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ELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Programme of Services for the Fourth Sun- day After Trinity, June 28, WINISTERIAL AND CiURCH MOVEMENTS. “Prudentius” on Catholic Education. CAMP MEETINGS OF 1874. Rev. D. B. Jutton will preach an anniversary sermon in the Sixteenth Baptist church this morning. . Rev. Warren H, Cudworth, of Boston, will preach fm the Church of the Messiah this morning, on “Bow to Make Worship Pleasing to God and Pro- Atavie to Ourselves,” and in the evening on “One Of ttie secrets of Church Success.” The Rev. Professor T. N. Haskeil, of Colorado College, who 1s visiting East In the interest of his institution, will preacn in the Keformed Church on the Heights, Brooklyn, this morning and even- ing. Morning sudject—‘God Manifested in Crea- tion and in Christ.’ Evening—‘Meditations of God.” Rev. George 0. Phelps will give 2 welcome to all who may go to Allen street Presbyterian church this morning and evening. Rev. A. C. Osborn, D. v., will occupy the pulpit of the South Baptist church to-day, at the usual hours. Preaching morning and evening in the Church @f Our Saviour, by Rev. J. M. Pullman, pastor. Rev. P. L, Davies will preach at the usual hours fo the Berean Baptist church. Elder James Bicknell will preach for the Par- ticular Baptist church, in Greenwich Hall, this Morning and afternoon. Wtiam Brunton will lecture for the Progressive Spirituaiists in Robinson Hall, this morning and evening, on “‘Keforms and Reformers” and “Sins and Sinuers.”” . S. P. Andrews will deliver a scientific discourse in De Garmo Hall this morning beiore the Church of Humanity. Rev. E£. Borel will conduct the free church ser- vices for French Protestants in Calvary Chapel, Fourth avenue. Dr. Armitage will preach in the Fifth avenue Baptist church this morning and evening. “Moses, His Monument and Epitaph,” is the sub- Ject for Rev. Mr. Pendleton’s remarks this morn- ing in the Fiity-third street Baptizt church. Rev. H. W. Knapp will preach at the usual hours to-day in the Laight street Baptist mission church, Rev. J, W. Barnhart will occupy the pulpit of Forsyth street Metnodist Episcopal church morn- ing and evening, ‘The Law of Forgiveness in Its Application to Recent Exposures’ and “Christ’s Appearance After His Return from the Wilderness,” are the topics that Dr. Fulton will talk about to-day in Hanson piace Baptist chureh, Brooklyn, kev, W. H. Thomas will preach in Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal church to-day at the ‘usual hours, Rev. &, M. Hamilton will preach in the Scotch Presbyterian church this morning and afternoon. “The Peace of God” and ‘Doubting Tnomas’’ will be treated by Rev, W. P. Corbit in Seventh street Methodist Episcopal church to-day. Dr. J. B. Wakely will preach, morning and even- ing, in Lexington avenue Methodist Episcopal eburcn. Rev. Dr. Mickels will occupy the pulpit of Stan- ton street Baptist church at half-past ten A. M. and half-past seven P, M, “Jacob's Ladder, or a New Study of an Old Les- son,” is what Rev. J. S. Holme, D. D., will talk about this morning in Trinity Baptist church. “How the Kingdom of Heaven is Entered” and “When God Should Be Sought” will be told and described to-day by Rev. S, H. Pratt in the Taber- nacle Baptist church. “an Old Story Retold” and “Future Punish- ment Pnilosophically Considered” will be tho topics for Mr. Esray’s meditation to-day in the Washington street Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn. “The Lord a Sun” and “Heavenly Recognition” will be considered this morning and evening by Rev. S. H. Platt, in De Kalb avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn. Rey. George D. Matthews will preach this morn- ing and Rev. J. K. Demarest a tarewell sermon this evening in the Twenty-second street West- minster Presbyterian church, Revs, Abbott, Foss and Vall will speak at dif ferent hours to-day at the reopening of 125th street Methodist Episcopal church. Rey. RK. Heber Newton will preach in che Anthon Memorial church to-day. Rev. Joseph F. Jowitt will preach in St. Thomas’ church this iorenoon aud Rey. Dr. Weston, of Si Jobns, in the aiternoon. Divine services in the Church of the Resurrec- tion this morning and aiternoon wili be conductea by Rev. Dr. Flagg. A conlerence of Progressive Spiritualists will be held in Germania Hall this afternoon. “The Object of Universal Waiting” and “None Neutral” will occupy Dr. Deems’ thoughts to-day in the Church of the Strangers. “Abrabam’s Mission at Beersheba’? and “Christ Our Example” will be the subject of Mr. Hep- worth’s remarks this morning and afternoon in the Church of the Disciples. Rev. R. Heber Newton will address young men this evening in Association Hall. Rey. E. H. Kettell will preach in the Church of the Hoiy Trinity this morning, and Dr. Irving in the afternoon; Dr. McVickar, of Harlem, wiil preach at the people’s service in the evening. “Pradentius” om Higher Ed Catholics. To THE Eprron or tHE HERaLp:— Tn calling attention to the urgent need of a great Catholic university in this section of the Republic the writer has no fear of stirring up sectarian prejudices. Whatever be the merits of the long vexed dispute about common school education there can be but one opinion among all classes in the community as to the necessity of making the existing Catholic colleges in the great divisions of the country feeders tor one great central univer- sity ineach, This was the thought which inspirea Archodishops Carroll and Neale when they lala, coeval witn the federal constitution, the founda- tions of Georgetown College. And this prophetic forethought has never ceased for a moment to be 8 living tradition among the directors of that ven- eravie establishment. Such, too, was the tdea which possessed the great soul of Archbishop Hughes when he pur- chased the property at Fordham. Indeed, long before that, the same forethougnt which had created the Georgetown establishment in the capt. tion for tal of the confederacy had inspired the brothers | in religion of Archbishop Carroll with the thought of opening a college on Manhattan Island, in the future contre of New York city, Whose growth Fathers Malone and Kollmann foresaw, They purchased the large property on # part of whica is now rising the new cathedral at Filtieth street, and opened @ ciassical course mm the sp frame baile » loag coaspicnous near old St. donn's church. Inia evil hour the inant collere was ordered ch 1 by asuperior who could know Hothing of the city and its prospects. The ma Dilicent property, now worth millions, was sold for a trifting sum. And to Areupishop Hughes’ dying day it was to hima bitter pang that be had not realized his hopes of a collegtate institution, which would grow, in a brie! space, into a unt versity, with ali the public courses and other in- tellectual advantages to be found in THY GREAT EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES, This development of the college proper into the university should be accomplished “in a brief space’? in such ® country as ours. More than once bas Archbisnop Hughes expressed to tho writer of theso lines the hope of having near