Smyrna times., 1900-08-08
BIG SUNDAY At CAMDEN CAMP
CLOSED AFTER ONE OF THE MOST sue.
CESSFUL SEASONS OF ITS HISTORY.
Ten Thousand People Said to Have Been
There. Sunday Temperance Day
Success.

Sundays services, after one of the
most successful meetings of its history.
Sunday was "Big Sunday" in every
sense of the word. Ten thousand
people are said to have been present.
1t was the largest day that Camden
Camp has known for years. From
early in the morning until after dark
there was a continuous flow of vehicles |
to the famous old camp grounds.
The attendance was not confined |
strictly to Kent county, but people
were present from Sussex and New
Castle counties. Several team loads |
were there from Middletown and other
towns in New Castle county, and at
least fifty people drove twenty miles
from Milford. For the first time in
several years people were compelled to
leave their teams in Camden on ac-
count of lack of room on the grounds
and In the immediate neighborhood
Every available space on the grounds
and along the outskirts was utilized
hitching posts.
Between the services it was almost
impossible to walk with any degree of
comfort on any of the three avenues
or around the circle. After services
commenced a great many were seated
in the auditorium, and a little mere
room was to be had on the avenues or
around the circle. All the services
were largely attended. In the morn
ing the Rev. l.. E. Barrett of Milford,
preached. In the afternoon the Rev.
j. S. Pierce, of the Baptist Church,
Dover, preached.
The evening service was preceded by
specially arranged musical program,
which surpassed anything of the kind
ever given on the grounds. 1t was as
follows:
Doxology, choir and congregation;
anthem, "Sing, o Daughter of 2 ion, )"
by the choir; duet, "Harbor Light,
Miss Wharton; duet and chorus, "Still
Out of Christi" basso solo, John Car
row; solo and chorus, "Will They
Know 1 Am Coming?" Mrs. Evans, J.
B. Wharton, Miss Florance Burt and
W. R. Smith; solo, Zone Sweetly,
Solomon Thought" L. M. Price;
chorus, "Out With the Lifeboat;' con-
trolto solo, "Flee as Bird" Mrs.
James Wolcott; quartet, ''Sweet Sab
bath Eve," Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner and
Mr.. and Mrs. Davidson; soprano solo,
eternal Rest, Miss Mary Wharton !;
duet, II Shall Be Satisfied" Miss
Wolcott and w. T. Smithers; solo,
selected, Mrs. J. NJ. Davidson; an
them, 'Laudate Dominun," by tho
choir.
After the musical program had been
rendered the Rev. A. G. Wiley de-
livered an excellent sermon.
Temperance Day at Camp.
The big mid-week day was Thursday,
Temperance Day. This was under the
direction of the w. G. T. u, Mrs.
Kate E. Smithers, of Smyrna, making
up the program, and who, by the way,
makes a capital presiding officer. Rev.
w. L. White, of Lewes, preached the
morning sermon.
''They stood every man in his place
round the tent was the text of the
stirring appeal of Pastor White to the
Christian audience before him to come
out and fight the saloon with the valoi
of Gideon's heroic little band which
destroyed the Midianites by standing
every man in his place. Some of his
sayings were:
"We have in this country a great
army of what are not quite Midianites
but what l call Saloonists. And these
are not alone the 100000 saloon keep
ers or the men in their employ in this
country. They are those who declare
we have no right 10 say what our fel
low men shall eat or drink.
"Think of train of cars reaching
from New York to San Francisco, anC
another train by its side reaching from
indianapolis to San Francisco, eacl
loaded down, and you have an exac
idea of what of our substance is bein,
wasted in intoxicating drinks. Takin,
the low average of S. day income il
the saloons, the people of Wilmington
are being feeced out of $780,
year.
The sermon was matter of fact rathe
, than rhetorical, the speaker failing t.
I bring into play the imagination, whicl
; is the great establishment of all OF
atory.
a The audience in the afternoon was
. large one, more than filling the canopy
n The four young ladies named in on
q last issue as elocuti onists, as we'll q
!. the soloists, acquitted themselve
finely. The chief speakers for the al
ternoon was Mrs. Ellis, of New Jersey
y who spoke for an hour and half to a
intensely interested audience.