Daily Republican., 1883-08-20
BIG DAY.
Tho W0ods fall Yesterdsy-la.
teruptlOn by Rain-Scenes and
lucldentn.

IOO WOOOo Io1b HOot0EOoy-Ao
teruptlOn by Rain-Scenes ans
lncldents.
Yesterday was "Dig Sunday" q
Brandy wine Summit camp, and from
early morning until late in the evening
teams began TO arrive from all quarters
and by o'clock tie wo0ls were filled
with teams of every conceivable shape
from q two.wheelsd dog cart to an olt
dilapidated market wagon, anything ~
it had wheels, was pressed into use, and
some Of the turn-outs were indeed
'aughable.
People came from near and far, bui
the majority were from Wilmington,
West Chester, Philadelphia and Ches-
ter. 1t is estimated that about four
thousand people were present on the
ground
The morning was beautiful one but
very warm, and everything passed of
Allied with clouds, and about2 o'clock a
heavy storm, lasting nearly an hour,
passed over the encsmpment, causing
the people 10 scatter in every direction
for places Of shelter. W hen the storm
was browning many persons hitched up
their teams and left the ground, while
those that remained sought shelter Ia
fhe tents. After the storm subsidized the
sun came out and the meeting proceeded
AZ usual.
Early morning service was held in
Sloan tent, in charge of Rev. M.
Graves. The usual 8 o'clock love feast
was held at the stand anil continued
until the hour for preaching. At O.3O
Paul's church, occupied the pulpit and
preached from st. Luke A, 49," Preach
Delivsrance." At the conclusion of
the sermon the choir, in company with
the audience, sang Deliverancs will
Come" which was sweetly rendered.
The children's meeting at 80 o'clock
was held in Union tent, in charge of g.
II. Sentman, and addresses were made
by Messrs. HendricksOn, Brown and
Williams. At the same hour q prayer
service was held In st. Pauls tent, led
by George w. Todd, and also In Sloan
tent rnder the direction of Father Tay-
lor OF this city.
At3. p. m, the storm having passed
over, services were continued at the
stand, when the Rev. T. X. Creamer, Of
Scott Church, preached An eloquent
sermon from Mark l, "a" Let US
alone what have we to do with thee,
thou Jesus of Nazareth Art thou
come to destroy us?" At Its conclu-
sion Father Hance, Of Sloan, an Old
worker in the cause, made powerful
exhortatiOn to sinners, which hail its
weight and caused many persons to
stop and think of their spiritual condi-
tiOn. The renal der of the afternoon
WAS spent in singing and prayer.
The regular 8 o'clock prayer meetings
were held in the different tents. The
evening services were largely attended
and a fervent sermon was preached by
the Rev. l.. w. Layfeld of Bethel
charge, from the words " Beginning At
j jerusalem" st. Luke "a, q. The
entire serv 'ces throughout the dag
were of an interesting character and the
people were benefited thereby.
Between Il and l o'clock Mary N.
Graves, wife of John T. Graves and sis
ter of Amor H. Chandler, met with q
sad accident. She had been at the
pump after pitcher Of water and was
just starting away when she was star
tied by an approaching team, and In her
endeavors to get out of the way she
slipped and fell, breaking her wrist
She was picked up and conveyed to a
tent near by. Dr. Culver, the nearest
ph y sician, was sent for Immediately ,and
upon his arrival the injured arm was
dressed.
In proceeding down a flight of steps
to the spring several persons slipped
and received severe falls.
The best of order prevailed through
out the day and everyone was happy.
The boarding tables did big business.
The subject Of releasing the woods Is
still the theme of conversation, but no
definite action has yet been taken. 1t
Is generally understood, however, that
people will sell their large tent
and other articles used at the camp by
this church, and AZ far as they are con-
cerned there will be no more camp
The Wilmington people are
seriously of taking hold of
the matter, but the entire subject is
still one of doubt.
A new arrival of preachers is ex.
pected to-day or tomorrow, and the
this week will be attended
with considerable interest.
The Sunday train on the Wilmington |
4 Northern Railroad brought large
number Of persons to the camp, via.
Granogue station.
In returning home last evening a
Jenny Lind carriage containing gen
.leman and lady was overturned from
he pike into the summer road, caused
BY the horse becoming suddenly fright
,ned. The occupants were thrown ont,
put received no injury beyond muddy
clothes. The wagon was not damaged,
md they were soon en-route for home.