bis @rand new cathedral a theological institution jous | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1874—-QUADRUPLE SHEET. ond to none tn the world, which would be only one Of the departments of the great university with which he wisned to endow his episcopai city. ‘There are many reasons why our colleges have not risen to the level of simular institutions in Europe. ‘The first is that their aim has not been a lofty one, and their standard of edu- cation, insteved of being made higher year aiter year, bas been made lower, How 18 1t possible to in- Spire either the outside world, or tue inmates Oo! a “college” itsef, With an elevated idea ol whata college or even @ university Course 1s or Ought to be, when you crowd into the same house little boys of eight or nine, some of whom are earning to spell, aud young men oi eighteen and twenty, who ure supposed to be preparing ior their bachelor’s or master’s degree? When in France some twenty years ago anew law ob education introduced into colleges wnat 18 known as bijurcatton a cry of remoastrance arose from all parts of the counsry. The new method Consisted in making the stu dinary course of Latin ana they had made their grammar classes and were about lo begin the undergraduate course proper, Then they were to elect whether they should go forward with THE DIGHER CLASSICAL STUDIES into rhetoric and philosophy, or devote themselves toa purely scientific cours where Greek and Latin were laid aside tor ever, his was-a fatal mistake, both because it compelled the boy who did not wanta classical education, and who was destined to be a civil engineer, an arenttect, a manufactu a chi t, 40 waste acquiring @ most tinperiect knowledge ol the elements of the dead languages, precious years whicn should have been devoted to the culture of his motier tongue and of the elementary sciences so necessary to his future profession. In France, whea this bifurcation or division of studies became a law, the legislators were de- servedly accused of wishing to bring back the reign of barbarism, and it wis universally feit that @ mortal blow was aimed at higuer cultnre. And yet in France the onject of the sctentific course Was to teach something ligher than *book- keeping ;” and tne State, which made te law, saw to it tat the most eminent prolessors in pure apd applied mathematics, in physics, chemistry and natural history should alone be allowed to teach, Now, how is it with us? Weundertake, among a people who, no matter what may be said to the contrary, prize iuteilectual worti most highly, to teach, 10 houses ranking not only us colleges but graating university degrees, side by side a com. mercial course with a classical course, spelling, and arithmetic to infants in one class nd in tue adjoining Greek and Latin, THE MOST SKILLED AND EXPERIENCED MASTERS are those who, in a college course, ought to teach the grammar classes; and one ol the chief causes, if not the very chief, of the deplorable deficiency Ol our undergraduates in the knowledge of ei¢- mentary grammar comes trom tneir having been taught by men wae knew very little more than themselves. We err in takipg into our colleges, which should be trailing schools ior “yoang wen,” mints who should be at home for many years more under their mother’s eye and hacd, We are wrong 1a not reiusing every eilort to make our real college pupils conceive the loitiest idea of ciassicul attainments, and especially wrong in not grounding them trom tue very first beginuings tu the Knowiedze ol gram- mar, In that particular tue great schools of Eng- Jaud and Ireland worthy of our imitation. impossible, omitting ali mention of tue grea estant establishineuts, to exaggerate the unorough- hess with wich the elements of Latin and Greek are taught at Stoneyhurst and Ushaw, at Mount St. Mary’s and Beaumont Lodge. ‘There is another and a kindred reason why our Catholic colleges tall to be What their founders and their directors alm at making them. 1t is tais, that whereas many of them are but very inferior grammar schoois and lew, if any, rise to the level of first class high schoois, ail pretend to the title of college and will not be satisfied until they are chartered as universities, Now, cannot Catholics learn @& lesson {rom their neighbors? In the city of New York there are two great Protestant institutions empowered to grant de- grees, Columbia Coilege and the College of the City of New York, Every grammar scvool in the Metropolis end the adjecent cities ts tn one way or uuotner aiiiiiated to one or tie other of these, serving them as ‘iecders,’” So itis with TRE GREAT NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITIES, Harvard aud Yale have cach its own circle of aMliated ucademies and high scnools, pledged to send yeurly @ certain number of students for the university ‘courses in the central establishment, Thus Brown University and Hartiord have tneir “ieeders,”’ Each Provestant sect has its own de- nowminational university, Which is thus led with a Tegular aunual supply ‘rom the dependent schools, And tais 13 one greut secret of their ominence and vf the vast influence which they wield over the in- teliectual and social life of the country. But Catholic institutions seem to set at naught these indispensable conditions of success and greatness and power. And the Catholic hierarcpy, who are, or Who ought to be, most aeeply inter. ested in this vital matter and tn whose province It is to regulate boli the existence and the sphere of these establistiaents for bigher education, have never yet taken any concerted action to secure a sound and- rhorough classical instruction in their colleges or to establish in the great central cities universities to which these colieges should be com- pelied to act as feeders It, will be seen trom tue reports published of the pro ings O1 the English Catholics that the Jead- ers OL tus MOVEMENT FOR “IIGHER EDUCATION’? cast about lor talent, genius apd solid learning wherever it can be ‘found, aud that protessor- ships in every branch ave given to men eminent in that branch, Whether clergymen or laymen. So, iu Ireiaud, in the Catholic University, chairs 12 every faculty are given to the men who are univer- sally acknowledged the most able to fill them; and so, too, with the College of Maynooth, the drst theological’ seminary fa the worl conducted by secular priests, «Very chair, when it becomes va- cant. is offered to a concer ne candidate who, in the whole body of the proves tu a public concourse his superiority to every competitor gets tj and thats why all Amery orth and south, has nothing to com here in New York clergymen and distinguished laymen enough to jorm a splendid stall ior such an institution as we need—wealthy aud generous men who would deem it the crowning honor and happiness of their lives. to bestow their money im endowing proiessorships lor theology and the sciences. YRUDEN1LIUS, A New Baptist Church at Greenwood. Grouna has been broken jor anew Baptist sanc- tuary at Greenwood. The church has completely outgrown its present accommodations. One-third more persons desire to attend church than there is room for, ‘Ihe new church is to cost $30,009 and have