The New York Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1873, Page 8

8 BITY CHRISTIANITY. | Charmed with the Coolness Congroga- tions Crowd the Churches. Preachers Pour Out Vials of Ready- Made ety. The Plan of Salvation—The feller of Souls—The Purchaser and the Price of Their Redemption. ——_—+ A Quack Doctor Profiting by Mis Piety in Plymouth Church, Corn Plasters in the Light of Christianity. BISHOP SNOW’S SANCTIFICATI®. The delightfully cool weather yesterday was ex- hilarating to all church-goers, and the congrega- tions in most instances, as a consequence, were somewhat augmented in numbers by a ull attend- ance of devout “stay-at-homes.” The camp meet- ings which are now in numerous places in full pro- gress attract a greater attention among religious persons of a liberal turn of mind, and are now, therefore, the more important subject. The space of the H&RALD is this morning quite largely given ‘up to accounts of them; but, nevertheless, the city sermons given below will be found to be worth the perusai of the plously inclined and the worldly reader alike. Unto them they are accordingly com- mended. 81, STEPHEN’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Sermon by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn—The Triduum—How and When the Indul- gence May Be Gained—Christian Char- ity and Self-Denial. The Jarge attendance at the high mass in St. Stephen's yesterday morning and the devout at- tention of the congregation to the instructions of their pastor plainly showed that the faithful of the parisn fully appreciate the zeal with which the shep- herd tends nis flock, “in season and out of season,"’ and ministers to their spiritual wants, The mass of the feast of St. Lawrence the Martyr was cele- brated by the Rey. Father Flynn. Immediately after the first gospel the Rey. Dr. McGlynn ascended the pulpit and delivered an instructive @iscourse on the spirit with which the prayers prescribed by the Pope for the ¢tréduwm should be recited. His application of the lesson of self-denial and | mortification inculcated in the gospel of the feast of St. Lawrence the Martyr—Johin x1i., 24-28—to the | subject of the induigence prayer was skilful and | happy. He said:—The plenary indulgence which the lioly Father has been pieased to grant during THE COMING TRIDUUM may be gained by reciting the Litany of Saints on Tues Wednesday and Thursday next, once on each day, and approaching the sacraments of pen- ance and the eucharist on the festival of the Assumption, or within the octave. Duriog those three days the faithiul throughout the world will join in special and united prayer to do gentle violence to the heart of our Divine Lord, and move Him to free the Church, His spouse, from all restrictions of her liberty; that, untrammelied BY THE POWERS OF EARTH, she may be at jull liberty to preach the Gospel to all nations, And while we lament that the Church of God 1s beset by enemies and weighed down by heavy caiamitics, and pray the Almighty to deliver her, we must bear in mind the example of our NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST Il, 1873—WITH SUPPLEMENT, ; i ust nave & consciousness of | world did not possess, The was taught Edge Roy Ns fossil into a jiving creature, | to shun and abhor a life of sintad hele par ane When 7" make this prayer, which I have taken for my text, you have entered upon A LIPBLONG STRUGGLE, It isan unceasing, never ending fight between the higher and the baser nature, which are both working to obtain a mastery. Therefore your work must last with your life. Alay one moment of for- getiuless or {nattention, and the temptation comes which carries ‘ay. Just then 50 neces- sary ia it to maintain that state, This psalm was the prayer of a man who had been in @ state of prayer for years, It is a new creation in the heart, Which #8 constantly going on. It is @ self-despair- ing straggle, but still hopeful in God, You must work out your own salvation, for it is God that worketh ib you to do well and to do Hts good pleas- ure. Your own prarer is working with Him against your own selfishness. This new creation ts carried on every day, for with God’s spirit in you you will be taken out of darkness into ight, creating a true holiness. Your prayer may not answered once and forever, but day by day keep up that SPIRIT OF TRAYES constantly. You mustconsider it a necessity to salvation. Take a stone that is suddenly created into a vegetable. ‘This is fine in itself, but you must then look at ita qualities. This is only an tl- lustration, but I want to give you the idea of grow- ing. Man works so unfortunately that it may be only smoke that comes from his efforts when there should be fame, but Gepend upon it, with constaut effort, it will gradually ight up. God keeps work- ing, and does not forsake the man because bia work is merely smoke, but waits until it breaks into a clear, pure flame. “Fire our hearts with Thy love,” says the psalm'st, but this is not enough, The heart is not @ creature without action, and when God turns the stream upou the heart it must be constantly alive to receive it, A man must go to God for a renewal. Will the man be satisfed with the supply of to-day and return to his selfishness to-morrow? It is A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH. both in the root and im the branch. The best of the apostles—Peter, Paul, John—were not made what they were without God's breathing upon them, God burned them in the furnace and beat taem on the anvil until from iron they came out pure, hard, bright steel, The element Of salvation, as in their case, is to get rid of selfishness. We have many of us—tne best of us—heart-burnin, and bitter disappointments. It is God’s trath burning the soul into Christ’s faith, After that we are of God, new created into Christ Jesus. We enter heaven by prayer, It is the first and the last. ‘rusting In Christ we must believe that He is the one to redeem us. God is working in you and for you. By this spirit we must be saved. He is working in you and you become @ partaker ia Bis divine nature. The Christian capitalist hoards up his spiritual wealth, The journeyman squanders it from day to day; when we give ip our account proper justice will be done. MADISON AVENUES BAPTIST CHURCH Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Tucker on “The Plan of Salvation”—A Logical and Con- cise Treatment of the Subject—The Seller of Souls-The Purchaser and the Price Paid for Their Redemption. The Baptist church on the corner of Thirty-first street and Madison avenue was rather thinly at- tended yesterday morning at half-past ten o'clock service, The oppressive heat of the day and the love of country air by members of the congrega- tion were, no doubt, the great interfering influ- ences. The service, however, lacked nothing of its usual attractive characteristics. The sing- ing by the choir and playing of the organist were as admirable as could be expected. But the great feature of the service was the sermon, preached by the Rev. Dr. Tucker, of Augusta, Ga. He chose his text from St. Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians, sixth chapter and twentioth verse—‘For ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God th your body and in your spirit, which are God's." The reverend Doctor introduced his discourse by | Showing trom the Book of Genesis that all things on the earth, and above, and beneath, and around, belong to God by KIGHT OF CREATION. The text, in its literal meaning, was, there- fore, a contradiction, for since all these things and people and creatures belouged to God from all eternity there was apparently no neces- sity Jor paying a price for them, But this was a figure (a metaphor), in many of which kind the Holy Scriptures abound. There was a necessity jor ET fallen man, for, although man be- longed to God by the right of creation, by his own will and act he destroyed that FREE and could not belong to Him aiterwards save demption, Hence God in His unmistakable wis- dom saw it fit to pay A TRICE YOR THE HUMAN RACE and for the who.e world, which Le had lost through sin, God therefore became @ purchaser. His im- finite law, which demanded justice as well observance, was the seller and His own Son was | the price which he gave for cur saivation, God | had @ periect and obvious reason for paying this price, and that reason was, “that He so loved the world as to give up His Own beloved Son as a | sacrifice for the salvation of tt.’ The value of as Lord, who praye! for His murderers—“Father! Jorgive them. pray tor Chureh, the conversion of the enemics of tue We, who worship in the Churea of the t. Stephen, have &@ noble example of Ch arity in our patron saint, who prayéd tie sell-same prayer for those who crueliy “did him to death.’ “Father forgive them," said he, as they brutally stoned him, And that the prayer of the dying martyr was not unheard ts ; evident from the tact that one of his assassins, | Saul, was afterwards converted and became th e of the Gentiles.” So the gentle spou: Christ for her enemies and e-murderers, may see | error and the sir ways, and | ease to persecute her but be converted i gatherea ‘Olner sheep" rays the Master ot of | this fod: them also! bring, al shall | hear iny voice; and there shali by one shepherd.” It is then notin @ spirit of hatred or but in a spirit of true Catholic, Christian ¥,We should pray during those days of special grace and devotion that those who entertain a spirit o1 HEROD-LIKE JEALOUSY and hatred of Christianity may, like the penitent thie! on the cross, like the muraerer of St. Ste- | phen, see the malice of their crimes against the | iberty of the Church and hearken to the voice of Christ's Vicar on earth, Inthe gos of to-day" festival we have the whole philosopby of self-de- Dial and =mortificath Without self-denial we cannot expect our prayers for the Church to be eficacious, For if we Nave not the spirit of mor- tification, if we are not detached irom the world, Mf we have an inordinate attachment to any cre- ated thing, we are traitors to our Lord and Master and cannot hope that He will hear our prayers. Sin ts said to be “a turning to the creature and a turning away from God." nctification, on the contrary, isa turning to God. If we would pray i} | arigit, then, we must deny ourselves and Durst the prison bars which keep our souls captive and prevent them from elevating themselves to God. Self-denial, in Christian par- Jance, is calied a mortification, & killing, @ deaden- ing of the worldly spirit. The lives ol’ the saints apd the martyrs (uily exemplily the lesson taught in the parable o! the grain of wheat that is put tn the ground and lives and brings forth much fruit, JHKY GAVE UP THE GHOST, but daily they were sowing precious seed, which has brought forth and is sull bringing forth much fruit in every Jand and cume. Their lives were lives of self-denial and mortification, accompanied by prayer. ‘They fully understood the value of Christ's promise, “If any man minister to me let him follow me, and where I am there also shail m; Minister be. If any man minister to me him will my Father honor.” Would, therefore, Invite you all to visit the church during the ¢riduum, in the mornings to | assist in the sacrifice of the mass and recite the | Litany of the Saints, and the evenings to receive Christ's blessing in the Holy Sacrament as a fatherly response to your prayers. With the Whole Church of God, like an army in battle array, marshailed iu prayer tor the sa ety and triumph of | the Church and propagation of the true faith, we | pee reason to, hope that our prayers will be FORTY-SECOND STREET CHURCH. Dr. Cheever on the Influence of Prayer= | Constant Vigilance th: Price of Saiva- | ton—God's Response to the Praying | Soul—Seifishness the Enemy of God. PRESBYTERIAN | | They know not what they do"—and ! | Us to dor | account of David's sin and guilt, the purchase may therefore be estimated by the price patd. It was paid, not {| in corruptibie gold and silver, but in the blood | of His only begotten Son, every drop of which was | acoin of infinite vaiue. Thus He must, according | to reason, love the world in proportion .as He | loved the price which He paid for its redemption, Who, then, can doubt but the souls of men are | INFINITELY DEAR TO GOD, as was also the Ife of His Son? And who ia there that does not beileve that God guards and watches over those souls as a treasure of infinite value? Hence when one soul ts lost God Is robbed of a gem for which He has au infinite love and which He does not necessarily wish to loose, for He paid the blood Oo! His Sou tor that soul. But why did God make this purchase? RANE th His infinite love for man aud for the glory of His own majesty. Since, therefore, we have been bought at a price by God from Ils infinite law, we belong to tim ina twolold manner, which makes us dearer to Him than THE ANGELS THEMSELVES, for they belong to him only by creation, We belong to him by creation an puon, Now that the purch: been made and God's infinite Jaw paid the ur saivtion in the blood of Christ Jesus, what ts it that is expected of Simply as the text sdvises—“Glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." ” How can we glorify God in our body? By subduing our passions, uations, lusts ‘and by remaining pure. Also by labor, by tonest totl, ior there are dignity and grandeur and nobility in labor, Which necessarily gloriiy God and ruifil iis law. We can Flority God in the spirit by living in unison with God and by hiding our lives with Christ In Goa and remaming with Him-forever. ‘Ihe rev- erend Doctor concluded with @ short, effective prayer, which apparently moved his hearers to a sense of the necessity of prayer and adherence to duty. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN OHUROH. The Love of Humantty—Sermon by the Rev. J. G. Findley. There was @ large congregation at the West Tweuty-fith street United Presbyterian church, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, yesterday morning. The Rev. J. G. Findley, of Newburg, preached the sermon. He took his text from the Aposties—‘‘None of us liveth to himseif."’ No one, he said, was allowed to isolate himself from the rest of mankind, Man was not only judged by the effect of his conduct on himself, but by the effect of his conduct on all those around bim, They must have some regard for the influence which their conduct would have ou their neighbors. “None or | Us liveth to himself; none of us dieth to himself.” Whether they lived or died they lived and died as God's people, Ie was a truth that man couldn’s live by himself alone. Man could not prevent the direct consequences of his conduct infuencing the lives of HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. It was impossible for any man to keep to himself, Whatever might have been David's sin im number- tug is people, the effects were terrible, for the Lord smote 70,000 of these innocent sheep on They might Plead, “Will the Lord punish the entire people be- cause of the sins of one individual?” But such Dr. Cheever preached yesterday to a goodly congregation, composed in part of his own old church members, After the opening prayer and Singing, Dr. Cheever took his text from Psains Ii, verse 16—“Breathe in me @ pure heart.” The Doctor said that the main trouble even with people professing Christianity was the selfishness that Wasinthem. From tnis source they became in ‘ove with siu and accomplished their own destruc. tion by self-idolatry. The sinfer sacrifices to him- self instead of to God by self-indulgence. This feel- Jug of self always holds them with an indomitabie majestic force, and the ordinary man or woman can pO more break away irom it than @ man can wrest himself away when carried over the curve of the mighty Niagara. He must go with the onward current, and nothing short of a miracie can save him. Yet there are moments when such men see #s by a sudden illumination. If they have SPIRIT, FORCR, ENERGY AND DETERMINATION 10 put tnese into play, they sometimes rescue themselves irom the fate whici seemed to await ‘nem. They then cry, as did the Psalmist, “Breathe in me @ pure heart, 0, God! God will answer (shat prayer, but will the heart stay created anew | Yes, if we determine, God wil! complete His own Work, and will not dismiss it until we stand periect And complete betore the throue of glory in dxcced- Was the effect of sin, that one man involved | frequeatly a whole congregation, a whole country, | & Whole nation in sorrow and sadness, They saw one man, Napoleon, bring ruin upon fair France, | ‘They saw one man,’Captain Phillips, of the At- antic, plunge 500 human beings into a watery rave. They saw oue man, Foster, bring disgrace Upon bis Whole family, — How often they saw | forgers, ertmina dothers entail misery upon heir progeny do y the third and fourth ger | ration: Hut there was one bright side to this pic- tu he effect of good deeds was felt in a similar degree. They knew of one city in avcient tumes, ofa city Which Was saved by ‘ THE WISDOM OF ONR MAN, There were @ greal many similar. instances in j history. The presence of Paul in the ship saved | from ‘a watery grave the 270 human beings on | board, They Were given to him, ashe was the ser- | vant of the Lord, ° Piety and goodness were sure to bring happiness n-every household, ‘Their influence very fre- ly was exerted unconsciously, The evil ex. ample of one always swayed a mul itude., This evil influence might be seen in abominable crimes a century after they had tneulcated their evil prin- ciples, “One sinner destioyeth many more," David's great sins of adultery and murder were in- juries to religion, and had a great infuence tor evil in the whole world, God could forgive David his sins when he repented and asked lorgivencss, He was forgiven, but the Lord said that he must be chastised, a8 he had given au opportunity to the enemies of the Lord to biaspheme and to BEAK KVIL OF HIS TEACHINGS and His religion, I he lived as though he had no leasure ia God's worship what wonder if his in- Ruence would confirm the world in its unbelief, \WDg great joy. It you imagine that you haye jboth i 0 do alter this prayer you ako greatl; mlevakeu, however, You must bave an incessan » The Christian, the excellence of his principles, had @ power Db lor evil which the unbelieving yy ihe right of re- | nevertheless heard of Christian wemen patroniz- ing theatres and ballrooms. How poweriul would the example of their absence theatres, ball- pom goubling Baloo) drinking bars, &c., be in eping away the young irom these haunts of vice. It was their duty, first, to live for uy for humanity. The true Christian could really say, ‘Whether I live or die, dio for the Lord.” First for Christ’s sake and then for humanity's sake—this showld be their motto through life. There are men who set out in life with the purpose of becoming rich or obtaining WREATHS OF MILITARY GLORY, ‘This was better than a life of dissipation. But the true Christian made it the duty of his life to honor dd and to seek the good of his fellow men for Christ's sake. Oh, how noble and good their lives would be if they would only geek to live the life of Christ. Let them try to attain this determination of doing all the good the could in the church, in tne street, in society and in the homes of the des- titute, Bake, It was all for Corist’s OHUROH OF THE SECOND ADVENT. Bishop Snow’s Sanctification—The Old Story Fixed Up Under Old Texts. Bishop Snow held forth yesterday in the chapel of the University, Wasbington square, on the parable of the ten virgins, The Bishop was not quite so rampant as he had been on many ocoe- sions before, but still he was sufficiently spicy to interest some fifty or sixty peopie who had come to listen to his comfortable theories, During the sermon he never lost his temper but once, and that was alter some half dozen people had strag- gled out of the chapel during the discourse, When the sixth person had left the Bishop got irate, and told all of those who remained that if any one had a TIRED OR DISGUSTED OR AFRAID he or she had better get out now, ashe hated being interrupted in that sort of way. After this invita- tion nobody left. Previous to the Bishop's begin" ning of his sermon ho read a letter from Ituly, which appeared in one of yesterday's pupers, the subject of which was intensely interesting to him— Judging from the sonorous manner in which he read it aloud—as it was hostile to the Pope, who, the Bishop explained, was Antichrist. After the reading Oi the iettera hymn was very nicely sung by the congregation, and then the preacher pro- ceeded to discuss the subject of his text, le traced the parable of the virgins back to a connec- tion with the answer Of Christ to the aiscipies on tho Mount oi Olivet, and quoted a great many texts of Scripture {rom various books of the Biblo to bring down his theory to the point he wanted— namely, to suow