Daily Republican., 1881-08-16
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! Yesterday was beyond 4Dube 10 4
- the we eather W. C0ncerMed the pie
sautest day Of the CAMP. Ne air ",
brscing and salubri01S and IL ssoms
TO enjoy 1t. Not q pertici4 uf dust
70 be sssA and the f0olx1Ef the wood
IL green aud fresh after the washing {
last Saturday. There WAS 4 f,aycept
BILE falling of In the attendance, bu
the miAisterial help IL increasing. I'll
exercises of yesterday commenced b
an 8 O'Clock prayer meeting led b
David and Jonathan, better known Der
haps ~ Brothers Thatcher and Sharr
Rev. d. +. Moore, the colored Bapis
Minister of tho Shiloh church.. vii
tnington, took part In the prayer meet
ing aud made an address Of such fore
and power that he was singled out +
preach the evening sermon.
The 1Oo'clOck sermon was preached
by Rev. L.. ID. McClint0ck Of the Phila
drlphia Conference, from Matth ,w 5sl
chapter 9Th verse: "Biessed are tn,
pure in heart for they shall 500 God"
Children's meeting under charge of G
II. 5entman was held at o'clock. stir
ring and appropriate addresses wer,
made by Rev. j. Connell, the Japar
Missionary. and Mrs. Kate King Thre,
children professed CONVEX sion being the
first conversion during the camp.
The $50 afternoon sermon was preach
cd by Rev. Ravel Smith Of the Phila
delphia Conference from Acts 9th. Chap
ter, Ssh and 39th verses. A singing
service WAS held at s O'clock ut the
stand.
AIT o'clock. Rev B. T. Moore, the col.
ored Baptist Minister, preached an able
and stirring sermon from Matthew 2stb
chapter and 18th Verse :: "All power Is
given unto me in heaven and in earth. -
The chief topic Of the sermon was
"power," and a. hs dwelt In mis- origi-
nal manner upon the power of the Holy
Ghost, he was greeted with many hearty
amen ejaculatlons. HIS remark that
the guard Of soldiers that watched the
tomb Of Christ was certainly enough to
guard dead man, was received with
merriment and clapping of
hands. Altogether his sermon was
we'll received by the congregation. At
the close Rev. Mr.. Magee exhortsd with
much force, when one person an old
back slider came forward and was re-
9, inverted. One or two others also
bowed at the mourners bench asking
the prayers of the people.
There has been considerable influx
sf preachers, amongst whom are Will
lam McCombs the former Presiding
Elder, George Cummins who is to
preach this morning, f. B. Harvey, Rev.
MIR. Barnhill, and another old presiding
Elder Paxon, Revs. J. d. Fox and
Burns who Went away have returned.
Some person either drunken fool or
\ bigct made a disturbance within the
TENT circle last night about permitting
,olored man te::preach while there were
20 many white preachers present. He
was 80 boiste, GUS that he had to be led
beyond the tent circle by a watchman
md admopished to behave himself bet
;er in the future.
The country people are very much
afraid of the smallpox amongst the
Wilmington tenters and many give
heir tents a wide berth, which Of course
ioes not offend the Wilmington people.
A Wilmington lady is encamped in a
;ept rasher isolated from others in one
If the old Wilmington Circles tent. A
passing remarked that she
must BIZ lonely there and asked where
he came from. When she said she was
rom Wilmington, he said: "Oh my,
nave you had the small pox 2" and hur-
.iedly passed on. The lady felt little
Indignant, and says that when the
10 t<N ,nlyat II
prices for their produce they
10 not think much about the small
)ox.
The minister in charge Of tho camp Is
/ dear lover of tobacco, and ia frequent
Y found sitting cut in the woods behind
he circle on a stump enjoy ing his pipe
md quid. His desire to retire where
10 will annoy nobody is creiitaple to
lin, as there are some preachers that
10 not think so far.