The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-12

The children's meeting this afternoon
and the Holiness meeting OF the old folks
at the tent which took place at the same
nour were both attonded by big crowds.
The tabernacle was il'lad and many s!ood
about the poles aud benches In font OF
the building. Rev. i. d. Short In the
Chiliren's meeting was asslsted By choir OF
young people and he was further delighted
by prompt and correct answers IN the cat.
eehiem lesson which he has made q part
OF the cblldrens program.
Miss Clara Boyd led the Holiness meet.
ing where the crowd prayed and srug on
their knees for q long time,
An old lady gave expression to the In,
terest In these meetings when she declared
that every one grew gooder and gooder
and gooder."
In the afternoon, the circle was one
mass OF humanity. Rev. Chas. Hill was
tho speaker and he chose his text from
Gen. xxxIr, - And Jacob was left alo ne,
and there wrestled man with him until
the breaking of the day." His topic was
Resisting God.n
After giving tho history OF his text the
preacher spoke OF the danger OF resisting
God. The danger of forgetting Him In
the midst OF prosperity and the failure OF
rightly Interpreting the meaning OF nd
verslty. When jacob wrestlsd with the
angel he was touched on the thigh and his
limb disioeatei. The preacher likaned
this to the bereavements and losses with
men. and said that 1t ught to be followed
BY complete surrender.
Under conditions of surrender the char
acteristic persistence OF Jacob hal made
him prime with Coda prevalier-who
was honored by personal communion with
God. Tie urged his hearers to become
princes In Israsl by close acquaintance
and power with God.
The young peoples meeting at $50
o'clock saw its largest attendance. The
aipUiun anirii al n M ha mt httu ulaar
was greater than has been manifest since
the encamplnent opened. Rev. MIR. Koons
led the meeting.
While Rev. @. W. Prettyman was preach.
Ing the evening sermon Rev. Asbury
Burke was conducting an overflow service
In tho tent at the head OF the grounds.
Both services wero typical Methodist
feasts of devotion. Christians clapped
hands in their tervor and enthusiasm,
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
It was a"big day" fos those who had he
feeding of tho masses In hand; of the
6500 visitors fully 5000 ate at the boarding
table, while the remaining portion had
brought their meals and ate in their
wagons or under some tall shade trees.
At the different boarding tables everybody
was busy as bees and at the Union table
| the walters and those having the tables In
| charge worked even more lpdustrlously.
Fully 800 people took dinner and 1t was
| just such dinner that would satisfy the
most Unsuitable appetite. The Union peo.
| pie upheld the recommendation estab :
| lished since the last encampment. that Of
| furnishing the beat meals on the ground.
ALL PUMPS WERE DRY.
For time there was water, water
everywhere. but not drop to drink"
Suffering humanity had drunk all the
pumps dry and Superintendent Vande.
grit seye raj times ordered the pumps
locked until a new supply of water could
enter the WELLS One well went dry every
half hour. One hundred people were
gathered about the iron pump this after
noon aud II kept one man pumping stead
lily for an hour to squench their thirst he =
fore the pump was ordered locked.
MANY TEAMS WERE IN.
There were 1900 teams in and about the
grove. thus making the hostlers the bust
est men In worldly pursuit about the
grove. There was not q mishap reported.
This number Ia far below that OF the sea-
son OF '93. but the warm weather made the
men glad that they were not woraed
harder.