a seating capacity tor 900 persons. ‘The pas- | tor, Rev, Mr. Lawson, has enjoyed a very success- lui season. In fiteen montys 127 have been added | to the chureh by baptism. The house 1s to ve of brick, With hollow walls, the interior dimensions® being 70x72 feet. ‘The edi- tice WL be lighted by taree Immense windows, 20 Jeet wide and 35 Jeet high, filled in with zich stamed lass. ‘he Quor rises irom the pulpit 4 leet in 60, Tie organ will be at tue back of aud over the pulpit. It is intended to aedicate the new church next Decemier. Ministerial and Church Movements. EPISCOPALIAN. Last week Bishop Huntington admitted to the priesthood of the & copal Church Rev. G. P. Hibbard, formerly a Universalist minister of Syra- cuse; Rey. A. B. Allen, formeriy a Methodist; Rey. Herbert J. Cook, formerly a Congregational- ist. Ker. ant E . S. Pycott, iscopal chu summer in Europe. The Cuurch of England synod of Canada will mect at Halilax, N, S., on the doth inst. There is a little uupleasantness between two Lpiscopal brethren in Battumore., On Trinity Sun- day Mr. Cathell, of the Church of the Ascension, preached a sermon to his people in which he Warned them against the ritualistic churches, as P $ Where “ross errors aud heresies’? were taught, and told his congregation he would as hot have them attend Romau Cathouc services or » to Sunday coucerts as to Vv the ritualistic chureh’s, Lhis sermon was reported in the pa- pers, and Dr, Hodges, of St. the hign Catuell to task and heresy, which the otue The Kev. Ghomas Ga ager of the Courco Mission to De: utes, at No, o East Thirteenth street, Ne Youk, asks nis ends to aid hin in muking up the amount of 50, to Pay the present quarier'’s rent of the 1 Deal Mates, TER rector of St. John’s Protest- nh, Brooklyn, wilt spend the st of tue Higa Churcimen, has taken Mr, Henged a prosecution tor 0 decined, det, De General Man- Home for Aged and inf Y Rev. N. » OF Tl reet Con- gregational churenu in Mancne duate of Dartmouch College aad o St brilliant young clergymen in the State, lias been otter salary of $10,000 by tho Presbyterian charen in Madison squar York. Rev, Theodore L. Ow ving to Burope for the su dr, Budding ton. » DD, Of Brooklyn, is mer in company with Lney will sail irom New York je Presbyterian church on Second avenue aad Fourte:nih street, recently Lto be Ing and aying ov town retention . unired and pr An une sLoter of $ property tved and dts And it of quarrel with its present ex- srdt las been called with great tor of tne ai UTesbyterian cauren of Newar' sfirst fruit of the German ewark, in Which Mr. Nordt is a senior class, ROMAN CAI The Catholic priest o: Dorr, Allegan county, M.ch., had a row witn two Of the members of 118 church, & Sabbath or wo ago, and las since settled with them tor $108. The tronule grew out ola con- troversy lie had with the men avout sending their children to the public schools, Lrhey maitained their right todo this, and he assaulted them, tor which he Was prosecuted and pumsied, yh Gross, of Savannah, Ga., in Now York for a brief vacation, to rest and recuperate, Rev, i. M. do Pauw, of Chateaugay, N, ¥,, bas member of the I's church, one of | just returned ‘rom an extensive health tour in Eu. ¢ rope. The renovation of the Newark Cathedral 1s rapidly progressing. Archbishop Bayley has prom- ised to be present at the consecration of the Cathe- drai next St. Patrick’s Day. The toliowing appointments of assistant pricsts, changes, &c., have recently been made iu the diocese of Brookly! Rey. J. Nash to St. Patrick's, Rev. H. land to the Visitation, Kev. J. Hogan to St. Joseph's, Rev. J. J. Cougniin to Our Lady of Mercy, Rev. L. Toner to the Star of the Sea, Rev. P. McGuire to St. Paul's, Rey. P. O'Neill to St. Anne’s. The ioilowing reverend gentiemen have been transierrea :—Rev. W. Connelly {rom St. Paul's to St. Anthouy’s, Rev. D. Sheehy: from the star of the Sea to St. Augustine's, The Jollowing have been granted a vacation:— Key, Thomas Reilly, of St. Anne’s; Rey. Fatuer McHugh, oi St. Joseph's, and Kev. Felix O'Cal- legban, of the Star of the Sea, A Roman correspondent of the Boston Pilot writes concerning the degradation of Catholic churehes in Italy by the government and people thatin Naples the Church of San Martino, one of the rivhest charches in the world inrespect to Marbies, statues, mosaics and paintings, has be- come ainuseum, Jn Verugia one church 1s turned into a picture gallery, the aitar torn op and pic. tures from convents and monasteries and churches bung around the walls; anoth is used as a hay loit. In Foligno the grand old Church of the Dominicans, with its Gotme wheel widows, is turned into @ stable tor cavalry horses. ‘The corner stone for the new Catholic church at Dunbar, Pa., was laid June 21. The Catholic congregations at Smithtown (Haup- page), L. i, are ouliding a new church south of their old one. BAPTIST. Jn Philadelpnia twenty-five years ago there were 28 Baptist churches, with °7,000 members and $800,000 of church property; now 50 churches, 15,000 members and $3,000,000 of BROnAENT: ‘The Dudley Street Baptist church in Boston Bonds bas just succeeded in paying offa debt of $12,500, Rey. Alfred Taylor, the Sunday school worker, will spend bis vacation at Sea Cliff, Rey. C. &. Taylor, of Normal, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church ut Pontiac, Livingston county, N. Y. Rey. Dr. Moore, of Washington avenue Baptist ehiren Brooklyn, will spend his summer vacation in Europe. Madison University has just conierred the degree of D. D., upon Rev. Jonu Peddie, of Philadelphia; Ke W. Lasher, Secretary Baptist Educauonal 0c : Rev. J. Rv Baumes, editor; Revs, L. J. Matteson and H. A. Cords, of New Jersey. MISCELLANEOUS, The New York Classis met last Monday and or- janized anew Kelormed Church at High Bridge, | Rev. N. P. Gilman has resigned tne charge of the First Universalist parish in Scituate, Mass., ana Rev. G. H. Hosmer has resigned the pastorate of the Unitarian cnurch at Bridgewater. Last Sunday Rev. Jolin Du Bois, of Middleport, N. Y., was instituted pastor of the Reformed Dutch churen, at Cuddiebdack vilie, Ny Kev. Dr. Inglis and family, of Bropklyn, go to Europe tor thre months. Rey. Dr. William M. Taylor, of the Broadway Tabernacle, in tuis city, Will sail on the Ist of July -| for bis early home inthe Highiands ot Scotlaud, remaining tiere until October. He will preach ms last sermon belore his departure to-day, which Will be the twenty-first anniversary of his ordina: tion to the ministry. ‘Tne State street and Elm place Congregational churches of Brooklyn are again proposing to con- solidate, and the Key. L ©. Meserve, ol the former, having resigned,and the Rev. Mr. Clark, of the latter, being called elsewhere, the time seems op- portune, The State street church was organized in 1848 and the Elm place churen ten years ago, Dr. Leovara Bacon, President of the late Congre- gattonal Council, in this week's Independent Wihittles Mr. ‘thomas G. Shearman’s letter, in ree sponse to # former article of Dr, Bacon on the Ply- mouth controversy, so as to make the clerk or Ply- mouth church appear in the light either of a fool or @ talsifer, NATIONAL CAMP MEETING. _ Haps and Mishaps at the Encampment. STERLING JuNorioN, Mags, June 26, 1874. This camp ground 18 avout @ quarter of a mile from the railroad station, up & beautifal avenue shaded upon either side with large trees, The gravel road 1s well gradod, mak- iug the walk a delightiul one upon & warm day. Ag one ascends the hill he sees before him all that attracts the attention at any other modern encampment, When one arrives at the preacner’s Stand he sees seats with backs to them, sufficient in number to seat thousands, The grove is on a hillside, and the shelter is excellent and water pure and abundant. There are about 109 cottages, 30 church tabernacle tents, which will hold about 200 each, 20 Jamtly tents—in all about 100 tents. There is a restaurant and dining tent, which will seat about 600 persons at atime. A large bakery and grocery are upon the ground. A few rods northwest of the encampmentis a beauti- ful little sheet of water, calied Lake Waushacum. The pavilion tent will comfortably seat 3,000 per sons. It is a gilt of the Methodists of Baltimore to the National Association, At the’ opening services on the 17th inst. Presiding Eider R. N. Fellows, of the Worcester district, welcomed the National Association, and Rev. J. S. Inskip responded on behalf of his confréres and followed 1t with a ser- mon on the Pentecostal gathering—Acts, it., 1. Revs. J. A. Wood of Madison; Father Coleman, of the Troy Conference; Rev. Jotun Allen, of Maine—a well known camp meeting character, who, from the number of camp meetings that he has attended (244) , is familiarly known as Camp Meeting John; | | ter, whose preaching produced a powerlul effect. Rev. J. A. Lansing, of Nashville, Tenn.; Rev. b. Hariow, of Bristol, R. 1; Rev. W. McDonald. Rev. A. McLean, Rev. Dr. Lowery, Rev. W. H. Boole and other clergymen have preached during the progress of the meeting. The keynote of every sermon has been Holiness to the Lord. A large number of converts and of sanctified souls are re- ported as the result. HARD TIMES AT CAMP MEETING. People who imagine that we have easy times at camp meeting may as well undeceive themselves, Most of those who are here have come to “work for God,” and they work like beavers. There is nothing of what Jona Hay calls “loafing around the throne.’ The work is hard; it is honest, too, and Jaithiul, At half-past five o’clock every morn- ing prayer meeting; at etght o’clock, experience meeting; at ten o’ciock, the bell on the preacher's stand rings, anc a geucral mecting is heli in the circle; at one o’clock, a young peopte’s and children’s meeting, conducted by Mrs. Inskip; also Mrs, Lankford’s meeting, In the Worcester taber- nacle; at half-past two o’clock, another meeting takes place in the circle;:at six o'clock, Mrs, Lanktora’s meeting and the pastors’ wives at the nity tabernacie; at haif-past seven o’clo preaching before the stand and prayer meeting alter; at ten o’clock, the dell sounds again, and the ery is, “To your tents, 0, Isracl, ’ for at that hour ail lond talking must cease. This programme gives us the opportunity to hear three sermons daily, besides prayer and experience meetings “too numerous to mention.” A large number arrived on Saturday, and the in- terest increased. The Wales’ tent, occupied by parties from Stafford, Conn., was entered last nightett was cut in two places—a vest belonging to Mr. N. J. Dilworth, with its contents, consisting ofa silver watch (nunter), moncy and otier valua- bles were taken, The tent ol Mr. H. H. Bennett, of Holbard, was entered; nothing of value was+ taken. The West Brookfield tent was also cut in several places, but nothing was taken. 4 man, evidently a tramp, was followed up the raliroad and arrested by Officer Comings, but nothing was founa upon him to warrant his detention. The morning prayer meetings at halffpast five and eight o'clock were conducted by Rev. W. T. Harlow, of Bristol, R. 1, and Rev. J. A. Wood, of Mauison, N. subdject—“Self Consecration,” closing with prayet lor individual cases presented. President Inskip, at tae opening of tae me cordially invited ministers of all denominations to take seats on tie platiorm during all the meeungs, saying that he was obliged to give a general invi- tation, a8 ne did not know who were present, they being strangers to him. CHMISTIAN TESTIMONY MEASURED. I-past five A. M. prayer meeting on Son- as conducted by Rev. S. Coleman, Subdjer sonal Holiness and How to ct ft’? The . meeting love feast, conducted by Foote. In one hour and forty minu ty-nine verses ¥ sung, thirty § Scriptuve and 2 es OF personal expe ence were given. v's discourse, pass two P.M, on Sunday, from 1. Ties ve , 4, Was considered the ablest t delivered of the ground up to the H. Boole, Wo preached in t however, considered the ablest sped campment, Mis manne eusy, lis ilastrations potted, his body elastic, and be folds tus audience bound. In response to his appeal more than ent forward for prayers, and a gi expressed the velief that then and. the found salt saivation. On Monday the services were similar to those of previous days, Save tat in the evening President 1uskip delivered a short address instead of a ser mov, During his remarks the audience shouted, cried, laughed and Jouked on in amazement, tor he was ail over the platiorm, jumping, shouting and praying, Alter the discourse many went Jor+ ward to be prayed for. At the ten o'clock service on Tuesday Mr, Boole , in this same city, | | in America, who have responded favorably. | broke over the camp. Canvas over the dining hall una restaurant and | | President delivered a financial exhortation, $800, which was promptly raised. The sermon Was preaclied by Rev. Jonn E. Searles, of Brookiyn, The afternoon sermon, by Rey. J. A. Wood, of Madison, N. Y., was followed by an exuortation by Mr. inskip, after which avout 300 persons went Jorward seeking justification and sanctification. Just as this meetiny closed at five o'clock. and the people had dispersed to their tents and cottages, A TERRIFIC THUNDER STORM Preachers’ stands, small tents, fences, trees and sheds were tojured more or less by the hurricane, A number of ladies and gentlemen were to the pavilion at the time the storm came up, and rap out in haste. Messrs. Barker Brothers were at their post and were trying as hastily as possible to loosen the ropes, but the howhug Wind waiied not, but broke down upon them im fury, blowiu,: about the heavy two-inck plank, cainp-chairs, &c., and in a moment it careened, twirled aroupa, snapped ropes, large poies und all and Jeli with a tremendous crasu, covering the Barker Srothers. They immediately got out the best they could. inskip and other members of the National Association, with friends, were on hand, but no haman power could Prevent tne catastrophe. Before tie rain had stopped Key. Mr. {uskiy stood upou arock and | commenced take up @ coilection for repairs, and before many moments Nad passed away there Was $350 subscribed, a suMcient amount to repair all damage. Lue pavilion was new, except we ropes and ung. It would seat avout 3,000 per- sons and cost the Methodists of Baltimore, who presenred it, $1,200. The ropes ave wany or them broken, and there are