The New York herald., 1879-07-31
MERRICK CAMP MEETING.

DEDICATION OF THE NEW TABERNACLE TODAY
PROMINENT DIvINEs WHO ARE EXPECTED TO
BE PRESENT.
The annual camp meeting Of the Now York East
Conference opened at Merrick Tuesday evening
with a sermon delivered by the Rev. George Filmer.
Of Amityville. Tho meeting continued yester-
day, with services and sermons also by the Rev.
Alexander McAllister. of Baldwins. in the morning.
reunion with Christ. The preacher deplored tho
universally of broken resolutions. and exhorted
believers present to their conservation
The Rev. Frederick Brown preached in the after
on Paul's request to the Colossians to remem-
Der his bonds. The preachers leading thought was
that the sufferings Of the apostle Paul perpetual
inspiration to the Christian Church. and his writ
ings have been remembered by tho Church. His
prosecutors have been utterly forQotton de-
tested by posterity. In the evening the
Rev. ]. s. Breckenridge, OF Greenpoint preached.
There several ministers on the camp ground,
among them the presiding elder. Rov. A. s. Graves.
of Brooklyn; the Rev. T. NJ. Terry, OF Cypress
Hills; T. o. Hill. OF New York N Tibouls, OF Brook.
lyn; s. A. Sands, of Lake Grove, L. l.; Robert
Woodruff and William Gothard, OF Brooklyn. and
some others. To-day Bishop Harris and Or. Chad
wick Of brooklyn, and DR.. Dashiell. OF New York.
are expected to dedicate tho tabernacle. which
has been erected this past spring at cost of nearly
and DIR. Chadwick in the afternoon. and DR..
Dashiell probably will preach in the evening.
The tabernacle is a. plain n,n frame structure:
about two thousand people and designed only
to keep out the sun and rain, which the
young trees did not do 1t will enable the worship
pers think more of the sermons and less of the
weather aud their dry goods than they have done
heretofore From the roof of this tabernacle floats
white nag with blue cross. and beneath the roof
welcome" in evergreens greets the visitor eye.
And under this is the motto. also in evergrees Feed
My Lambs" There are not many lambs seeking pas
ture in Merrck yet. But, nevertheless, 1t TOOK two
ministers aud lady to entertain and hold the atten
tion OF less than OF those lambs yesterday.
And no wonder when they were seriously asked how
many OF them the Saviour wanted to come to camp
meeting. Several little hands went up, according to
instruction; but was very evident that the Merrick
lambs had deeper convictions concerning candy and
cakes tops dolls than they had about tho value
of camp meetings in general and that one In par
ticular.
The old campers glory the absence of mos
quitoes this year. They know the music OF those
little insects and grateful to the committee that
has cleared away the brush and deprived the mos
quitoes of their camping ground. Sunday will be
the great day of the meeting. Drs. Sims, Fowler
and other ministers of New York and Brooklyn
expected to preach. Three preaching services will
be held each day. children's meeting at quarter
past Z. NJ. and the usual prayer meetings morn
ing and evening. But Merrick Is not place to get
up much excitement about camp meeting. Except
tho farmers around, who will drive In tor day.
there will not be more than one or two hundred
stopping the ground during the season. Services
will be held after the close of the camp meeting AZ
long the cottagers remain.