New-York tribune., 1877-07-25
TEMPERANCh Al OCEAN GR0VE.

REPORTS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS or THE COUNTRY
-PR,YLRs FOR THE WEAK AND TIE AFFLICTED
LOVING POWER OF GRACE.
IFROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNR.I
OCEAN GROVE, y. j., July 24.-lhe morning
Session OF the sixth day Of The Convention OF the No
mems Natioua! ChnstiJn Temperance Union was opened
with the reading Scripture by Mrs. Mary G. Lathro,
OF cuican Requests for prayer were made for large
number young men, girls and parents addicted to the
use liquor After singing Jesus Lover of my Soul"
prayers offered by Dir. Wm. Peek smith, Mrs
Iathrop. and Others lady said that she had
been specially blessed in this meeting with the
CONVICTION that God had called her to labor
aud would do what lie wished She asked
the prayers of tAe meeting. p. T. Jessup Of New-York
an old campMgner with Horace Greeley in the temper
ance cause pressed his hearty appreciation Of the rapid
advance of those principles III The land MI Greeley loved
50 well Mrs Thompson OF iIlsboro Ohio the leader OF
the first crusade said tnat Wien her oldest daughter the
idol Of her heart, pronounced dangerously ILL., and
the physicians said must die, the motlcr tried to say
"Thy will be done" She tainted, and ia "a she
seemed to the Father standing 10y the bedside vi the
diving grl He was pointing upward, and said 10 the
mother, There are two WAYS, one 10 beautiful and
bright The other dark ChOo,e which thy daugn-
ter shall take" Tne mother answered, g canuO Fa-
ther Thy Will be DONE" and she awOke repeating the
blessed words, and her heart at rest young
SAID that he had found la TINS campmeeung such
a gospel, Temperance. cOnsecfatlOn meeting, but
thanked God il all of them. letter from
MIS-. Helen L. Brown, Tegrettng that illness prevented
her from being pre- sent assuring of her stead
fast, earnest prayers.
Mrs j. T. Knowles. of Orange, " j. asked the prayers
Of tue vast congregation the ladies OF Orange that
God might their hearts 10 more earnest labor aud
c00.cIalIon IN the temperance work in that section.
Mrs Mittenmeyer asked prayer for the Of
who said she had been praying twenty years for bis
conversion. Mrs. Witenmeyer said wouldn't have
TO pray twenty y-hye years If We had faItn."
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session Was held ia the Great Pavilion.
the services beginning with the singing OF Living Foun-
tain" Mrs. Annie Wtenmeyer read request from the
sister of Col Benson. who killed while III command
OF the troops at Pittsburg, for prayers Of all
Christians for power sustain her and the daughter Of
the late Colonel In their great bereavement. Prayers
offered also for the suppression Of the railroad riots
Mother Hill and Mrs. Brundage Of New-Jersey,
reported that their three
gan the work. Their baud has increased to
thousands, and in nearly every village has its
our emperanee clubs Steadily the work is go
ing on they look for The speedy coming Of the day
of Gospel temperance. Rhode Island, represented hy
Mrs Holmes, ported that Oh Investigation IL found
that al medicinal bitters contain from forty To sixty
per cent Of alcohol From the ginning Of the crusade
Ia that slate tie Temperance Union did great work,
but against fearful odds. Tie ldics from village