bad rents in tie cany: vut the damage can be easily repaired, The lary shed at the depot, flied with macoinery, &c., be- longing vo the Boston, Clinton aud Fitchbarg Katl- road was blown down, breaking ail before it, The building tg about 160 feet jong and 86 tect wide. ‘The etfects of the storm and EVIDENCE OF NARROW ESCAPES are seen in every direction, The tent of “Camp Meeting Jolin’ (Rey. J. Allen), of Matue, barely escaped destruction, A large tree near by was torn up and fell toward his tent, lodging in the branches of another tree as it fell. In another tent @ lady remarked, “Let us pray,’’ and immediately bowed before a chair in rout of her. Just at that moulent the hurricane struck the camp and a large limb came crashing through the tent and one end Tested ou the chair belore her, Had sne remained where she was, she would probabiy have been killed. ‘The Webster and Oxiord tents also barely escaped being crashed by a fallimg tree. evening train was starting Jor Ayer Junction yes- terday a judy jell between the cars while 1 mo- on. Several men sprang to the rescue, aud she escaped with slight bruises, Sle Was trying to get off and juruped into a pile of trunks and fell buck- wards between the cars, Her escape was almost Miraculous. Prayer meetings Were held in a num- ber of the clures tavernacies, Jor as the large pa- vilion was down it could not be used any more at present, Rey, Father Coleman preached in the Worcesier tavernacie, ‘The regular meetings, at hall-past five and eight o'clock A. M., on Wednesday, Were held at (he Worcester tabernacie, conducted by Caup Meeting John and Mrs, Lanklord. ‘Tne service at the stand at ten o'clock, was largely attended. Many came to see what the storm hdd done yesterday. ‘The sermon Was preached by the Rev. Charles Munger, of Maiue. THE NEXT NATIONAL CAMPMEKTING. At a special meeting o! the National Association, it Was agreea to hold their uext meeting at Old Orchard Beach, Me., to begin on the 12tn of Aus gust. It will be tocir twentieth National Camp Meeting. Old Orchard Beach 13 on the Bostou and Bong Railroad, nine miles irom tue city of Port- a nd. ‘The half-past five and eight o'clock prayer meet- ings, on Thursday, helore the stand, were conducted by Rey. Father Coleman, and will ‘be loag remem- bered by those present. There was a meen, con- ducted at eight o’clock by Mrs. Lankford, ot Brook- lyn, N.Y. At the ten o'clock service President Inskip Stated that the extra expense of the Local Asso- ciation called for ® contribution of $500, Tuere Was $850 raised towards mecting the deficiency Upon the spot. A temperance meeting was hela at one o’ciock, and, alter addresses had been der Uyored by Mr, and Mrs, Boole, Rev, Mr, Wolls, of Cincinnat, and Mr. Perkins, of Philadephia, thirty: two Worcester women, dinetcen of Whom were members of u praying band, related their experi. eNces In Visiting the saloo: and talking to the rumsellers and drunkards, More than seventy> fve women arose thereatter aud consecrated themselves to God as temperance crusaders, On Friday morning, at eight o'clock, THE CLOSING EXERCISES took place by holding a love feast before the stand. It consisted of singing, prayer, repeating thirt: Bix different passages of Scripture by dulerent in- dividuais, elnging twenty diferent hymus and 127 testimonies. Covenant prayer was duilvered by President Inskip; singing Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;” Benediction, pronounced by Rey. Father Geunison, aged eiguty-four years, of Natick, Mass., the oldest minister in the New Eng- land Coalerence. Thus ended the nineteenth Na- tional Camp Meeting. CAMP MEETINGS FOR 1874. Great Gatherings in Round Lake, Ocean Grove, Sea Cliff, Donville, Martha’s Vineyard, Chautauqua Lake and Else- where — Programme for July and August. The season for camp meefings has come, and soon the Methodists of this and other cities will shake out their tents and pack their lunch baskets and hie them away, by railroad and steamboat, to the several camp grounds around New York and beyond, These mectings originated in the West in the year 1769, in this wise:—fwo brothers, by the pbame of McGee, one a Presbyterian minister and the other a Methodist, went to attend ao sacramental service with the Rev. Mr. Gready, @ Presbyterian minister of West Tennessee. The two McGees preached, and were lollowed by Rev. Mr. Haye, a Presbyterian minis, Three clergymen leit the house; but the McGees remained tu see the saivat.on of God. The people gathered in such numbers that the church could not contain them. This drove trem into the forest, Where they were compelled to camp ou which they did, worsaipping God nignt and day. ‘The different denominations, seeing that God was in the movement, gave it their countenance; but one alter another withdrew, until it was leit almost exciusively a Methodist institution—since which time they have used it to good purposes. Akin to the camp meetiogs are che ordinary grove mectings, without the*encumbrance of tents, | the people dwelling in booths, as did Jacob and his family io ages past. There is scarcely a cou. terence in the Methvdist Episco,,al Church that has not at least one of those meetings every year, and many of them have two or three camp grounds and as many gatherings each seasou. For in- stance, three meetings will be held at Sea Clif this year and two at Ocean Grove, near Long Branch, and a prolonged meeting of all classes and families of Methodists at Round Lake and one or two ata score oi places around and beyond this city and State, Rev. Dr, Talmage, of Brooklyn, ina late issue of is paper, a why not have ail our churches and denominations take a summer airing? The breath of the pine woods or a wrestle wita the waters would, he thinks, put an end to everything like morbid — religion, One reason wiiy the apostles had such heaithy theology is that they went a fishing. Dr. Tal- mage would hike to see the day when we will have Presbyterian camp meetings and Episcopalian camp meetings and Baptist camp meetings and Congregational camp meetings, or, what would be still better, when, forgetiul of ali r distinctions, we could have a Church Uni- al camp meeung. He would like to help plant the tent pole for such a convocation. YHY GREAT CAMP MEETING OF 1874 will be held at Round Lake, N. Y., com- mencing July 8 and continuing two weeks. Fol- lowing hard on the General Conierence of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, it is expected to advance the fraternal feelings between North- and Southeru Methodists that were there so arkably manulested, riy last fall invitations sent out to the representative men of the Methodist Episcupat Church, Methodist Eptscopal | Chureh, South, Methodist Protestant Church, the Methodist Church, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Canada; Methodist Episcopal Church, Canad: Congregational Methodist Church, African Method- Ist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Colored Methodist Episcopal Churc These representatives are not supposed nor exper talk or p 1 About fratermization or ors unton, but their fellowshipping together for a foit- hight or longer will do auch more towa desired