The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-05
THE OPENING DAY
OF CAMP AT HAND.
Services viii Begin Tonight and Con.
tinue Twelve Days.
NOTES ABOUT The GROUNDS
Prayer Service In the Auditorium Last
Evening-New Tabernacle About
Completed-Other Mat.
ters Of Interest.
BY a star Correspondent.

by a STAR Correspondent.
BRANDYwINE SUMMIT, Aug. 5,-The
annual camp meeting of tho Brandywine
Summit Association will open tonight
and everything Is In readiness Pastor IN
charge Murray, has completed all his ar
rangcments for what he believes will be
the most successful meeting over held on
the ground. Tho opening service will bo
q platform meeting which will be a1lres
ed by many ministers Wilmington, who
arc now here or who will come out during
the afternoon.
GTo.morrow morning the camp will be.
gin in earnest. In tho early morning
there will be prayer service, ats O'Clock,
another at 103O o'clock, preaching by
Rev. L. f. Barrett; at 2 O'Clock children 5
service, at o'clock preaching by Rev. Mr..
Mowbray and an another sermon In tho
evening. The programme Of tho follow
ing days exercises will appear Tomorrow.
There was prayer meeting In the tab
ernaclo last evening. On Sunday 10 was
announced by Rev. Mr. Ewing Of ELAN
Church that tho service would be undor
the auspices of that congregation, but
when the hour for opening arrived the
Elan Church pastor was not to be soan.
A few of the members Of tho congregation
were present but they could offer no OK
ouso for tho absence Of their pastor where.
upon Revs. Mr.. Murray. Conahan and
Elder Maxwell OF of Union Church took
seats on the platform and opened the meet.
ing Mr.. Maxwell assuming charge. Mr..
Murray took charge Of the singing. Mr..
Maxwell exhorted to some length after
which MIR. Conahan read scriptur less o..
Then experiences were called for and II
half dozen men responded. The meeting
continued an hour.
Work on the holiness tabernacle at the
head Of the ground will be completed TO-
day and the building ready for occupancy
tomorrow morning. 1t is not quarter as
large as tho auditorium but will answer
the purpose for which it was built
There are now one hundred and sixty
tenters on the ground. This leaves but
twenty tents unoccupied but they may be
filled before another day has passed.
Tenters are complaining OF the poor ser
vice offerod by tho parties who sell milk
by privilege on the ground. They say
they cannot got milk until after 7 O'Clock
and as this is too late for the people who
have to return to the city in the early
morning the Inconvenience Is great.
The erection of the new tabernacle will
require more light in that vicinity and last
night the trustees agreed upon points
where new lamps will be placed. One
will be erected at each out corner OF the
building.
There was every Indication of another
storm last night which however did not
arrive. From sundown until midnight
vivid flashes Of lightning appeared along
tho western horizon and at 10 o'clock
thunder peals broke over the wood.
This morning was cloudy but at this
writing no rain has fallen. And tenters
are praying that 1t will not.
Yesterday was the warinest day OF the
p,t
went up to 90 degrees Many tenters went
into the woods and there kept cool,
The racing men OF Wilmington will be-
gin riding to-day for the Brandywine
Summit camp meeting cup offered by tho
Wilmington Bicycle Club for tho best time
between the camp grounds and this city.
1t Is now hold by John L. Clark. Those
In charge of the record trials haye decided
that the whecllnen who want to compete
must do so between the hours of 6 and 3
o'clock in the morning and and o'clo ck
in tho evening.
Although the first trials will be mado to.
day it is not expected that the time Of
1912 made last year will be broken until
the last Of the camp. The time, however,
depends largely upon how the wind 10
blowing Some Of those who will search
over tie course this year are: w. r. Good.
ley, E. G. Cooley, Robert Wior, who held
the cup the first year It was offered, VIM
Weiss, Fraak Boyle, T, J. Gillon and l..
e. johnson.
There Is some talk among the members
of the racing board Of the club to give tho
cup to the man who makes the fastest
time this year and to have no further con-
tests. although tho terms on which ID is
offered state that it docs not become tho
property Of man until he has held it for
three years by winning it in contests.