The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-09

New Jerusalem, we were compelled to believe |
that the same spiritual agency which descended
In tongues Of fire on the heads OF the disciples al
the feast of Pentecest was present, though the
tongues OF fire were Invisible.
"Coms Holy Spirit heavenly dove lHp
With al thy quick-oinx powers,
Kindle a darn. ~ .nered love
In theee cold hearts " ours."
We were on The ground last night, and truly did
the visit refreshen in a. the inner man." for the
EMULATION Of the brethren is contagious, and we
could not but rejoice with the brethren II their
victory
"ovsr the world, the assh and the devil!
Hallelujah
They are now all level
Haileloo yer.
The encampment is in the form of a circle, with
open upon the area enclosed which is appropriated
tor seats tOimed OF loose pldnks LAID trans
verse lines of logs On the lower side, fronting the
area or court enclosed, is the preachers stand,
elevated eight or ten feet above the ground, and
capable of holding twenty ministers Of The gospel.
Immediately beneath, and IN front OF II, Is the
altar, pen calculated TO hold from fifty to sixty
mourners, which Is provided with a carpet OF SIX
inches thickness of rye straw. And why Be
cause when The mourners become frantic with the
torments of the devils which possess them, or
ecstatic that they have got the blessing-they
"Wheel about and turn about
And every time they make . spring,
They beat jim Crown
We found the Rev Mr.. Hildebrand on the ros-
trum and he was Just IN the crisis Of his discourse,
ut that stage In which all the excitement that can
be thrown into it is required 10 wake up the
people" before they invite the mourners forward
Brother Hildehrand went on at terrible rate
We give, from recollection, some of his remarks-
Oh my God wake up the people ("Amen !" by all
the brethren. good aud strongly Send thy arrows OF
conviction TO the sinners heart. ("AmeR.'D Send
Ny God, come down y Oh sinner, repent, repent
To morrow II may be too late. Think OF Gods awful
whom the sun shall become black ss ssckoloth when
the moon shall become red AS bicoi when thunders
and fierce lightnings shall rend the earth;
"Apd when the stars amid this villa commotion
Shall battle their gtteriug foreheads In the ocean,"
when Gabriel with the land AND one on the
see, shall swear In Gods dread NAME that time shalt
DO ne longer Then you may ny: and call upon the
rocks to fall on you but there will be escape God
damne,ion Of hell. Now you may. Nov you may Sc K
from the torments Of bell II there In son or dxugh
ter here Of pous parents out of the ark safety
along and the brothers and sisters will pray for you
Come. poor sinners along into the altar sing
brethren. Thank God, they do come Here the
sns ss ADs ns
glory giory"D Amen Sing, brethren =
"Come. ye sinners, poor and needy,
Weak aud wounded. sick and sore;
Jesus, ready, stands to you,
Full Of pity, love and power
("Oh yes, blessed Jesus He is full Of PITY
He IL able, he Ia williog;
He Is willing-doubt no more"
No, fellow sinner. Come along that's right GLORY
to God. Amen.
And so on, only much worse, for hours and hours
together-the poor mourners In the straw weepinI
their hearts out for their sins, till the bless ny
selzes them, when they leap about like crazy
people.
The tents will accommodate from ten to fifty
people, and are occupied by a family. or several
families, who encsmp for the duration of the meet.
Ing generally seven or eight days. They live we'll IN
camp; and, altogether, a camp meeting has attrac-
tons and novelties irresistible to the saint and the
sinner; and In the end, are sorry to say, that
the devil is always on the ground. BKNJAMIN.