end than many sermons aud exhortations, isnop Janes, of this city, 1m giving the gathering bis sanction and agreemg to de present and assist | the presiding elders in the conduct of the meeting, t many | they had | has declared that the discussion of this topic would not be in harmony witn the character and services of the occasion; and he hopes the sub- ject will not even be mooted in social conversation on the ground, As the assembling will be volun- tary the parties present will have no octal au- thority, and cannot commit the churches to which they belong, The proposition is for the ministers and members of these different Methodist churches to assemble and work and worship together as though ther all bolonged to one and As the | | The large paviiion tent, the | j228* they all may be one,” é&c. and asked for | the same Church. Not to talk about fraternity, but to enjoy it; not to plan for it, but to practise it—to “behold how good and pleasant it is tor brethren to dwell together in unity.” Whatever tends to the spiritaal unity of the Church 1s eva: Belical and, the:clore, important or useful, and fortoers the answer of tue Saviour’s interc: Besides Bishop Janes (who will préside at the meetiugs), Bishops Simpson, Scott, Ames, Peck, Haven, Foster and Andrews of the Merhoudist Episvopal Church; Bishops Kavanagh, Pierce, Doggett and Wightman, of the Methodisce tscopal Charen, south; Bishop Clinton, of the colored Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Bishup Miles, of the African Zion Chuich; Bishop Camp , of the Airicau Meth. odist Church; Bishop Kichardson and Rev. J. Gardner, of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada, together with Drs, Webs! and Poisal, of Baltimore; Dr. Clarke, of Pittsburg; Key. E, Tucker, of Alabama; Dr. McFerrin, Mis- Slonary Secretary ; ex-Governor Pietrepont, of ima, and Wavy Other eminent ministers and Ja; hien of tie Methodist name, Nortu, South, East and Wes' WHEN THESE GROUNDS WERE OPENED. Six years ago Round Lake Grove was opened as acamp ground, In that short period its reput: tion has become national; tis Dame has a signill- cauce wherever Methodisin has achurch. Every year it Las grown in savor and the numbers who attend its camp services have increased. It is easy Of access, and 1s scarce an hour's ride by rati- Toad Irom the’ cities of Albany, Cohoes and Troy and ail the northern villa upon the Rensselaer aud > last season abroad, Since been very near! trebled in s! ‘arm and land on th horth aud east of the old grounds of the assccta- Uon, coniprising all told 120 acres, have deen pur- cuased, Ths newly acquired land hos a divers: ficd suriace, contains the most eligible sit for villas and cottages, aud is being rapidly occu. | pied. Another tract of land, comprising fifteen acres on the west side of the rallroad track, bas also been purchased, and will be used lor various purposes. An eleyant and commodious depot hus | een Dulit at Round Lake station. Lt 1s of galvan- ized iron, and cost nearly $10,000, A freignt de- pot is to be built convenient to it. A tel pr office is also Open on the grounds and mails arrive | and depart with tue utmost regularity. A con- | siderable humber of bew cottages are in process | oferection, and the Association have adopted a plau whereby churches in one neighborhood can ave neatly titted tavernacies or prayer tents ata mere nowlnal cost. Tue purchase of the Corp farm has given tne Association a frontage on the luke of over halt a mile, New aveunes, leading from ail the principal portions of the ground to the West shore of the lake, have been laid out. ‘These approaches ofer the only available means of reacalng this beautiiul water. The lake was last winter stocked With 20,000 saimon tout, and this new suppiy, together with former provisions, 1n- sures srood fishing, A sufficient supply ol new and trim built boats for those who desire to sail over the translucent ers ol the lake has been pro- vided. It is said that NO SVOT ON EARTH IS MORE LOVELY than Round Luke on a mooulignt night. It is in- tenued in due time to erect bathhouses and to provide other facilities tor batoiug. ‘Lhe drive are very viting. One, embracing a cireuit ot tiv inlies, over a periectly level road, extendas around the iake. Another leads through’ Dunning street to Ballston, SiX miles, and alsu to Saratoga, twelve miles. Another desirable drive is that to Jones- ville, a very pretty village two and a half niles distant, Ample space is reserved by the Associu- tion Jor tenting purposes, so that those who muy not have cottages can occupy teats and enjoy all the advantages ot Round I. About $110,000 ha been already expended in purchasing and de- veloping the grounds of the Round Lake Camp Meeting Association. All the earnings of the Asso- elation are being expended in beautilying tue grounds, The receipts of the Association las: were $27,452 31 and the disbursements $6: 66, Thore ig a debt, bonded and floating, of $25,255 35 on the grounds, Excursion tickets, at a discount, wil! be sold by most of the raiiroad and steamboat routes, raaseniers are landed onthe grounds, and tuus avoid the expense and annoyance o1 omnibus lares, &c, Friday, sty 8, 18 Bppointed as a day of prayer And tasting that this meeting may be attended by the awakening, converting and sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit, OCEAN GROVE CAMP GHOUND, Ocean Grove wili rank, perhaps, next to Round Lake camp this yoar, It is more convenient to tne fasntonable Long Branch than Round Lake is to Saratoga, Iis great physical ieature is the suri bathing, which is excellent. Fishing 1s one of the pleasant pastimes of tho saints between sere Vices, aud the catch is sometimes sbuncant and large. Fish 18, thereiore, the cheapest article of food that can be had on the camp ground, The wonders Oi the ocean, the picturesque beauty of the lakes, and shady retreats of the Grove, and the purity of the moral atmosphere, aud the services of the camp ground all tend to attract settlement and within a lew years the vicinity of Ocean Grove will be a Christian city, Already a permanent village of about 300 inhabitants has been estadlisned within three miles of the camp grove. It 1s an off- Shoot of the Grove. Besides, several families re- side in the Grove througnout the year. Between 300 and 400 cottages have been erected in the Grove, and during the past year the waiks have been improved and the lakes and the beach beau- Half a dozen hotels on the grounds and ent thereto furnish boarding accommodations to all who seek this ocean summer retreat. ‘Two meetings will be hetd at Ocean Grove tus year. The first, Jor the promotion of holiness, wilt com- mence July 16 and continue ten days, The second will open August 14 and continue the same length of time. The principat objection to Ocean Grove tor New Yorkers ts the diiculty ot reaching 1t and the time consumed in getting there. The sail to sandy Hook is unobjectionable. it is absolutely delightiui on a warm July or August day, Then a ride ol three quarters of an hour on the steam ich Is bearatle when the cars are as they very olten are in sum- cars to Long b not Loo crowde mer, But the wo. nd partly