Connecticut western news., 1885-09-02
The afternoon was warm and pleasant,

| Idu1uS OI uN0 UT SlA hlAOo DSSoA " flock toward the encampment. The roads leading in that direction were thronged with teams and the spectacle reminded one of the rush to Donny- brook fair. .a.. .a ...- .f0
 Rev W. c. Smith of New York con- ducted bible meeting in the taberna- cle at 6.30 A. M. At 8.30 A. M. love feast was held there. The regular preaching service was also held there at 10.30 A. M. Rev J. W. Selleck of Pine Plains, N. T., was the preacher and se- lected his text from II. Peter, iii, 18-- ''But grow in grace, and in the knowl- edge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" ....... .....
 The afternoon services were held in the grove at 2.30 P. NJ. Rev A. H. Wyatt preached from Hosea, X. part of the l2th yerse-"For,i 1t is time to seek the Lord. " A very appropriate text, inasmuch as it was rumored that four different minis ters had conscientiously refused to preach on Sunday at Pine Grove, firmly believing the good accomplished by continuing the meetings during the Sab bath does not outweigh the evil commit ted at the encampment. It is said that up to within one hour of the time for holding the afternoon service the pre- siding elder had been unable to secure preacher for that service and that Rev Wyatt reluctantly consented to preach. In predicting his address he said, "I have text, but no sermon; l had no time to get sermon; only had time to get myself here" Undoubtedly these were the facts, for he had preached on the previous Sunday afternoon to the cottagers assembled there and did not expect to be called upon to preach dur ing the camp meeting proper.
 The evening services were held at 7.3 in the grove, the first time they were held there since the commencement of the meeting. Rev W. c. Oliver of Co pake, N. r., led in prayer. Rev o. Van Keuren of Spencertown. N. r., preach ed, selecting his text from James, l., part of 21st verse-"Receive with meek ness the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls"
 After the preaching services the audi ence proceeded to the tabernacle, where Rev s. J. McCutcheon of Lakeville, Conn, conducted prayer meeting until 10 o'clock, at which time the Swift sis ters took charge of the meeting until its close at midnight. Thus endeth Pine Grove camp meeting for the season of 1885.
 Of course it s impossible to correctly estimate the spiritual results, but the number of conversions reported does not equal former years and some minis ters do not hesitate to say that they place very little reliance On c4mp-meet- ing conversions. The financial result is far from being a success. The question SO often asked, "What shall the harvest be?" in spiritual sense, must necessa- rily remain unanswered, but 1t does not require prophet or the son of proph- ct to predict that the doctors will, and possibly the andertakers may, reap harvest on account of the inclement weather.
 Tho association furnished board and lodging to 55 different ministers.
 Rev J. H. Lane conducted the chil- dren's meeting at one o'clock daily, with the exception of Tuesday, when Rev R. Kay conducted it.
 The association did not provide reg ister for the ministers to record their names on. Rev E. F. Barlow assigned the ministers their lodging apartments and issued the tickets for their meals, and to him The News is indebted for the list of ministers at the encampment and is also indebted to him for many other courtesies. ..a.
 Thursday evening the north bound freight train on the Housatonic road was nearly two hours late. Several car loads of people sat shivering on the platform at the station. They freely expressed the opinion that the camp meeting train, so called, which run be- tween Falls Village and Canaan ought to have made an extra trip and convey ed passengers to the latter place. Some 30 or more people from Millerton, Ore Hill, Lakeville, and Salisbury could not reach Canaan in time to connect with the H. & 0. W. train. so they were obliged to remain over night or hire teams to convey them home.
 The News of August 26 contained the names of ministers who had arrived at Pine Grove up to Tuesday afternoon. Since then the following named minis ters have visited the encampment, and undoubtedly others were present whose names we were unable to obtain W. G. Browning, E. B. Pierce, w. E. Sco- field, E. l.. Hoficker, J. W. Smith, J. B. Cross, Joseph Smith, V. N. Trayer, J. P. Hermance, ". H. Byrnes, l. G. Pierce, J. l.. Lane, W. s. Holmes, l. N. s. Heroy, v. Blackman, E. H. Roys, N. s. Futile, J. Alderman, George Love, s. J. McCutcheon, Charles Vail, o. VanKeuren, W. H. Peters, c. B. Ford, s. s. Beiler, Edmund Lewis, w.
 c. Oliver, William Wake, J. Cromlish, D. Phillips, George F. Starks, W. O.. Smith, F. J. Belcher, B. N. Lewis,
 Hiram Eddy, W. A. Mackey. E. F. Bar
 low, D. F. Atwood.