Evening journal., 1904-08-15
THOUSANDS At
SUMMIT CAMP
Was the Biggest Little
Sunday" Known to Oldest
Tenters for Many Years G
TROUBLE WITH PHOTOGRAPHER
Man Who Insisted on Taking Tintypes
On Sunday to be Acknowledgement
Sermons Keep Attention of Camp
Visitors.
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Brardywlne Summit Camp Ground Pa,
Aug 15.-In all its history of thirty-nlne
years there were never larger first sun
day crowds than in attendance at this
camp meeting yesterday. So say they who
have been here since the camps infancy.
There are few indeed tenting here today
OF those who labored here in those first
camp days. AS an old tenter expressed IL;
They are tenting on the other side, but
their mantle fell upon us and the old hre
still burns" s. II. Foulke, Of Whining
ton. one of the campers said:
IF / did not know different, 1 should
think this to be big Sunday" crowd in
stead of a first Sunday attendance"
There were at the most conservative es-
innate 600 teams that entered the gates
and fully 5000 people were on the grounds.
There can be no doubt that the Rev.
DIT. Adams is the right man in the right
place. AS spiritual director ne has con-
Quoted the meetings with a mastery hand
and has procured for the campers the
best OF talent both in music and speaking.
/ One man said There hasn't been a dul
sermon this year.
/ The love feast at $50 was in charge Of
/ Dr. Adams. There was an exceptionally
/ large attendance and as the meeting adj
vanced the auditorium was almost flied.
The tenters have been praying for an
'o.d time love feast and they got it
yesterday morning. Miss Minnie Stuart
read as the lesson the eighth chapter of
Romans and commented upon it. In the
/ experience meeting that fol owed at least
/ sixty-fve people took part
The morning sermon was delivered by
one of Wulmingtons popular young
preachers the Rev. II. Clay Turner, pas
tor OF Brandywine NJ. T.. Church. Mr..
| Turner used as a subject. Slaves OF
Christ" 1t was strong sermon and
must have Jared the nerves of half-heart.
ed Christians. I'm the midst Of his sermon
the preacher said: Il would rather hav,
the mark Of Jesus Christ upon me thar
that of the greatest earthly potentate
Wouldn't you?' and Aunty King an
b swered sure"
At this service Miss Sophie Prestor
sang a 500 Nearer, Still Nearer" sh'
has remarkably clear and sweet sopranl
voice and her solo aroused much enthu
siasm.
! Aubrey Vandever was again on ham
to take charge OF the children's meeting
s The little ones were out in force an
seemed to appreciate the speakers b'ac
board talk. AS one of the little fellow
7 stru,ted away from the meeting he sal
1T was the bestus yet"
The afternoon preacher was the Rev
Thomas Layman Poulson, ID. D.. Of A.
bury Church, Wilmington. Many claii
that Dr. Poulson is the most eloquent an
powerful pulpit orator within the Metl
. odist Church circles. The sermon dt
livered yesterday by the venerable preacl
er was certainly mastery discourse an
al within the hearing of his voice wer
deeply moved. The subject was 9Th
Method and Mission of Sin" DIT. Poulso
is a man who believes in saying what n
thinks. and he thinks many origina
things. He said I'm part: our social OF
! der of judgment Is not always correct.
! large theft is merely called defalcatio
while petty larceny Is a despicable crime
Fraud. If il brings large gains into IN
pocket. is considered as commendab.
p shrewdness, while an act TO procure
y penny is an act of intolerable violence.
under the dominion of sin great succes
s attends the effort who asks how?"
Dr. Pou'son has been preaching n
z gospel fifty years and they who hear
some of his masterpieces years ago
e. Ocean Grove say that his effort of yei
g terday equalled any of his past sermons
At o'clock DIT. Adams and a band
n ministers and camp workers gathered
e the marquet for season of specii
s prayer Twenty people gathered at "a
preachers quarters and after short "a
Il by Dr. Adams. the service was turne
d into a prayer meeting.