The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-28

them II ne rms II not. A year ago the Association
aaaed piot Of ten acres 10 their camp ground.
tage dweilers, VITO have already begun to build
thereon. Inc difficulty OF reaching Sing sing
and immoral nulsances which sometimes creep
into other resorts has made this spot favorite
recreation with spiritual Improvement. The meet
ings this year VIII be under the direction OF Pre-
fopa or - d un ustc anu
stead'a PRAYING band VIII conduct the services on
SUNDAY ,s August t. and 50 prepare the camper:
lodging house has been erected on the GROUNDS,
IN which rooms can be rented Tor 81 so TO IS day.
Lodgings IN tents cost nifty cents night and board
MOUNT TABOR DEsvILLE n. J..
The camp ground at Denville is assuming sgna
OF HE. Plots have been arranged OF half an acre
each TO be sold at private sale ior summer solourn.
Families already moving there Tor the summer.
the camp ground thlrty-iou miles from New
YORK, on The Delaware, Lackawanna and western
is well wooded and watered, and the farmers
around furnish am abundant supply OF fresh food
purity and cooling properties. Its roads and ave.
nues are a succession OF terraces on The mountain
side, each named after some prominent Methodist,
living or dead. For the past five years there has
not been puolic preaching on the grounds during
t the sanbalhs because OF prohibition o.
and under whose auspices the camp meet
lngs are held annually. Last fall the trustees OF the
prohibition and asked the Conference consent
that public preaching might be held there on the
since last year. and the meadow land above has
been cut up into one quarter and half acre lots, to
be had here Tor 81 or 81 so a day. and sleeping
accommodations, fifty cents, seventy-lve cents and
81 night. The camp meeting Will open July 20,
and continue ten days; but there great many
families on the ground already and very many will
stop at the ground during the summer. Every.
thing needed Tor comfort at camp meeting or tor
summer soourn Is found on the ground. Water
from living springs near every lot. Lake Ice stored
on the ground. Mountain air charming landscapes
and rural quiet characterize the place
SHELTER ISLAND CAMP GROUND.
rms camp ground Is nearly at the extreme end
OF long Island, and between IT and Connecticut. II
Is about 100 miles from New York, and Is reached
by railroad twice a day and 10y steamer once IN
twenty-iour hours from this city. 1t is, however,
readily accessible from many towns or Connect.
cut. The lsana IS one OF the most romantic aud
picturesque within easy dist ance of the city. Por.
tons OF the grounds Slope down TO the level OF the
water, while others ascend to attitudes ra nging
rom ten TO two hundred leet the greater portion
Lookout Point'' is peculiarly grand 70 the north.
and across shelter Island Sound, lies Greenport,
Eastward. on the main land is the town OF Orient
To the west is Southold, and to the south is sag
Harbor. II city OF 10000 1900 inhabitants,
Northward, across the sound, Is saybrook, at the
mouth OF the Connecticut River, and eastward be.
You'd GARDENERS Bay, is seen Gardeners Island.
Beyond gag harbor IS seen southampton, on the
Atlantic shore. The camp meeting Will open here
MARTHA's VINEYARD CAMP.
The meeting at this well known island resort
viii commence on Monday, August a. The Vine
yard may be reached by Stonington steamers,
mantle Air Line, or Albany and Worcester to Prov.
idence or Boston Neptune steamers to Providence.
from New YORK Tor Portland, which touch at the
island. The accommodations and cost OF the same
are about equal to the best to be found at any
BUrroswooD nrAcn r. l.
CAMP meeprs or chrsas sns
;,n kind are locking u the direction q sstao.
Marsas vunS S
baptists are fttiug up q camp ground on Burton.
made already and, while they do not announces
any aes time ,ot meetnGs reglous services WIN %
sort thther. The grounds beautifully LAID out.
and enough cottages are already built 70 give the
place the appearance and air or a village. The
bathing in its waters is excellent and healtniuii
On Sundays visitors may be members OF con1re.
CATION Of 200 to $780, in pleasant chapel, the chi.
dren in the sunday School, and Christian prayer
full, health-glvlng recreation with privileges sc.
curing them against the spiritual dissipation and
loss which Is so commonly the bane OF summer
resorts.
MERRICK CAMP GROUND
Merrtck Station, the South Side Railroad Of
Long Island, is abopt twenty three miles from the
city. In a finely wooded and watered plain, about
a mile rom the station. the camp grove is STU
ated. The groves in all that section are covered
with whortleberry shrubs, which IN camp meeting
season season. furnish both pleasure and profit to the
There Is a pleasant sheltered walk through the
groves from the depot TO the camp ground. and
stages run thitner on the arrival 81 every train.
The ground is handsomely laid out, and the preach.
ers stand aud around 1t IS supplied with patent
gas. which burns very freely In the air, furnishing
a clear and steady light and free from disagree.
able odors. Good water and an abundant supply
strike his rod deep enough and many cottage
owners have pumps IN their cellars or beside theil
ana obtain all they want without money
and without price. IN farmers furnish fresh
Iood, both OF fish and lesn and vegetables.
every day. The meeting opens there August 1.
CuAUTAUquA LAKE SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING.
v6en sns feFIa oap Of DR.
as DR.. Tamage calls him, is marsnalng meeting
Tor the banks OF Cnautauqua Lake. which will
probably be the srandest religious picnic ever held
since the 5000 sat down on the grass and had q
surplus OF provision to take home 10 those VINO
were too stupid to go. From the arrangement being
made Tor that meeting In August we judge there
VIII be so much consecrated enthusiasm that
there may be danger that morning as the
sun strikes gorously through the ascending mist
OF Chautauqua Lake. our trends may all go UP In
a chariot OF hre leaving our Sunday Schools in
These all tae more important camp gather.
ings of this season. But there are many more OF
MINOR Importance to this section. Among them
may be mentioned that at Sterling Junction. Mass.
with which the National camp Meeting Association
closed on Friday evening. letter from that
place Will be round IN anotner column.
MISCELLANEOUS MEETINGS.
camp meeting Will be held at Renoboth Beach,
Del. commencing July IA; another at Wash
commencing August and continuing over two
saboaths at Chlcamacomico. n. O., July q; at Sc.
when Bishop PECK win preside August 10; on the
centenary Camp Ground, near Barnshoro n. J
August 10; at Emporia, Kansas, August IL; at
Waterloo. Mo-. August 70; ut Jamesporl, l.. L.,
August "A; on the Seashore Camp Ground. Biloxi,
MISS. July "a; at Wesley Grove near Baltimore,
August 5; ut Wesley Grove, Orange county. N Y,
August 10; at Lehigh Valley, near Lehgntou Pa,
July Il at Chester Heights Pa, July II Cam.
den NJ j., union meeting, July %; at Landisviue.
Pa, August 4; at Pitman Grove, n. j., August 4;
at Hurocks Woods, Dorchester county, Nd,
August 81 at Wise's Point, Va. August Z; al
N.
Vile, Pa, August II; al Brandywine Summit, Pa,
August II; az Lake BLUM, Lake Ontario, Ma
tional Local Preachers meeting, August is; at
barnsboro. n. j. August 10; at INDIANAPOLIS.
IND, twentieth National Camp Meeting, August
10; at Planvile, Conn.,, August "a at Acton, Ind,
August IL; Joliet ILL.,, September 2. meeting
near ST. Louis. which commenced on the 18th inst,
has lust closed.
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