The New York herald., 1870-08-20
THE SING SING CAMP MEETING.
Close Of the Feast of Tabernacles-The Ser
mons-A Mas Temperance Meeting-A
Feast Of Love at Midnight-A
March Aroun. Jerusalem.

ihe sing sing camp meeting OF the Methodist
np'scopai church. which has been In progress was
proughs 10 close last night at midDign. The
eAe'ciscs were very interesting throughout and
there nave been between one and two hundred "cou-
'ers'ons. inc order on the ground has been ex-
ce'en' 'he ponce committee, aided by speciaI
sheriffs having exerted themselves 10 the utmost s
preserve quiet. II was stated from the stand that
number OF the hght-nngered gentry came from IN,
city on Monday, and the people were 80 watchful OF
their vauabes that the pckpockets left the ground
In disgust.
Among the notabilities who attended the meeting
was Pastor Hedstr0me, one OF the most popular or
Methodist evangests He has been laboring among
the scandanavians In New York In his Bethel sn,p
for q number OF years, and thousands through his
instrumentality been saved from the error OF
their ways. He preached on Monday morning a
unique discourse upon the interview OF the Syrone-
niclan woman wiin Jesn. t. was full OF pataos.
audience under supreme control; for alternately they
would weep ana laugh and shout as he pictured III
WOMAN with the Saviour la the afternoon Rev. J. Il.
Cooknan, pastor OF Bedford street cnurch preached
a sermon on saDctncation. The orator was very
boyishooking. and the theme he selected being so
big he Was completely lost. lie talked for an hour
and nall, and reminded one or a certain member
OF the New York bar, VI whom brother lawyer said
that he had q perfect diarrh9a OF words. This
''enort' was the subject OF severe criticism the
| part 0f clergy and latty, the most OF whom were
| agreed that il he had spoken thirty minutes and
stopped when he got through he would have evnced
common sense and an envaDle and Invaluable intel.
lectuai GIT The sermon al night was preached by
| Rev. J. hermance pastor OF the Forty third street
church, on spiritual intuition and was neat pro-
| ducti0n.
Rev; II. NJ. stratton, of the Lexington avenue
church, occupied The stand on Tuesday morning
| and delivered with much eloeutionary eject a ser.
mon upon the exceency OF Christ, and was followed
IN the afternoon by the venerable Dr. Bartine ot
| New Jersey, VINO pictured III a very graphic and
somew hat theatrical style the journey OF syrian
| leper general to the prophet to be healed OF bis
i al lleazn
The evening preacher was Rev. A. III. wyatt pastor
| OF the Washington square church, who, though ,s
young man Of culture, had that occasion IA tina
Methodists would say an unusually "dryn time.
Be did not seem to have any 'liberty' while he
cording to expectation Bishop James made,
his appearance upon the ground, ana m ~
that lie would preach every available seat In 'front.' OF
| the stand was occupied The venerable bishop was
| eloquent sermon from the words:-"But unto Won
that tear my name shall the sun OF rghteousnesx
'se ~ t wa asrno nsag on n ns wnSs" WI ne Was followed
chusetts, formerly missionary to Cnina ana one OF
the ablest scholars aud preachers IN the denomna-
| ton. He attempted to make out that the disciples
oil Christ were prophets priests and kings and IN
the course OF his remarks took occasion alude To-
| the European war, expressing the hope that the
| Bourbons would De exterminated. Tiiis was tho
signal for lond demonstrations or approval by tho
| immense multitude which had assembIed M the
| afternoon. Our country cousins and their sweet
hearts were out In full force adorned In their 'sun-
daygo.o-meetin'" clothes, and It was irresistibly
funny TO see the distress depicted upon the counte
nance5 OF some or the farmers boys while their
brawny hands were Imprisoned for the first time in
Kid gloves. There could not have been legs thar
eight thousand people ON the ground on Wednesday
afternoon. In the evening the audience treated
| 10 q thrilling discourse upon heaven by Rev. Mr.
| Brown or the Troy Conference.
The sermons preached yesterday morning and
afternoon Were by Rev. Messrs. King and q. l.. lay
| lor, ana were able and effective efforts.
| TWO mass temperance meetings. held under
the auspices VI the New YORK Conference Society .
| OF which Rev. w. &. Smlth Is President A number
OF addresses were made, all the speakers taxing the
ground that the Methodist congregations ought to
! attention more tnan ever. Bishop James was among
| the speakers, and handled the fashionable members
OF the church who used wine Ut their dinner taples
without gloves.
The Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society held meet
fngs, to which none but females were admitted Mrs
Dr. Butler, late Missionary to India, gave an iute-
resting account OF the deplorable condition OF the
women OF that country,
| Al seven O'Clock the congregation were summoned
10 the stand 10 participate In the "love wulc,
as one OF the peculiar institutiOnsr OF MehodIsm
anu mas done more to perpetuate the teachings OF
this iaIth than any other feature Of It's poty The
Other evangelical denominations DO not encourages
speaking at their social religious meetings but as s
Wen KNOWN MethodIss OF both sexes freely part,ci-
pate IN the exercises, which consist I'm lively singing
| and short speeches. AT camp meetings these ora
uOns are 0ften compressed within single sentence,
or verse or scripture. After spending Two hours i'm
| thls way the congregation repaired 10 the PRAYER
meeting tents, and remained there two hours They
were summoned again within the circle where the
| holy sacrament was administered. This was a SOL
enn scene, and long TO be remembered by those
who participated In ". The brethren and ssler ry
united In singing stirring hymns and then msrcned d
| around the ground chanting parting song.