Holy Jumpers Camp Meeting Opens Tonight

Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1915

BIG CAMP MEETING TO OPEN TONIGHT

BIG TENT READY ON FOUNTAIN HOUSE GROUNDS

FAITHFUL ARE GATHERING

Missionaries From Europe and Asia Already Here. Hundreds Are Expected.

The annual camp-meeting of the "Holy Jumpers" opens this evening when the first preaching service will be held in the big tent which has been pitched on the lawn directly opposite the Fountain House a block further south than last year.

Members of the denomination have been arriving for several days. They come not only from this part of the country but from other parts and from other countries many miles away. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Harvey, who are in charge of the colony at Bullard, Texas, have returned to their former home for the camp-meeting season. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Mokstab, who have been doing missionary work at Allahabad, India, are among recent arrivals. Mrs. Mokstab has been in India eleven years, her husband not quite so long. They were married in that country. Another couple from foreign lands is Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hollingsworth, who have been in England and Wales for four or five years. Pilgrims from Connecticut are also among early arrivals.

"We expect several hundred members" said Mr. Barnes, a member of the colony, in reply to a question over the telephone. "We entertain all who come. Free will offerings are received but no specific charge is made."

The music at the camp-meetings is one of the main attractions. William L. Pettingill, who has general charge of the music, is a composer and has written a number of new songs for the coming meeting. Wallace Ross is leader of the band and Miss Anna Jensen leader of the ladies string band. A male quartette will sing. Justification, sanctification, divine healing and the second coming of Christ are some of the subjects which will be presented by able preachers. The camp-meeting will hold almost continuous sessions. Early prayer meeting at 8:30 will be followed by Bible study at 9 o'clock, preaching service at 10:30, children's service at 1 p. m., preaching at 2:30 and again at 7:30 in the evening. The song and praise service opens about 7 o'clock and those who wish to see peculiar features of the service will do well to go early.

The meeting lasts over August 15.

-The Waukesha Freeman, Waukesha, Wisconsin, August 5, 1915, page 4.