Daily Republican., 1885-08-19
In The Tented Grove.

The attendance at the Brandywine
Summit Camp is increasing, and will
continue to do 80 until 1t closes, which
event will take place on Friday morn
lug at 6. so o'clock instead OF 8. 30 as lad
been previously determined upon.
The weather continues balmy and plea
saht. There never WAS u camp on these
grounds blessed with finer weather and
such immunity from dust.
The 80 u. m. meeting was led Tues
day by Mathew McGaryey Of Ashury
the 8 80 meeting by Rev. A. I. Scott.
At 10 o'clock Rev. George Cumm ins, oi
Philadelphia, preached powerful ser.
sermon from Romans 18th chapter and
lat and I'd verses. At the oloss six pre-
sen ted themselves at the altar for pray
ers.
Rev. G. W. Burke led the children's
meeting at 80 p. m, in which he vas
assisted by Revs. A. T. Scott and Leroy
Magee.
Rev j. B. Quigg, of Smyrna. Del,
who had just come from Joanna Heights
camp, preached logical and impress
sive sermon from the 139th Psalm and
23d verse. Mr.. Quigg's sermon is con.
sidered one of the ablest sermons
preached at the camp. Mrs. Kate King
led the 80 evening meeting with
signal ability, and great success crowned
her efforts. The evening sermon was
preached by Rev. Alfred Smith from
Greensborough, Caroline county, Md.
He took his text from LIST John, 1st
chapter aud 9th verse. The sermon is
said to have been very able one, and
the remark was gene raj that Smith "
was good name. A number of peni
ta, tt,ar
three of whom at least were converted.
The meeting lasted until II O'Clock, aud
IL left to the inclination of those
engaged in it,it would have lasted until
morning.
Rev. NJ. M. Browne, Rev. +. L. Hub.
bard, Reese Baldwin, Lewis 7. Grubb,
and one or two others went on the w.
& n. excursion yesterday to Joanna
Heights camp meeting and French
Creek Falls, aud returned in the even.
ing.
Mrs. Vantipe, whose husband was
ter, vacated her tent yesterday and with
her family went home to Chester, to
attend to her husbands injuries.
She had the So mpathy of all ON the
ground.
The we'll used by the Union Circle
gives out several times every day, and
the spring also runs weak. More water
is needed, and the managers shonld mol
think of commencing a camp next yeaI
without better water supply.
Manager Mccall, of st. Paul's Circle
says he feels as if he was left almost
alone, when he looks around and find
Lewis Z9bley and L. l.. Crouch bott
dead j. @. Pickels detained by the
death of his wife Jacob Sharp, Albert
| Thatcher and others not in the circle.
j., a Oliver has won great praise
for keeping good table and polite and
iobliging attendants and cooks. Hi,
patronage has largely increased sine,
last year. Revs. Murray and Pretty
man have not preached much, the latte
not at all during the camp, but there
| is sea rcely an exercise at which .tsei
Snare oI' the WORK: = - -
1t is no unusual thing for people t
get lost in gong to and coming from
lGranogue station, there being two roads
Revs Mr. Browne and companion wan
dered around nearly an afternoon thi
week before they found the place
though they were once within thre
hundred yards of 1t, and still before the
knew it they were back at Grauogu
again. The other morning an Ever
Evening reporter started to catch th
first train AZ Granogue, but found hin
self at Eiam going in an opposite diret
tion before he caught his bearings. O
Icourse he missed tha train.