The New York herald., 1870-08-30

the inon threw 6,s horse Overheard but the animal
truet0 the instincts Of Metnodist itenefanss ,a'
Brother Upham had not been lucky enough 70 Iegssn
possession OF his animal he would not De 30
General Conference for loss Of horse the custom
ary phraseoogy OF New York Common OOuncu rsv1
lutions OF this characterl as tne pemcIH % nhema
OF the empire city always are. During MI UPnnnI2
travels on horseback over the !" pleak new EnH.alJ
hills on one occasion the axle tree OF M mS road
broke. He applied to blacksmith on tne roaG ~
repalr II, whO upOn learning that his customer
Methodist preacher replied, II believe IN sne prhnn!
but swear Phi have nothing to do with Methodist
preachers" He also threatened his lie; wneIeuP1
ing along the road and asked them II they
heard the threat They replied In the alfrmauve
c %nSa Wit the son Of
go work 1T the broken axletree or he won!d
have to abide tine consequences o. the threat. h9
mendlng the wagon young Upham was warming
him TO fee from the wrath to come While attend1
ing prayer meeting IN certain village where the
presence of Methodist preacher was Obnoxl lous I'd
The Cavinists. deacon prayed that the Lord mignq
the divine viii he might be converted, aud third
"Cut him on, Lord TO which petitions protneH
heartily responded, "Send it home upon him, 1Ordy
Among the interesting iacts mentioned bv the old
nero were these:That at times his salary amounte4
M Sas us as
10 pay travelling expenses; that he was delegates
so so the Genesa In l when the great
Methodlsts; and that In ministry OF fifty years hd
ony laiien py III heath TO keep eight appOntmentsJ
In conclusion he gave some valuable suggestions
10 the Church. in whose financial social and educa1
tional prosperity he reJoiced. He urged Them I'd
versatility OF the atOnement, the work OF the HolN
Ghost in regeneratng every human soul who fully
accepted the mercy OF God In Christ, the conscond
Witness OF Sins forgiven joyous experience and
the crowning blessing Of perfect love. AS the great
cause which divided the Methodist Church in thlH
country had been removed by the war he believed
that The TWO branches ought to be reunited, and
thus be enabled TO present solid front against Ro|
fy IN
In the afternoon kev. Mr.. Hawkins Of New BedI
ford. dtscoursed in o sensible and acceptable man
ner upon "Chrstian Periecti0n,'' which he defined
to be perfection OF desire. OF motive and of EFFORT
and not a climax or attainment. IL filling uH
OF human capacity with grace He said the blessed
Saviour did not come into the world to grant tnduI
gences, like the Romsh priests, but he came TO eave
power OF God, able 10 do this work. AT The cons
clusiOn OF the discourse the Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald, a
member OF the National Camp Meeting Committee,
gave thrilling account OF the great Illinois grove
meeting at which he said three hundred were "cOns
verted" and over thousand ministers and memI
bers were "sancufed," including number Of doc
tors OF divinity and prominent Western men, He
mentioned the case OF one minister who used 10 play
croquet 'blue Monday" but who, after receiving
'the power" concluded to abandon that innocen5
pastime. The speaker said that more wonderful
display OF the power OF God was was never Witnessed
was by the Rev. Mr. Gracey, OF Wilmington De.s
from the text, Ye must be born again."
Az the morning prayer meeting on Thursday Rev.
infidety the country in the shape OF lectures,j
the Atlantic MontitlV and Norh american quar-,
terry. The Word OF God said, "When the enemy
shall come In like Hood the spirit OF the Lord WIN
lists OF "libcralsm cared nothing about the d0gmaa
OF tDe Romish Church or the opinions OF the other
Churches There was one thing they could nou
withstand, and that was the power OF God. tie be-
lieved that Methodism was the standard" with ifa
doctrine Of holiness. the witness OF the spirits M
stantaneous conviction and conversion ana purity
Of lie. He thanked God that the standard was
Rev j. II. James, of Bridgewater, preached am
excellent sermon from Mark IL, 5-"When jesus
their faith He said 10 the sick of the palsy Son..
| lowed the discourse was thrillingy Interests
ing. large number came forward to tna
them an entire family or wealth and culture, who
were tourists. 1t was said that the parents were
but Inc example tn ol e ReoS pa5n
the exercises at the stand terminated blooming
beautiful and intelligent young lady was ''con-
spoke a few words This was the most successful
meeting held on the ground thus far. The exercises
were brought to close at the dinner hour, amid
the Jubant songs OF staid New England men and
women, who, as general thing, are not as demon
stratve In expressing their religious feelings as tne
Methodists OF the West and South.
vast cOncOurse met IN the afternoon TO listen 70,
the Rev. Mr.. Church dilate upon Naaman's leprosy
Assyfian army and his rage at the prophet who sug-
gested the means OF recovery The orator was an
on heavy upon the sinners whom he ad-
If his sternness had been modified by n little
more OF the tenderness and sweetness Of the Gospel
his address would have been more effective. He
wound up by telling the people about wealthy BOs-,
ton merchant who attended camp meeting In
Massachusetts His wife and partner were also,
gous welfare, and by their entreaties succeeded In
inducing him to leave the place where he stood and
approach the "anxiOus seat" Before he got there,
however. he suddenly stopped, and exclaimed. /" 4
won't go there, If have to go to hell" Thatevenlng
commenced
butter. The cook came in and said. ION, masters 5
what are you dons ne m eatg
servant; that bread was poisoned to kill the rats
Medical aid was invoked, but without ayai, "and,"
said the preacher, the rich merchant had gone TO
the place where he would see how much 1t meant
not to get religion"
OF the prayer meeting tents and heard O. warm
hearted brother, WHO, Judging from ms previous ex-
erclses, was one Of those unbalanced characters M
whose zeal was not according to knowledge, and
who, to slang phrase, went on half cooked teit
ing the audience that a Prussian brother, recently
arrived from the other side Of the water was hard
up" and hadn't money enough to bring him to New
Bedford. The brother took his hat and made coli
lection for the '.brother in DISTRESS, remarKng as
he passed along, eve win straghten this Prrs-
sian out all right" He handed over three d0llars
and some cents to the "brother IN Distress ~ saying
Dutchman took up his carpet bag, skedaddled from
the tent and went on his way rejoicing. The writer
remained for moment and mildly suggested to the
locomotive in pantaoons that 1t was strange the
carpet Dagger ddn't remain to fight with his couu-
trymen. lie lmmeulately respouuou, VIII SUPER
ciious toss VI the head, "Oh, he IL good
| brother; everybody don't want to fight,
| and the weapons Of our warfare are
| not carnal." He walked away, feeling satisfied,
no doubt, that the inquirer was doubling hereto.
| The writer had his curiosity excited and followed
the distressed Prusslan aud interviewed hun alone
| 1t turned out that he had been two years in this
| country, ltlnerant painter and said that he
turned up at the vineyard expecting to meet some
| friends. The writer, upon returning to the tent,
found the good Samaritan" violently shaking hands
with the brethren ana sisters and shouting, 'Bless
the Lord this is the right way to end prayer
| meetin'."
Rev. L. B. Bates was the evening preacher, and
for over an nour he held the undivided attenuoh OF
the people, while ne attempted TO prove tlaI mere
was Joy the presence OF the angels OF Goa over one
sinner that repenteth. He closed by telling tnrl-
ing incident In 1855, while passing through Con.