Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-09-13

- Thursday Morning. Sept, Hath.
"Ths work goes br ,veiy on"
We have had a delightful time during the last two
dsys Many have been turned from the error OF
their ways to the isdom Of the us; and those that
have thss turned many to righteousness, ! have 10
doubt, will shine the stars, for ever and ever =
And il is the custom for the Herald" to do justly
and fear not and ata times to given even the dew,
his due, if he happen to behave decentiy, will
send you the names Of those who have been mainly
Instrumental in this blessed work. These the
Rev. Brother Gilbert, Brother White, Brother Os
trander, Brother Sliick, Brother Luckey, and Bro
Their Griffin This last Is q man very much admired
by the mis- cellaneous ladies at Camp Meeting, bat
very much detested at home
In order to explain this last statems nj, must give
a very brief statement of the system 81 church gov
eminent amongst the Methodsts, and by THIS II will
be seen that there is nothing ar.sucra,c or ar
bitrary upon the face Of the earth. The only hand
that the people have in the matter of church, wor-
ship, prayer piety, or costrol isto Fay the money!
they are the poor devils who do the manual labor,
and oil the springs Of the great machine of godiness
The parsons, elders, and bishops work the machine
and regulate all its movements. The whole Of the
property, (vast and valuable il s) belonging to
the great united association of American Methodists
and parsons Of the Methodist persuasion. They
regulate every thing relating to money matters and
to spiritual concerns; that is, they serve Mammon
first and God afterwards. They control all the pro-
perty receive and distribute all the money (ahoush
there arc nominal secular trustees) and station all
the ministers in the difereRt churches And al
though a congregation Of 1000 1890 persons may
DISLIKE the re sident yer much they have
no power to remove him.
case of this kind occurs in relation to Brother
Griffin whom | have mentioned above. He has
been appointed to the pastorship Of the Washington
street church, Brooklyn, by very aristocratic man,
Bishop aush; the congregation dislike him, because
they say he is hoggsh in his behaviour They ask
for some one else Bishop Waugh refuses, by sim
ply saying, +" 1t is my will and pleasure tina, Bro
Their Griffin remain All the lovely and beautiful
wemen who frequent Washington street church
drew up a remembrance against Grifin-still the
Bishop was memorable. Hence they call Waugh
the tyrant and Griffin the hog; and 1900 people in
Brooklyn are in q state of ferment amounting to
rebellion. Ia person Waugh is a repLlsve, disa-
greeable, savage looking man; he stands feet 10
has the look Of sensuaist with the tinge oil
the demon, and his hair sticking straight up on
end. Griffin is big, fat, ove-grown fellow--one
who takes the world easy, eats what is set before
him, asking no questions for conscience sake
As years of age-has a very loud and disagreeabble
voice. and a very small allowance Of talents.
And in connection with this there is another very
curious fact If bishop does much wreng;
il he commits any sin, except that against the Holy
Ghost which can never be forgiven; IL he seduce
his neighbours wife, or do any un-Methodistical
act, he cannot be punished under four years-he
cannot be removed from office Of found guilty Of
the most heinous crimes) except by the General
Conference: this emily meets once in every four
years; and this same conference is composed exclu-
sivey of clergy men, who all indebted to the BIZ
shop for favors, and are dependent entirely
them; and expect to be bishops themselves sooner
or later Under these circumstances therefore, you
will at perceive how comp etely arstocratic is
the form Of church government IN this country
amongst the Methodists. Every State in the union
has a Bishop; each state has, besides, a dozen or
sub bishops, called elders; these have each chars
Of certain number Of districts in state; to each
OF these districts circuits there attached ono
circuit, and pray without ceasing; these all
der the control Of the bishop; then again there
loo attached to particular congregations,
who are still under the control Of the bishop, hut
who resign their neracy, and their salary from the
conference: and obtain their salary more directly
from the congregation they preside over. And Of
this class is brother Griffin, tn obnoxious person
mentioned above.
Thus much for church government, and now for
the camp meeting. The weather has been most de-
lightfsl and the crowds most numerous. There has
been a succession Of fine weather, and the steam
boat from New York brought several hundred pas
sengers this morning. In addition to this the beau
tiful yeung girls from the country in to camp
meeting in carts and wagons, by hundreds. Several
steamboats, from up the river, Poaghkeepsie, Fish.
kill Peekskill, and other places have also disgorged
an immense number Of sinHers at the deck, on the
high road to Heaven. The revival here has been
tremendous. The following are the most accurate
Statistics