over tue provi In very dry weather every nook and corner of the human body 1s filed with the dust trom these roads, and ia Wet weather the distance 1s doubied and trepied by the tume consumed, so that three and a half or jour hours is hot an uncommon time to spend on those seven mules of country roads. ‘The r (New Jersey Southern) and camp wieeting authori- ues pro: however, to ties witnin w 12 valk OF the grounds in a short time. Vor two years the same promise has been held out, but its fuintment 1s nardl, nearer to-day, partly 0 Ocean Park, adjoining the camp ke, ig growing into a permunent place den rhe Ocean Gro} WMiudl Meeting OL the trustees of S held on tae ground June 3, wheo Governor Parker anu other State dignitaries were present. A dinner w d Rud addresses were made by several of the gentlemen present, and the programme for this summer's campaign against sin Was agreed upon. LPF CAMP GROUND. ip ground that must ulti to New Yorkers and Brook- ut to the city (cwenty-taree sun and shade, with grove and lea. ciently elevated (ueariy 200 1eet) to secure the Ireshest breezes that biow over laud or water, and irom some of its loitier peaks 2 eye Can it is sum. weep, emoracing paris of Connectt- Jer and the mtervening main- » between the Sound and jand of tie Hudson. 3 along the souad irom Whitestone to sea Clit are the re- sort of the several t squadrons of this city and Staten Island during the suinm i nd it prettier sight tm- agined than on the V can ol these ny eralt Ww skippig) x over tle picid Sound, or togevier i a sort o: Hie dea Cull House, a first class hotel the clit’s, has accommodauon, at reas mable rat Jor 4.0 gues arge of Mr. H. M. Cun pedored “The nacle, 5,000 persons, and e 7 siluated on a igh blu exten, splendidsy ligated y and seated With the lavest imp. ov tices. Anew chapel tor small nigetings has just been opened, veral lot owners have pul up during the year neat anu EXPE! and many Battershall 1s pleted, which SIVE COTTAGES ON THE GROUNDS, | in process of erection, Mr. ipying a fine cottage, just com- rb $14. 000. Rev, S. Inskip nas another just shea which cost $10,000, Mr. J. Lawrence, rooklyn, and Mr. J. H. Wood, of New Yor! ut up cottages that have cost abont $3 1. Oluer cottages less pr ete nd less costly are going up also, but t ot be ready for this season. Mr. d. B. of Brooklyn, is putting up a cott. bout $8,000, and which will be r next samme’. The camp gro ride of an hour and a road, and abour two hou » the Assuciation’s steamer, and eral Sede wie the Seawanaka of the regu line to ¢ which stop a Ci Jock going and retarn- rhe « os New York in the morn- Fand sea Chil in the aiterncon, The seawan aves New York in the aiternoon and Sea It 1s desig trips bi Chat the next morning. Seugwick two round n those potut during the excursion and ¢ Neely SeusuL rnvee € Ty be held at sea this yeu July nd closing | August be a German gather- Ang, ON August TL also ten da which, on August er meet and ve sustained tor am equal pe meeting Will be Under th Citection Of s skipand McDouald, evangelis's of holiness. ING SING ILETGUTS, The torty-sece annual camp meeting will be held on this venerable ground next August, com- mencing on the Isth and closing ten days later, No more beautiful or salubrious grove can be found within reasonavle distance trom New York but the ascent irom the boat landing or ratlroad depot is more than the rest of the journey by boat or by rail. Ibis @ long and Weary road to waik up one hill after another, terrace npon terrace, for more than @ milo irom the river front; but there ts. far less danger walking than riding. The joiting and tossing in country wagons and stages is cnough to knock the rheums _atism oUt of one's bones if he has tt. and into ssion, | Which are situated | wolish railroad facil. | y auy | grove, from which it is separated only by Fievcher | resi. | ¢ , by boats or cars, ‘The | Sail Up the Sound 1s one of the p antest imagin- avle. ‘The ground ttsell is amply supplied with e in @ vision of more than twenty miles ina | multary order and precision, | to ran the | them if he ras it not, A year th ap Pecuace | added & plot of ten acres to foie camp grouod, | aud this bas been cut up into lots and sold to coe tage dwellers, wio have aiready begun to build thereon. The dimoulty of reaching Sing Sing cainp ground and \s5 freedom from fashionapié and immoral uisences, which sometimes creep into other resorts, bas inade this spot a favorite place with all those woo seek ro combine physical recreation WIth spiritual improvement. The meet ings this year wiil be under the atrecuon of Pre- siding Elders Brown, 0! this district, and Crawe ford, of Poughkeepsie district. “sammy” Hale stead’s praving band Will conduct the services on Sunday, August 16, and s0 prevare tne campers for the Services that shall-foliow. A convenient Jodging house has been erected on the rounds, in which rooms can be rented Jor $1 50 to $3 a day. | Lodgings in tents cost Mity cents @ night and board | $1 25 per day. | MOUNT TABOR, DENVILLE, N. J. The camp ground at Denville is assuming signe | Of live. Piots have been arranged of half an acre each to be sold at private sale jor summer sojourn, Families ure already moving there jor the summer, ‘The camp ground is thirty-four miles from New York, on the Deiaware, Lackawanna and Westero Kailroad, amony the mountains oi New Jersey. It is weli wooded and watered, and the farmers around furnisn an abundant supply of fresh food v not be surpassed lor Its roads and ave- ces on the mountain sare a su sion of ter side, cach Named aiter some prominent Methodist, | living or dead, For the past five years there had | not been puolic pre: ing on the grounds durin, the Dbaths because of a prohibition of tne ark Conierence, in whose bounds and under whose auspices the camp meete lugs are heid annuaily, Last tall the trustees of the camp ground on their part protested against this provrbition and asked the Conference to consent that public preaching mignt be held there on the bbath. The ground bas been partly jenced 19 ice last year, and the meadow land above hag been cut up into one quarier and haif acre lots, ta be reuted or sold to cottage builders. Board may be had ‘here tor $1 or $1 50 a day, and sleepil accommodations, fifty cents, seventy-live cents an glanight, Lhe camp meeting will open July and continue ten days; but there are a great many lamules Ou the ground aiready and very many Will remain there until September. Trains each way stop at the ground during the summer. Every+ Unng needed jor comfort at camp meeting or for summer sojourn is jound on the ground. Water from living springs near every lot, Lake ice stored on the ground, Mountain air, charming landscapes and rorai quiet characterize ‘the place. si ND. rly at the extreme end en itand Connecticut. 