The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-09-06
COLORED CAMP MEETING.
GOING ONE BETTER THAN THE WHITE FOLK
WHITE MEN MAY MAKE MONEY.

GETTING coLoRED MINISTERS TO PREACH THAT
WHITE MEN MAY MAKE MONEY.
PEARsAM's CORNER, l.. l., Sept 5, 1875
The colorcd people of Long Island have not only
learned some tricks from the white folk but they have
added to and improved upon them.
little band of Methodists from everywhere in gen
era and nowhere in particular, have been in Motifs
Grove, near Pearsas Corner L. L. since last Thursday
week, holding what is technically called a camp meet
ing Leaving out the words colored" and camp the
rest is true meeting Is held here every day. but it
not a camp meeting, neither it be said TO be a col
ored meeting where about forty persons black
yellow and 500 are white The Rev. Peter Costcr man.
ages the affair." which is nothing more than
huge picnic, gotten up by few white
people, who have tents the ground and sell
beer, cigars, fruit, chowder and cakes and
probably New York Jersey lightning for there
few intoxicated persons around tho cncampment
to-day. Revs Biddle, Brooks, Goodwin and two
other preachers the ground and yet their first
prayer meeting was held this morning. There have
been conversions yet nor, indeed, any expected
The white keepers hire tho grove and pay expenses
and give the coored ministers bonus to keep the
tcrainment going and was informed here oday that
the meeting will probably run over another Sabbath.
These coored brethren have come hther from Hemp
stead where they spent few days like terms, and
hold over one Sunday longer But, though there was
plenty Of raw material there from which they might
manufacture saints they shook off the dust OF that place
from their feet and came hthcr where larger induce
ments awaited them. Their only purpose here seems
20 be to talk and pass the plates around They there
fore give US plenty OF
and after every collections are taken up 10
defray the expenses Of the preachers We had "a spec
men, rare upon the whole OF the figure OF speech called
rig role" this afternoon from a Rev. Brooks,
who halls from South Carolina somewhere South.
He uttered more nonsense in half hour than even
the most uncutvatcd Of his people North TO
utter His theme the brth and he rang the
changes on 'MarvcI not that said unto YOU We must
be born again And he did 1t in squeakng ding dong
style, as If he rcctng lesson and
afraid Of missing word lie greatly amused the crowd
OF white young men and women, but ! dare say no.
body was benefited by anything he said. He fol-
lowed By Paterson n. j., brother who talked sensiby
and to the point in brief cxhortation The grove
full OF wagons, brought in by the farmers all
around, and, the main thing with these shrcwd mis-
sonaries was TO keep the crowd here and to get all the
money they could out OF the people, another sermon
started tho collection had been taken up
TO pay for Rev Brooks ola podrda. Brother Bdde,
who preached very good in the morning dis
coursed also this afternoon succeeding Mr.. Brooks.
His theme the knowledge Of Christ and the value of
such knowledge II was based on the Sayiours qucs-
ton to tho man who born blind whom lie had
healed, "Dost thou believe the son Of God 2" IL
thoroughly Scrptural and logical DISCOURSE II
showed from the prophecies that Jesus was tho
promised Messiah and from His Life and teachings
and miracles that His claim only never sue
even by his enemies. II showed that the moral condi-
ton OF mankind is like to the natural of this
who was born blind And he could not Jesus
until mis- eyes opened, neither We lie had to
believe before the effected; SO have We. He
followed Jesus at chccrully and prasng HIM, and
so should We and like him must tell the story of
our dcliycrance from sin wherever 60 even though
tho consequence may be that shall be east of
the synagogue or church This brothers. morning
about
THE BYLIEyER's PORTION.
"Thou art my portion saith my soul Psalms, cxix :.
hta full
ncs the heart and let the love OF God be shed abroad IN
any man heart, and he must be happy man whether
he be rich or poor Lazarus was poor man, but be
was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. When
man has the love of God IN his heart he rejoice at
trihuationshc can serve God with ease and cheerful
moss This portion Is common one also IL is Tor
everybody, black and white, rich and poor, old and
young II II could be bought with money the rich
would have had il all bought up and made corner
Of II long ago II Is ready portion too IL can be
had a. any time Tor the asking in faith No man need
wait til tomorrow to obtain this portion for God Him
sell has said that the accepted time and now
Ia tho day Of salvation Furthermore, this IS an ald
ing portion. II can't be taken away from us. The