The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-23

trins. q tbs text and said that Om LORD Jesus
Christ n dying for M he'd not emily atened for our
that believe tnHiin. not Only enabled s to rejoice
IN this fact, that there Is forgiveness with God that
through His death resurrection and ascension, the
gift Of the Holy Ghost; and there Is now a power
then their sins. ena6iins them 10 beeye .ep on The
Lord Jesus Christ, transforming them by the renew
ing OF their minds restoring them to the nature and
image OF Christ, SO tnat we may be like Him, and
being like HIM have Fellowship with Him, love ike
Him. work win Him, die FOR Him, be devoted 70
Him in heart. IN spirit In service all the days hat
He gives US here upon the earth. UJ
The speaker then IN strain OF thrilling eo7nence
pictured the scene Of the coming Judgment and the
lect the provisions OF the Gospel OF Christ. "The
terrors Of the Lord' were enumerated to influence
the impenitent. There was nothing so terrible to
the dying sinner as the character OF God. The dam
nation OF the wicked was as philosophical as 1t was
and depraved character. Ye must be saved
ci,es, jussics and authority were terrors to the
wl,s>d. There was nothing that so impressed the
speaker with the terrbleness OF the divine admins
traton AZ ne death OF the Lord Jesus Christ. How
offensive mus os IA as sgmi a HoS Se wnsn SON
should be made an o-,@sang Tor our slns-t9at no
should suffer and bleed am ae as ne qua IN Getise
oh, II such suffering as that awa.S US wl9 aie y
our sins how terrible Is the destiny tut netOre us
who passes away his probationary life and eOmes IN
recOncied and unrenewed to the presence OF hia
God and his iudge' He had probation, the gospel.
gracious influences, and elt within him splrslal
power sufficient to enable him to repent and believe
the gospel, and yet, with all these incentives and
constituting Influences upon him, ne resisted and
rejected these Overtures, passed on In impiey and
died In guilt. Standing at the judgment seat what
must be his waii-"The harvest ID past, the summer
10 ended and / am not saved" And what Is the con-
sequence-.I am lost, am lost forever" The
bishop continued ma fervid strain to urge the multi
tude to avail themselves OF the provisions OF grace
and prepare for the coming judgment.
1t was remarked. by the ministers on the stand
that they never saw the venerable Bishop manifest
such intensity OF feeling dis he exhibited on this
occasion.
After dinner prayer meetings were held In the
tents and within the circle, and the most vg0rOub
efforts were put forth by the members of the church
In behalf OF those who did not profess religion. The
order that prevailed In the encanipment while these
religious services were III progress was remarkable.
spirit Of solemnity seemed to pervade the entire
assembage. and there was as much quiet as II the
meeting had been held in one OF our city churches,
The multitude were summoned at half-pas two
to listen to another sermon. Rev. Or. Brist0w, OF
Kentucky, was the preacher, whose voice reached,
the thousands who listened with attention TO hiE
discourse. The prayer meetings were resumed and
kept up till ten O'Clock, when the camp was cleared
Of visitors who were not provided with sleeping DC
cOmm0dations.