that Christ in THE YEAR 1844 had become King of all men, and that His corona- tion then took place in heaven, ‘The seventy weeks aud the 2,300 days were of course introduced in explana on, oi all this, and the conciusion was deduced that Christ was now destroying all evil persons, especially the Pope, and ail evil things; and though the Bisnop could not say how svou everything was to be supremely bappy here below, yet he was us sure as that God was God that Christ would one day reign over us here below in a new state of things for us, As torthe teachings of phe Loon about our going to heaven—that wab ail foolish and absurd, our heaven being #& lubure life on earth, with Curist the King of all. THE ADVENTISTS met his severe condemnation, He did net see how people who believed tnat we, who, like the virgins, were now Cand waiting for the bridegroom to come, could well be wide awake and asicep at the same time, and, as they aamitted they were asleep, we should only take them at their word and look upon them to be dreaming or sumething like that. These pecrle, the Bishop said, were tearing each other to pieces, and were spilt up into several branches already. He wanted it Understood that they had nothing to do with “Old Snow,’ whose doctrine was sound and founded on the Scriptures, as he had already proved to them. The Bishop was very eloquent in exp.aining the inter- pretation that skould be put upon those texts of cripture in which mention 1s made oi a woman clothed with the Sun and having the Moon at her feet, and that other woman who was depicted as out i the greatest style. ‘the former was tie Church of Christ, but the !atter—ah, that was Auti- christ, or, in other words, POPE PIUS THE NINTH, Bishop Snow was particu'arly complimentary, whenever he could make a cuance, to that t bie man of the “horns,” he of the Vatican, who was to be destroyed for a certainty, and whom ail men should know and believe in, not a8 a quiet ola gentleman over eignty years of age, butas the genuine, indubitable Antichrist, a venerabie old wretch, no doubt, who was making all sorts of mischiet in the world, and who, in the new earthly Kingdom to come, should not’ have the slightest chanoe of getting even the ordinary comiorts of fe. Bishop Snow having concluded his sermon, ordered the singing of & hymn, and the audicace separated without any disturbance, BROOKLYN CHURCHES, ——__+ PLYMOUTH CHUROE. | “Behold thy mother." Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Quint, of New Bedford=—A Hideous Quack Doctor Ad- verilsing Hjs Wares, The Rev. Mr. Quint, of New Bedford, Mags., to a rather slim congregation, the greater portion of the regular flock having, doubtless, temporarily departed for the country, The text seivcted was Luke ii, 51—"And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them, but His mother kept all these sayings in her heart,” From these words the reverend speaker preached amost excellent sermon, his remarks being ad- dressed especially to the younger portion of his hearers, or, at least, to such portion of them as—to use his own words—could still claim @ mother’s love. From first to last Mr. Quint was pathetic and even poctical in his description of and admiration for that purest of all pure and unselfish things—a mothet’s love. Very many were the moist eyes throughout the congregation long before the speaker had con- cluded his discourse, and now and then, when old memories were recalled, or some pathetic story of early childhood related, tears were seen to spring from eyes apparently long unused to weeping, and to trickle all unheeded over cheeks deeply furrowed by the rude hand of time, Mary, Mr. Quint said, was probably the only mother who never had occasion to complain in any degree of the disposition or actions of her Son, for hers was the only perfect £on that ever lived, This Son honored His mother and His nominal father—Joseph. Even while on the cross aud with His last expiring breath He male provision for Mis then widowed mother, say- ing to her, “Behold thy son," and to his disels It there was any passage the Bible which he (the speaker) was tempted to doubt the imspiration of, it was that which says that a mother may forget her child. Happy is that child which makes a confidant of its mother! She never leads us wrong or extends improper coun- Bel tO us, During the progress of the service the repoiter observed an exceedingly seedy looking individnal occupying the pew with him. He was a diminutive Specimen of humanity, and his unkempt hair. and long gray beard, to say nothing of his soiled linen and rusty clothing, instantly stamped him | as @ quack doctor or one of the Wood- hull tribe of free lovers, or both. While wondering whether or not if Mr. Darwin had seen this piece of flesh before writing lis famous book on the origin of man he would have so outrag: cously I:belled the monkey as to place him among its descendants, the reporter's attention was at- tracted ig & sudden puil at his teit arm. On turn- ing round the Jirst thing that met nis eve was @ bundle of ten or twelve circulars, printed in large type and setting forth tne benefits to be derived from the use of Dr. S0-and-so’s tamous corn plas ters, which the fellow had thrown into his (the re- porter's) hat, and to which ie was endeavoring to call the seribe’s attention by pointing and gestica- lating. This little episode caused the reporter to notice the iellow several times before tae close of the Kervice, ANd upon cach occasion he was found to be engaged in advertising his corn plasters by a judicious disposition of circulars, A COMING DEDICATION, The Church of St. Cecilia To Be Con= secrated Next Sunday, One of the most interesting events of the Sum- mer to the Catholic population will be the dedica- tion next Sunday of the new Roman Catholic Church Of St. Cecilia, tocated at the corner of 105th Street and Second avenue. Archbishop McCloskey will conduct the imposing services, and the sermon Will be preached by Rey. Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephen's, The church, which is located on the site of the old “Red House,” will he under the pas tora! charge of Rev. Father Flattery, FATAL RAILROAD CASUALTY, Coroner Herrman on Saturday held an Inqnest in the case of John Coffey, late of 506 West Twenty- seventh strect, who was killed on the 2d instant, by being run over on Fourth avenue, near Eighty- third street, by a train of cars belonging to the Hudson River Railroad Company, Deceased had been fishing and was walking on the ti the engineer blew the wiistie and tne trates wore Applied, but the train could not ve stopped in time to prevent the accident. In their erdiee the jury censured the railroad company for not using pre- cautions to prevent such acc Coroner lierr- cleats, man told the jury that the verdic cordance with the tos sit wee Catt imony, as it was clearly proved the occurrence was unavoidable, sitting on the back Of a scariet beast uo decked | preached in Plymouth church yesterday forenoon j | ko gauze and lace, | all took for a few hours the appearance of Hospital | superv SANCTITY IN THE SHADE. Camp Meetings in Full Progress in the Vicinity of Gotham. N WORSHIP IN THE WOODS Humanity, White and Colored, Gathered in the Coolness of Forest: and Seaside to Seek Christianity, THE COST OF A CAMP MEETING. Spiritual and Temporal Expenses Carefally Compared. “Raising Fifty Dollars” at Port Richmond. LONG BRANCH’S SAINTLY SISTER The Real Estate Phase of Religion at Ocean Grove. An Aspirant for Israel’s Camp Whose Appetite Belied Him, PSALM SINGING AT SING SING, Enormous Multitudes Receiving the Minis- trations of Divine Grace. OCEAN GROVE. The Exclusiveness of Seaside Christians on the Sabbath—Sins that They Have to Answer For—A Chilly Ride and a Chilly Disappointment—The Gates of Grace Found Closcd—The Pa: Present and Future of a Religio-Land Specu- lation. LONG BRANCH, August 10, 1873, Yesterday was a marked ove In tne histery of Long Branch. A greater number of passengers passed over the New Jersey Southern Kallroad on thelr way to this place than on any previous day since the opening of the route. A larger number of guests were at the hotels last- night than have been accommodated here in a single night since a hotel was built. Tie principal houses made use of every conceivable space where a cot could be placed, until those conye- nient articles of furniture were exhausted, In some houses the beds and bedding gave out first, and some unfortunates were compelled to content themselves with the canvas bottoms of the eots. Parlors, billiard rooms and reception rooms wards, and some were devoted to male and some to Jemale patients who needed a dose of sleep, THE SATURDAY HOPS, AsBamatter of course, with such an unusual crowd of visitors on hand, the hops at the hotels were ail largely attended. At the Ocean the anticipation of the Portiand concert and ball at- tracted the greater number; but, in accordance with the new regulation adopted at that house, the windows had been supplied with wooden barriers, which prevented the intrusion of unauthorized | outsiders, and the dancing was confined to the guests of the hotel and invited visitors. The ex- pected entertainment was postponed until Thurs- day of this week, but there waa a fine full-dress hop in its place, and the dancing, under the active | n of Professor Rutledge, was kept up unl the The dresses were of the cus- tomary mixed and showy description, all the colors of the rainbow being represented in the rich 6 1ks and moires, and set off by a fleecy cloud- At the West End there was & subscription ball for the benedt of the | excellent band, which, #lthough compelled to yield the palm to the band of the Ocean Hotel, is, after | that, the finest on the Branch. The atteadance | was, of course, smaller than on an open night, but | the handsome parlors were well filled, nevertheiess, | and among the «iancers and the iookers-on were to be found the wealth, beauty and refluemeut of the place, both in hotei and cottage life, SUNDAY AT THE SEA SIDE. To-day the weather has been even more than usually aclightful, the sun bright and warm, the skies unclouded and the air bracing, and even a shade too cool. In driving, one may well wear Spring overcoats and shawls, and along the bium | th the wind biows with a freshness that reminds one Of & flue Octover day. The sea has, however, been Warmer than tor Foie days past, and thousands of bathers have lined every rope from eight o'clock iu the morning until the present hour (ve im the aiternvon), from the East End Hotel to the West End, Geuerai Grant atiended service, a3 usual, at the Methodist church tn the village, and no doubdt benefited by the sermon. The point of attraction, however, was the GREAT METHODIST CAMP MEETING at Ocean Grove, tor a report had got tuto circula- lon that the President intended to do his Sun- day praying under the spacious tabernacie Whero thousands of his fellow believers are now lavoring ior the salvation of their own gouls aud the souls Of others. The report proved to be incorrect, and us many found to their cha- | grin and disappointment, aiter visitiag Ocean Grove, not only was the l’resident absent, but tht | ales were closely und resolutely shut against all utruders. If WAS AnDoying, acter incurring the expense of a conveyance and submitting to a drive of ten dusty miles, to find a notice staring one in the face that there was postitvely no admission on the Sabbath, and tnat any devout person or anxious | seeker alter grace who was eager to serve the | Lord in the tabernacle among those who were gathorod together there in Is honor must leave the gates unsatisfied, if he did not nappen to | belong to the se¢icct Ocean Grove Christians and | possess a special pass from the proper authorities, THB RXCLUSIVE CARISTIANS OF OCEAN GROVE. Tam id that (his exclusiveness of the Oce Grove Christians on the Loid's L jeads ¢ much sin and prownity as to form against the credit ac tueir tents, Peope who pr drove away with something ye upon theif lips, The rule t are admivced within the 80, aging set-off punt they are rolling up inside ea y Went to pray y unlike a prayer y which no outsiders ye on Sundays hag n AdOptod, tt is said, because oF the unwelcome crowd of Sunday visitors :rom the Branch which was accustomed intrude upoa the faith ful on the day of rest. during a revival, when an efort ts being mude to bring stray sheep into the fold and to touca tne cold hearts of sinners with the fire of repentan it would seem tue duty Of real Christianity to throw wide open ail ita gates and to invite in the sick, the la and the biiud, Ido not know where cur Methodist friends can flad in tho Scriptures or in the exainpie of the Great Shepn Humseit 4 precedent tor their exclusive order, enforced aa it is by sturdy policemen and strong padlocks and | chains, AS & matter of course, your vorrespond- ent, although one of the excluded, found nis way | through wi: unguarded opening in the Christian | fence, Wns proving the impossibility of shuttung any Paice even those which are supposed to lead direct to heaven, against au attache of such | @ journal as the HexaLp, TUE SUCCESS OF OCRAN GROVE, The readers of the HERALD are, of course, ac- | quainted with the pian and history of Ocean Grove, In prie/, it is a Summer seaside resort for iamilies | connected with the Methodist Church, who lave formed there a pleasant community or circie of their own. The hiea was originally started by certain prominent ministers aud laymen of the Methodist Churei. Ocean Grove ts a splendid locality, shady and heaitnful, covering several hun- dreds of acres of ground, Through it runs & hand- some piece of water knuwn a3 Westerly Lake, The ocean, witha fine beach and delightiul surt- bathing, 4 distant about a quarter ofa mile. A charter was secured irom the State Legislature, and certain municipal privileges were conferred | upon the Ocean Grove Association. ‘They have their poiice, clothea