Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-08

Much Interest Manifested and Great @
Has Been Done--Large Attendance.


Much interest Manifested and Great Good
Has Been Done--Larse Attendance.
Dover, Aug. 1.-The interest in Cam
| den campmeeting is increasing every day.
| The sermons and services are full Of
interest and power. The congregations
are large. than for many years. Even
many Of the week day services fill the
auditorium, which will seat at least $500
| people.
The children's meetings are held daily
and are conducted by the Rev. w. g..
Rooms of Wilmington. They are great
feature.
The young peoples services, led by the
Rev. L. B. Short of Wilmington, exceed
anything of the kind the people of this
section have ever seen. They have broken
up all promenading, and the young people
arc so interested in the singing that they
find 1t a greater joy than any former
| enjoyment on the camp i'll the old way.
They are led with an organ and two cor
nets Sweney's new book is used at this
| meeting.
Tuesday was great day. The sermons
by DIR. Avery of Easton, DIR. Hulburd of
Wilmington, and the Rev. l.. w. Layfield
of Wilmington, were greatly enjoyed
and highly commended. DIR. Hulburd had
never preached on tho grounds before,
but will always be welcome hereafter.
His great sermon will long be remem-
bered. Yesterday morning the Rev. T. S.
| Williams of Cannon's opened his sermon
on the knowledge and wisdom of God
| with the mastery thought, but it was
soon apparent that his strength was
failing. On reaching his third point he
paused, seized the pulpit and fell to the
floor unconscious Restoratives were adj
ministered and in about an hour he re-
covered and was able TO return home in
the evening.
In the afternoon the Rev. L. E. Barrett,
ID. D., presiding elder of Wilmington dis
trict, preached from the text: II Am Not
Ashamed of the Gospel" The sermon
that followed, for beauty Of rhetoric,
strength of logic and oratorical delivery
is seldom excelled.
AT night the Rev. Julius Dodd of New
port preached instead of the Rev. @. w.
Prettyman, who had to return home 70
attend love feast, making the first break
in the original programme. The reverend
gentleman discoursed eloquently on
wrestling Jacob" He held his audience
as by magic and reached his climax with
the shouts of praises all about him.
| After DIR. Hulburd's great sermon on
tuesday, he made an appeal for Epworth
Church, Wilmington, and the people re-
| sponded'by giving 500. DIR. Murray, in
introducing DIR. Hulburd, said that VIII
mington WINS the Jerusalem of this Con-
| wanted to get there and the Young
preachers as close by as possible He said
that DIR. Huiburd must be in the apostolic
succession, for he had taken collection
for the poor saints of Jerusalem.
Dover, Aug. august LIST was set
apart by the preacher in charge of
Camden camp meeting as Temperance
Day. The ladies of the w. G. L. u.
were to have charge and procure speak
ers. Mrs. Joseph Smithers of Smyrna
secured Mrs Ida b. Cole of Philadel-
phia, Mrs. Boole of New York and the
Rev. Alfred Smith, presiding elder of
Easton district.
The programme as published was
carried out in the presence of from
1000 to 5000 people, the service con-
tinuing from 8 O'Clock a, m. to y.
M. with one hour intermission at noon.
The crowds listened to the music, the
answering of questions and recitations
with undated interest. The address
by Mrs. Cole was gem. The one by
Mrs. Boole was one of the greatest tenn
perance addresses ever heard at any
campmeeting ground or any other place
on this Peninsula. The Rev. Alfred
Smiths sermon on 1.-THE Saloon VS..
MAN. was about one hour long. He
insisted that loyalty to Christ should
lead every one to be friend of man
and an enemy to the saloon.
There were seven conversions last
evening.
The musical part of yesterdays pro-
gramme was well rendered and highly
appreciated. Miss Florence Gildersleeve
of Camden sang solo, "Oh, Jeruvsa-
lem," Miss Mary Cannon and Messrs.
John Kellum and Irving Wickes also
sang solos. Mrs. Mary Mills Wolcott
and Mr.. W. I. Smithers sang beau
tiful duet. The recitation "Who is Re
sponsible?" by Miss Edith Brown of
Camden was well rendered.
During the entire day from early
morning until the last embers of the
old fashioned pine fire torches were
dying out late last night, shouts of
hosannah sand echos Of old familiar
hymns could be heard through the
grove.
Great credit should be given the Rev.
W. L. ho' Az hIdg8 publOl III CndISG, lOr
the success of the camp. He seems
able to handle the crowds that assem-
BILE here and is happy in performing
his duties.
The Rev. F. B. Short has made the
young peoples meetings very attractive
and will be greatly missed on Sunday,
as he then will have to be at his church
in Wilmington.
Dover, Aug. 5.-Yesterday was
day long to be remembered in the his
tory of Camden Union camp. Although
the weather was not as pleasant as
that of last Sunday, the attendance
was much larger and the old grove was
literally overrun with people. They
came from all parts of the Peninsula,
and many more people than have been
accustomed to attending in previous
years, from the surrounding country
were drawn to the grounds on account
of the excellent services that have been
held during the past week.
The attendance from Dover was very
large and from early morning until
late at night the poor jaded hack horses
were overtaxed with heavy loads Of
humanity. 1t is estimated that from
5000 to 10000 persons were on the
grounds during the day. Owing to the
lack of rain the roads were in terrible
condition. A coat of dust from six to
eight inches deep covered the road the
entire distance from Dover to the camp
grounds.
A cloud of dust also hung over the
road and grounds like a London fog,
and made life almost miserable to
travellers to and fro. 1t was impos-
sible to see through the clouds of dust
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