The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-06-25
NEW YORK SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 49, ls4s
Efempstead.
ICorrespondence of the Herald. ]
Hampstead. l.. A.. June

Hampstead.
ICorespondence of the Heraid.l
HAMPSTEAD, l.. l., June TO- 1913
The Mlerites an Tents on Long Isand-A Spy IN
The Camp OF Israel Orgies OF the Fdnatics-4
Night with the Brethren IN the Strdw- Terrific
Struggle for Grace, Glory, and SanctJ fcation-
Morning Prayer. Meeting-Retuemen Of Depo-
nent IN Disgust
To THE EDITOR OF THE New YORK HERALD
The end of all things is surely at hand. True,
the redheaded comet, with his tail whiskng hall
way across the universe, has cleft for parts un-
known" without further damage than the laying
up of Father Miller among the killed and wounded;
and the recent earthquakes have abandoned the
work of demolition half accomplished, in the West
India islands; and the shower of birthstone at Bal
timore on the 23d April, was not followed by the
dread blast of Gabrels Kent buge; but still the
faithful disciples of the immaculate prophet, stand
resolved, that
"In Eighteen hundred forty three,
Will be the year OF jubilee"
A portion of the Mileutes are now IN encampment
on Long Island, within mile Of this village. Ar
rived at the ground at six in the afternoon yester
day, accompanied from Brooklyn by Brother Fitch,
and others of the brethren in the cars. Encamp-
ment in beautiful grove OF oaks and huckberrles,
and made up of nine large tents forming two sides
of square, with the preachers stand on the third
side, fronting the area within, which Is appropriated
to seats for the congregation, with spacious avenues
at the sides, and broad aisle down the centre we
had scarce arrived within the sacred square OF ana-
ticlsm, when benevolent brother recommended us
to the boarding tent,were temporal refreshments
were to be had of half the quality and double the
prices of Costing of Nassau street, vet these refresh
ments were "good what there was OF them and
plenty such as there was " GIVE glory to God,
brother, for these blessings. He sends them free,
and our charges are proportion Glory to his holy
name" and the venerable bro her insisted that we
should take cup of strong Coffee for 1t will help
you. 1t will help you to pray, young brother, and
with the addition OF an egg or two you would be still
stronger for the good work. Glory to Godv' On
complying with the first branch of the brothers re,
COMMUNICATION, we walked around the tents OF
Israel. At the door of the first one approached,
group OF beautiful girls were collected, embracing
each other after the fashion Of the Graces and vbra
ting like Il bush OF roses In the evening breeze 10
the following chorus, adapted to the air OF Erin go
Bragh =
"And will sing when get the banks OF salvation
Osweet Jesus. who left all the glory of his station
To save poor sinners, of every tribe and nation
When we meet dearest sisters in the Eden OF love"
Harsh and grating gulterals proceeded from the
interior of this tentsounds resembling the suppress
ed roar of an irritated hyena; we approached the
ladies', and glance revealed the spectacle Of
young Yahoo rolling in the straw, with weird sis
ter, wrlnkled and vacant, talking to him Of faith.
'Believe have faith oh, have faith! and the Holy
Ghost will come right down and make your soul
bile over with goryr "Ah! boo-boo'bo1,oo
faith, tell you, have faith! The Lord will never
bless you if you don't have faith" In the rear OF
another tent, sitting In the leaves, with his back
against a huge stump, was another youngster, who,
from his hardy aspect, led us to suppose that he fo
lowed the water. Over him stood couple OF young
sisters, wisely keeping oil in their ampslik the tive
wise virgins OF DID, and singing from book, which
the brother of the stump held upior the purpose
'Good morning, brother preacher,
Good morning all around,
Come tell me, beseech you,
How came you to this ground;
thank patient Jesus that are Christians bound
To worship the Lord on this consecrated ground
Good morning, careless sinner,
Who dsobeys command;
Why not 6flicted7
Or why not dead and damned1
You may thank blessed Jesus who did redeem you WELL
Who pleading with the Father for to keep you out Of
Several of the brethren collecting in the prayer
meeting tent hymn was struck UP, ard forthwith
came the ED RS from various quarters hatless and
in their shirt sleeves, each bearing plank under ms
arm to accommodate the gathering crowd with
seats, and each catching the chorus, and straining
his lungs to the utmost, chanting as he drew near
the scene
''With con Fl dence | now draw nigh,
Aud Father, Alb bay Father, cry
After the hymn, vehement prayer was offered
up by tall, saowfaced, dyspeplIc-lookDg brother,
whose grizzly HAIR denoted MIN man OF experience,
and not to be trlfed with in appealing TO the Holy
Ghost. When he had concluded, Brother Jacobs
arose to an exhortation. He eploned upon his
brethren and sis,ers-for they were mixed up iHexpl
cably on the benches and in the straw-"not to
pray without an object Ged cannot answer prayer
if you know not what to pray tor. You must pray
for something definite you must have
some particular blessing to ask and you must pray
pray, pray, GLORY! glory! glory to Jesus y nightly
to God, or the world will go by the board before
I'D (.VIaQ ni anna \
Now, brethren, what do you want! Sisters, what
would you ask of the Holy Ghost" A sister rose
to her feet-a rather pretty young woman married,
we should presume, from the benevolent expression
of satisfaction which lighted her countenance, and
said very deliberately, "Well, want to go home
to New York tomorrow with my soul sanctlhed.'
wihered faced sister anted another mi slon " OF
grace into my SOUL so that may love Jesus, like
loved poor Jeems that's dead and gene - and ano-
Their frecked faced spnster, doubt Spectator at
Fulton market in lettuce and radlshes, wanted
her own soul converted, and then sanctlhed, and
then filled with glory, and she didn't care how soon
Gabriel struck up light "Halleluyerp'
CHOW that's something definite" resumed the
ministerng brother, the sisters know what they
want. What have you to say brothersP'
superatlvely republican looking brother, hard
| favored, hardhanded, and Observation-Disclosures
hard looking customer, stood up, and in the name
of the Lord proposed to edfy the sisters and breth
| New York; and whether Welsh, Mileslan, or
Scotch, we have not learned He dashed like a
Christian, however, at once into confession OF his
sins.
"Yas, was once IA graat pursekewter, (groans)
as graa in small way, as Saul of Tarshish 'praps
for rakollek once on tain, when workad Tor
Mr.. Baeman, brother you know'd all about it,
(he officiating priest here directed the attention OF
the ladies the speaker, but to Cod" fix your
attention on Cod" and the slserhood looked at the
reproving brother with tears in their eyes) Vas,
rakolek, (achowD once Of bein' at dinner, and
one of the BRETHREN goIn for TO ask blossom,
and said what you a doom OF! And ne SAID
askink blossom of God-do you think could set
down to my dinner like hog, you haythen OF the
ycarth, without giving thanks (cries OF amenD to
God 2 1t cut me to the heart, and set to
work and, and, and, yasl got the peril OF sraht
proice And then prayed for my wife, and he
cast his eyes upon dark skinned woman in the
straw and once when was laying all aloan In bad
weth me baby (here the dark.sknned woman took