with authority to enjorce all the rules of the community, to make arrests and to preserve order, The experiment has be ed by asuccess far beyond the an- ticlpations Of its originators, THR REAL ESTATE PHASE OF RELIGION, Four years ago lots were so'd at from seventy. © lo Cue Lundred dollars cach, according to lova- | have given the utd 19 tion, They now bring readily from eight hundred to one thousand dollai andat these prices $18,000 worth of lots were sold in two weeks of the present season, There are now a little over three hundred cottages built in the grove, varying in size, but all similar in style, convenient, inexpensive and prettily ornamented. lace is shut oe high wooden rails and entered from the high r iy it at ates like those of a cemetery, of whic! rat strongly reminds the visitor. There 13 a broad main avenue, and 8: 3 and avenues running parallel with tt and ing it at squares, in Phila- delphia style. The spiritural and temporal mingle in the names chosen for these thorough ares—‘‘! pins Pathway,” “Mount Carmelway,” “Mount rrarat "and others of a similar character cross “‘New York avenue,” “Pennsylvania ave- nue,” “New Jersey avenue” and the like, The water is very fine and abundant. “Wherever you drive a pipe in,” said one of the resi- dents to me, “the water comes, and every- where of same pure and delicious quality.’ The wood is pine, and, as the aroma of pine tree mingling with the sea air is said to make ; is considered ag healthful odist Church by its exer- Such & fine tonio, the joosury to the body as the Met! tions to make it healthful for the soul. PROMINENT CITIZENS as Judge Low, of the Suvreme Court of Ohio, and David If. Brown, of Brooklyn, who 1s the Treasurer of the Assuciation, make Ocean Grove their Suim- mer resting piace, Hence it may be conjectured that the sooiety is refined and the social circle most agreeable. This is on'y the fourth season since the Grove was established as a Christian sea side resort, and its growth has been rapid and Reena! ing. The inarked feature of tho piece is the entire sanctity of the Sabbath. No oating, bathing or fishi permitted or in- dulged tn by the Jamiles of the community on Sun- day, and, ag 1 have said, the gates are closed against all visitors, The great eucampment of. Christians—the great camp meeting being now in progress—gives, of course, @ iarge alidiuon to the populehon of the Grove, which preseuts @ wonder- ul and interesting sight, although this is the first Sunday and almost the first day of tne gathering of this army of the Lord, There are already be- tween six and seven thousand souls gathered on the ground, including children, ne: all of whom are engaged in fgnting the good fight, and carrying confusion into the hosts of sin and the devil. it 1s no doubt @ fortunate arrangement of Providence that so vast @ number of Christians militant, with earnest hearts and powertul voices should be gathered together so near the resorts o! fashion and frivolity, whose votaries so much need the prayers of the pious. A GRAND DISPLAY OF PIETY, A grand impression is fe\t in seeing a congrega- tion roughly estimated at five thousand, and cer- Laat numbering no fewer than that, gathered be- noath the great tent known as the Tabernacle, uniting their voices in hymns of praiso to the Creator and joining in the fervent ejaculations, sighs and groans that distinguish a Methodist meeting. The opening prayer; dlelivered by a New Jersey ininister, was a brilliant and effective de- ploy Of the skirmishers of tue holy army, and at- tacked the throne of grace with a discharge of musketry well calculated to destroy the outer de- fences, ‘Alter a hymn, which, 1i not sung with pro- fessional skill and highly cultivated voices, was, nevertheless, vigorously performed, the sermon was preached. The preacher was Dr, William C. Robinson, pastor of Wharton street church, PImla- delphia, and his text was, “The words I speak unto you, they are spirit and truth.’ It would be unlair to Dr. Robinson to attempt a synopsis of his eluguent anu well delivered sermon. ‘The words of the text will Suggest She substance of the discourse to every ming, They were used happily to enforce the importance and value of this great gathering of Christians, and as an in- centive to the Church to push the Gospel work for- ward with zeal and fidelity. ‘tho sermon was followed by « prayer, which may be styled TUE HEAVY ARTILLERY of the Christian host from the force and strength with which it hurled its appeals and exhortations at the fortress of heaven. Tne fervor oi the minister and his wonderful strength of lungs, Which had apparently acquired new power from the beneticent effects oi the pine wool and sea air combined, nwoko the immense audience toa wonderful pitch of religious enthusiasm, and oc- casionally the tive thousand sold.ers of the Lord seemed to break ont simultaneously in @ deafening chorus of “Amen!” “Glory be to God!” and simular pious ejaculations, A TOWN OF CANVAS, Aiter the services the vast congregation dis- ersed, some to the residences and others to tho ents, There are probably 6v0 or 700 tents on the ground, ail comfortably Atted up, many carpeted and divided into sitting and sleeping apartments, and all loosing pictures of cleanliness, which i3 next to godliness, ‘The white béus, the cane rock- ing chairs and sofas, the neatly set tables spread for dinner, gives the canvas town a very pleasant and picturesque appearance, and makes Ocean Grove a reai scene of attraction during the session of the camp meeting. As the tents are seen among the trees froin a distance they have tne appearance of tue encampment oi alarge army, and it ts not until one beholds the interiors and catches & gilmpse of gracetul forms and pretty faces hover- ing about inside, of old foiks gathered around the Bibles and hymn books, of weil-bred children piay- ing quietly among the trees, that the fact is realized that the army gathered there is bent on saving souls, aud not op destroying bodies; on building up the kingdom of Goa, i not on over- throwing @artuly Powers, Wanveri; through the avenues of ten's some singular sigits present themselves. As dinner time succeeded the ser- vices, all those who lecd in their tents, und not in the spacious dining halls erected tor the conve- Dience of the encampment, repaired at once to their midday meal. From hundreus of tents arose almoss at the same moment the hymn of praise and gratitude which precedes the Christian meai, and produced a striking effect. Tn some cases ieligious Juror excited by the meeting and prayer sing'ng was kept up duriug the diune:, und I ovserved a stout, powerful and hearty looking lamb of tho Church singing in « stentorian voics, Twantto go to the happy land Where tue teats of Iernel are, As the words were sung between mouthfuls, and a3 the well filet plaice beture tue singer contained # large portion o1 bolted bect, cabbage and mashed powitoes, to which he was eviden iy disposed to do full justice, he