The New York herald., 1877-09-03
SEA CLIFF CAMP MEETING.

CLOSE OF MRS. VAN Colts LABoRs-A
SUCCESSFUL sEAsoN.-HEAET PURITY AND
RACES
The services at Sea ChG yesterday opened with
prayer and love feast meeting, which were well at
tended and freely participated in. congregation o
about eight hundred persons gathered to the preach
ing service aiterward, when Mrs Van Colt dscoursed
the beatitude "Blessed are the pure in heart Tor
they shall see God" 1t OF those sermons
which followed the OF the old deacon who as his
rst head gave his text his second got away from
1t lar possible, and his third head never got
back TO IT. This substantially the order of Mrs.
Van Cott's For discourse on heart pining II
was peculiar and unique. BY easy processes sho
gded from tho subject to that OF the Grecian races IN
the time Of tho apostle Paul, and from this she as
easily passed to washing tho fountain filed with
blood. And she continued talking IN circle
Tor nearly an hour speaking OF experience, sho re-
marked that she wanted ''no stale bread here '" but
irosh bread that is Christ experience from day 10
day Then the GROWERS and taultnncers were gently
polished They are good neither Tor God nor man, pot
are u nuisance to both.
A THEATRICAL DASH
Within the last two or three years Mrs. Van Cott
has lost much Of the "staginess" which accompanied
her iirst puplic speaking from pulpit and platform;
but yesterday she threw some OF the odtme theatr-
Cal power into her description OF the young men en-
tcring Tor the Olympic foot races She pcl ured them
recording their names with u dash and confidence
as ihey entered the robing room where they 'laid
aside every weight" and equipped themselves In the
attire OF racers. Yonder stood the king or emperor
ready to crown the victor, and surrounding them on
every side was great cloud OF Witnesses Then tho
word 'go' WAS given, and away they started. In the
veins oi this coursed the blood of those who
SAID ''dic." There was no discount to that one.
They had mades up their minds to win or die.
"Tnere there they goi" the lady preacher exclaimed
See sce they press toward the mark and the prize
One lalls by the way but the racers stop no. For
getting the things tha, are behind they press on Here
t1.ufU nun aff aofahn vI
he started He wins the race but ials at the feet Of
his sovereign who holds the crown. Hark harkl
through the crowd. Make way for horl She Is the
mother OF the victor. she stO0ps down her boy
she calls h'm out he answers not He Is dead out he
her hearers Mrs. Van Colt moved many OF them to
Tears. Then she ran in bit Of her personal
experience and just iigntly touched that
which she so touchingy dcscribes-the death OF her
husband The muddy water OF tho Mississippi near
New Orleans she likened to the former condition Of
her heart; and clear stream ST. Paul. Minn,
10 It's present condition.
PRAIsE AND PROMISE MEETING.
After the collection, which she asked herself not
personally, but 40 be expended IN Sea Clin Tor the
Lord" by Brother Oimstead according to her judg-
ment she gave exnoraton, which some people said
was better than the sermon Then the Rev Samuel
Cox led in prayer aud lOld the Lord ana the late
,omcrs what the preacher had talked about A
ew seekers OF heart purity stepped to the
ront and Mrs. Van Colt prayed ior them. Al
'ne O'clock ''praiso and promise meeting"
was held IN the tabernacle, aud for more Than
,ne hour the audience, which grew in numbers uuul
i exceeded thousand persons, one alter another
and rocited some Scripture promise that they had
Ound great blessing NJ time another ia their
experience. Then, with degree OF tact and skill
which other cccIes astca nnanciers might envy she
engineered collection Tor the benent OF Sea CiiT
church, whose pastor, however, was absent Tho
people did better and gave freely, apparently,
or this than they had for her the morn
ng She had good sermon IN her heart, she sand,
and the financial part of the programme
was tnisned she gave IL to them from Peter l., s-
'Whom having not seen, yc love: In whom. though
low ye see HIM not yst believing, ye rejoice with
oy uDspeakable ana full OF glory" IN the evening
gain Mrs Van Cott spoke to large congregation and
;losed up her series oi meetings at Sea Ca In duy
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