The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-20
Life, Religious and Social,
in Ocean Grove and
Asbury Park.
SERMONS AND SURF BATHING,
Jersey City People Who Are Spend
ing the Summer Months
There.
speciai o he saadau MORNING Melpr.


States and Canada pilgrims to the Metho-
dist Mecca, its beach meetings and i'm
menss gatherings IN the auditorium.
Except in a religious way it is difficult
TO separate 4Asbury Park and Ocean
Grove. James A. Bradley, founder of
the Park, is as enthusiastic a Methodist
RS President Stokes, Brothers Brown and
Evans, and others who spiritually and
temporarily run Ocean Grove, and all are
agreed rs to the prevention of alcoholic
aud stimulating beverages. In enter
prise the Park is way ahead of the
Grove The streets Of the former are lib
orally sprinkled while those Of the
Grove are simply Il desert waste. Why
Brother Stokes and his colleagues neg
1ect the dusty roads is a question that
none can satisfactorily answer
There is vast amount of sameness in
the summer exercises at Ocean Grove,
and the programme of one season seems
10 be the standard for all others. The
annual session OF the National Division,
Sons or temperance, and its public meet
1nRs, have been something of an interest
ing innovation The monotonous Ocean
Grove Sunday School Assembly is now
hsaving its usual run for the benefit of a
plumber OF Big guns, including Prof.
Sweeney, of Chester
he season at the Grove commenced
lily this year. and now hotels are filled
with guests: the cottages of many colors
md styles are occupied and the dweliers
in the tents are enjoying themselves.
Daily excursion parties from New York
Ph1ladelphia,and the region round about
Visit the Grove and add TO the crowd Of
bathers who enjoy themselves and fnrn-
1sn amusement TO the crowds that thronp
the beach and pavllions
There IS always an abundance of re-
ligion down here. The first service com
nences at five o clock in the morning 1t
Is not largely attended. It is Il daybreak
prayer meeting, and is a sort of appetizer
This meeting lasts an hour
AT nine o'clock the Rev. Charles Vat.
man, of Newark, a popular leader, directs
the exercises Of the Young Peoples meet
ing at'the Temple The building will
OF the familiar revival hymns, accom-
panied by the cornet, manipulated by
Charles j. Taylor, is done with much
zest. After 3 short address by Mr. ut
man, testimonies and experiences are
given BY the audience. Regular services
are held nightly in the auditorium.
The National Temperance and Publica-
ton Society VIII commence its usual ses-
sion on July 3d. to continue four days.
The Kings Daughters will hold q mass
convention on August l3. The annual
ten days camp meeting of the association.
EpAilttteuCiIE AUGUST Is, Will De the cnl6T
and concluding event of the season. The
auditorium Will seat 5000 persons, and
frequently ]. SEQ more are gathered on che
grounds to listen to the exercises.
This Sunday School is the largest in tho
land. IL is led by the Rev. DR.. Hanlon
In addition to review of the regular
Bible study, biblical questions are asked
on slips of paper handed to the secretary,
who reads them, and then DR.. Hanfon
gives answers thereto. The following
are some of the questions that worry the
accomplished Director here is helI?n
Who r-as Gains wifegv SHOULD
Christian wear jewelry2" rs it a sin
to buy Sunday Newspapers "Where
was the Garden of Eden?p The doctor
readily discerns the frivolous questions
and usually gives them the go by in great
shape.
Evangelist Yatman has created a sensa-
ton this week In his denunciation of card
playing, dancing. novel reading and
smoking, ana has circulated a pledge,
to abstain from all of the Objectionable
amusements named.
AS against these religious restrictions
Asbury Park presents great attractions
for the festive throngs In the matter of
hops at the hotels, and band of music
that nightly enterteins large crowds at
the povflion- Mr.. James A. Bradley.
founder of Asbury Park, in trying to ar
range for the comfort OF the colored peo-
pie, and at the same time to settle the
status of colors in bathing matters. has
struck another snag. He has laid out
bathing grounds, and furnished them
with appropriate houses exclusively for
the use of the colored population. Sew
eral of the colorcd leaders kicked, and I'M
dertook to hold an Indignation meeting,
but the affair was fzzle, and the sensi-
bic ones of the colored folk Endorsed Mr..
Bradley and his plans for providing for
the colored brothers and sisters.
What promenade is the board walk
from North Asbury to Liilagore's on
Fletcher Lake, q distance of more than
two miles, Watching the throng one is
kept busy i'll bowling to Jersey City folk.
stood on the Boulevard one evening
this week aud the first TO attract my at
tention was Thomas K. Noonan. He
Jostled the throng that had no idea
of che statesman among them. Just be-
hind him was the venerable lawyer,
stephen B. Ransom, few feet in adj
vance OF Commissioner Eddie Dugan.
Ex-Aldermsh Lewis Wood, bowling
down Ocean avenue, was taking a run
from his country home. William Thomp-
son and Charley Erbe, of the Federal
Club, came along in the crowd, and SO
did james Wallace and S. IL Jacobs,
clerk at the pipe yard. Judge A. B. Day
ton, VINO was down on visit. to his
Dfotner ae vest ParK, was one OF the
best looking men on the walk
There are many jersey City people
among the summer residents of the Park
and Grove. Justice James n. Davis has
q lively little home on the other side of
Fletcher Lake, and enjoys it. Mr.. Joseph
A. Bears family occupy their own pleas
ant summer home on Pilgrim Pathway.
James y. Pcndergrast, OF Hoboken ave
nue., and Eugene Sutherland. of Madison
avenue, are among the Jersey City cot
ragers at the Grove DIR. Lyman Brown
and his brother, William A. Brown, OF
the Dixon Crucible Works, have their
own pretty cottages in Ashury Park. w
E. Sackctt, Ed ward NJ Walsh. John w.
Aymar and Charley Jordan, with their
families, have cottages in the Park
Among those from Jersey City who have
registered at hotels and cottages the past
week are Or. #. c. Barlow, Dir.
I'll. A. Benedict and George H. Earle at
the Coleman House, Asburv Park; W.
Reed and Il. c. Brown at the Victoria,
Asbury Park; w. q. Dobbins at the
Colonnade, Asbury Park; r. Eyarts and
wife at the Brunswick; Charles r. Or
nlier st the Victoria; Mrs. r. Olephont at
the Carlton; ID. Fl. Blackhains at the Al
ber'narle; G. r.. Macuah and family at
the Albion, John n. Browane at the
Atlantic, and r. S, Yard ut the Airing
toy, Ocean Grove
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