Daily Republican., 1885-08-17
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,TNDAY-THOUSANDs
~ PKEsENr-GREAT
oNs PREACHED.
US SERVICES
xasa grand day in th'
summit tented grove
was crisp and cool, bu
arose and asserted it'
however, TO make q balmy
Large crowds Of people
IN on Saturday, the mos
,nrd with camp.stools, Il
kday night and Sunday at Q
n or at the tent of som'
In, services were animated
Iva. Reese Baldwin con
kmily worship in the taber.
n Todd conducted the 8.3t
meeting, and lev j. Owen
,sched al 10 o'clock. Rev.
! led the children's meet
7. B. Hunter preached al
pierson, of the Union
pington, led the 6 3oprsyel
N meeting in the evening.
derful freedom, and great
bwed. Rev. Lewis Todd
sermon of the evening,
nal meeting that followed
n liyeliest Of the camp -
ms were converted. By II
rbody had turned in, and
Foupds were hushed Into
resting for the busy day
follow.
b, the great day Of the
with a beautiful sunrise,
s,reamers in the grove al
truck the curling smoke
b s.ovts upon which the
a was TO be prepared. -
au,iful morning," was the
Nearly everybody as they
b their tent doors and cast
ound the grove in search
s6 o'clock crowds began
he grounds, and every few
swelled the moving tide OF
Some tents were entirely
country and city friends.
eing it was that not a speck
taised BY the thousands
b carriages, by hacks, by
b by bicycles, all the way
Dgton and from Chester
e Wilmington Il Northern
b trainloads up TO Gran.
from whence as many as
e conveyed by hacks to the
two and a half m lies dis
be Baltimore Central Rail.
i hundreds at Summit
hacked 1t two miles to the
atei that 1000 people were
ing the day; there were
loss than 500, and what
dsble the most perfect or.
D, Only a few persons
lntoxicated condition, and
u generally around the
be managers had every
hsld, and by their firm
beet Tor everybody's rights
pity in maintaining order.
the dinner tables from
b. was immense.
,of the Union boarding
tcCall, Of the st. PAul's
3 and Mr.. Peters Of Sloan
fed in the aggregate from
people,
circle the order was first
preaching was commen-
were stretched across she
prevent promenadipg.
lore Of an inclination to lis.
preaching than was ever
Tested, and almost the on
capacity of the circle was
nlraDced listeners.
BUS services of the day com.
Iamily worship, led by
D, Of Asbury, and although
80, a large audience was
ent.
testimony service follow.
m, LED by W. l.. 8. Muir.
ufray's easy. off. hand man.
ins raised the religious tide
ik. Equal with him was
fFettsman. They are the
OF this camp meeting, and
with which they have
bus far rebounds to thei,
ways ready to say some
say that something at the
lu place. Revs. Gregg and
able Co workers and read y
10 work anywhere. The
said of all the ministers
eh present at the camp. II
mere never Was a camp OIL
which the ministers more
gen snd worked together il
harmony for the conver.
anu Tie building up OF be
pcS h9v' w. II. Smith, Of
u.e desk to preach one O
mons 0t the camp. AS b,
OAed upon as but an ordi
eI' 'here was some aston
he should havo been 30
great sermon. Mr.. Smitl
surprised the lot SHOULD
70 himself. 1t should be un
}. lie only knew or the after
.naI he was to fill that i'm
!. ana tly had N,
1,e much of "a sermon, bu
uuetoty, as ho asked tn,
w we people, he said perhap
~ he did not know wha
n.n or he might tried hav
eiinon to suit the occasion
Gd only to rely on God an,
LIS isaa month with argument
~ text from Revelations Ia
and sixth verses. Af,s
i.h 'a, Mr.. Smith began I
hii w MS subject. His hear
ova aeYW1ganto NV unfold thedept
I,e, ,ea While with an eloouenc
nia, iaa vast audience of thous
Eios dirs'1ess he declared tia
cOn,a On .he infinite bore to poc
Ilir,si tbqsd never be explained
semsi sts,ed in the grove, and
;rons ;ned TO rest all around a
4 f'Sm ,ha depth to depth in tb
bs; ue !ove of Christ and fror
pf pfttsht, tsl1, in declaimine th
iallen man ha o,tS =,