The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16
OCEAN GROVE.

OPENING rur REGULAR CAMP MEErISo-
EryEs srRyIcEs pAiLY-cHIIsI's IScAsSA-
Trox-rxcLuDrSG SMOKERS AND LuscHEns-
rEx,cnIss DY REV. ME. rLArT.
ocgAS Crow. \. j., August IL, 1877
Thonsh OCEAN grove nus hai series of conventions
snd meetings ruapins through tho past six or eight
weeks yet snniccnt difference existed between each
90 no,ioe. and between all ami tho present oncamp
n,-n' which ~ considered the regular one. Though
several hotsls and boarding houses have been
last the proprieors unable 70
md accommodation for tic crowds that have gathered
here II estimated that there the grounds
not less Than thousand people and by Sunday
this nanber will be moro ihan doubled. Severai Of
the hotels securing sleeping for their board
ern IA private cottages A different class OF persons
srs here this year that which has been hero for
years past. rhey such formerly went TO New
port. saratoga. Long Branch and other fashionable
watering places. and who by tho strngcney OF tho
times have been driven TO Ocean Grove this year.
they bcfsng 10 tho class tho ladies OF which affect
hockey hats and jc~cIry Ia great Abundance and
mere Tor pleasure rather than tor prayer The
managers oil the meeting. therefore. consider tho
prevent a. tessing time. they have some msglv'
ings mingled with hopes that tncy win be abic to en-.
ssc- their rules upon such class. Every alter
moan large stage load OF visitors from Long anch
here along the beach rond accompanied
win muse and nuz.as. they return again by tho
same route
Las, evening. as a preparation for tho opening To-
aa,, sucramcntsi srrvicr hold, NJ which large
number oi persons communed The opening sermon
was preacnci tins morning by Rev. ). ii. flntt. OF
GteeDpoint 1. l.. 20 ardsncc OF 100 In tho pavil
ION The condition oi tho weather accounts for such
small congregation out Of so many thousands Mr.
Pratts text Was l. rncassionians, v. lo--"who dtcd
for as" rhc divisions of the subject correspondcd to
tao words 10 Number and IN order IL related 10 tho
incarnation OF rnrt and tho redemption OF tho world
A a nj
sit,ons. aciu.l aud hypotnccs Tor instance that
Tue LORD Jesus CHRIST was a man and that no pro-
fcs-cd 10 he divine. No objection coud DO raised
against the iirst Proposition that Christ was man.
There might ee against h'S claim to DO divine. The
testimony OF ii mother 10 HIS miraculous birth,
together with the testimony OF Hts own iie and mira
c,cs were pitcd against this objection. motive for
divine manifestation was fVunt the TACT that all
born unrrgcncr,ta. and incarnation 10 DO Oh
icc,ivc mus, be by birth also.
EVIDENCES op CnRisr's DIVINITY
The miracles OF Christ OF divcrs Kinds were quoted
by Sr. fia,t as proofs of HIS divinity. Miracles Of
Tree 10y His word; HIS superiority naturc's laws
uis walking tho water and converting that
element INTO wine At marriage least and passing
scen through crowd, prostrnting tho sod,.rs who
to arrest HIM IA the garden. Another form OF
found Ia the grandeur of HIS Ito pur-
poses and the loving devoton o. its spirit. fhis
wns shown by Hts feeding tho thousands in tho
wilderness with :cx loaves and nsnes, and
ST.. fstt made calculation hat Jesus Chrst healed
II, 100 sick and diseased persons witnin fifteen
months, or nearly thirty day, which, computed
financially. wou.d TO equivalent TO si00.UO Aud yct
Tic had whcro Ia lay HIS head. The purity which
Distinguished Ills lite from all others was evidenced IN
the fact that lie never asked forgiveness though He
ban made many cncnics On tho topic OF ms death
the reverend speaker remarked thai all men die be
Cause tbcy have generated life, bat Christ without Il,
died Therefore HIS death tho miracle of thc
ana Of tho Without taint vi sin Ho died Tor
us "tUr' signifies substt tuition, an equivalent and
cxcmpton-hc substitute taxing everything thnt wuf
due the principal. "for us'' focalzcs the lovc Of
God. Now, said the preacher, us there any thing
In human consciousness that would indicate CORES.
punding want redemption III 80 inc evidence IL
II unt,t thaPa soinnQ nj
gut at utterly impossible prove the existence
OF a nicboatr hc remarked ''if water viii not
drown.n Aud from the iuct that stu exists and that
u x,is, he argued the necessity for redemption And
IRON tho death oil such being thcrc must DO somo
Tor cod could annihatc hell NJ auy time II 70
mako man ike Ilimsc-hoy.
Al the CLOSE Of the sermon prayer meeting was
held ani general invitation was gwen 10 all who
wanted tho Iord Ia do anything Tor them to step for
ward 10 the ''atar.' Probably onctcuth OF the audi.
ence accepted the invitation and such excellent
spirit was niafcstoi that Dr. stokes. the President
of The association remarked they were beginning
this year where they left OIL last Ainecting Tor holt
WAS hold IN the atcrnOoQ fnNeAu OF preaching,
III The evening shes Rev. selat Brown of Troy. ~
". delivered 'sHsay bs,rs- aud
there upon hun and he knoweth iSnot " THIS rccYred
to believers Who neglect tho rcnding OF the Word
OF God, family and closet devotion, and fell into
the as,ions OF tho world greatly TINT there Is
difference between them and Tho worlds people A
PRAYER and salvation meeting followed. Bishop Peck
~ cxpcstcd and was announced to be present to-mor
row. Tho programme OF daily calls for q holt
ness meeting tho tabernacle and young peoples
meeting in Dr. Wards tent ~ nine A. NJ preaching ~
half past ten A. A., three and haf past r. ~:
childrcn's meeting al two T. M and a promLscuous
meeting In DR.. Wards tent at tho same hour under
again being tho basis THIS gives meetings u
day, and the number may De ncrcased before sunday
Picnic parties and casual visitors to tn. grove wcrc IN
tho hatit OF lunchng and smoking IN and around tho
| Tabernacle Pavilion and prayer tents and II became
such nuisance that the trustees have prohibited any
such thing even within the hrst c'rc'e OF tents
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