The sun., 1893-08-14
GLORY!GLORY! ALL THEDAY.
SING Sings BIG CAMP MEETING IN
FULL SWING.


Afternoon Mcetines-The Widow Van Cote
Get. Passengers for the Gospel Train.
The first Sunday Of the big annual State
camp meeting OF the Methodists at Sing Sing
brought out a crowd that filled the grounds
yesterday. The New York Centrars trains
brought folks from both directions ny the
hundreds. and the steamboat Mary Powell
came down the river from Rondout with an
excursion party OF nearly q thousand. There
was practically n continuous service on tho
grounds from 8 o'clock in the morning until
after 10 in the evening: SO q tale Of tho day
wouldn't be possible. and THE BUN reporter
has chopped out two hours OF the late after
noon and the early evening to tell about. For
tho rest It may be said that 1t rivalled in In
terest and fervor and excitement everything
here told.
Tho Widow Van Cott whom every reader OF
The SUN knows is a woman exhorter Of great
power. took charge Of things after tho after
noon sermon. which was preached by the Rev.
DIR. J. s. Oakley Of this city. This story begins
right at the end OF the widows powerful ex-
hortation to sinners to accept free salvation.
There 10 little house down at one end Of the
grounds and around 1t on three sides there
ia gontle slope for fifty yards. On
this slope there are benches. They were all
filed to overnowing and the aisles between
them were crowded with people standing. But
tho widows voice reached far beyond those
benches and around the outside Of them was a
great circle. fifteen and twenty deep. OF men
and women and children all straining forward
and listening with breathless interest to the
widows call to glory.
Away down in one corner. near the stoop OF
the house from which the widow was speak
ing, there was an old man with Peter Cooper
whiskers. Emotions had been working in
him long before the widow stopped speaking.
As she finished they got the better Of him.
and he leaped out in front OF the crowd. and.
hopping UP and down. cried out:
"Hallelujah! halleluiahl hal-le-lu-iah!
Do you hear me shout thal-le-lu-iahP"
"Glory to God. amen!' responded the
widow and dozen others "Yes. yes; We
hear"
"Hallelujahr shouted the old man. leaplne
in the air. I'm glad salvation's free. The
sS afSss I ssif f h%s ds7ersd % from
And from myself" shouted the old man.
II eSntkeep stifl; must shout glory halle
Suddenly he began singing:
salvnti9n,. sdyn n;I,n free s1oIvy for you and m"
The crowd joined him and the chorus was re-
II am a Christian" said woman in the
~ =" DO you think you are saved" asked the
an the The SaoR
shouted. GLORY to God A great many feel
they are saved. great many think they are
here's one who knows she's saved. Glory
Let's hear from some young man
but about our young men We can't tell. Now
let's hear from them"
Young man after young man responded.
"SS nov" " SAID SAID the he Willow W Van Tott. who's
going to take the heavenly trainp"
an" said young man, ~
Dear. precious. immortal heart" exclaimed
Then others asked 4, for prayers.
scss sts.sGt ns tS heaven the other Is billed to
A great many more took the heavenly train
at this warning. and the widow dropped on
her knees and prayed. After that there was
,NoX. everybody shake hands" shouted
the widow as this ds d%seens
shouted "Glory hajlelujah!" until the woods
The MON ent this meeting was over another
began In tent up near the entrance. dozen
colored bIeihren had possession there. They
thusiastic their bodies swayed backward and
forward. Their eyes half closed With the
lntonation peculiar to the colored race they
Further on. and still go further.
Pass tho mile stones one by one.
He will sec you further on.
Shouts OF Glory halelujahr' and the like
followed each verse, and there seemed to be a
hundred verses. The swaying became moro
Brethren" exclaimed coored man.
d the tent. Brethren the singing eeSsedI. @ It
God. Zoe That we have been left down and countsd
oat But. brethren. we are by adoption the
children Of Abraham. Abraham's God il our
Yes. yesr screamed several women.
And we are going up to the glory seat"
Yes. yes! GLORY to God! screamed the
Doesn't II say, Ethiopia shall stretch forth
%s Rss 9SPd VIII sfa to aoa xfh Hffhnf up h%
ngarching on Sing Sing now. We will save
we wlli we will +! Glory =, shouted Dozen
IS Stretch ont yopE hand Fathsr Abraham
@onsS tsSus4ns osRss syensa sa 'A@qSa
Another song was started and It seemed as
Glory is % became iurous. This time the song
HS PSseved s IN to dea
'nid. to give what he had to the poor, He in
urn was interrupted By a song the refrain Of
o
And sanctify u place In heaven.
what be them?" demanded an old man
Who had come to the camp meeting to see |
lights rather than to worship. He asked The
what be- them2" he asked again. BE
hey Jews or Genties. or whatr"
"The gentleman who Just spoke was Ger
"The, rest is Eyetalian. beant they9" he
before that question could be answered .
olored woman was on her feet swaying hack
he blood Of Jesps" She repeated 1t dozen
lines. swaying all the while.
' l wouldn't give my salvation for millions
md millions. No. Glory to God! I've been
-listenin' t God since before the war. and
low say let the Winds blow. I'll stand by
iod. Let tho waters rush. I'll stand by Him.
They cant sweep me away"
oh, glory" screamed dozen.
i've got friends In heaven. I've got brothers
nd sisters in heaven and gloryl I'm going 81
She threw her arms about Her voice was
brill She started forward. II m a-going to
walk the golden streets" she exclaimed:
crea med apparently the whole crowd.
IL the midst OF the excitement an unmis-
nkably negro voice outside the tent began
inginR: