The Washington times., 1901-07-10
THE CAMP MEETING SEASON.
Local Methodists Now Making Active
Preparations.


Active preparations are being made in
Methodist circles in this city for the open
ing of the camp meeting season at Wash
| ington Grove Meetings will be held this
year from August ! to 10. A special en-
deavor will be made to hold this season
the most successful series of religious
meetings eyer conducted at the Methodist
summer resort in Maryland. The fact
that this is the first year of the new CEN
tury will be particularly emphasized, and
this feature will be brought out especially
at every meeting held during the ten-day
| period of revival services The session at
the camp this year vii. accordingly be
known officially as the Twentieth Cen
tury Camp Meeting"
The camp meeting will be held under the
supervision of the Presiding Elder of the
District of Columbia. the Rev Dr. II. r.
Naylor, who is now making arrangements
for the conduct of the meetings to be held
during the revival term. A call has just
been sent out to all Methodist ministers
OF the city. naming the date upon which
the camp meeting will be opened this
year, and urging that every aid possible
be given to the project. Methodist minis
ters haze already undertaken the work
| assigned to them. and in all of the
churches notices will be read, acqusinting
the various congregations of the date of
the Maryland meetings
DR.. Naylor, who viii have complete
charge of the camp meeting, has already
made arrangements for portion of the
programme which Will be observed during
the August meeting. He has selected a
number of speakers who will take part in
the revival services, and will complete his
work as soon as possible Some of the
! best speakers in the Methodist Church
/ VIII take part.
As in former years. each of the local
! churches will probably be assigned one
| day, or a part Of one day, upon which the
pastor of that church win conduct the
1 services. Meetings may be conducted this
I year also by the Salvation Army. IT is
( hoped to make the event n memorable
( one in the history of Washington Grove
| and the Methodist Church of Washing
| The Washington Grove camp meeting is
l one of the great events in local church
! circles. and is looked forward to each
year with renewed interest 1t is expect
I ed that larger gathering of Methodists
VIII assemble at the Grove next month
/ than ever before in the history of the
! place. Cottagers who make the village
] the IT home during the summer months
! have already taken possession of their
( homes there. Many local Methodist pas
/ tors viii spend the warm months there
and some are already on the meeting
! grounds. To these have been entrusted
such arrangements as must necessarily
/ be made at the Grove.
J Among the colored Methodists prepara-
tions for camp meetings have been made
! for some time past. IT is understood that
this year meetings under tents and tenn
{ porary buildings will be held at OXon
/ Mil, Prince George County, Maryland. In
which most of the African Methodist
! Episcopal churches are interested. Other
camp meetings for coiOred people will
also be held by local eolored churches at
! various places nearer the city. In former
years meetings have been held in the
/ vicinity of Chevy Chase and on the COM
! mons near Lincoln Park Meetings will
/ in all probability be held at these places
| during the present summer.