certainly did not appear to be ina hurry to seek the land he sang of, or dis- posed to neg'ect any meaos of making himself comrortabie in the world he at present inhabits, Among the trees and ac the backs of tae tents the appearance Gi some youny Couples, Who seemed to ks the slip aad to tind much satisfaction in each others society, gave evidence that some of those at tne camp meeting have OTHER AND MORE WORLOLY LOVES than those which stir the heats of the more elderly saints. The congregation emoraces promi- nent ministe and laymen liom many o1 the Help! is largeiy represented, nh, Union church, St. Paul's and Kensington chatehes beiug represented by tf pastors and members vl their tamilies, There are three services on tae Sabbath and services every day, Great good is anticipated in shape of conversions. Asan interesting piece of Sunday tn‘ormation I may say that the proprietors of the Oceau Hotel at this place, following the advice of the HERALD, have closed their billard room on the Sabbath, to the gratification of their damily guests, SING SING, Great Influx of Visitors to the Great Camp Mecting—Trio of Notable Camp Meeting Celebrities on the Ground= interesting Sabbath Services, SING SING, August 10, 1873, The annual catap mecting at Sisg Sing, which is mainly sustained by the Methodists of the New York city churches, aud whica was commencea last Tuesday, is increasing in numbers and in- terest. Yesterday the boats and cars brought hun- dreds to the ground, and ths evergies of the com: mittee were taxed to tue utmost te provide sleep- ing accommodations for the great and unex. pected infux of people. Taney aischarged their onerous Gules wiln eMceacy and affability, Among the applicants at the new lodging house last night for shetter was a company of ladies and gentlemen from sir, Beecher's church and the representative 0. the HERALD, Messrs. Sammis and McDermott succeeded in procuring comfortable ¢ iov Uhese distinguished indi- viduals, The writer had not vex long on the ground when he meta trio of botable campaign: ers, the first being Mr. Samuel Halstead, better known in Methotisticn’ ¢ reies as “Sammy! Hal- stead, Whose “praise fa in all the churches.” For nearly half a ceutury he and nis uescendants have occupied a leading position, vot only in business circies in New York, but among tue laymen of tho Methodist denomination, “sanuny" Halstead was | the originator of wnat is kno wu as “praying bands," aud for @ long period was leader of one of those organizations, which were composed in the main of intelligent and earnest Carstun men, who re- sponded to Invitaions to conduct religious ser. vices which supplanted the regular preaching. This feature of the Methodist economy 18 nO recog. nized in the discipline of whe Gaur and waile UNDER TUB HALSPRAD ADMINISTRATION Great good has been accompiisued aud thousands | havo been added to the church, yet a host of tmt- tators have sprang up, wiih more eat hustasm than piudence or mental culture, sv that “praying bands" are not very popwar nowadays. Another historic character is here—Orville Gard- ner, once @ celebrated pugilist, and known for years among the sporting fraternity of the country by the sobriquet of “Awsul Gardner.’ Was converied & number Ol years Al iu one of the city and Nillustration of tue Cenuneness of the change eifected in thie man's lve it may be mens tioned that when introduced tu a Ureek pro: or lost evening, 7 @ well meaning but indiscreet “brother,” ax having fought # cod many phys.cal battles, tho ex-pugilist modestiy rejomed that tt scenes. Among the arrivals late last night. was Chaplain MvCabe, the sweet singer of Libby Prison, Ghepe souletirring, melodies usen se tht Prealt dent Lincoin and the “boys in blue” with patriotic and religious fervor. The Chaplain not Say pos sesses a fine voice, but 18 a cultured and affable ntieman, and occupies the position ef Assistant retary of the Church Extension Society, Pastor Hedstrom, of the Bethel ship, with a large dele; tion of Scandinavians, contribute much to the ine terest of the meeting. THE SABBATH SERVICES = were commenced at five o'clock by a prayer moet. ing, and were continued, with brief idvermntaale till ten o’clock at night. At nine o'clock a ‘ove feast” was held at the main stand, and for over an hour brief “testimonies” foliowed each other in rapid succession, some of which evoked loud re- sponses of “ialielujal’’ from the congregation, interspersed with appropriate songs 0/ praise. The preacher of the morning was the Rev. Dr. Vernon, of Christ church, Pittsburg, who chose fot his text IL. Corinthians iv., 6:—"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkne: hath shined in our hearts to gtve the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” He said that thosé words set forth a fundamental truth in the life of tho Christian Qhurch—viz., that there was coming down from God out of heaven, as the work oi the Holy Ghost, a new divine life, wrought in the heart of the believer; a life not springh from natural causes, not accounted for by natural laws, not of the flesh, nor of the brain or affectiona or the emotions, but a life as all life coming from od, and hence divine, He discussed the theme in ® logical and effective manner, and held the atten- tion of the vast audience irom the beginning to the close of his sermon. The whole Christian Church, he remarked, haa occasion to go back in its thought to that primal truth of religion, The} were spreading out in their organized courses an ecclesiastical agencies to the ends of the eart! planning he Bi tion of the world ; but he apprehended that at times they were becoming forgetiul 01 the fact that all life, wer ng erence in the Christian Church was of the DIVINELY WROUGHT LIPE IN THR HEART OF THE BELIBVER, and from that contral source all life, all agency and all bower for the salvation of men mus¢ spontane- ously spring. In answering the question of tht sceptio, ‘How can these things be?” it was not necessary to refer to the word of God to show the ground upon which the fact of Ohristian experience was based, for whoever accepted the Bible as the word of God tound apundant proof of it on every page. The Psalms of David were the utterances of the faith and experience of the Jewish Church, The New Testament Scriptures were full of it. It began ag the baptism of the. Hoy Ghost, and the Christian Church had continued to this da , by the disseml- nation and th: continuation of this spiritual power and uleRsuing Nor, was it necessary to go to creeds and articies of faith to establish the doctrine of experimental religion, Methodists were not peculiar in this faith, for it was interwoven with all christian doctrine and Ohristian history. 