The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-26
RVRR's nnLs CAMP MEEElNG.
TontS P1ldsa and Cnmpers Gone-Ths
Sad RnreEelIS.
BuEH's MUS Cam GROUND,
t,sy,,st az 1895
August ., 1881.


August Is, 1881.
Last evening after the usual young peo-
pies meeting in the Tabernacle, Rev. Chap
man, Of BellaIre, preached from Job xiv:l4,
We must say, that II not the best sermon OF
the meeting, It certainly must be ranked
high among the best. The subject was
Death socloquently and logically was 1t
treated, that 1t seemed to take away all the
horror attached to the idea Of dying This
gentleman Is certainly u talented preacher.
After this service Prof, TOwner and wife
sang "Waiting and watching for me- Their
rendering Of this beautiful hymn was very
tine, and in the experience meeting that fol-
lowed the Impression made upon the people
was easily seGn, Each speaker dwelt on the
hope they had Of finding loved ones waiting
and watching Qt the beautiful gate, and the
burden OF each prayer was that this hope
might be realized,
After services were closed with the dOxol-
ogy and henediction, everybody gave them
selves up to social enjoyment. Groups here
aud there intGrChauged words OF friendship
and good cheer; singers gathered about the
organ and the grove rang with the songs OF
praise, Not until midnight did any one seem
to take any note OF time, but by one O'Clock
the camp was quiet,
The question naturally comes, what good
has been dOnel 1t may be eternity alone will
tell. Doubtless many have been led to quGs-
ton themselves rs to the OBJECT Of this life,
whether II Is all OF this life To live" Many
lessons have been learned by old and young,
lessons for good Many friendships have
been made that will influence lives, Much
seed has been sOwn; what will be the harvest
bC'F
Notwithstanding all were so late retiring,
the camp was early astir, The noise Of busy
preparation was heard, and teams kept ar.
irving and conveying household goods to the
station, and by neon many IT the cottages
were closed up for another year, But twenty
families are remaining upon the ground,
most Of them from BGllairc, and afraid to go
home. . ...r
We noticed through the morning that,
| lightly US they might bG spoken, there was a
vein Of sadness running through the fare
wells. The future In this world il too un,
certain To mike partins all gay. Next yOar
is easy to say, easy to look forward to, but We
must think when we say we'll meet next
year, II. How much that little word ex-
presses,
We spoke Of committee Of Inference yes.
terday, They met and adjourned until Tues
ty Is about this; This ground was paid for by
Subscription, the understanding being that Il
ever sold the proceeds would he divided pro
rata between the subscribers. But this was
found to be unsatisfactory for property, for
religious purposes Olt was proposed that the
grounds become the property Of the district
and II ever sold the proceeds DO di.
yided among the churches Of the district A
large majority Of tho stockholders, or sub,
sCribers rather, aCCedCd to this and donated
their shares, but q few refused not only to eli,
ter into this arrangement, butalsO toscll their
shares. The majority, however, proceeded ia
SO decd the land Ever since there Inns been
dissatisfaction. EilnTts have been made Ia
compromise, but In vain. In June the diSNf'
fected purity employed counsel with the IN.
tenti9n Of Gommencingprocecdings In court,
Suit has not yet been commenced, and It IL
for tho purpose of ayerting such u calamity
that the conference has been appointed,
A word more about the Belmont Church,
to which nm RlluslOn was made yesterday.
This church Inns been struggling along wltha
debt OF some $500, and membership Nun.
boring In the teens for u long time. John A,
Grove, although not a member Of the church,
bus stood between 1t and bankruptcy, bypay.
ing the interest out Of his own pocket for all
these years Although financially Vmbar.
rnssed himself he has remained truO to that
church LastSprng nr fAll, we believe, Rev.
HOnthurh heCaino pastor Of the charge With
his accustomed energy, hG set about to pay
the debt, receiving 800 toward 1t from the
same larRe.hcarted gentleman who had stood
by II 50 well. Through disCOuragements he
has kept on, and now, with the $27 raised here
yesterday, the church Is without debt.
Surely Mr.. Grove deserves tho prayers Of the
church, ...,g. .,.a.1 &C.,
STANCE as 1t may seem among a body ofmcn
who came together for religious purposes
alone, yet 1t Is true that preachers talk d deal
Of politics, And It was noticeable that the
temperance clement predOminates this year.
This Is right, but some of them think the pro.
hibitlon ticket Is the right one and that the
Republican party has failed to come up to her
promise and should be rcbuked, 81 with
singular blindness, they will assist indirectly
but no less surely To elect to power purity
(which utterly ignores temperance. Itishopetl
these men Nre few.
Last evening Frank Swaney In charge Of
the boarding tent, entertained ittUeii or
twenty Of his friends froIN tho camp grounds,
In right tine style All voted Mr. Swancy a
genial host and Ills supper a No. /.
And so we must end our camp meeting
record for another year
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