The New York herald., 1872-07-05

Middleton, Of the Book Concern In New York, Q
beautiful tenor singer, supplies the camp folk with
music, such as camp followers delight to have. A
Buffalo newspaper man runs one Of the dining
halls and does II as Il was his regular profession.
The wooded part OF the ground is covered with
poison ivy, and those who have pitched
their tents there arc bitterly, complain
man yesterday anxiously nquiring where he could
purchase salt enough to 'sat himself down." so as
to counteract the poison. The streets and avenues
are laid out at right angles with each other and
are named numerically, as In the upper part OF New
York, but the numbers run as high as rwenty-sec-
nues named MAN, Summit Prospect, Orchard,
Ravine place, Cherry vaRey road and the ike. The
whole design OF the place Is evidently to make a
evening was the time nominaly set apart for open
ing and
but the real dedication took place to-day, when at
tho morning and afternoon services there were
about two thousand persons present, most OF whom
had come up by the morning boat, as many OF them
also returned In the evening. Bishop Harris was
among the incomers but not OF the outgoers The
Rev. ]. 8. 1nsklp, President OF the National Camp
Meeting Association, manages the meetings, and
led the services last evening and this morning. The
service last night was sort OF skirmish
standard This was in perfect Keeping WITH the
declared purpose OF the National Association,
were invited up around the altar for q more COM
plete dedication Of themselves to God, and after
Brothers A, ana had prayed President Inskip
wanted" All the rest were bid to look up also for
an immediate answer to their petitions. The meeting
tons to one another Mr. Inssip announcing him.
self as John 8. lnskp. of New York Fast Confer
enSe ace 4 brother who had travelled
then announced. But he was quickly outtlone by
Methodist brother, who had come $500 miles. or
clear across the Continent, for the same purpose.
Then everybody took hold OF every other body's
hand, and there was a grand 'halleluah" and
glory time In the building. Some individuals carried
RELIGIOUS EcCENTRrCrrTEs
so far as to cause considerable surprise and merri
For instance Brother d. on the top OF the hil calls
20 90, Brother e. coming up Raylne place. and asks,
"Go0d; thank the Lord!n
Brother D.-IialleluJahl Glory to Jesus
Brother Elm climbing up lions hi.
Brother D.-Hallclulah to the lamb He saves
| me nowl
| The initiated, OF course, think strange OF such
| expressions and are apt to query whether or not
the salvation Of Christ is not perpetual salvation
This morning Brother lnskip preached sermon on
od 10 o~ lie mould have been in
as this theme was one that agreed with the design
OF the National Association he had no apology to
| 0Her HIS text was taken from Hebrews Kill, IA,
| "FollOw peace with all men and holiness without
which no man shall see the Lord" He showed
| the close relationship which exists between peace
and holiness and the difference between holiness
or sanctiication and Justification. 1t s differ
ence in degree and not in kind; but the difference
IN degree is 80 great that the experience and the
| blessing appear to be quite new thing In the
| afternoon the Rev. Mr.. Buck, Of Central New York
preached on the same topic from Hebrews vi, l.
Therefore leaving the principles Of the doctrine OF
Christ let us go on unto perfection" His ideas and
thoughts were kindred to the Rev. Mr. 1nskp's save
that while the latter argued against the growth
into
STATE OF PERFECTION,
and illustrated his point by asking his hearers
whether any of them who were farmers would
think of letting their plants 0utgrOw the weeds In
their gardens, and would not rather pluck up the
weeds AMI cast them out Rev. Mr. Buck argued
that Topping of branches or rucking up weeds
didn't amount to anything. This experience OF
done by the Holy Spirit in the heart for the
mere asking In the evening the same topic was
discussed from another standpoint. Not patriotic
would SUPPOSE it was July a. To-day the regular
work will begin with q prayer meeting In the
Tabernacle at fve.and eight O'Clock A. NJ, preach
ing at ten A. NJ, falfpast two and haEpast seven
+. NJ, with prayer meetings between and clerical
meeting at six p. NJ. And this IS to be the routine
| pect to gather great harvest of SOULS