Bridgeton pioneer., 1895-08-15
CLOSING DAYS AT PITMAN GROVE
Inc Number IF Conversions During the
Meetings F ,ots Up into the
Hundreds,

PITMAN GROVE, Aug. 13.-Just one
day more and one Of the most successful
camp mee.in. S ever held here will close,
and the worsh;ppers viii return to the
humdrum II day liz, refreshed in body
and spirit. Hundreds Of people are tax
ing advantage o4 tn last few hours of
camp to attenl the meetings, and to-day
the crowd was a big one.
Bishop Kephalt, of the Church of the
United Brethren at Baltimore, preached
the morning sermon, which was pro
nounced by many to have been one
OF the best sermons ever heard here. His
text was taken from Zach. IA, SIS. His
theme was ''The Historical Evidence of
God" He scored Colonel Ingersolrs
theories, and proved some of his errors
in biblical history.
This afternoon DR.. Keen again spoke
on 'Pentecostal Presence, or the Chris
tian Secret of a Happy Life" taking his
text from Ezekiel 36, 27. Tonight DIR.
Hanlon, of Pennington Seminary,
preached an excellent sermon to about
5000 people.
The eventide song service, led by DIR.
Gilmore, was OF character that was
appreciated by the thousands who
gathered in the circle to hear it.
At the young peoples meeting there
was the usual untiring energy and never
falling enthusiasm. and the altar was
again packed with seekers who have de-
sired to become converted. AT all the
| services there was evidence that the
many people who have been holding
back from the altar have decided to take
advantage of the last moments of the
| camp meeting to seek salvation.
Evangelist Hyde's work here has been
| extraordinarily successful at the sunrise
| and young peoples services. There have
| been converted and sanctified at these
two meetings alone, over one hundred
and fifty people. At the three altar
services each day, the vesper services and
| the holiness services in the tent there
have been at least two hundred more
who were either converted or sanctifed,
and there have been at least a hundred
children who have professed conversion.
The camp will close tomorrow evening
with the usual camp meeting ''march
| around.' In the afternoon the several
hundred children, for the tabernacle
afternoon service. will march down
Fourth avenue to the circle, three times
around the latter and back to the taber-
nacle. The old people from the tent will
also march down to the circle. Evange-
list Naylor left here this morning for
Ohio. Evangelist Hyde will go to-mor
row night for National Park, where he
will do evangelistic work during the
| camp meeting there. He has been en-
gagged here for another year.
a sensation was created here last night
during the Rev. \. Lawrence's S sermon
on pulling Them Out of the Fire."
from Judges l, %. During his discourse
the preacher shouted fire" several times
Just near the close of his sermon, while
| everybody in the congregation sat drink
| ing in the words of the speaker. another
shout of fire went up, and the congrega-
ton was almost panic stricken to see a
stream of flame rising to the tree tops up
First avenue. The crowd ran to the
scene, but the fire was found to be only
an exploded gasoline street light in front
| of the ice cream saloon.
Rev. w. w. Motfett, secretary of the
American Bible Society, will preach to-
morrow morning, and DIR. Keen in the
afternoon. DIR. Keen will conduct the
| closing jubilee service at night.