Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-13
A WORSHIP IN THE GROVE
10000 People at Brandywine
Summit Camp.
POWERFUL RELIGIOUS OlSCOURSES
The Music a Strong Feature
of the Services,
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BRANpYwISE SUMMIT, Aug. o..
thousands of visitors were at camp to-
day. Estimates put the attendance at
from 1000 TO 10000. Some are of the
opinion that to-day's throng was smaller
than that Of "Big" Sunday last year,
while others declare that to-day's at.
tendance was the larger. Anyhow there
was monster gathering. There were
more people present at noon, when the
auditorium and circle" were filled. The
day dawned dismally and rain was pre-.
dictcd. The prospect of wet weather
caused considerable uneasiness and Gre
ated gloom which was not dispelled
until after breakfast. There were few
rain drops early in the morning but not
enough to affect the excellent condition
of the grounds. All day long the at
mosphere was sitting. The humidity
was almost unbearable reaching high
in the nineties. 1t was sorry day for
boiled shirts and collars and cuffs. Beads
of perspiration continually chased each
other down sufferers face and back.
Fans were in constant motion and hand
kerchiefs were mostly used for drying
faces and hands. Laundried apparel
was wilted by an hours wear. "Thank
goodness" said good brother "to-
morrow is wash day" People who have
attended every camp-meeting here dur
ing the last decade say they never ex-
perienced such extreme sultriness dur
ing camp season.
Camp was astir early. Visitors ar
rived slowly at first but in the middle
of the forenoon continuous line of
teams was entering the grove. The
vehicles were of every description.
Pretty girls and gallant beaux were at
the head Of the grounds all morning,
watching the passing procession, greet
ing friends and commenting on the rigs
and their occupants. The crowd
fingered until dusk, passing the time in
worshiping, calling and promenading.
No disorder whatever occurred.
The camp girl is decidedly interesting.
At worship she is sedate and attentive.
Between services she wants fun. She
enjoys joke and sometimes INDUCES
in pranks The other day she entered
tent when nobody else was near and
put between the counterpart and sheet
of young mans couch quantity of
burrs which would have filled half
peck measure. She did not dislike her
would-be victim and had no intention
of harming him. She frequently had
heard him sing, and was curious to
learn whether he could scream as mu-
sically as he sang. When he went to
his tent that night she sat just across
the avenue. Fortunately for him before
extinguishing the light he turned down
the bed clothing and thus escaped lot
of woe.
This mornings worship began at $50
o'clock, with prayer meeting, in charge
Of John White of Wilmington. Love
feast. two hours later and conducted by
the Rev. Louis E. Barrett, also of Will
mington, was largely attended and red
hot throughout. Several hundred peo-
pie gave Christian testimony and shouts
and songs of praise intermingled.
The morning sermon, preached by
the Rev DR.. John y. Dobbins of Will
mington, was charming. Its text was
Romans VIII, 16. The words quoted
by him, he said are two-fold testimony,
direct and indirect. Inasmuch as they
were put together by God he believed 1t
was intended they should be considered
together. The testimony implied is
that of our own spirit and the other
testimony, which is plainly declared, is
that of the divine spirit While he
dwelt mainly upon the testimony which
the holy spirit bears to our adoption
into the divine family and our second
birth he hrst spoke OF the testimony Of
our own spirit to these facts. In con-
celuslon, he said the burden of the
heavenly testimony is that we are the
children OF God. We are Ills heirs and
Jolnt-helrs with Christ, through whom
our inheritance Is secured to us.
Cbildren's meeting, the first service OF
the afternoon, was in charge OF the Rev.
Isaac Jewell OF Wilmington. The at
tendance was enormous and the exer-
clses interested adults as much as they
did the children. The music was fine
and Alr, JcWells address was illustrated
ana ehlitled character building"
Inc afternoon sermon. delivered by
the ltev. l.. Il. Terry of Dover, was
most heartily enjoyed. His text wac l
corinthians NH, and 10, and his
theme The Present Imperfect State
oil human knowledge" Everything
w. AAN'O W. 49, w wy I
nc sad, has two qualities, embracing
the seen and unseen. knowledge is
gained IN the ordinary course through
lie by observation. Two things are
necessary, mind capable of receiy-
ing II and medium capable of
conveying it, While some things are
perfectly easy to understand some things
can never be ecomprehendcd,. because
they are beyond the realm of human
comprehension. The seen and unseen
are parts of the same, differing only IN
the matter of revelation. Now, If we
would remember that we see only a
part we would be more charitable
towards men as individuals, towards
each other as Christians and guard
against encouragement in the hour Of
trial. We are not limited to know; we
prophesy in part. The things concern