The New York herald., 1876-09-05
MINISTER'S CONFERENCES.
VACATION vAGARIEs, FACTS AND FANcIEs-THE
BAPrIsTs AGAIN AT WORK.

VACATION vAGARIEs FACTS AND FANcIEs-THE
BAPrIsTs AGAIN AT WORK.
The shepherds having followed their lost sheep over
mountains and valleys, from the lakes to the Centen-
MAI coming back and br nging tho ewes and ten
der lambs with them And by and by there will be re-
joicing in the several folds. Yesterday the Baptist
brethren from New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City New
ark, &c, convened in the old Mariners church, in
Oliver street, and compared notes about thor vacation
time. good degree Of mirth deve oped by the
narration of incidents, hairbreadth escapes and
cesslul junkcting& Dr. Reid, OF Brooklyn, led
or with IA grand. advertisement about a water
cure establishment the interior Of tnis
State, where he, with his family, four
persons, lived on Daniels Babylonial iare. pulse
and water twice a day, and for which he paid $50
week-rather dear pay for sucn simple fare. so in
deed, some OF the brethren thought, who expressed
their decided preference bccsteak three
a day. But the Doctor was obeying the savour's IN
Ju; ctlon to His disciples to 'comc aside and
WHILE and hence he lay the the bath all
day long and from day to day varying the exercise by
turning from ono side TO another leaving the sun
bath Tor the water BATH or sitting thank uy down to
his Oriental fare. He enjoyed IT wonderfully, and re-
turns home to his church new man. Mr.. Leavell
visited his old homestead and church homos in South
Carolina, Tennessee and Mssissippi had dangerous
ride mountain road but escaped with his scalp,
and was back In his pulpit yesterday,
FRESH AS A DAISY
Mr.. Macarthur took IA trip TO Name to Oyservillc,
Cape Cod ana Marthas Vineyard, spent lew days at
Baiison Spa and made flying trip 10 see his vener
able parents IN Canadr. lie has been away from them
Tor eighteen years and has VISITED them year
since lie was delighted with the Baptist patch at
Marthas Vineyard and woud like colonies IRON
every church in New YORK thcrc next year. The
nomination has $40 900 worth OF property there with
out one penny OF debt on IT, and II IS so superior to the
Methodist lot hard by he does not why Bapsts
anywhere else in vacation time. Yet for himself no
vacation complete that does not bring up at Saratoga
DR.. Osborne, too spent aittc while at The Vineyard
and then took three weeks among the Berkshire
hills OF Massachusetts and three days Ocean
Grove. Dr. Samson went to the Vineyard also
and looked In on tho centennial at Worcester, Mass
his own and his fathers old home. Mr. swan, OF
Newark spent part OF his vacation giving particular
nts'' to 'hgher he" people whom found in his
fathers parish And he wanted his brethren and
bodyese know that no docs not believe IN and
has no sympathy Whatever with the carcaure OF that
doctrine which is trundci over the country by cqucs
OF men and women. He kept the Conference
while hc illustrated Oy incident and anccdote certain
phases OF that doctrine which no had met with
neard about DIR. Fulton took, perhaps, the widest
rode then nearly hall way across the continent to
Chicago back again to Lowell aud Burnt Hills, Mass,
preaching and delivering lectures addresses every
where and throwing In two or
THREE POLITICAL SPEECHES
on the road by way OF ballast Some OF the people
whom be addressed thought he put more religion INTO
ms political speeches than he did INTO his and
he guessed they were right for he felt glorousy happy
while advocating tho republican ticket II would be
good business for all his brethren. Rev. James Couts
OF Collingwood Cam who Is spending his first
since he entered the ministry eleven years ago ad-
dressed the Conference. lie has visited the Centennial
and spent few days In New York. and very much
pleased and surprised after what he had heard with
tho quiet Of tho sabbath and tho strong religious ccl
ings which ho observed here last Sunday Ho and his
coaborers Canada very hopeful that their abors
will result before many years in having there only
Lord, one faith, one baptism.
The Methodist IN nlsters gathered in tho Book Con-
cern yesterday but hed no formal meeting. Tney
discussed among Themselves vacation and revival
matters Many OF them already looking ahead for
ministerial help In their prospective revival meetings
Next Monday they will convene formally and spend the
time "a religious exercises.