The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-13
TIE MERRICK CAMP MEETING.
Az 1t IL and Is to Be-Park; and Ponds on FL
psr-The Great Need for sanctiAcation-
The Camp Meeting Not Sue
cess Spiritually.

We are so accustomed to associate IN our minus
gith camp meetings, which is to some OF the shout
ng and excltable MethOdists on the ground verY
'ainful. whether this Is due to the "hgher life''
icy to which almost ALI the sermons are set or
otherwise it is difficult TO determine. The round OF
elgous exercises ample for every purpose, SO far
Is time occupied therein Is concerned. Rising
between four and five the morning. ar the last
FAMED hour those who are 40 inclined-and they
lppear to be few-gather In tent and hold
PRAYER meeting for one hour. Breakfast ensues
rom six to hall.past seven A. NJ, then comes
meeting for s'experence' and the
NARRATION OF RELIGIOUS TESTIMONY,
which lasts from eight TIL quarter past nine A. NJ
feature OF this service is that the 'experience"
proper preceded by the recital lmpromptu OF texts
Of Scripture upon which the leader o. the meeting,
Rev. DR.. MITCHELL usually bases few pertinent re-
marks to the audience. There then respite unit,
ten O'Clock for tent keepers and families to buy
their marketing from the carts, which are allowed,
upon the payment or small license fee, 10 enter
the grounds to dispense these necessaries. At ten
O'Clock preaching services are held and from twelve
to two +. NJ. the dinner hours. Should there be
a spare hour IN this interim 1t is spent misce-
walking about the encampment, singing
in the tents, in prayer aud experience exercises
In one OF the prayer meeting tents. These religious
employments are OF course voluntary on the part OF
III the regular order provided by the executive
committee. At two O'Clock there Is another
preaching service followed al half past three T.. NJ
by young peoples prayer meeting. IN one or more
OF the large tents, which lasts untll i've O'Clock
later The evening meal Is eaten between five and
seven p. M, and at haf-past seven another preach
ing service held and at It's close the people repair
TO the large tents and continue i'll prayer until ten
O'Clock anu AFTER The night prayer meeting Is es-
peclally devoted 10 encouraging lmpenitent persons
to seek the saviour 1t Will thus be seen that the
hours vi the day are as Iuily occupied in
PUBLIC RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
as they can or ought to be- so thai II the spiritual
NJ n tS mi q
be, or what Its patrons aud managers expect, the
fault hes not with sparseness OF services The Rev.
DIR. Grswold, Presiding Elder, has the superior
oversight or the meetings and selects the preachers
fOr each service from about q score from Brooklyn
and other parts OF Long Island who IRE present.
Yesterday morning Q special request was made
by DR.. Mitchell for reports IN regard TO the prayer
meetings OF The night before. There was but one
who announced that his uncOnverted daughter was
under deep CONVECTION" having been at the
mourners' bench, in one OF the tents, on Friday
night. And SO lar as could be learned there were
but three "seeSers' OF religion IN the Rockville
Centre ana Pearsals tent two In Eighteenth street
(BrOoklyn) tent--One baCksilder anu the other q
Cnristlan In search OF the higher llIe-lnd one or
two in the South Second street Williamsburg tent.
The NUMBER OF persons on the ground is varIously
estimated at from five hundred To two thousand but
Judging from inc pre- services wc would DC
Than eight hundred persons present YESTERDAY or al
any time since the opening.
A PRELIMINARY SERVICE
was held In grove last Sunday, at which, II IL
said, at least 1000 persons were present. This
since In anticipation OF large gathering from
New York yesterday extensive preparations were
gong forward for their accommodation, and the
preachers and leaders appear confident that the
camp meeting Will yet be a spiritual success. One
The sermons yesterday were preached by the Rev.
Mr.. all, OF Jamaica, IN the morning, and Rev. MIR.
Glover in the afternoon and another gentleman in
tile evening. The sermon OF Mr.. Hill, nom Ephe-
slams W, 2S, q. SAID by Ministerial judges pre-
sent to have been the abest delivered on the
ground this season. The Apostle Paul IN the
text ana context lays down rules for the guld-
ance Of husbands and wives IN their marital
OF holiness Tor the Church OF Christ. The main
points elucidaied were that the Church OF Christ If
designed to be glorious Ohurch-ils glory consist
ing ia It's likeness to Christ in its lie ana work. tina,
1t - not TO have spot or wrinkle or any such thing
and that finally IT Is to be holy and without pemish.
