Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-02
BRANDYW|NE CAMP
NOW UNDER WAY
Impressive Services Held On the
Grounds Yesterday, With a
Very Good Attendance.
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Brandywine Summit Campgraound,
Aug. 2.-Brandywine Summit campmect-
ing opened the preliminary service TO Its
hfty-fourth session yesterday, with q
spirit that not even the rainy weather could
dampen. The crowd of usual Sunday
visitors was not very large, but the
services were we'll attended About 40o
persons were on the grounds yesterday.
The Sunday school service IN the morn
ing was the banner service OF the day,
almost 200 attending.
The major part of the camp evangellstic
services are in charge of the McCombe-
Clase party, consisting of Rev. ). H.
McCombe, Mrs McCombe, Prof. Harold
G. Clase and Mrs Clase. Prof. Clase Is
we'll known to Wilmington church people
as he was the leader of song at the Lyon
Tabernacle meetings, held in this city
several wears ago. Mr.. McCombe who is
a widely known evangelist. preached
at all of the services yesterday. The party
also made up good quartet and sang
several appropriate songs at all meetings
,. In the opening services MIR. McCofnbc
took as his theme the Keynote message
of the 1920 Camp" His text was BE ye
docrs of the word, not hearers only
deceiving Yourself" applied Christian
ity is not only a creed, but an experience.
ne said. "Creeds are valuelcss until they
are put into use. Religion is not merely
an insurance to escape hell, but program
Of good work"
TODAY AND FIFTY YEARS AGO.
He compared the campmecting OF
fifty years ago with the modern camp
services. The services Of today, be SAID
do not show nearly rs many concerts as
then. but they are Just as important he
Christians themselves need revival a
shaking up and that is the function OF
the campmecting OF today.
'sLifc's MYSTERIES was MIR. McCombe $
subject for the afternoon talk. The mystery
is why people will say one thing one
minute and do the opposite the next.
Many Christians do it. His text came
from the first Book of Samuel.
In the evening service he chose his
text from Job, 3:l3. Come put We IN the
sickle for the harvest is ripe, 'All Chris
tianity is the result of a revival and the
church of today is more than ever IN
need Of revival he declared.
NEIGHBoR OF SENATOR HARDING's.
Incidentally he mentioned that his
home is in Ohio, only two miles from
Marion. the home of Senator Harding.
Since the Senator's nomination, as the
Republican candidate for President and
the opening of the front porch campaign
Marion has grown TO be regular city,
lac said.
$1,000 SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS
The opening Sunday is always known
as Improvement Sunday, when special
efforts arc made 10 raise money to defray
the expenses of the camp. The trustees
have spent g., 900 to get the camp ground
IN shape. The amount of money raised
az the services yesterday was not very
ilrgc, but the two remaining big Sunday
collections are expected TO reach the
5000 mark.
The grounds show the result of hard
work on the part of the campers and the
trustees. This year the residents of the
Circle have organized the Circle Beneficial
Society for the purpose of improving the
mart OF the camp within the circle where
the services are held. Flower beds have
been set out, al flower containers painted
bright red, and white diagonal paths
have been laid out intersecting IN the
circle
The HILLTOP Association has removed
an old building at the entrance OF the
grounds and constructed cement wall
at the incline. Even the auditorium has
come in for its share of Improvement.
The speakers stand and choir loft have
been raised and make the whole service
visible from any part of the circle.
Today is Get Acquainted Day IN the
program of special days and no service
will be held until 80 in the evening. Mr.
McCombe will deliver a stirring address
and the quartet will give a sacred concert.
Only ono service viii be held tomorrow
and "Wednesday also and the camp will not
etinto full swing until Thursday morning
the time set for the formal openirr-
Tomorrow is patriotic day and th " lole
camp will join in a regular army song
concert. Mr.. McComb will speak on
'The Greatest Soldier of all Time. p"
at the evening service at 40 O'Clock.
The camp services are being conducted
at present under standard time, but as the
majority of campers and those attending
services are from Wilmington, daylight
saving time may be put into effect
change goes into effect.
SHAKEN ny POWDER EXPLOSION.
Much excitement was caused among
the campers when an exposion shook the
woods shortly after 10 o'clock last night
night The flash of FIRE was plainly visible
at the camp and the ground was slightly
shrkeu, so that it appeared to be IN the
near vicinity of the woods, A motorcyc-
list coming into camp short time after
III, cxpl pllsion explained that it was al
h Fogeley yards of the du Pont
Co. b re two powder cars n: 'tl,wn
up.
On Saturday evening the trustees Of the
camp association gave reception to the