The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14
Big SUNDAY
AT CAMP.
Five Thousand People Wis.,
it the Grove and At
tend the Services.

Yesterday was big Sunday" at camp,
over five thousand people visited tho grove
during the day The regular daily meet
ings were conducted In the tabernacle
and were we'll attended. At 1870 o'clock
preaching servicu was conducted. Rev.
G. w. Smith assembled a large choir and
severa, familiar hs,afTgNNefe sung under
his direction.
Nav arrivals augmented the assemblago
and every available bench within anu
without the tabernacle and from tho tents
about were occupied, and yet hundreds OF
worshlppers were obliged to stand. otrlK-
tugly noticeable about the great congrega-
tion was the fact that not one personwas
observed leaving the tabernacle until the
service was closed, although Il continued
far into the dinner hour.
pervadlng this meeting was the same
zeal of tho love feast. and it was incre' III
wonderfully by Mrs. }. A. Fitch OF Phllu-
dslphia, who sang .He Is the One IN her
stirring way. Her voice penetrated every
eotuage in the tabernacle, and nearly
"A mems" were feryidly given by the nappy
men aud women in the congregation. Inc
choir also sang ASHAMED Of jesus Mel
sdn's pretty anthem.
Rev, DIR, Grove Of Asbury Church. will
n.inguon, who occupied the pulpit, was 're
quently interrupted by shouts OIL PRAISE
from tho congregation. DIR. Grove s1ooo
on the mourners' bench during the deilV-
cry Of his able sermon. from the teA' Ma'-
thew 26, ss: "Eor this Is my blood OF the
now testament, which is shed for many
for the remission OF sin.'
"The text brings to mind the great iaet
,ha, CAD has made for us a viii! and that
we are entitled to the legacy saio ~.
Grove. He gave up his life and sealed
1t with his blood, that no mlgh1 inh0'''
the blood of life. But will wilhont al
estate back of it would not be OF any pehe-
tt 40 we come to inquire by whom nus
this legacy been left. and answer py 'no
Son of God. Recognizing that "e are
Sinners Christ sought to MAKE us 'o'h'
heirs, not in slch q way that the 'osaoy
soon would be lost sight of,
Il thank God for a Saviour who s5oop
TO earth and with his hands lifted up Sink
ino. suffering, desplirlng humanity to
the fellowship of God, whore they shall
like Him, for they shall soc Him as lie Isl
n Christ who wuded through human pref
udices and overcane all temptation, VINO
transformed the grove into gateway OIL
olorv. who assembled ON high and sittcth
at the right hand Of the father to save SIN
ners, who offered to this world an equal
inheritance to all the possessions OF the
Almighty.
Every sinner obtains physical life as one
of tho benefits Of tho atone"eht "ithou'
necessarily becoming an heir to the legacy
of Christ. Every son OF Adam comes into
the posse sion Of tho physical resurrection
without necessarily entering into the IN
;ieritance OF tho legacy, and again the re-
wards of tho saints must not bo confounu'
cd with the inheritance of the saints God
rewards every man, woman and child for
all the work they do for him.
But he has an inheritance that cannot
Ia purchased, cannot be earned, that tran
scends the wealth of all tho world, and
this ae has willed to humanity. 10 obtain
this inheritance it is question OF sonshlp
Havo you reen adopted into the family Of
God? Have you been born again so that
to-day you are entitled to say Faths r.
Father
This Ia. tho basis of the divine claime
upon the Inheritance Of Christ.
My Country, IT'S Of Thee" was sung
enthusiastically by tho congregation and
1t furnished theme for briof talk by
Mr., Northrup. He questioned the chill
dro, about tho Revolutionary War and
showed to the children that there is
General who Is nbler AMI moro worthy
than George Wnshing;o on When asked
whom He Is, the chldron wero unanimous
in the answer, "God,"
Just before the meeting was closed Mrs
Fitch and Mrs. j, r. Fisher sang boautl
full duet, "Going Through With jesus
Tomorrow afternoon the 'children will
have their annual walk around.
At the afternoon service DIR. MoBerney
made wonderful impression by the pow
erful revival sermon, III duration OF nearly
ono and one-half hours During that
time, however, lie had rapt attention save
when the roll of distant thunder was
heard. To overcome an inconvenience
Dr. McBerney stationed mon on the edges
of tho congregation, who by signals, in
formed him when he Wa' not
speaking loud enough. DR.. McBerney Is
associated with former Governor Robert
K, Pattison ns a teacher in tho Pennsylya-
mia Bible Union.
Director Smith led the choir in singing
old-time hymns, and Mis-, Anna Simmons
of Wilmington, sang the effective solo,
1.-The Palms." and Mrs. Fitch sang.
Prayer was made By the Rev. William NJ.
Ridgsway of Lancaster.
DR.. McBerEey chose his text from First
Peter, tho entire first chapter. His thcme
WIS: "rho Grounds of Hope for Future
Life" lie divided his discourse into two
parts-the abundant mercy of Christ, and
the resurrection. After being we'll into
his theme DR.. McBerney portrayed tho
beauties of heaven
He said he believed heaven was not
more than thtee hours away. as Christ
told he repentaut thief that lie would be
with him in Paradise that day, and only
three hours of the day remained. He
auu,cd tho Bible to show that heaven was
n bnautffil CITY - 900 furlongs each way,
or 1,5J0 miles square and high. Ho
thought the shouting Metholists would
be placed in the garrett, while tho Baptists
probably would b, on the gronnd aoor
near the water. 'And we can go down to
visit them and be back in limo for lunch