National Republican., 1881-08-01
WOOD WORSHIP.
Intcrestlng Scrviccs-LnrEc Attendance
Great Good Being Accomplished.

Sp'cul 10 lHE REPUBLICAN.
WESLEY GROVE CAMP, July 31.-The reg
ular services OF the camp commenced on Friday
evening. All that day furniture wagons were
vending their way from the railway station at
Dorsey's to the camp. and the tent holders were
busily engaged in putting things in shape for the
coming season Of the camp a number of families
have been encamped OIL the ground since
the Fourth of July, and they were
ON hand to give the now comcrs
hearty welcome. The camp is located about q
quarter of a mile back OF Dorsey's station on the
Baltimore branch ofthc Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
road. 1t is situated on plateau in n large trnct
of woods. The camp-ground Is delightfully."- shaded
and well watered. There is large tabernacle,
which has seating capacity of about two thou
sand people. The number OF tents Oh the ground
is about one hundred and thirty In front
of each tent there are little beds OF moss
arranged neatly on each side of the walks.
In these beds are planted small cedar trees.
All the tents facing the tabernacle are occupied as
well as goodly number on the various avenues
that diycrgc therefrom. On Friday night the open.
Ing sermon wns preached by the Rev. Presley d,
saith, from the words, "As thy day so shall thy
strength be-" On Saturday the exercises were
quite largely attended, and the interest manifested
was OF such character as to call forth favorable
comment from all present The early morning
prayermeeting at half.past six o'clock
was conducted by the Kew, William H.
Waller OF the Wesley Grove circuit, which
was followed at nine o'clock by n very in
teresting experience meeting, conducted by the
Rev. D. W. Bond Of Arlington Station. At eleven
O'Clock the Rev. J. A. Register, OF Central Meth
odlst Church South, delivered an impressive ser.
mon from Acts H., IL. The afternoon sermon was
preached by Rev. Isaac w. Canter, of st. Paul's
Church, Baltimore, from the text" And he brought
him to Jesus" The evening sermon was preached
| by The Rev. B. W. Bond from Matthew ". L. This
| day dawned with threatening clouds in the sky
which In all probability had the effect of keeping
number of people from Washington and Balti.
more from attending. The early morning meeting
was conducted by the Rev. H. s. Coe, and the ex
| pericnce meeting at nine o'clock by Rev. r. B
smith. AT eleven q. m. the Rev. S. X. Cox edito,
ofthe baltimore Episcopdi Methodist preached very
| interesting sermon from Matthew xviii. l. g. and 3
In the afternoon the Rev. W. II. Harper, OF Trinit,
Chureh, Baltimore, preached from Romans iy.
h. AT night the Rev.C. NJ. Brown, of Rcisters-
| town. preached from the text, Awake, thou thai
sleepest, and arise from the dead, aud Christ shall
give thee light" Despite the cloudiness In tn,
morning there was crowd of three thousand peo.
| pie on the ground during the day. These wer,
principally from the surrounding country. Grea
interest was manifested in all the religious cxer.
ciscs that were held to-day. The crowd In attend.
ance was unusually orderly. All of the tent. holder.
thus far are Baltimoreans 10 Washingtonians hav.
| ng put IN an appearance. The indications are ha
anumberof families will so from your city durinl
| the present week