National Republican., 1881-08-15
IRVING PARK CAMP,
How the CoIorcd Methodists Arc Worship
lnw In the woods.

Special correspondence Of THE REPUBLICAN.
IRVING PARK CAMP, NEAR ANNAPOLIS
JUNCTION, Sunday, Aug IA, 1Ssl.-The great union
camp meeting, which is about to close forthe year.
has had its labors crowned with the greatest sue
cess. Everything has moved along peacefully and
quietly, and when the campers strike their tents
on Tuesday morning 1t will be with the happy
consciousness of the fact that much good has been
done In the work Of saving souls. The camp is
situated in Irving Park about one hundred yards
from the depot at Annapolis Junction. The place
is surrounded with high fence, the gates of
which are kept closed during the various services
Of the camp. There are on the ground
ABOUT SEVENTY. FIVE TENTS
that belong principally to parties from Baltimore
and Washington. The beauty OF the arrangement
is that about one half Of these are boarding tents
This was the first thing that your hungry CORE.
spondcnt observed, rs he passed round the circle
oftents, and saw within long tables laden with
the most substantial food The camp Is under the
management OF four churches-sharp Street NJ. f..
Church, of Baltimore; Asbury and Ebenezet NJ. Il.
Churches, Of Washington. and the NJ. +. Church of
Patapsco circuit The camp is made up entirely
Of members from each of the above churches The
committee that has the general management of
the camp In charge is composed Of the Rev. J. A.
Holmes, Of Sharp Street Church; Rev. n. NJ. Car
roll OF Asbury, Of Washington, and Rev. Robert
the last Sunday Of the camp, 1t naturally had the
effect OF bringing together
AN IMMENSE AssEMBLAGE,
which in numbers would in all probability be
nearly ten thousand. They came from Washing.
ton, Baltimore, and the surrounding country The
| trains from Washington brought out about three
| thousand people. They kept pouring through the
gates of the park until the place was throngod
The eight o'clock class meeting this morning was
conducted by the Rev William Hicks, of George.
| town, who delivered an earnest and impressive
address. The singing and praying was continued
until the morning service commenced at half.past
eleven. BY this time the area around the tabernn-
Gle was SO crowded that IL was impossible for a
great many TO get within hearing distance Of the
| preacher. The Rev W. W. Torman, of Alexandria
Va, conducted the morning service lie took for
his text Matthew VIII, "a, %. %, and "a. The rev.
ercnd gentleman is an earnest and effective
speaker and his discourse was
LISTENED TO WITH MARKED ATTENTION.
lie tried to impress upon the minds Of his
hearers the great necessity OF building the
| foundations of their hopes for the blissful i'm
mortality that is in store for those who
believe Alright on the solid rock that the
Saviour spoke of when He addressed His disciples
The sermon had an exceedingly touching effect
upon u number Of his hearers. They congrcgnted
in front Of the preachers stand and lifted up their
praises TO the Almighty i'll the voice OF song. Old
men and women were overcome, and many young
persons who had for the first time acknowledged
Christ as their Saviour prayed aloud fervently for
His blessing. Collections were taken up during
the day for the purposes of
DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE CAMP.
| The effort was highly successful, more than the
amount required being realized At the three
o'clock service II became necessary to divide the
assemblage into two meetings. The branch SER
vice was conducted by the Rev. Mr.. Pinkney, To-
cal preacher who delivered an impressive address
| to his auditors At the regular stand the Rev. w.
L. Cooper, presiding elder Of the Washington dis
trict, preached an eloquent sermon from Deut.,
xxSiiT, 90. The Sharp Street Church choir dis
.coursed some very fine music during the day.
They have been in attendance during the entire
camp, and have rendered some very effective
work. Tonight the Rev. w. r. Ryder of 81. Luke's
Church, New York, delivered a sermon from
Revelations, xxi, 49, on the subject of
"TuE GRAND ooSvocAuoS."
At the conclusion of the service the bands I"
from the various churches kept up the singing and
praying until late hour. Among the preachers
on the ground to- day other than those mentioned
were Bishop Ward, of the African NJ. L. Church,
Revs. J. A. Snowden, Of the Washington Confer
ence, a. Dennis, of Sandy Springs, Nd, NJ A. Cole,
of Baltimore, and j. C. Evans, of Patapsco circuit.
There will be preaching tomorrow morning by
Rev. William Hicks, Of Georgetown. Tomorrow
night being the last night OF the camp. there will be
a sermon at eight O'clock one at ten o'clock, and
one at twelve o'clock midnight, After that there
will be grand jubilee of singing and praying
which will last until o'clock Tuesday morning.