The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-24
ECHOES From CAMP MEETING.
Women Doing the Work at Ocean Grove
The Methodists Mt Merrick.

OCEAN GROVE, n j.. Aug. 23.--This Is the
eighth day Of the great camp meeting. and the
ordinary attendance has been augmented by
excursions from Philadelphia and various parts
Of New Jersey. Thus far the women are the
mainstay Of the meeting. They furnish seven
eighths Of the congregation at all the meetings.
and setting aside the clergymen. they do about
as great a proportion OF the speaking. A
woman. Mrs, Lizzie Smith is the most su cess
ful reyiyalist on the grounds. She conducts
two oi the seven public meetings every day,
and never has less than 1900 persons in her
congregation. AT and o'clock to-day she led
devotional exercises. singing, praying and cN-
hortng. Great enthusiasm wns shown. Mrs.
smith Is an object OF curiosity to the eXcur-
sionists who crowd around the doors ana win
dows 10 stare at and listen to her Near the
close Of the meeting, when the worsh ppers
were on their knees, she annouu"ed TINT Sister
Williams would sing a petition To- God" Tue
sister knelt' facing the ,congregation; and sang
new revival hymn, beginning. Behold me-.
saviour al Thy feet" and with the refrain.
"Lold tike me- as am" She had strong,
sweet. m-az1-soprano voice. and every word
MAS uttered with di-tinrtness and oppression.
The rilr on the worshlpp"ra was ciectrl ral.
Ihr sst'r san! four verses AM then TWO mora
IN response 10 requests, Before she had
ilui7he1 she had al accompaniment OF shouts
Aniinrr service tha, attracts the visitors ia tho
ohil.!rrns meet NJ every day at i. VI. The
tent yesterday held about 200 it'll, boys and
girls, aud around TWAS d multitude listening 10
thnir singing.
The camp meeting closes on Saturday with
love feast in the morning. 4 remarkable thing
about II has been the small number Of converts.
Although the appeals 10 sinners have been
many and eloquent. aud the duily average at
t"nlanr" o' 5000 persons doubtless contained a
large percentage Oi that class. conversions have
been rare. In many of ne meetings not a single
penltent hus come forward. THIS result isHc consn-
Iu"n'r, nanyo the deyout say of lthe"lrmcnt OF
wor'dlln ss that has been rapidly growing at
O '~un Grove. the Rev. DR.. stokes the prasi-
dent Of the assOciat on, says that unh"lley"rs
hHYo been buying oCttt. IS OF lat, and that ~"
utmost Culfts are necessary tu k'rp the place
distlnotiyely Christian. The camp meeting is
not regarded as failure, however, since II has
uui'kcn- 81 the zeal ~ Christians.
Yesterday was the tenth and closing day
Of the Mrtrlrk Grove camp meeting. Although
tHis m ''ting is specially iDr tho MethOdlSts Of
the BroOnlyn district. brethren from all parts Of
Long Island have taken lnrt in II. II X rsti-
nui"d thui thrr" have been about five hundred
conversions in th" ten days ana the Prehldlu.
Eel"r lrra we'll satisfied with the resalt.
lratrr ihy the lane leading to the camp
ground Was crowded with Nrhirrs of all de-
s'rlptlons, and the latn-romrr- found it AIM
cult 10 secure places TO hitch their horses In
the morning the Rev. Mr. Terry of fInthush
preached a sermon on san tli 'nilnn, and in the
afternoon the Rev. Mr. JONES of MllIAnsburgh
addressed the converts. Tn" Rev. George Lam
sing Taylor preached the closing sermon In
th3 evening.