St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-19
OPENING DAY AT RED ROCK.
Tenters and Cottagers Busy Over
Material Matters.

Material Matters.
The ungracious sun refused to shed
his benefcent rays upon the devoted
heads of the faithful who had gathered
at Red Rock yesterday to inauguTate
the exercises of the annual camp meet
ing. But this did not at all affect the
attendance. which was much larger than
OH the first day of the meeting last
year. 1t was indeed happy sight
to see the reverend gentlemen, the
deacons and the laymen hustling
about full of energy and life,
putting their things to rights. In one
spot Bishop" Higgins was tugging at
rope of his tent; in another Rev. G.
W. Martin was placing the floor of his
tent in order. So it was throughout the
camp. There, too, was DR.. Satterlee
fitting Either and thither about the new
house that his friends had built and
given to him. 1t was great surprise
to the doctor to find, when he had
reached the grounds, a substantial cot
tage, in place of the tent that had so
often sheltered him. Rev. George Gal
pin handled the brush and paint pot
quite artstically as he did the finishing
strokes on DR.. Satterlee'S house.
Already absut thirty cottages and al
most as many tents have beer occupied,
and there were probably between $50
'and 800 persons on the grounds yester-
day. Many of the cottages have been
enlarged, and few new buildings have
been erected. Every one expressed the
hope that there may be large attend
ance at the meeting this year. The
hotel, which was run by Mrs. Shevin
last year, will be managed by Mr.. and
Mrs. Moses. of MinneaDOliSi
The directors do not propose to have
any established programme this year,
but will have only platform meetings,
thus relying entirely upon their own
strength. The two drawing cards this
year will be Dr.. BraZee, of Los Angeles.
CAL, who is said to be an exhorter of the
old type, and Mrs. Amanda Smith, the
colored evangelist. The former will
deliver sermon this morning at 10:30
o'clock, and the latter will probably
speak on Sunday morning.
Last evening the camp meeting was
formally opened. To-day the all-day
prayer for the baptism of the Holy
Ghost on the meetings will be con-
tinued.
The last Thursday of the meeting will
be the day for election of new directors;
the terms of three of the directors eX-
pire this year. and vacancy has been
caused by the death of another, G. ID.
Strong.
Among those at the grounds yester-
day were the families:
Rev. G. Markham, New York; Rev. S. T
Higgins. j. II. Wilson, George Welch, Rev.
G. W. Galpin, G.. c. Hurd, E., Morse, H. j.
Cobb, L. W. Rhone, W. Spencer, Elias Moses,
!. B. Laraway, X: w. Wing. \ r. Bell, Rev.
DR.. Turner. Mrs. Wright. Rev. d.
C. Fix, John Watson, Rev. d. Nor
gan, j. K. Sterling, E. A. Bemis,
c. L. Vinal, j. W. Moore. Mrs. c. Warner, c.
L.. Frazier, Minneapolis; Rev. DR.. ". W. Sat
terlee, q. F. Tostevin. Mrs. Magraw Mrs.
Stanton S. d. Bell, E. Gears. Mrs. Jones. E.
Wentworth. q. II. Hazard, W. S. Joy, Rob-
ert Jorden, st. Paul; Mrs a. d. Davidson,
r. H, Hasty, Bald Eagle Lake; d. Frank, G.
Parker, E. Pitts, Hastings; Rev. G. NJ. Hig
gins, Brooklyn Center.
A great deal of credit is due to John
l. Watson, who has had charge of the
grounds for the past three years, for
the admirable way in which he has
helped both the cottagers and tenters
to fix up their temporary residences.