The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-08-19
Closing Hours Of the Camp
Meeting Were Full Of
Interest
PAID ADMISSIONS
REACH 1850 SUNDAY
Bishop Berry To Dedicate
New Auditorium The First
Sunday Next Year
10y Rev. VIM. r. Chase)

(By Rev. VIM. r. Chase)
The closing hours of Sychar's forty
ninth meeting were certainly full of
interest.
The subject of new auditorium was
settled by the raising of eleven tbous-
and dollars on Sunday morning for
the needed improvements and it was
done so quickly and with such hi.
larious spirit of wanting to give that
showed how much interest the people
have in this old camp and what IT.
stands for and what the members of
the association In resolution read
to the immense audience pledged its
purpose anew to carry out as the or
iginnl board set out to do, the spread
ing of scriptural holiness. To hold
steadily to the one purpose, the sane
tifying of believers which The asso-'
citation is pledged to will be the pur-
pose In the future as in the past.
No side issues are allowed to come
In and detract attention from the one
object And this is done in the best
interest Of all the church
Sundays attendance was an increase
over last years last Sunday of over
twelve percent. And for the first time
in the history of the association, every
tent is now engaged for next year.
That means one hundred and seventy.
five.
For next year there will be of the
new army tents which the government
has on sale purchased to replace some
that are In bad condition add to our
equipment.
Sunday from one o'clock right on
until the night hour the tabernacle
was filled to overflowing with the
crowds who had come to hear. Evan
gelist Miss Banning preached at one
thirty, Evangelist Reams of the Res
cue Home for girls OF Columbus spoke
at four O'clock, overflow meetings
were held on the out side of the tab.
ernacle, and yet all the crowd was not
reached as in the over six hundred
autos on the grounds people wera tov.
erywhere sitting in them. What will
not occur again was we did not have
accommodation sufficient for the vast
crowd present
Next year there will be sufficient ac-
commodation to take caro- of the
" crowds however great they may he
AS usual this years Sunday crowd was
quiet. and orderly as IL at their own
nome service at some church house.
The same corps of workers are now
engaged for next year as were here
this and In addition DR. Henry CLAY
Morrison and Singer Yates.
Bishop Berry will dedicate the new
auditorium on the first Sunday. Every.
thing is to be In readiness for that
Sunday. Camp Syehac has passed an.
other epoch and the future, Is bright
er for her than ever.
AL the altar call Saturday night
men bowed at the altar dedicatinp
themselves to go anywhere on the
planet for God for special work. and
again on Sunday night when the al.
tars were filled with those who were
seeking to know God In the fulness of
when seventy young men and wo.
the blessing of the gospel of Christ
JUST these two scenes presaged new
things for this old camp.
Sychar Is on the map to stay until
the Lord comes.
Paid admissions to the ground S,,p.
day were 1850. The number of autos
within the gate was GA and 60 were
parked on the outside That IL GA an.
tos here the last Sunday The ground
Is busy this morning with the people
starting home. Since an early hour
they have been going ana on all sldes
you hear the CHEEKY note of goodbvo
we expect to see you next year.
weather conditions all during the ON.
campment have been favorable.
The only time we were nj All dia.
turbed was the first half hour of the
last service when the rain interfered
for half hour.
The management is happy and CRATE.
fui to God for the success OF this wears
meeting which on all hands has been
pronounced the very best one In all
Its long and successful history.