New-York tribune., 1868-09-10
c1up MEETING At MARTHIS TLSEKARD



IFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT
M,RTuAs VINEYARD, Aug. 8.-Ihe charter
recently offered the Camp Meeting Association oy Tue
c,slatre Of Massachusetts has just been aceepIed IL
recasts the entire institution much for the DETER by
this act the pastors Methodist charges represented ny
society tents ON the ground and one lay memper 1 m
eaeh ot,y surh Conference of tho charge. together
with the Presiding Elder OF ProVluenggS Distllet
nrs,i,nte tbe Camp Meeting Association. This Assoc
,f'r aunneiIy elects Board OF Directors, SIX ehch
wear for three years term making IA az AZ o
ibird ministers and twothrds laymen THESE niIec,ors
ore tbe legal corporation OF the institution anu nou m
the property, and make all IT'S rules Su"lo y ~ H.
Laws of tlo state the discipline Of the church. ana lno
authority Of tire Association They are
divided into six standing committees on anue anu 1ts
police lre sanitary matters, transportation sha aunt
mo aud thev must annually make hui ana written
reports Of all matters 10 the Association ~ hEe nVu
coiuuetcut and upright board OF directors IL Ihkh uy
report be difficult 10 tud. High expectations aic sdu W
be entertained concerning their admni-tlauoh lawns
said thus much OF the external and permanent featules
OF this yast enterprise viii briefly sketch the present
Tbe Rev = q Brown d. D. Presiding Elder Of Proyl
dence District and President Of the Association u n
charge Of the meeting and admirably ms ms reslospS
poson The weather has been an almost unnteiiuptfu
calm bright and balmy. The attendance as Dec lISeI
than years before. the meeting Destn on lueHa1
moruinc August q. with discourse by the hoiSu
"Camrt meeting John Allen" who has attended nearly
200 caInp-mee;ngs. The preachers VINO followed weIS
evcni"4; Y a Cooper Providence Wednesday, s. A.
Winsur East Greenwich +. j. wagner ran kNeti =
pna iicnaiist D 2 Fdsaptown Marthas vineyard
AW Paige Stoughton l.. B. Bates, New Bedford. frl
day j. A. Dean, Providence; T. H. Hathtla Nunlisnchof
VIM Butler. u. d.. Boston, Saturday, A. y Bodi-h, New
port; d. A. WhedOn, Bristol; A. j. Church, Edgnrto"L
Sabbath. from the grand stand; morning, Chaiic5 ~
PAYNE Philadelphia; afternoon O. II. Tiffany, D. d.
New Brunswick \. j.; evening, George Lansing Ia)
lor BrooklyD ~ y. AT the hOHIs, morning
and nfternoon sermons were preached at OTHER
stands the ground by A. A. Irsbury fattSoh; H.
Ella Providence r. NJ :. +. Upham, Boston, Hud bilei
parting addresses. by various brethren, at tho closing
during the wcek-scrycos the attendance at the stand
is not large at Sing sing " y Ih' bcs cuhbl'eu
cations through the week are at evening, ihe poor
shade over the circle being sad hlhderHnco
during the day. Removal 70 different part
OF the grove. or probably the erection
of an immense she'd 10 shade COO0 people Is c0nem-
plated before another year. The Sabudth unohS was
iumcnse-probably 1900 people, perhaps l6oOo the
directors sent special dcputaion to the steamboat and
ship owners to dis,uade them from running ON Sunday
sloops etc poured thor thousands upon these shores
not onehaf Of whom, IL Ia be feared attended any
tive Two excellent love cfcasts were held on Friday
and Sunday mornings. la that on sabbath morn We
TSit and deeply nteTestcd Mr. walker oonrcraonaIi,t
late Secretary of h. L. spoke win great carnestnes7
and cordially. Gov. sprngue with j. @ Maynard. ESQ,
OF Brooklyn. addressed deeply Interesting children
meeting ~ the stand nj / o'clock p m sabbath. Ihe
Governor Is reported 70 have said that never M congress
anywhere else had he hcard such thrilling speeches
~ he beard n the loyccast He - also reported 10 have
bought ground and 10 nave ordered the erection OF
cottage for his fathern-law. Chief Justice Chase. Mr.
Maynard addressed the cadets ON the United states
The snip lay three days on the dock, did The M
hohng. the steam cutter of Secretary Wpc-,
the I'm the service. several other cutt,ra The bo
uta. known the superb yacht OF j. b. Norris. esd
Of brooklyn and "a Mal~t. banker, and other yachts
one of whose clubs. the Grampus club from the j.
r. owen, furnished grand singing for tho chl
drou's meeting. The sermons ~ Messrs Cooper, Mug
ucr. Angler and Church, were pronounced able aud eX
cccut Dr Buffers learned and mn,terly sernon ON the
character uf Abraham one of the treats of lifetime
and evidently means OF great good. Tie grand dis
courses Of Mcs.rs Payne and Tiffany ON the sabbath cd
fed and electrified an hearers. Under Mt IayloTs dis
the OF sabbath, the pentup spiritual elc
meus found vent and preachers aud people broke ont
ringing shout of victory. Ia the praYermecuugs
afer the sermon many conversions were reported
Whatever may have been the overshadowug influence
the watering place aspect ~ things for years past
as IL alleged, all parties agree h declaring that the
camp meeting has this year completely TeEalb"d
the mastery of the situation, and as they hope,
dccsiycy The Hon. Jacob sleeper, of Boston.
an eminent Methodist citizen, declared This the
most powerful campmeetng ever held on This ground,
and many others have sand the thing These ycte
that the institution, "a SUCH
we'll attended powerful for good, as 10
has been this year throughout Walker
said that other denominations must resume teif nsF Hs
they were clearly necessity Of the He had never
spocu 81 uvccast before, hut this was what the thtH-
tinu and uuchristian world rcedcd Certainly thc Metho
d-s To hn,c rrasun to abandon their traditional
Institutions. aud they don't fo feel inclined fn DO 90
80 lep- when other dcnOmuauonr aro coming to LOOK
f4yorlbly upon them.