightly over the floor of the
spacious paGIor.
10 leturn TO the camp meeting, there
is larger attendance than for several
years and larger number Of tents are
occupied than last year. In addi ton to
this several new cottages have been erect
ed by he Methodist brethren. During
the progress Of the camp, Bishops Scott
and Simpson are expected to be present,
and it is almost positively asserted that
the former will be present.
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT CAMP.
Brandywine Summit Camp will COM
mence on Monday, August S.h. For
reasons easily explained, 1t does not pro-
mise to be as largely attended as it was
last year. Were it not for the people
from Wilmington who attend there, the
camp would be a remarkably small and
Insignificant affair; but with the. aid
OF the Metbodjsis from this city, 1t hss
for years back been Que of the largest and
most popular camps in Southern Penn
sylvadia. The camp meeting was in
auguratcd by the people of Sloan church
aud has been run by board OF managers
consisting exclusively ofmembers of that
congregation.
Well as the + eople iIom Wilmington
were the larger part of tent holders, and
as those from the neighborhood had ex-
elusive control of The camp, realization
of the evident unfaiiness of the thing at
last began to force itself upon the minds
of the Wilmington wolsbppels aud they
soon began to fo' m tue Colnion that it
would be ro.hing bot right for them to
be represented amorg The board of direc-
tors. This was iul .her increased by an
insight into the way in which things
were conducted by tie said board. Run
ming camp meeting generally brings in
a good bit more mo"ey ,han is paid out
and it is SAID thai Brapdywire Summit
Camp has been more :taa usually pro-