Evening journal., 1892-08-05
GODS FIRST TEMPLES
Methodists Making the Woods
Ring With Song.
BIG THURSDAY NOT so BIG.
The Fifh Day OF the Brandywino summit
Meeting an Enjoyable One Mrs. Ellis Of
Newark, \. j., Talks on the Temperance
Question other Services.

Question The other Services.
staff Correspondence Evening Journal
BRANDYwiNE SUMMIT Aug 5.-The |
fifth day of the Brandywine Summit |
Camp Meeting dGwned with the rising |
sun Of yesterday morning The sky was |
n little cloudy. and, as old Sol sent his |
rays through the clouds, the morning of /
the fifth day was a beautiful one To |
add 10 the grandeur of the day zephyr |
set In, which continued during the day, |
making 20 the pleasantest day on the !
camp grounds this year
To-day was big Thursday" but not
as big as 10 has been in former years
There were not many outsiders present
and the services We're all greatly benefc
ial
Before many campers had eaten Of
their FIRST meal, many of the true wor
shippers were worshiping in the large
| tabernacle under the trees. Gods
| first temples were alive with the sing
/ ing of birds, but when the worshippers
| sang an old familiar hymn the birds OF
the forest seemed TO give up their strain
The early morning meeting was ledby
/ Thomas Wilson BY o'clock all Of the
worker had returned TO their tents and
in half an hour later the ''reveille'
sounded calling the campers TO
the early prayer and experience
meeting The meeting was led
by Rev John ID. c. Hanna of
Asbury Church, and his stirring words
soon turned the quiet assemhlage into
an old time experience and praise meeting.
There were Christians present ranging Ia
age from % years up TO 10, and among
these the veterans who had been in the
service for 60 years.
Many were sorry the meeting had 10
be closed when the bell rang for the
meeting of the Womens Foreign Mis-.
sionary Society. AT this meeting Mrs
w. e. Tonhnson presided, while Pre-
siding Elder l.. c. Barrett and Rev. H.
L. Hubbard spoke in the interest of the
society.
The next meeting was that Of the little
people at l.30oclock. Rev. 4. B. Short,
of Harrison Street Church. who had
charge OF all these meetings, presided
: again. Nearly all the young people ON
the grounds, and a number of the older
people were present The meeting was a
very enjoyable one.
Friends of Temperance Assemble.
Before the time Of meeting Of the
Womens Christian Temperance Union,
which had been set for o'clock, had ar
rived the tabernacle was nearly filed 10
overlooking by the women Of the camp
I There were also o number Of men pres
D ent. Mrs. B. r. Ellis, OF the w C. r. o.,
u of Newark, New Jersey was introduced
as the speuker Mrs. Ellis Is tall,
e. MISUNDERSTANDING woman and has q clear
r accent During her speech she related
d part of her work When she was but q
girl she had her first experience I'm the
D work. When her parents. on certain
r occasion, had left her in charge OF the
q house in their absence, she went with a
e party of women from New York
! city TO the Tombs prison She be-
came frightened when the sheriff closed
the heavy iron doors behind her and re-
marked that she wished she was at home.
Her companions however, conducted
services in the Jail and they soon became
so interesting TO her that she decided to
3 enter into the work heart and soul On
s her parents return she told them what
. had occurred and what she had decided
e TO do. She has been in the work for the
past twelve years.
b She also stated that she had paid a
. visit to the New Castle Jail and in con
, versation with a number of prisoners, she
i learned that nearly all of them were there
, because of strong drink
p, She told OF an interesting anecdote oc-
f; curing at the time the W. C. II. IT, first
started its work in the South. In the
city of New Orleans a delegate was
= stationed and over her hotel were the
& letters "W. c. IT, T." There were two
S saloon keepers who had occasion TO pass
S by her hotel when they were attracted
- by the letters One of the men remarked
'Jim what do those letters meanY "Oh.
they mean We Come to Unite mo,
g that is not right jim they mean 'Wo
= Come TO Upset Much laughter was
v heard when she stated that there was
an upset" in New Orleans from that
n day.
C She spoke Of the 25O.OOO licensed
saloons in America and open during all
d of the Nations holidays. These saloons,
she declared, put 81, 900 people in the
= inils throughout the country every year
a Unfortunately 5000 of them are women
u OF this number, 30, 0OO are under the age
l. of 80 years, showing that the young men
D. are going down TO perdition. She praised
e Mrs Grover Cleveland for her stand foi
n Temperance at the first dinner given by hei
a husband upon his election TO the Office OF
the Presidency. She also spoke upon the
II temperance work of Mrs. Hayes wife OF
hN-A AtolNNlAh AAhfN0f AbhA h'A ilNA "AtN
D. habits and her workings to suppress th'
e rum traffic.
The service ended by prayer The vas
le audience then returned to their tent
y where they partook of their suppers.
At $50 o'clock the bell rang for tn
Epworth League meeting which was lee
A. by Rev. +. J.. Hubbard. The meeting
K. was "A very enjoyable one, the best hell
~ on the grounds vet
re At 7.45 o'clock the last meeting wa
" called IL was the preaching service AM
e. Rev James Conner, of Mt Lebanon
st preached the sermon. BY 0.15 oclocl
N the services of the fifth day had come t
TX a close
ct As the sun went down again into tn
le west darkness soon settled over tn
" camp ground again. The evening wa
~ cool and the gentle wind blowing tn
leaves Of the trees, combined with tn
song of the cricket, made the surround
ing woods alive with the campers. TIL
le moon shone out beautifully and the plane
N Mars and his brightness was forgotte
sS for a time.
Id Beautiful silver.lincd clouds woul