The spot and Wrinkle were illustrated by
THE wAsHERwoMAN AT HER CLOTHES TUB
rubbing and rnslng and wringing her soiled linen,
which, II left III that condition, would not be ut fOi
use. The goods must be irOned and the wrinkles
taken out, ana the Church must go through SIM.
without spot or wrinkle or any sucn thing Her
being holy and without olemish was illustrated by
wares outside their houses. where the purchaser
can lift them up toward the sun anc
And this custom the preacher considered far prefer
able 10 selling goods In dark or dmy lighted rooms,
as we do, where flaws and moth holes and rents
cannot be easily detected. The means by which the
Church il obtain this condition OF purity aud per
lection is Dy tne washing Of water aud the word''
emblemaic OF the operations OF the Holy Spirit upon
the human heart And Chs condition, he contended
"A attainabie in this Inc. The Churct--the pride o,
Chrlst-being thus purified and perfected, should
have the adornment OF a meek and quiet spirit
rather than that outward adornment of plating the
hair wearing jewels &c And a. on TINS POM some
| wives-especally the latter.
on Friday DIR. VIM. Butler in the morning, enter
tanned the meeting with - talk about the reIrOgres
sion OF Catholicism IN Mexico and the means and
measures which should he adopted promptly to
firmly plant Protestantlsm In that republic. In the
afternoon DR.. f. e. Andrews, OF Brooklyn, preached
on the readiness Of Paul alter Ills conversion "a
me to aos being his text. In the evening the Rev Mr.
Thomas, also OF Brooklyn, preached very able dis
arm Ul TSe enre n%rrve nn n rs
Kings, xviii, II 10 AZ, and parallel passages were
used The selfshness OF Rehoboaln brought out the
comment that his was not the first only instance
| wherein
| sELFIsHNEss HAD CUT THE THROAT OF PROSPERITY
| And the characters OF Kehoooam and Ahab were
| made to demonstrate That neither reason, con-
science, philosophy nor an unappIied Biole can
bring salvation to the soul OF man. This discourse
was preceded by a short address BY Dr. Grlswold,
and was succeeded oy another BY DR.. Mitchell.
rHs scsus ss s w iii ss
| dom from rhe torments Of mosquitoes
which abound IN the o, camp amp. grouad, and and
year they have been heretofore. There Is pos
| siple escape from thcm They are owing. PROBABLY,
TO the arge quantities OF brush which surround the
camp and harbor them, and to the soft, sandy ma
ture OF the ground all about which has evidently at
some time, and not very distant. been washed by
the ocean, Anywhere, everywhere outside OF tn
| grove II one should miss step and Kick against
ANYTHING he would raise u aust almost bllnulng IN
! density. This is the third year OF the camp meet
ings existence the Merrick grove, but there is
| very little sign of Improvement.
THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE
is merely prospective, and can be seen only on u
| Surveyors map, which hangs AGAINST fence Or
tree. When 1t shall be completed according to de
sign 1t will have somewhat the form OF star. Cir
cuar will radiatc from the preachers stand
| as a centre They are named respeciyely Wesley"
which has the inside OF the circle; FLETCHER" .'As-
| bury" and "Cookn probably CokeH Crossing these
| are "Central,r "Hedding" kingsley" Fisk, y
james, Jr., or Clinton By 'Olin," thompson, !"
MEX endler' aud waugh" An extensive drive
| ~ to I've opened three sides of the camp and on
the south two lakes are 10 be formed, to pe known
as IOug Lake and ~. M3ry's. AT the several inter-
sections OF the circular and transverse avenues are
ION paper only, of colrsc, little parks named after
| the eminent patronymics above given, anu OTHERS,
NTH few executions, such as Register ana FOun-
tain Parks. Bur the stranger sees no more sign OF
/ avenues and parks on the camp ground--save the
| pieces of pine boards which contain these names