The New York herald., 1878-08-25
CAMP MEETING NOTES.

4 CAMP MEETING REdA1TA YEsTERDAY-IM-
PRoveMEN1s AT SEA cLITF-A PIoUs FAM
DANao IN TEXAS
The camp meeting season is drawing near its end.
II Is perhaps little too early to balance accounts
and foot up the profit and loss OF sntsrprises.
Few OF them will mako money this year; some
may cover expenses, but others will undoubtedly
come out With taller bank account than they be-
gan the season WITH At the most popular
resorts, such rs Ocean Grove, Sing Sing
Camp Tabor. Msrrick and Jamesport within
accessible distance Of New York, thcrs has
been q faliisg or Of thirty to nity per cent OF
the numbers accustomed to attend those places.
The financial depression seems to have been more
keeniy felt by the hundreds that visited those en-.
campments this year than any preceding year since
1873 Tho opening up OF cheap seaside excursions
nearer homo has damaged the camp meetings aud
other fashionable resorts And, moreover, It costs
good deal TO 1.-Two at q camp meeting than 1t
did formerly. The speculative mania compelled the
managers OF those grounds 10 put up prices a few
years ago, and they can't let themselves down now,
albeit the cost OF every other kind Of amusement
moral or immoral, has been reduced The Sea Chn
Association did not potasr with camp meeting at all
this year. The New York district Of the East Ger
man Conference held ten days. meeting
there, hswevsr, which was The most success
iul camp meeting they have had Tor several
years About thirty converts were among tho hope
ful results Of the encampment. The sermons and
services sliososher in German, and the attend.
anoe ,hrousbout the meeting was good. Il
solved by the managers TO hold another meeting there
q year hence The Germans twenty lots Of grove
land 10 Sea Chm for camp mestiugs, aud foor on
circums,sncss favor or dsmsna il The Eogsh speak.
ting rssidsn Of the Ciin expect TO brcak ground tnis
cos. Of about Had sSsr 9rsas sisnSSHo on
July turned out they would have put
= more expensive house, Tor which they had
suit the exigencies Of the case. The church
cieiy has secured eight very eligible lets ON the plain
fronting the great fabsrnase. and the outsok OF The
house will be toward ths bay. The trustees their
meeting lew evenings ago decided 10 build only so
fast they money IN hand 50 that the church
be dedicated Tree OF debt. Its sp,re. whom built,
can be seen at great distance on the Sound and also
IRON the railroad, SO eligibie Is the location.
cHuRcHEs sAxrrARfUn AND kAILRoAD AT CLIFF.
Notwit hstanding the absence OF camp meeting tnis
year the "sssson" has been the successful that
Sea Ciin has seen sinco II opened q camp
ground. Tho hotel has had steady stream Of about
three hundred guests, and the several boarding cot
tages have been hllod aiso--some OF them over.
flowing Tho camp meeting idea will prob
ably disappssr sl.oss'hsr In lew years,
resort Tners Is some talk OF company to build
hotel the site OF the Tabernacle, which Will prob
and some persons advise that ,s timber bo used in ns
constructsn Of the nee church There Is also tax Of
q a'sani,sflsm, capable Of accommodating one hun.
meadow plot, east OF the Tabernacle high road has
been opened along the beach, from Sea Chh TO Glen
Cove, and all the freight OF the village n new
taken by the ssawashska Al Sea Ciin THIS sivss
Sea Clin passengers an advantage Of nfteen more
minutss' time In tho afternoons. Next year
the boat company propose to put on . freight
boat Tor the summer season and make
their regular passenger trips Ia ono hour
ana q halt The Lopg Island Railroad Com.
pany has also seen The importance OF Sea CIn
camp without extra stage free IL 10 proposed In q
year two have horse railroad or rapid tran
sit motors RAINING between the sea ChG House aud
the railroad staiioo at Glen Head diAtancs OF two
mcs- that Sea Cn seems likely TO grow with or
without the camp mssting-and doubtless better
without than with H.
Yesterday the young sports of Glen Cove aud Sea
Clln INDUCED In what they are pleased call th
fou annual resatts. There Is amateur boating
club Sea CHI, OF which Mr. William Gcorse u
president and Mr w. X. de Puy is secretary. The
sport began at three O'Clock, and the program me Of
The day called for four races as ioliews --rhe
nrst open 10 members OF the club opIy
for two pair oar Whitshali boats no outriggsrs,
not more than Is feet long nor less than feet 8
inches breadth OF beam, inside measure The course
was two milestone mile and rsurn--sud the prize is
SILVER challenge cup, nov held by the Glen Cove
Club. A bcsutiui "sculI'' taken up TO Sea CnG
from this city Friday. The second race was over
the same course open 10 all comefs who paid 81 en-
trance fee and used single SOUL nat bottomsd boats
not less than so Inches on tho bottom, outrigsers
Tor this there we're two prizes ofsred-ons $40
and the other Of 81. The third race was opsn 10
members OF the Grub only Tor the same class OF boats
restriction was tnst tho winners Of the nfst race we're