New-York tribune., 1875-07-12
OCEAN GROVE.
TEN nays, CAMP-MEETING.


A TEN DAYS CAMP-MEETING.
GATHERING OF BELIEVES IN HOLINESS AND FULL
sANCrrFIcATION ON EARrH-THE WAKING HOURS
BusrIY OCCUPIED WITH RELIGIOUS SERVICES
fECuiIARiTIEs IN THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OF TIE FIRST THREE DAYS or TIE MEETING.
frRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rEpuSE.i
OcrAS GROVE July 11.--There is now IN ses-
sion ut osc Camp ground Holiness or fui sal
walton Conv uiion" which began on Thursday evening"
And will continue through this week There are no'ye'
a many present as at former meetings. either OF clergy
men brethren, Ia the enthusiasm as great IN
wont 10 I've manstcd but taose present hope that the
remaining days OF the Convention will see great au-
vance
Tho Grove is pretty fully occupied, however by ont
.a. ysitors rs well rs members Of the Association
Very few cottages are empty there are bundieds "i
dweers in tents. and the hotels are rapidly nhS' N"'
much new building has been attempted this year. on'
good deal of improvement has been made 10 holeS ana
cottages making stil more picturesque THIS dehShuW
resort worship held during the day in great bower
of bushes supportcd upon a strong framework, under
which about 1000 people can sit comfortably ID thc
evening the large tent is used AMI smaller one Tor
snal meetings During most Of the day the time 81 th"t
portion of the population which Is reigousy inchheds
given largely 10 public worship, but at sunset they 20 III
bathing.
Amonr the 25 or 30 cergymtn usually tO be seen on
the stand during the religious exercises the following
names may be mcniiorcd The Rev. f. II Stokes. Pt'i-
dent and Presiding F1dcr; the Rev DR.. VIM Oshorh OF
Atlanta Ga the Rev. Anthony Atwood, the Kew
Father Yard the Rev Nj. Mcfarland, the Few ~ d.
peppcr the Rev T.. NJ. Bruce the Rev Robert Given,
Chaplain L. s. ": the Rev. DIR. James Thompson, ana
the Rev George Hughes. Editor of The Home Jo"r"" oi
Philadelphia: the Rev Ichabod Simmons OF the South
Third street Methodist Church of Wnamsburgh the
Rev j. H. James OF stafford Springs Conn; the Rev.
Miles Grant OF the Advcntists Editor OF The Herald @
Itfe the Rev. C. p. Marsdcn Of the Dutch Reformed
Church. On Thursday evening the exercises ol
the Ten Days Holiness Meeting" were begun oy Il
communion After the large congregation had paltaReh
OF the bread andNine aprayer meeting was held
During Friday various services were held ana I'D the
evening there was preaching the tabernacle at whch
five or six hundred persons were present Inc service
was begun by the singing OF the hymn: Lord an
Thine entirely Thine The long PRAYER of Invocation" was
made by the Rev. VIM Osborne of Georgia. the burden
being that men might have power OF acceptable prayer
40 a. to get of the machine way Of worship Atef
singing the familiar hymn Love divine, all love excel
ling the preacher OF the evening the Rev. lchaboi SIM
mons OF South TSirdst Brooklyn, T. d. then came Tor
ward and announced "a his text ee twenty
ninth and thrticth verses Of Mark lie spoke
extcmpore and with luency, emphasizing ms
theme Perfect Love-" with great earncstnesS A'tcr
he finished the ative part OF the discourse
he occupied hour in eNhOrtaton reiatl"h Z" eNPi'-
ence and PRAYER after which the ccrgymen and num-
Der OF elderly people went forward and gnc In the space
the pulpit and the service closed with prayers ana
singing -
SATURDAYS SERVICES.
At $50 o'clock Saturday morning the bell calling
10 the early prayermectng reused all from Sleep hu'
very few responded to its appeal II was regarded as
epcroaching much upon the hours during which sleep
n most refreshing This meeting was IN charge OF thc
Rev william Osborn For risers there was
another praycr-me ting at $50, which was fully al
tended and lasted until 10 o'clock, when the regular
morning service begun by singing and prayer Inc
Rev W. James of Stafford Springs, Conn, then read a
portion Of the G2d Psalm the last half of the third
chapter of Philippians This was followed ny 'he hyhi'
Nv Igr srst a. Ti,is Ro'Ics@,er rv"s praise
Mr. James then announced his text, Mathew xvii. =:
"Jesus ONLY" After the TRANSFORMATION on the Mount.
sudlenly all was changed Moses and Elias had dsaI-
peard and the discples only Jesus and II. at the
end this meeting all else but Christ should have becn
put ont OF sight of his hearers, the speaker would be
sbundantly satisfied Ch1st must have intended IN this
aIesson-which also able TO study-the lesson oi
looking upon Jesus alone. Christ was the theme OF
Moses and the Prophets all through the Old Testament
a. the object for which all history was made ana IL II
astonishing how clearly this is brought ont IN he oi
Testament record when We get II clearly before us ana
observe how everything ceners In Christ inns pcln'
WIS largely explained and expaated upon THE law Of
righteousness unable t0 be kept until Christ showed
the way Christ is thus prOphesed and revealed De
forehand for 1t il because lie is the only Dol"
lost men, II il ptiful TO the efforts make to find
acme other way 70 be saved. The love of Christ iS
enough TO save not only from guilt. bnt the power OF
sut to save through and through and that continually,
even the soul is desperately wicked and beyond
the reach ordinary moral forces for Jesus can over
come our most confirmed tendencies 10 evil
The whole OF the remainder Of the sermon was in a
snilar direction and viewed many lights Christ and
Hin only as "the power Of God unto salvation" The
preacher spoke rapidly and with much dramatic effect
but his very small audience consisted almost exclusively
OF accl elderly people and scarcely dozen OF those
for whom II meant were there tO listen to it. Tho
exercises concluded with the singing OF tie hymn 81 Am
Coming 10 Thee and prayer by the Rev. Dr. rhorny OF
philadelphia.
Again at alfpast two in the afternoon preaching was
u be heard in the tent from the Rev Robert Given OF
Philadelphia There fair number present hut at
this service at al the rest notable absence of yonDe
people The preacher chose as bis text H. Cornhians
xiii g. The abstract OF the first part OF his Sermon
given below will show is Intention. The rest OF the
time occupied chiefly In exhoration and the relation
of personal experience I'm religion.
These are very practical times he began and there is
disposition the part Of all seshlr men 70 know %n'e
among class Of the most practical and untneOre
cal in the word-seamen. To them, when starting upon
VOYAGE is of the utmost importance 10 know exactly
wheft they start from. TO their bearings correctly
because when aferward they may be obliged 10 run ly
dead reckoning, their whole safety VIII depend on Know
ing where they were at first. Nothing should he more
practical than Christianity. ard nothing ought mer to
pains to know their exact position Tor 'hei Is
no leeway single mistale may damn the son" as
one seconds may wreck the ship If IT were II y
possibc I'm the religious life to To certainty oi
where were might bc content 10 20 upon conJcc-
nlrc bat we may sn9% 9 Ts. "a r IN ,san ,he
uiatical d. raOnit is experimental In the eNt
else do II for ns Christianity is an absolutely
personal matter Just much as 10 breathe and by no
sount OF repentance or prayer can one obtain ior an
other.
The evening service which prec ded by prayer
meeting led by President stokes, began at 745. The
sermon by the Rev. william Osborne OF Atlanta,
Ca his being Lest S,tan should get an advantage
Of you not ignorant OF his devices" His object.
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