1t13 8 Hane that has shone out through all the centuries of the past, and 18 known as a verity by the livin, ower of faith in Jesus Christ. The speaker chal- lenged all honest sceptics to try this matter an see if it be true; that if in keeping the wi of God and believing upon Jesus Christ they came not into a like experience, then the history of the world would be reversed and the Churca would ive its faith, Unbelievers and ungodly men listen 0 the wondrously sweet melodies that seemed ta be wafted from ange! hearts and beheld men with the strange inspiration that came down from God out of heaven and asked to be tuid what was THR NATURE OF EXPERIMENTAL RBBIGION, The preacher proceeded to show that the great doctrine he was Sisecaning was based upon the testimony of those who had experienced it, The graveat interests of human lic, liberty and property were determined by testimony, and there were few things known sav@ those which were accepted upon the testimony of others, lt was not by the testimony of the pean senses, but by that of consciousness, that he believer knew thé gieat moral transformation had been effected. Expertmental religion was the reat form in which God now shone out upon the jarkness ef this world. In the early ages He spoke by prophots and interposed by miracies, but now God: ‘was moving upon the hearts of men by creat ing anew His image in the heart of the believer, Experimental religion was “better feit than told.’? The love of God was sweeter than life and stronger than death. lt was one 01 the indefinable verities that remained for ever, and included justificatioy and regeneration, These points were elaborated, and in enforcing the need ot this great change tho speaker said every man has again to pass through the hands of bis Creator; has to be made a new crea- ture in Jesus Christ, as he first came irom tne hands of hisGod. The Holy Spirit witnessed with the human spir.t that a man’s sins were forgiven, aud prouene such @ satisfactory pssurance to the heart that the believer could not doubt that it was divine, In some instances this cuange was etfected suddenly, while in the case of others the celestial light broke in upon the darkness of the human spirit gradually. The sermon was concluded by @ thrilling appeal to the unconverted to acquaint themselves with the divine verity of experimental religion, The Ron iroms Hon dispersed for dinner, and at one 0’ A MOTHERS’ AND CHILDREN'S MEETING was held, at which brief and appropriate ad- dresses were delivered. ‘The Rev. Dr. Eddy, one of the missionary secre- taries of the caurch, preached an eloquent sermon in the aiternoon to & congregation uumbered by thousands, A rousing, Old-lashtoned Methodist prayer meeting was held at the stand, which con- inued til nearly six o'clock. Another sermon and prayer meetings in tents c!osed the protracted Was distasteful jor im to hear auy wiusion to such services of the Sabbath, which one would think must have been productive of great spiritual ood to those who [ge ey in the exercises with & devotional spirit. MERRICK. The Camp Meeting of the Long Island Camp Moeting Association—The Week's Religious Work and Yesterday’s Sere vices. Ever since Tuesday, the opening day of the camp meeting of the Long Island Camp Meeting Asso- ciation at Sierrick, the attenaance has been daily increasing, until yesterday—probably the con- tinuation of the meeting—the crowd, not only of regular attendants, but of visitors, was very large. ‘The day was breezy, and, under the pleasant shade afforded by the oaksand chestnuts, o! which the grove is composed, was thoroughiy enjoyable. The view from any point was extremely picturesque, the neat dresses of the ladies, of which the con+ gregation was largely composed, and the more sober hues of the gentlemen's costumes, contrast ing pleasantly with the surrounding greenery, ‘The attendance was so large that the audience around the preacher's stand at the regular ser- vices could not all be accommodated with seats, although all tke extra appliances were brought into requisition, and it was a puzzle to know how all who desired to stay over night were to be accommodated. Notwithstanding the crowd, how- ever, the utmost good order was preserved, the rules of the grounds being strictly observed, and the rolice oficers in attendance having little else {0 do but admire THE GENERAL GOOD BEHAVIOR. These rules, by the way, are very strict, not only in regard to personal conduct, but us to sanitary Tegulations—no offensive matter of uny kind being gives to accumulate upon the grounds. The rst of these rutes so clearly indicates the pur- poses of the Association that it is worth while to reproduce it entire:— ‘The ob ect of this av-ociation in its organization being pore r Our, and in comiormity with the a9 estab: ished usages of the Mctuodist Kyt-copal Church, it ts hereby dectared that iamily cotiages and tenis are in- cidenial and subsorvient tnereto, and no dancing, card playing or other conduct nnLecoming the pli its as. sociations will be allowed or permitted at any time in nant cotiages or tents, or upon any of said association's premi: luring the cominuance of the lease, Mr. William &, Waters, vresident of the Asso- ciation, estimated the attendance yesterda; at up- wards of ten thousand, or withia @ iraction of tne largest attendauce of last year, Waen tue counter attraction of Sea Cluf Grove did not exist. The regular attendance, THE OCCUPAN.S OF TENTS AND COTTAGES, is from one thousand to fifteen hundred, and there is # large attendance at them daiiy services irom the surrveunding country. Ab:utoue thousand vehicles o1 various desert; tions are also on thy grounds. Smee the commencement of the meeting the number of ministers Wao have #t various tines been on tho groutds is about seventy-tive. The services yes terday were under tue direction of Presiuing wider H. F, Pease, of Brooklyn, in the absence of Pie- siding Eider 8, P. Seng, of the Norih Long Isiand district. The opening services on Tuesitay were not held until evening, when the ev, Henry Aston preached @ good doctrinal sermon suitabie to the ocoasion, Since then the reyuar pro,ramme of serv.ces has been gone througi with daily. The Sermon Of Wednesday torenvon was delvered by the Kev, B. M. Adains, 0} the Fleet street cauren, Lrookiy (n the witeruoon the sermon was by the Rev. I. Simmons, o1 tue ta street church, Brooklyn, the suvject bein ‘Enure sande tiication.”” In the evening the sermon was by the Rey, L.!’, Perry, of Springueid, t. 1 THE WEEK'S SEUVICES. On Thursday the iorenoon ser: was preached by the Kev, Wiliam Lawrence luis general sub,ect being tue cen 200d effect 0. 18 observance, ihe ser alternvon reached by th vy. Gorge A. Muvvell, o1 tue he avenue church, in. rooslyn, ‘This gentic- man must not be couounded the Kev, Natuan Hubbel, of Long Island City, WHO has also been in attendance upon the meeting tn the evening tie sermon was preached the Kev. W. W. Clark, of the First Methodist church, in Gieenpo.nt, lis sub. ject being “The Character and Vrivieges oi the Christian.” On Friday the morning was rainy, but there was, nevertheless, a yood attendance at the preaciers! Stand, ‘he Key, F, Power, pastor of the sands CONTINUED ON WINTH PAGE,