New-York tribune., 1877-08-20
VORSHIP BY THE SEA.
OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING.

OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING.
THIRTEEN THOUSAND METHopIsTs Al LOVE FEAST
SERMON on THE JUDGMENT, BY BISHOP PECK.
frpov SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNE.l
OCEAN GROVE, n. D., Aug. 19.-Nearly
thirteen thousand people had arrived before the gates
were closed on Saturday night. and to-day none put the
near dwelers in the surrounding country were permitted
m enter At A. m Love Feast held in the Taber-
nace the Rev. Dr. E. H. Stokes, President OF the Camp
Meeting Association, leading the meeting Bread ana
water were served all present. and then the
CATION joined in hymns of praise and IN prayer Al iooo
a the Love Feast merged into the regular service
After PRAYER by the Bishop Peck OF California the
congregation sang the 33sth hymn of the Methodist
collection" Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbear"
Bishop Peck then preached from the text H. Corintm
ans chapter 10" For we must all appear peiore
the Judgment seat OF Christ that every one may receive
done whether It he good bad" The preacher sad:
1.-THE greatest thought throughout the world Is mans
accountability to Od-he fact that all men must stand
before Him. We shoid thoroughly investigate the man
ner which responsibility was created FIRST, our
man character. in distinction from the brute creaton
shows the power OF the Creator The moral constitution
given 10 in the creation, which quaiies hlm 70
Judge between right and wrong. makes hn succeptloe
to pety and virtue. The lower animals have the senses
of smell aud taste, but they have not the moral eonstt
tion that enables to rise 10 the apprehension OF tne
right, and the reason Of It, This moral constitution;
capable of religion and love, has been recognized
as an attribute OF man. and needs no PROOF.
All human beings are created with susceptibility 10
religious feeling aud responsibility TO God hanoye
at any bar for anything With tins susceptibility comes
respect for law rule OF duty Our sense OF uou -
not nathematica physical sciences is IN no sense
mere literature scientific Development GOds law mas
the power To make 1t felt His law and We are constr
tuted TO recognize law given by INFINITE authority
Conscience the discriminating power oi the mlhu, ,
stands connected with feeling Oh pleasure fSe vro1g
is done Man is so constituted that ne can Juuse
for himself and knows that he can Judge 9et"rsn % & .
right and the wrong, determined by the Will Inc VIII
is the power that determines IL determines our cnSce @
of right sn and constitutes mans IespOn-lpluN' Our
responsibility exactly that OF our ist parents OF
what II would have been If the race had peeh Niaou, % ~
sin The whole is responsible Tor he breaking vi
the law for all snned, and we are 10 meet t
The bar Of God violation Of His aWs bt as tne SIN
is hereditary, mans responsibility Is mOulntu. III you
whole responsibility to God the Violations OF HIS
law Yon are TO meet at the judgment Gods love,
the Nazarene enthroned, and answer what nave
YOU done with the law. 1t is iD the nature OF govern
ipeut 10 call the governed to account God las am
noupced as irrcvocabe decree that we must all
appear before the judgment seat OF CdIt tat every
one may receive the tUgs done III his body according
10 that he hath done, whether II be GOOD or Dad
Every Que goes there washed IN the blood OF the
Lamb will go eternal life, but the others VIII go
away they have trOdden the son OF COD under
foot, and treated tue blood OF the aonencht as h u
holy thing The Judgment day will bring out all that
"A man has done IN the body. Livery ldle WoIui
all WONG dOngs will he there's the parents VIII answer
how parental authority has been exercised the egsid
tor must answer Or nls wrongs. the lawyer NUS meet
ais clients the doctor must meet his patients there
oh there the author must meet his books The minister
must meet flock. There woman must stand up aud
for her terrific Influence over society Tue decree
Of the Judge is the decree Of rna destiny ana ehuhR
the season of probation. ~ -, r,
At D. IN. nearly 1000 children met In the Sunday
school. Al 3 q. III. there sermon ny The Rev Dr.
Bartinc Of Orange, j. aud at O'clock sun eelins
the text OF ST Luke, NIli, "a strive 10 enter
in at the strait gate"