The New York herald., 1874-07-19
OCEAN GROVE.
| Christian Union C0nvention-ssHoline ess
tn tho Lord. -,


Christian Union nvention-ssH0liness
to tho Lord.''
The beautiful sea the beautiful seat
"A sony by the beautiful sea!
Twas song OF lO"c like they sing above.
AS sweet a. u song coa.d be.
Oh. the beautiful light the sky bright
and ,e sweet SINGER sun: as With angels tongue
80 g4ad that Jesus loves me.'
This. from q periodical issued by the Ocean Grove
Association, expresses the grand idea OF this
Methodist summer settlement 1t Is from poem
dedicated to the memory Of an interesting little
girl OF five summers. who had become famous for
her singing of ''the sweet son OF Zi0n," and VINO
died here last July. The present gathering on this
consecrated ground Is Christian Union Conven-
ton 'Tor the promotion OF holiness In lie" and the
spirit Of unity among tue Christian Churches
Brother Hughes. in some remarks upon this idea
of holiness. quotes from number OF shining lights
o The Methodist !aith. their wise instructions, and
then says LET US keep the standard uplifted ut
Ocean Grove, bearing the inscription, Holiness
unto the i0rd'"
How strange the coincidence upon the motto be-
tween the MethOdlstS at Ocean Grove. on the
Jersey seacoast and the Mormons beyond the
Rocky Mountains, at great Salt Lake. over every
door OF the Saints in salt Lake City the inscrip
tion "hOiness TO the Lord; ZiOns Cooperative
Institution" 1t IS the same general idea OF hou-
ami unity ON the shore of the great Salt Lake
and on the Atlantic seacOst, though the ways pur-
sued by MormOns and MethodlsIs wiaely DIFF
ferenI And the results rom q common purpose
OF unity, cooperative and religious iaitn in the
deserts OF Utah and among the iOrbidding sand
hills and hayOus OF the Jersey coast are among the
miracles OF the age we live in; Tor they show IN
most wonderful degree how "ihe desert aud the
solitary place" can ''be made glad, and the wilder
ness to blossom like the rose."
1t appears only the other day that the traveller
through 1t pronounced this whole region OF the
jersey seaboard-sand hills, jungle, bOgs swamps
and ponds-a no Wing and irredeemable wilderness
To-day, including Ocean Grove and Asbury Park,
we hav; prosperous summer settlement OF
hundreds of handsome cottages, and the sound OF
the builders hammer in the erection OF new ones
is heard In every direction. And tas.e and beauty
and tho purposes Of physical with spiritual recre
alton and hea!rhul enjOyments and law, order
and dec0ruIn are manifest on every side. Board
ing Is cheap and there are good restaurants here
rigid prOhibitory liquor law prevails within the
gates OF the encampment, even to the exclusion
oi lager beer. No gambling is tolerated within
the corporation, no profanity or boisterous or
unseemly conduct and on sunday the gates are
closed TO "OuIslders." and upon the rule, as
described by one OF the brethren, that
"where we can't fight the devil on something ike
equal terms. rs on Sunday, Tor instance, when
his legODs let loose from kew YORK wOu u be too
strong Or us II adm tied, shut uim aud his
leglons our. We Will not be imposed upon by
Satan or his followers. We aim only TO do good;
but we nave rights here which we intend shall be
respected"
We asked another resident of the little city OF
cottages and tents GLOW many visitors have you
in the course OF the summer seasonf" lie
Answered.
''ln the two months or July and August last wear
100000 People, III stages and carriages, Ell tered
those gales. and there were many Other thousands
who came in on loot." Bat to teturn TO this
CHRISTIAN UNION CONVENTION
It's meeting we nave said. OF all Christian
that choose to joiu the iratern4l festival
1t mas been gong on harmoniousy Tor three days,
with iour or five meetings. including from two TO
three regular sermons every day.
TINS dav, ior example, after some incidental ser.
vices OF what IN Congress We would Cali the morn
ing nOur, there was regular NEE ing at he great
open air auditorium IN the grove al eleven A. Nj.
The sermon was from the Rev. Alexander Mclean,
On entering INTO the covenant with Cnrlst-an
earnest and enthusiastic discourse on the meal
sinner and tue saviour. In the progress OF his ex-
position lie said:-"We are nOihlng. Christ ID
everything, We are helpless; He Is all-powerful
TO save. we must humble ourselves as IN the
dust. giving Him AL our Thoughts, our hopes, our
pra, that We are. all that We have, and all
tnat we can do, anu lie win Int us ups lie VIII
exait u.s. he viii Cause to shine as the stars In
their glory; hal.eu. ah to the Limb, forever and
everl lCrles vi "An.en !" from the bretnrenl In
this blessed covenant we NAV say the Lord Jesus
Is our senior par ner. We nave nothing, but He
has everything that our hearts desire. We can
come with him and partake OF the waters OF life
lreeiy-.reeiy-glory 10 HIS holy namc-lrcely 1t
Il Zee as the great ocean yOnder-wlthOut
money anu Without price. his Is the covenant
o. salVatlon, the covenant into which We are IN
vlted 10 enter with the Lord Jesus. 1t Is to Re-
deem US, TO save U.s. to give us the Ov unspeakable
OF abOunJng grace ana the lie everlasting. On,
glory reSpUnses OF ameD OH, glory be TO God l0r
TINS blessed Covenant Glory glOryl on, the un-
speakaOle JOYS Juat await u n r)m this covenant III
the lie mere and the lie to W And IN TINS eX-
c,ting strain the minister continued to the end OF
his DISCOURSE.
Rev. j. ). inskip MetlO list. followed In brief
eXnOrtatIon on the be sings Of TINS Christian
Un on Convention, bringing O the denominations
taxing part III IL nearer TO each Utner ana nearer
10 Chrlst as the children Of our heavenly rather.
tie iet Joy which he could not exp ess a blessed
cOnvictOJ that the sprlt VI the Lord was present,
perNauing all hearts engaged IN tnl5 goOd work,
winch language could not describe. IL was q con-
Vlcu0n that Tue Fatner AMI the son ana tue Holy
oprit were advancing the cause OF mans reuemp-
! tlOn In bringing the Christian denominations to
COD ln the highest, peace ON earth, good Will to
menu
After prayer and the Doxology the meeting
was closed.
AFTERNOON MEETING-Tgs RLoQUENT QUAKERgss
ON TuE STAND
! AT .wo p. NJ. there was another meeting. ana
there was large assembIape IN the grove. Drawn
there 10y the announcement that Miss Saran
SlDuey, the eloquent puakeress, won on tals Oc-
casiou speak 30 the people on the subect 81 Chrs-
Van unity. First several mel0diOuS camp meeting
hymns were sung Dy the congregation one WIN
each verse beginning with
love 10 tell the story
| that IL, the story oil the happiness, gained from
conversion to Curlst aud another Concluding witn
| SO happy IN aboupding gface
How can Keep rom bngingt