Gloucester County Democrat., 1894-08-16
PIrMAN GROVE.
SUNDAY. August u.

hysterically and women tainted with
emotion. The love feast at 8 o'clock was
an especially emotional one 1t was led
by Rev. A. E. Ballard. Scores Of worship
pers arose to speaF at cnce, and shouts
drowned the roar of the falling rain. A
reformed gambler wept and laughed hys-
terically, and the ex-Gloucester race-horse
owner, J. Mahan, threw back his head
clapped his hands and shouted. Aunt
Susan sang her hallelujah song, and the
thousands present took up the refrain.
At the handshaking which followed,
people left the shelter of the pavilion to
clasp the hands of those who stood be-
meath umbrellas out in the storm. Two
men who had not spoken for eleven years
clasped hands and embraced and later
dined together.
The altar was crowded with seekers
after salvation at all the services and as
one after the other professed conversion
shouts of joy made the grove ring with
echoes.
At the children's meeting in the after
noon Rev. Fred Jewett, of Mullica Hill,
preached a chemical sermon to the little
ones. He took glass vessel of pure water,
which, he said, represented the heart of
the child. A. few drops of liquid dropped
in the water turned it black, and this he
represented as the sin which comes irto
the heart. The child tries to cover this
sin by going into good society, which was
represented by q bouquet Of flowers placed
over the glass, but the blackness remained
beneath. ( A substance dropped into the
b!ackened water brought it back to its
purity Of color, and this the speaker repre-
sented as the blood Of Christ which clean
seth from all sin.
At the young peoples meeting in the
evening Rev. Harry White and others
spoke.
Sunday morning Rev. s. N. Vernon, D.
D, preached from Isaiah lii, 8: "With
His stripes we are healed" In the after
noon DR.. James Lisk, Baptist preacher
from Bordenfown, preached from Mat. XIV,
26: " For what is a man profted if he shall
gain the whole world and lose his own
soul ?" and at night Rev. M. D. Collins, D
D., preached from Lev. xix, IL, his theme
being the supreme reason for an absolute
necessity of holiness.
MONDAY August 49,
The crowd in camp was big one. At
least 1000 people were here.
There was no regular sermon in the
morning, but q number of preachers were
called upon by DIR. Collins to speak.
In the afternoon Rev. w. II. Ogburn, of
the New Jersey Conference, preached, and
at night DR.. Collins preached his fifth SER
mon since he came into camp FIVE days
ago.
Rey. Yoshi Suke Sacon, the Japanese
preacher, who has been here since the OPEN
ing of camp, spoke to the children at their
meeting in the Tabernacle this afternoon.
He was dressed in his national costume
and told about the customs and religion
Of his country.
Last night Justice Lefsvre and Constable
DaYid Downs, Of this place, were kept busy
on the pike until long after midnight keep
ing the hack drivers in order and prevent
ing any obstruction Of the highway. JUS
tice Lefever was armed with number of
blank warrants, which he was prepared to
| fill out if necessity so compelled him. He
did not act under the ordinance of the as
sociation, but under the State law. As a
consequences, coaches were allowed to load
passengers on either side of the pike, but
the middle was kept clear.
President Ballard. of the association, went
out and commanded the refractory cabmen
to move over to the other side of the pike
from the grove, but they refused to move
and Justice of the Peace Lefevre refused to
move them, as under the law he said they
had right there. The association claims
control of the pike opposite the grove
and there is likely to be trouble over the
violation of their ordinance, and test case
will probably be made.
TUESDAY, August IA.
As camp draws to a close the services
increase in religious fervor and enthusi.
asm. At times to-day the enthusiasm
reached the point of hysteria, and the
shouts Of the pious were thrillingly conta-
geous. Rev. E. 1. D. Pepper, editor of the
Christian Standard, preached this morning.
In the afternoon Rev. G. G. Rakestraw, OF
Tacony, was the preacher, and at night
Rev. W. B. Osbourne delivered the sermon
Mrs. Margaret Moncrief, an aged Gotta
ger, fell from one of the seats in the audi.
toriam to-day and dislocated her knee cap
| THE LAST DAY.
WEDNESDAY, August 15
| There has never been a more successful
camp meeting as far as soul-saving is con
cerned as that which closed at 10 O'Clock
last night for the season of 1894. There
were nearly 200 people converted at the
young peoples meeting and at least $50 al
the children's meeting, besides those who
were converted at the altar service. It i.
believed that at least 500 people have beer
converted and sanctiied during the camp.
There were fully 1900 people presen
last night, and the religious enthusiasm wa.
greater than it has been any time during
the camp. It seemed as though the multi
tude opened the food-gates of its enthusi
asm and gave it full vent at the Twelfth
hour.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the l,ttl,
folks from the children's meeting marched
down to the circle from the Tabernacl,
nearly o thousand strong and walked thric,
around the Pavilion, singing Walk in th,
Light" There were little toddlers who hat
to be led by the hand, and who could JUS
manage to come in on the song line or 8,
behind the others; pretty little girls il
white, and last, bright, but mischievou
little boys in knicker-bockers and pinafore
one-half Of whom sang with all their nigh
and many out Of tune.
! At 8 o'clock the crowd of people, chief,
old men and women, who had been wor
Shipping at the tent holiness meeting, cam,
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