Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1898 — The Battle Ground Camp Meeting. [ARTICLE]

The Battle Ground Camp Meeting.

The Battle Ground camp meeting opens July 28th and closes A tig.' 8 th. - Miss Anna Downey, evangelist and national vice-president of the Christian department W. C. T. U., will be present the entire meeting. She will have charge of a bible reading or Pentecostal service each day (forenoon), and will conduct the Epworth League or young people’s meeting each evening. Miss Downey has great ability and will be a strong worker in the meetings. She will preach or conduct a special service each Sunday. Rev. W. W. Mountain, pastor of Trinity, Terre Haute, will conduct, the evangelistic meetings each night, assisted by the ministers and laymen present. Rev. Paul Gilbert, the singing evangelist, will have charge of the music. Prof. Ernest Statton is expected to assist in the music, with his cornet. Prof. Statton is the leader of the famous cornet band of Brazil. Wednesday, Aug. 3rd, has been made DePauw day, and all DePauw students are expected to join in making this a great rally day. It is expected that an excursion train will run from Greencastle and bring many from all the towns along the Monon. The dining hall will be managed by the ladies of St. Paul’s M. E. church. A twenty-one-meal ticket will be sold for $3.50 for an adult and $2.50 for children under 12 years. For all information concerning rooms or cottages, write to Albert A. Jones, Battle Ground, Ind.