Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-28

Inc only Wilmtngtonians encamped on
the ground, and who own cottages, are
Rev. Il. 81. Sanderson and family and
Everhard Foulk and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. Foulk have two cottages, one oil
Il which they lease. They came here in
april and will stay until October.
Other scattered Wilmingtonians were
leeen here and there, but they were casual
visitors like ourselves. In fact, though
This ls q beautiful place and within
Twelve miles OF Wilmington, 1t is not q
general resort of Wilmington people.
When the place was laid out large re.
serve was made In the best Wing part
OF the grounds for the Wilmin eton peo-
pie especially, but somehow they never
took to it. and 1t is now occupied by
others. Brandywine Summit seems to
have the Crater attractiops for Whining
ton Methodists.
The avenues are regularly laid out
and named after some popular land
mark of Methodist, such as "wesley"
and "Asbury" avenues. The house of
the superintendent, Mr.. Hines, Is o
regularly. built dwelling house, the
prettiest In the grove, and surrounded
with flower plots, rockeries, hanging
baekets and vines.
The Che ster Heights Camp Meeting
Association carry on everything with
in themselves. They have their own
store and their own restaurant and
boarding tables all in one building.
The building is an immense one, cspa
BILE OF seating from four to FIVE hundred
people at once. Boarding is 30 cents
for dinner; 85 cents for either breakf fast
or supper, or oDe dollar per day. The
cook- house Is in the basement of the
building and the viotuals ia raised to
the dining room by means of elevators,
rhe goodly Array of dishes gives evil
deuce OF good living and good diDner
may be had If you are patient enough
to walt until everything is brought
aud not particular to finish out with a
plate Of III utton brought upon the table
when everything else is swept oT By
hungry appetites.
Persons who expect to dine here IF.
tsen minutes before leaving tims on the
cars will miss tho mark, as a plate of
soup and glass of water would hardly
be seryed by that time. We thought
how different this was from the large
well spread tables Of brothers Oliver,
| McCall and Peters at Brandy wine
Summit.
The tabernacle In which servicea are
held In wet weather is an immense
building. II must be at least 200 fee
long and 90 feet wide. 1t runs back
from the tent circle, and the front is
arranged with great recess with
buildings two stories high at either
side, in which are convenient apart
ments and rooms for the accommoda alton
oil visiting preachers, singers and evan
gelists.
The roof Of the recess is supported by
great pilasters, and the whole is faced
by An immense Ccrinthian cornice over
looking the camp meeting circle. The
circle and the tabernacle are both sur
piled with Slated seats on cast iron
feet and back supports. The tabernacle
is arranged all round with sliding
doors that can be shut against storms
and opened to sunshine and air at plea
sure When the slides In front are
back, the minister can preach to seated
audience in front and rear Of 5000 peo-
pie.
The congregation yesterday morning
was small, owing to the rain. Rev. W.
IL. Smith, OF Sloan, preached a grand
sermon to the unconverted. Mr.. Smith
is looked upon as one Of the ablest and
most promising young men in the Phila-
delphia Conference. Presiding Elder
w o"AhoNAAt Ah VI bht ChnD,
took charge Of the meeting after the
sermon, and raised shout In the
camp.
The children's meeting, at / 80 D. m :,
was in charge Of Revs. q. < Adamson
and Il. b. DeBow. This meeting was
well attended considering the weather,
not only by the children but also by the
adult population of the grove. The sing
~ IL
II. Sweeney, was excellent, all present
joining in the choruses with an earnest
ness in keeping with everything in con !
nection with the present camp meeting.
The meeting was addressed by Mrs.
jackson, returned missionary from
India, now resident OF the State cf
New York. She was in India for ten
years and may again return to the
work in which she is so intensely in
terested.
She told the children something Q
OF sch0ol-life among the Hindoos. The
plpils cit on the floor, swaying TO
and fro while studying their lessons
The sexes are kept separate. The lady
witnessed three families In ten years.
Whole village, were depopulated In
Bareilly there Is an orphanage of three
hundred girls who lost their parents by
famine after the Sepoy rebellion. The
jsils are full of men who know mol
means OF making living. There they
are taught some vocation. Mrs. jack
son sang a song in the Hindoo dialect,
the first line OF which, in English, was,
II will sing OF Christ as long rs l have
breath" Prof. Sweeney led In sing.
Ing II Want to be a;Worker," "What
If Your O~n were Starving" and
'Hear the Pennies Dropping"
In the afternoon Mrs. jackson, re-
turned missionary from India, adj
dressed the audience in behalf of the
women of India. She said women
among the Hindoos are shut off from
hearing the preaching Of men. The
birth of a daughter Is looked upon as q |
calamity. The child must keep out of |
her fathers sight, 30 as not to remind |
him Of her support. All girls are and
must be married, and at very early
age. By an inexorable law they must
marry within their own caste. Every
man brings his bride home to his |
fathers house.
The marriage must be celebrated
when the betrothed girl is IL years old
not later; but no birth records areI
kept. At weddings the priests prepare
the food for all the guests. The bride |
leaves home In closed carriage, and
seldom or never returns, unless she |
should become widow. She goes to q |
room closed by three walls and an iron
barred gate, which opens to a central
court, exposing the child bride to the
gaze of all the women In the house,
She spends hours In grinding the grain
and cooking the food of her lord. She
sometimes fans him while he eats, but
must not speak, and remains closely
veiled. He calls her "woman." SheI