The daily gazette., 1881-08-08
BnANDYwINE SUMMIT CAMP.
A Busy Day, Ending with Cooler
Weather-General Camp Notes.

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weathsr-General Camp Notes.
Correspondence of the GAZETTE.
SATURDAY EVENING,
August, 8, 1881.
This has been very busy, hot day
and winds up with good cool breeze
from the south. The people are get
ting tired, and the hammer and saw
are nearly stopped for the night. Our
managers, Brotbers Garnett, Zebley
and Mccall with Mrs. s. Z. Frazier,
served us up very good supper as q
beginning for this term of camp, and a
very excellent meal it was, too, or at
least your correspondent thought SO,
having his breakfast at half past four
in the morning. But our managers
are men who know their business, and
we expect to live, we'll while we are
here. mention this to inform our
friends in Wilmington who expect to
visit the camp, either to stay the
whole, or part Of the time or even for
meal, that it would be to their advan-
tage to give our circle call. From
the way the people are new coming in
it looks as though we will have large
camp ; 80 ends Saturday.
After very pleasant nights sleep,
and listening at the rain pattering on
our tents, Sunday morning came in
upon us and we all "turned out" for
our first morning meal, which is always
acceptable at home or abroad. 1t
rained slightly about Z o'clock, but as
the sun rose the weather began to i'm
prove, aud by the time the bell rang
for preaching the sky was almost clear.
The morning service opened with
singing and prayer, after which DR..
L. b. Hughes preached an excellent
sermon from the Gospel according to
St. John, 9th ch. 33d v. :-"For the
bread of God is He which oometh
down from Heaven and giveth life un>
to the world" The theme was Christ,
commencing with His birth and show
ing Him in all things, both temporal
and spiritual, closing with a few
thoughts on the conversation which
Christ had with Martha on the resur--
rection, when He said, 81 am the re-
sarrection and the life.' The sermon
made quite good impression on the
believers who expect on that great
morning, when all shall be called up.
to have glorious resurrection through
the merit of Christ.
After dinner the weather began to
look threatening and heavy thunder
rolled up from the South. The after.
noon meeting, which was advertised
in the morning, came off, fortunately
the rain holding off. The meeting
was in charge of the Christian Associ-
alton of Sloan Church, and opened
with singing followed with prayer by
Rev. Albin Baldwin. The subsequent
exercises were the reading of the
Scriptures by the leader and the As
sociation, alternately, verse at time.
The reading was excellent, the articu-
lation of all the words being clear and
dis inct. The singing by The men,
bers of the association was splendid,
and l do not think am out of the
way in saying that our Wilmington
choirs cannot beat them much, if any
This Association and the sabbath
School of Sloan Church are as oci
ated together in the camp-rheeting
work, and will be the source of much
good.
At present the weather is very in
viting, and do not know where oui
Wilmington friends could spend ten
days to better advantage, especially al
to the religious or social enjoyment.
A. Il.