Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-09
AT THE CAMP GROUND.

Dolngs at the PlainvilIe Camp Meet
ing-The Annual Election of OMcers.
The Plainville camp meeting is we'll attend
ed. The impression some have that camp
meetings are thing of the past is unfounded
and not at all supported Judging from the
still apparent and the earnest eloquence.
The Rev. L. P. Perry preached from First
Corinthians, iv., 90: "For the Kingdom of
God is not in word but in power" 1t was
an ld-fashioned camp meeting sermon with
the "arousements," and held the audience
spellbound more than an hour. Rev. N.
Hubbel followed with an earnest exhortation.
In the afternoon the Rev. F. Saunders gave
as his subject Goods Three Crestions"-the
physical world, the natural man and the
spiritual man. The Rev A. N. McNicoll of
Westville spoke in the evening from Isaiah
xiii, 4: "He shall not fail" showing how the
conflict between sin and holiness had been
carried on in the old world and was still in
progress but would finally eliminate in the
total overthrow of sin. Thursday morning
the Rev. g. B. Pitblado of Hartford preach
ed and E. L. Thorpe of West Haven in the
afternoon, and DR.. Hanlon of New Jersey in
the evening, The prayer meetings are we'll
attended and an excellent spirit Is manifest
ed, and already some conversions have been
reported.
The annual meeting Of the Camp Ground
association was held at o'clock, when the
secretary's report was read and accepted.
The treasurer reported the receipts of the
year about $64S, and the expenditures
! about $500. There Ia funded debt of $725.
The following trustees were elected for one
| year:
J. w. Beach, D. D., Middletown; j. 81.
| Session, Bristol: j. NJ. Parker, Hartford E.
s. Clapp, Windsor; @. A. Baldwin, New
| Haven; R. 8. Hubbard, New Britain; N. W.
| Terrell, Middlefeld; w. A. Gregory, Plain
vile; w. ]. Smith, Higganum; W. F. Damn,
| New Haven; T. Lsavitt, Bristol; w. Il. STAFF
ford, Clinton.
A committee was appointed to estimate
the value of the property of the association
and also to arrange some way of reducing
the debt. The matter of building a house
for an overseer of the grounds was discussed
and at the hour of public worship the meet
ineredjourned till after the service at the
stand. At the adjourned meeting the COM
mittee reported their estimate of the corpora
ton property at IS, 900. It was voted that
the trustees should, if practicable, arrange
for suitable building for superintendent
to live in and look after the property.
Despite the excellent management some
toughs made themselves obnoxious on the
camp grounds Tuesday night, and some of
them robbed the tent of Rev. T. ]. Sheeden
of valuable overcoat, and several others
suffered from the depredstions of the maui
RAIDERS.
The visitors to the camp constitute every
class and condition of the residents in the
| vicinity for miles around. They come on
foot, in carriages and wagons. by the trains
and If q camp meeting was held in the utter.
most parts of the world and attended by
young women, that irrepressible, always-to.
be. seen young man in knee breaches on a BIZ
cycle would be there. He is at the Plainville
camp, and If he fails to find the object of his
affections he spends his time with the object
of someone's else affections.
There are prayer meetings In the morning,
afternoon and evening. Preaching at 10 a.
m. and ct Q and p. m. Praise and sonp
services are held In the various tents at fire.
quent intervals, and every one is attended by
men, women and children. When not al
service, walk, q drive to Forestville
Plsinville, up or down the road for q mile
or two, and short excursions back into
the woods, are made every hour In the day
For some, this camp meeting week is
weeks vacation and Ia as pleasant and enjoya-
BILE as week at the seashore or in the noun
tains.
Prof. w. o. Turner, who has been con
nected with the music at the Willimantit
camp meeting for twenty years, and alse
at Martha's Vineyard several years, has
charge of the music during the meeting
which will insure superior music. "JoJ
and Gladness" will be the principal bool
used.