Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-15
STORM SWEEPS OVER
! ! BRANDYN|HE CAMP
.Tsntsrs and oSssss Sought
:. Refugs in Tabernacle and pa
+ vilions, No 9erious DamagA

Rrnntfywine Summit. Pa, Aug. H.
The cnmpmesting 80 son at BRANDY
wine summit will close tonight. and
she McCombe-Clase-R Roberts evan
.we,,xtsc marty, which has conducted 4
,succesxful campaign, viii return I'M
.med,ateN to Ashley, O. Tonights ex-
&. .re,ses viii consist of a farewell mes
.saxe and singing. followed by walk
'nround. The grove and cottages will
h., elanorately adorned and iiluminat-
"a and large attendance IL probable.
Three thousand visitors thronged
the camp yesterday. and all had a
piea.ant time. despite a storm. which
.hroke nj els o'clock in the afternoon
and continued Is minutes. Lightning
flashed thunder crashed and rain feii
In torrents. while strong wind blew
branches from trees. but no one was
Injured and no property damage re-
suited During the storm campers
and visitors sought refuge IN the
tabernacle. pavilions and cottages.
Hundreds OF automobiles got mired In
an adjoining field and experienced dif-
rculty in freeing themselves from the
mud. The campgrounds dried late In
the afternoon. and the atmosphere be-
came cool at night. but the evening at
tendance was decreased.
Interesting services were held al
most continuously from e.so O'Clock
in the morning, until 10 O'Clock at
night.
q DIR. MeCombe conducted the love-
feast.
Grant Colfax Tuller preached in
the morning on Ambassadors OF
Christ"
= Prof. Case had charge of the child
rcn's meeting.
Dr. McCombe preached in the after
noon on THE Closed Door"
Mrs. Roberts had charge of the girls
meeting.
Miss Mildred Van Dyke presided at
the Young peoples meeting. and Rev.
George c. Williams made an address
on True Christians"
DIR. McCoube preached in the eve
ming on The objectionable SIM
Special music included the follow
ing: Chorus. "Awaking:" piano solos,
Nearer, NV God. to Thee" and "Oid
Black Joe" Prof. Roberts: quartet,
Lord is IL II" DIR. McConlbe Prof.
Clase. Prof. Roberts and Mrs Roberts !.
vocal solo, Jesus the First and the
Last" Mrs. Roberts; trio. Come Unto
Me" DIR. McCombe. Prof. Chase and
s Prof. Roberts; vocal solo. Face TO
Face" Mr.. Tullar: quartet. Lullaby
Miss Katherine Frazier. Miss Marjorie
Guthrie. Norman White Sand Lewis
Tallcy: duet. at Pays to Serve
Jesus Miss Guthrie and Mr.. White. .
The following letter from Miss Mary
NJ. Crouch, formerly of Wilmington,
but now Of Baltimore. was read at
the iovsfeast by Mrs. ELI MendinhalI:
Il want you TO give greeting at the
lovefeact. where for ss years I never
failed TO stand up and give my testi-
mony. and this year / send IL, so III
have a little place in the service !
loved. ] am still holding on to the
promises. claiming them "a mine,
these days. ! am nearing home. after
20 years OF service. trying TO lean
hard. Knowing He will never leave or
fo-sske me, trying to be faithful and
at last 10 meet the dear ores who
have gone before. Where He leads
me | viii follow Pray for me that
may have an abundant entrance into
the. heavenly home
Miss Crouch is 81 years old. Her
father. the late 1saAc Crouch, was a
tenter at Brandywine Summit in
1867 This is her first absence in "a
years She said owing to advanced
age she will not come here again She
Is subscriber OF Every Evening and
reads daily its report of the camp
meeting. She asked 10 be remembered
especially TO MIR. and Mrs. Samuel III
I,aNnsrd Mr. and Mrs Joseph III
Partlett, MIR. and Mrs William p.