The New York herald., 1845-08-14

strong twig that lay covered in the sraw-threw it
with unmatched dextenty between the feet OF his
exceedingly weak in body, but strong in the armor
OF faith There he lay, not uttering word, his af
fectonate sisters and soicitous cousins weeping
over him. and watching with intense anxiety for one
blink of his eyes, without the scales Of sin-for the
welcome moments when he would awake and tell
them of his internal feelings, in that ghosty and
unparalleled struggle which ne had made tor the
honor of the cause and his souls salvation
Farther on, the noise waxed louder and louder,
and towards the points whene it proceeded we bent
our steps. Many other spectators had preceded US,
and were here and there collected groups around
the singing, praying and shouting inmates of the
tents About four or five parties in all were hard at
it-as many a hundred in one or two cases were
together In others not over score Strange,
and yet most painful, was the sight, to any
cool deliberate observer, that here presented itself
These people had ashed themselves into perfect fu-
ry. One man prayed-anon woman took his
place. II was exclaiming against nme The most
violent c,ntorons of their bodies naked the lnflec-
| tons OF speech, which assumed conversa-
tonal form with the Divinity-now in wild
| yell OF repugnance at the hatetulness of sin-n0w
walled IN plteous howngs at the last and desperate
condition OF the unrepenting-now scaling the PIN
nace Of heaven in ecstatc triumph at their victory
the combined forces OF sin, death, and hell The
hair on the ermentIng heads of these poor fanatics
stood up like the quiils of the reul porcupine, and
the dirty sweat rushed down their bedaubed cheeks
with haste that seemed to say, a better and more
worthy lodging was on the cold ground" than on
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haste to be immortal, that they forgot to be rational
| IN their hurry. Now and again the prayer came to
close he who was last beseechlng the throne of
grace IS now fairly Prostrated, and compelled to
of religious enthusiasm-that powerful stimulant
that rears the African Fetish-that aggravates the
awful Standardization of the Hindoo dervish-that
whets the edge of the Musseman's scmcter IN his
holy crusade against the Giaour-that gives eter-
nal and transcendant glow to the cherished flame of
the Gheber or Fire-worshipper OF Persla-this same
religious enthusiasm, and nothing short OF IT, Is ca
pable Of impelling men and women to undergo the
folly, fury, and melancholy madness of our camp
meeting denizens, who believe they are on the
straight road to heaven, with their backs on hell,
but whose brains in that terra incognta common
ly signifed by the phrase no place at ALL"
Another terrific scene occurred at the morning
service yesterday. An elderly person delivered
a curious medley OF lncoherent sentences on the
parable of the net In which the world is to be caught
as fsh-the good preserved, and the bad thrown
away The net, he said, was not the gospel, as some
believed, but Gods moral government OF the world
but the salient part OF his discourse was when ne
were to be cast away. o, how he did poke up the
flames of endless perdltlon-how he did strew the
way to the kingdom come with helLfre and brim
stone-how he did work to produce another salt
+ pere exposion-and faith so he did. Why, sir, the
women could hardly keep their seats, with terror
and the men looked daggers. When he told them
to look into that burning crater OF damnaton that
was blazing and foamlng away to scathe its victims
; in eternal lava, and baste them with the smoke o
their torment for ever and ever-heavens how they
did stare-what unearthly yells broke outflow ma
nv pad faces shrunk back in alright gasping for
mouthul OF air. as if the eluvia OF all this nerna
7 fuel was suffocating them already.
But enough tor the present. The Herald being
eminently commercial paper, we may as well say
through II TO the holders of sulphur and birthstone
that those articles likely to be in great demand
during the present week. Smoke, too, being an es
sental to any kind of respectable hell, those per
sons who have the article in bottles may send dowr
TO the Presiding Elder many dozens of the article
as can be warranted of diabolical blackness anc
density. On Wednesday there is large crowd ex
pected. We strongly recommend those who are
hrstily inclined, to bring some agreeable beverage
with them, as the managing committee OF the CAM
meeting have taken against all stands, booths
:, drinks Sweets and xins they are, under some 10
'' cal law, claiming the authority to woscrbe all none
IS changing, receipt of customs, buying and selling,
r, have actually taken into custody two ind
viduas this evening, who, it is said will have pa
fine or give security for their future appearance
i1e Il answer to the charges of the saints. And now
j. all persons disposed receive it amicably, and in
IN spirit of purity, we send this epstle, greeting
Amen.