18 from New York, and 1s reached by railroad twice aday and vy steamer once in twenty-four hours irom this city, 1t is, however, ssibie from many towns of Connectle cut, The island is one of the most romantic and picturesque within e distance of the city. Pore tions of the grounds sivpe down to the level of the Water, While others ascend to aitivudes ranging froui ten to two hundred Jeet, the greater portion bemg covered with fire lorest trees. The view trom “Lookout Point’ is peculiarly grand. ‘To the north, and across Shelter Island Sound, les Greenport, rd, OU Lhe main land, 18 the town ot Orient, Yo the west 18 Southold, and to the south is Sag Harbor, a city of 100¢0 or 12,000 Inhabitants, Northward, across the Sound, is Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut River, and eastward, bee youd Gardiner’s Bay, is seen Gardiner'’s Isiand, Beyond sag Harbor is seen Southampton, on the Atlantic shore. Tue camp meeting Will open here about August 17, MARTHA’S VINEYARD CAMP. The meeting at this well known tsland resors will commence on Monday, August 24. The Vine yard may be reached by Stonimgton steamers, Shore Line, New Haven, Middletown and Wille mantic Air Line, or Albany and Worcester to Prove idence or Boston; Neptune steamers to Providence, Fall River or Newport, New Bedford, or steamers trom New York tor Portland, which touch at th The accommodations and cost of the same are about equal to the best to be found at any camp ground, BUTTONWOOD BRACH, R. & Other denominations, seeing the advantages camp meetings or Christian summer re some kind, are looking in the direction of De Ushing such places for themselves, While ¢ Methodigis have glorified Martha's Vineyard the Baptista are StHOR Up, a camp ground on Burtone wood Beach, on the Warwick shore of what is known as Cowesett Bay, A beginning has beep made already, and, while they do not announce any get time for meetings, religious services will Dé heid there all the summer Jor those who may ree sort thither, The grounds are beautifully lata out, and enough cottages are alroady built to give the This camp ¢ of Long Island. face the @ppearunce and air ofa villaze. The reezes irom the bay are refreshing, and the bathing in its waters 18 excellent and’ healthiuL on rude visitors may be members of a congree eeion of 200 to 300, in a pleat chapel, the chil ren in the Sunday School, and Christian prayer meetings during the week; thus combining need ful, health-giving recreation with privileges se curing them against the spiritual dissipation and loss which is 80 commonly tae bane of summer resorts. MERRICK CAMP GROUND. Merrick Station, on the South Side Ratlroad of Long Istand, is abopt twenty-three miles irom the city. In a finely wooded and watered plain, about amile trom the station, the camp grove 18 situ- | ated. The groves in al that section are covered with whortleberry shrubs, which in camp meeting season furnish both pleasure and proiit to the children and young people who resort thither. There is a pleasant sheltered waik through the | groves trom the depot to the camp ground, and Stages run thither on the arrival of every train, The ground ts handsomely latd out, and the preache ers’ stand and around tt 1s supplied with a patent | gas, which burns very freely in the air, furnishing aciear and steady light and free irom disagrees abie odors, od water and an abundant supply | of it may be found wherever a man chooses to sirike his rod deep enougn, aud many cottage owners have pumps 1n their cellars or beside thetr S| houses, while others «un go to the public pumps nt obtain all they ad without price, Th Jsarmers furnish tresi od, both of fish and flesh and vegetables, every day. The meeting opens there August 4 CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING. Besiues the regutar camp meetings, Dr. J. Hy t, the silver trumpet of Sabbath Schoolism, la falmage calls him, is marshalling a meetto, jor the banks of Chautauqua Lake, which wil provably be the grandest religious picnic ever held since the 5,000 sat down on the grass and had @ surplus of provision to take home to those who were too stupid to go, From the arrangement being made for that Meeting in August we judge there Will be SO much consecrated enthusiasm that there may be danger toat some morning, as the ‘rikes gloriously through the ascending mist 5 Iriends may all go up in a chariot o1 fire, ieaving our Sunday Schools in @ bereit condition. | These are ali tae more important camp gathers | ings of ti son, But there are many more of miuor importance to this section, Among them Inay be mentioned that at Sterling Junction, Mess., | with which tue National Camp Meeung Assoclation | began their campaign on the 177h mst, and which | closed on Friday evening. A letter from that ce Will be jound in anorner columa, | MISCELLANEOUS MEETIN( Acamp meeting will be held at Rehoboth Beach, Del., commenciug July 14; another at Waste | Ington Grove, on the Metropolitan Rauroad, D. Oy commencing August 6 and continuing over two poaths; at Chicamacomico, N, C., July 21; at See 4); at Sliver Lak Y., over ‘& will preside, August 19; on the Camp Ground, near Barosboro, N. August 19; at Emporia, Kansas, August 11; a8 Wace Mo., August 26 Jamesport, Le ly want without mone: N August on the Seashore Camp Ground, Biloxt, Miss., July 24; at Wesley Grove, near Baltimore, August t Wesley Grove, Orange county, N. Y.y August 1 hich Valiey, near Lebighton, Pa., 4 Heiznts, Pa., July 21; at Cam: iat Landisvilte, at Cheste a union Nag » AUZUSE 4} |} at Hurio unty, | Md. s Voit, Va, August 7; al oro, N. d., August 10: at Dan- 2; at Braudywine Summit, Pa, Ke Blut, Lake Ontario, Nae | onal Local Preachers’ meeting, August 18; a® barnsboro, N. J. August 19; at Indianapolis, Ind., Twentieth National Camp Meeting, August 19; at Plainville, Coun., August 24; at Acton, ind. | August 11; Joliet, IIL, September 2 A meetin; | hear St. Louis, which commenced on the 18th inst., | hus fust closed. | Here Is list of forty camp meetings, all save two of which (just closed) will be held durin; tug next two months. Surely, the Methodists love toworstip in the woods and to send up thetr shouts of joy and gladness irom the temples not made with hands. Of those meetings in our vicite ity something more wul be written hereaiter. | THIRTY-FOURTH STREEL SYNA- GOGUE. + Isracl an Eyesorc to the Nations Because of Monotheism=Sermon by Dr. Vid ver. Rarely except on feast days is such a congreg® tion found in the synagogue on Thirty-fourth Street, Near Sixth avenue, as was there yesterd: ‘the prompting cause was soon discovered. On Sand lith inst., Dr, Vidaver received a telegram irom San Francisco announcing nis unantmous election as rabbi of one of the largest congrega: tions there. He was offered $5,000 a year for threa | years and a house free of rent and other per- He considered the matter, and before ae responded a second telegram came across the Continent pressing him to accept at once and go | thither, On Thursday iast, therefore, he tendered | his resignation to his present congregation. The officers of the society, however, refused to ace cept. it anti they could lay it before a | Congregational meeting, which is to be held in the synagogue to-morrow evening to do cide whether the Doctor shall be allowed to leave New York or not. The resignation having been offered, tt was understood tnat Dr, Vidaver wou'd preach his farewell sermon yesterday, and mem- bers and strangers, Jews and Gentiles, were out to hear his parting words, But, penaing the de