The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-08-16
OUTDOOR WORSHIP
A DAY AT THE MouNpsyILLE CAMP
GROUNDS.
The Attractions OF the Place for wheel
ing Peopie-Thc Religious Exercises
Yesterday-One of the Larg.
r.t Crowds Ever in
Attendance.

Attendance.
With each recurring annual session Of
the camp meeting at Moundsville there
is an increased attendance, and yearly it
appears to grow more popular as a place
OF public resort, and the attendance on
Sunday from this city almost depopulates
1t, so great has this annual hegira become.
There are several reasons for this hegira,
and there are several classus OF people
who join it. Wheeling has no regular
place Of resort, and for the irregular places
there is no regular time for taking them
in, and as camp meeting occurs at a sea-
son when every one feels like going to the
country for day, all take advantage OF
the propitious circumstance and go.
Then again the principal day Of the
meeting Is on Sunday, and as this Is dis:
tinctiyely a day OF freedom from labor in
this city all classes are enabled by the
grace Of the railroad or steamboat compa'
MES to make the round trip for a lew
cents. and II he has family
to take it also goes. 1t also must
be q very poor man indeed that
can not attend camp meeting, and we
doubt not that at one time or another
nearly every person in the city has pass:
ed Sunday at Moandsville, that "city Of
shade trees" There Is only one princi'
psl objection to the visit to Moundsville
Of a Sunday, and that is the Annoying
dustn that all have to encounter on the
grounds and on the roads leading to the
grounds, but sinner and saint suter alike
from this inconvenience, and all endure
| it as cheerfully as possible. There are
other smaller annoyances, such as the
great crowds, the scarcity OF provisions
about meal time and other more tritling
ones. Yet there are many attractions
about trip to Moundsville that COM
pletely recompense one for all the incon-
yeuiences he encounters in making 1t.
The village OF Moundsvilleisa most at
tractiye one, situated as tits on the river,
Commanding an extended view Of it in ell
tber direction, and in the midst Of the most
delightful surroundings. The town is
built in a struggling kind of manner, that
makes it all the more charming and de-
ilightiul. The inhabitants appear to have
a passion for shade trees, as every street
| in il ia full OF them. The houses, too,
while they are built in a very attractive
style, are built without reference to archi.
tectural beauty; but for the most part are
large, airy and comfortable, and like
PENIS city, are nearly all oil them stu.
ated sin the midst Of their own gardens
The people are generous and hospitablel
and lis a genuine pleasure to be brought
| in contact with them, II for only q day
On the camp meeting grounds, which are
about mile north OF town, are large
number Of neat cottages, tenanted largely
by Wheeling people, many oil whom pass
most OF the summer in them. we have
already given in these columns q full de
scription OF the grounds and buildings.
A reporter OF this paper made an hours
visit to the grounds yesterday. The rair
Of Saturday night had made the air COO
and balmy, and the roads and the grounds
themselves passable, and not particle o
dust was in circulation, so that all who
went down passed delightful day. Lsrg'
crowds had come in from all sections o
The country. The Science and Telegram
brought up crowds from below, Will,
the Mallie Raglan, Thanhouser, Pres FL
iison and Climax took great many PEG
Fple from this city and points below. TIT
B. & o, had their hands nearly full all day
In the morning train OF six or eigh
cars came In over the Hempfeld, loadet
mi. and six trains besides this one wen
down form the city, at intervals Of a few
minutes Of each other. Other trains wer,
run until IL o'clock last night, 1t is est
mated that 1000 people went over the b
& o, alone, from Wheeling. Thepeople Of
the grounds were well taken care OF ant
we're orderly and well behaved, and nearl.
all OF them attended the services oil tn
day. In town there was some drinking
caused By the indiscriminate sale oil intox
. icants in the village, 1.-THE police prompt
" arrested noisy ones and thus prevented
confusion. There were no accidents tina
3 we have heard Of, and all in all, yesterda.
! was by far the most successful and pleas
ant camp meeting day OF any in Mounds
t vile. I,
: From our regular correspondent on th
grounds, we received the following note
r Of yesterdays services.
3 The eight o'clock meeting Yesterday wa
: well attended, and the spirit was there II
Q ooyer. Rev. D. Fl. K. Dix led theseryiCes
!, 20 for q heart to praise my God" wa
r sung at the ten o'clock service, and Rev. J
5 J. bolivar offered prayer. Theieongrega
, ton sang "a charge to keep ] have"
, Rev. s. W. Davis, OF the Pittsburgh
Conference, preached from the text foune
, in Second PeteI, IA. The sermon was
good one and had It's enecc.. IN many
, heart. .t-
In remarks alter the sermon DR.
Hughes said he feared some were back
sliding at this meeting, and asked, "Are
you willing to meet the responsibilities
that rest upon your" Bro. Reihldat1er said
he was not back.sliding but ready for the
work. Many OF both sexes declared them
selves ready 10 do the Masters service
The desire OF the leader was that testimony
should be condensed, as the editors say,
One brother did not think it his duty to
comply with the wish Of the leader but
persisted in taking up the valuable time OIL
the meeting by telling OF his own exper
fence. The preachers tried by gentle
hints TO get him TO set down, then told him
to make his remarks short, but the brother
kept on all the same, when someone re.
membered the charms OF music and all
Joined Justify in some familiar melody,
and thus the brother was induced TO take
his seat. @
Your correspondent was absent from
the camp ground in the afternoon, but we
understand that the Childrens' meeting
was well attended.
The s p. NJ sermon was preached by
Rev. DR.. ]. A. Fullerton, and Is said 10 be
good sermon, and we know the Doctor
can preach such. One brother said OF It:
at was great sermon in thought-also in
length"
The rain in the afternoon and evening
made 1t difficult 10 hold the evening SER
vices even in the tabernacle.
Brother Reihldafer conducted the
young peoples meeting at 8 o'clock.
The O'Clock service commenced by
singing, SOY to the World, the Lord Is
Icnrna u altar whioh Rev T. M Warden oil