The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-12
The SUMMIT CAMP
HAS FRESH INTEREST.
DR.. Spence Of Tennessee Delivers a Stir
ring Sermon.
THIEVES ARE STILL ABOUT.
One Was About Ready to Drive OF James
7. ChandIer's Team. A Youth
Going to the KIondikc.
by q staH Correspondent.

| lecVeuCy. IarblCuluEiy WIS IuIt ~ " liz
evening service when DIR. John +. Spence
Chancellor of the America Temperance
University ut Harrmans Tennessee, preach
cd the most eloquent and stirring sermon
Of the season.
The day was clear and pleasant ono
which con iitions were favorable to a,Iarger
attendance of visitors than has yet been Oh
the ground Oh u week day.
They came in carriages and at QUO slime
there were ono hundred carriages in the
woods about the place. They wera mostly
| farmers and their families, who brought
along their dinners and suppers and re,
turned homo in the early evening. The
beautiful moonlight night brought out
others from Wilmington.
The Q. 30 O'Clock prayer service was poor.
ly attended on account Of the dampness Of
the morning.
The $50 o'clock service was under the
leadership OF Row Il. S. Mace and was
fairly we'll attended.
Rev. Il. Snowden Thomas Of Toby.
hanna, Pa, of tho Philadelphia Confer.
enco, preached at 10 80 o'clock. Previous.
the meetings which he hoped would con-
tinue. He also told Of having received
letters from many people asking for
prayers. One especially was from Cath
olic who was present at last Sundays ser.
vices and who was much impressed, He
wanted all to pray for his conversion.
Then after making some remarks about
Mr.. Thomas, he announced his subj ct as
"Atonement" and his text from John /,
20: "The next day John seeth Jesus com
ing unto him and saith behold the Lamb
| of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world" Tho talk was an earnest one.
The 1.30 o'clock holiness meeting was
again in charge of DIR. Smalley and tho
Children's meeting under tho leadership of
,1pp hot FOL md HNf,,1y Pos
| fit Money" telling the children the diff
| ference between good and bad money and
| also explaining that there was good as
| we'll as bad religion.
Rev. ]. i. Wood preached at $50 o'clock
| taking his text from, Matthew 1, Fl: Thou
| shall call his namo jesus for he shall save
his people from the world" The preacher
gave clear definition OF sin and its results
and carried his thought to thu atonemsnt.
He also gave several tabulated theories Of
the atonement, and said although he is in
favor OF them tho atonement itself is great,
er
The sermon was delivered in n clear
forcible manner and was well received by
the large congregation.
Rev. Asbury Burke had charg, Of tho
young peoples service in the evening and
it was another interesting service. The
choir of sixty voices rendered music we'll.
Mr.. Burke had almost every ono quote u
passage of Scripture and requested DR..
Dockerty to speak on tho Joys Of SALIVA.
ton" and Mr.. Taylor on "Aro tho
Promises SafeP" Both addresses wero
limited to two minutes each.
When the evening preaching service WAS
opened the auditorium contained the larg-
est congregation Of tho day. The place
was not large enough to seat all comfort
ably and the consequence was that several
hundred had to occupy the seats under the
trees In tho rear. The service was begun
by the choir: singing the ns1y but famil.
"Snging as We Co." was sung and never
before did tho choir acquiJ themselves
better.
Following tho collection DR.. Muir ray in.
troduced DR.. Spence as a man who had
done more for Methodist young men in tho
Central South than any man In the Meth
odi5t Church. lie also referred to the Bit
terness which had onco existed between the
commonwealth but which has now become
thing of tho past. Then the audience
rising sang and gave the stranger the
Chautauqua salute. DR.. Spence then arose
and acknowledged tho greeting and in re-
turn extended to the congregation the
greetings of the 400 students and 40 pro.
fessors Of the University. He also pro.
nounced tho choir's singing as tho finest he
had heard for some time. He is II profess
sor of music and was, therefore, capable Of
judging.
referring to the salute given him he
said ho would in return greet the men Of
the congregation with q 'howde" in tho
language Of tho southorner and the
women with holy kiss, according to the
scriptures Then he announced his texts
from John IA: "And Jesus said am the
way, the truth and tho life" and Romans
s: "And Paul said, If any man hath not
tho spirit Of God he Is mono of hls'
Dr.. Spence hold up Christ as the cxem.
plur and teacher of the world. So Ignorant
In sin were wo, Dr.. Spence said, that God
saw how important it was that an exon.
plar came In the form of Jesus Christ
who became poor and died tho iynomni
GUS death on the cross that We might be
taught the way to God, Prayer he held
was necessary and told an Interesting
story Of how two students at his uniyer-
sity had been able to finish their minis.
terial studies on money received by
them In answer to prayer. At one time he
discussed the temperance question charg-
Ing 1t with keeklng the young men out Of |
church. He also maligned those profess
ing Christian who preached against the
saloon In their churches and voted for the
inequty on election day. He impressed
upon his hearers the difference Gods phil. |
anthraphy and that Of the world. The
Spirit Of God bo defined Us one Of prayer
and closed with an earnest exhortation for |
all to accept OF the spirit.
Following an earnest prayer service con.
Quoted by DR.. Murray, during which sew.
eral men and women knelt at the altar
and prayed for sons and daughters out Of |
Christ, DR.. Spence again talked, this time |
of tho University at Hartman. The pro.
fessor it about 70 years Of ago and Is q
fluent and eloquent talker, At the close |
of the service quito snug amount was |
realized for the benefit of the boys at COL.
lego.
The Methodist Church has been estab.
fishing schools for the education of the
poor colored people In thu South, but DR..
Spence's Is "a new project, and Is meeting
with great success, 5l6 scholars being en-.
rolled last torn.
DR.. Spence for twenty. five years was
chancellor Of the Grant University, at l
Athens Tenn, which position he resigned. |
Dr. Murray received his degree of doctor |
Of philosophy from that university when
Dr. Spence was chancellor there, DR.. /
Spence was also O we'll known editor.
NOTES OF THEDAY
Tho young women of the camp have /
organized u How do you do Club" which |
is Il flourishing organization. Their prino-
pal mission is to make tho time Of visitors
pleasant and tho initial stop in that di.
rec ion.is to get at the entrance and greet
oil WIN u uUW w yOu W. vi
course the farmers and their families are
somewhat bewildered whom twenty-five
young women perched on fence hurl the
greeting at them, but the girls do not
mind tho chagrin of the visitors, and con.
tinue their mission with pleasure,
1t has just been announced that horse
thieves were in tho grove Tuesday night.
II will DO remembered that Deputy Cor.
oner James Z. Chandler with his wife and
two friends were among the visitors that
evening and when they went to their car.
rago late they found the horse being har.
messed by IL strange man who said no was
doing 80 for the convenience OF Mr., Chan.
der who. however, refused to accep. tAs
act as favor and told h::n never nsA.a TO
touch h:s property. " WAS unio1e:st.y
the evident intoutlon OF the naa 10 dave
eff tho team. On the same n!sEs paIo.
tured bicycle was stolen from the ttas OF
Mrs. Lutf Oh Summit avenue and !s IS the
opinion of many that the maa was prepar.
ing Mr.. Chand!sr's team to carry away
the wheel.
llMrs. NJ illaway, who tents on Asbury
avenue, u few days ago received % letter
from her Is year CID sou Harry that he WAS
on his way to the klondyke gold folds.