The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-19
FERVlD TINES AT MERRICK
AN OLD-EiSHIONED CAMP MEETING ON
LONG ISLAND.
A Plague or Mosquitoes nnd OF Hives-Per.
fectionist Exhortcts- brother Ruth OF
1ndiannpo!ts-A perfectiontst Benuty.

A Plague or Mosruitoe s and OF Hives-Per.
fection,st Exhortcts- Drother Ruth of
| Indisnnpo!is-A Perfectiontst Beaaty.
mile and 4 half to tho north OF Mcrrick
Station. Long Island, IL q grove OF oak ard
chestnut trees In which tho Lone 1slaud Camp
Meeting Association has held an o!d-faslioned
Methodist camp meeting each summer Tor
twenty.three years. Last Tuesday tho twenty.
| TIL .esson opened to run its ten days
course. The grove. which covers about sixty
acres, is pretty place, level. leafy. and fairly
| coo'. At one end OF it Is marshy little lake
surrounded by bushes.
1t he. been pretty generally agreed among
human beings that OF all the trials to which
flesh Is subject tho mosquito Is about tho
worst 1t has also beon thought out by caro-.
! full minds that tue hives stand noNt in point
Of psstiferousnoss. Some people give them
first place ana the mosquito soconl. Therein
los mics point But the mothers aud sisters
oil Mo,ho ism assembled at Merrlck camp
meeting have no roa on 10 cpter into the dis
cuss on OF IT, For the two plaques have fallen
upon them-the hives from within. the mos
quitoes from without And so violent Is tho
attack that only special dispensation OF
grncs prevents the grove rom resouhding
| with exp, es ions which fall only from the lips
OF the sons OF wrath.
The water Is held responsible for tho hives.
No sooner is II drunk than largo. ted spots OF
exceeding heat and irritabilty appear upon
whatever portion OF the boty may lie bvyoud
the reach OF tho fingers. The moro they aIs
ruhbe the moro Irr!ta'ed they Get.
Tho mosquitoes breed In the bushes nbout
the lake. They nro OF small but nost vicious
! VARIETY They do not stay in the bushes at
night. nor do they ietile there in the hours VI
daylight. Day ami night they roam about ths
grove. fastening In swarms upon all human
bein.s. They have no fear OF death but hang
OH. deiying waves OF hand or ian until crushed.
Their poison is Of peculiar vlruiencc The hrss
SOL saiion is a sting tina, sends little shivcrs
| isaping M and down the spin. This sting
subsides into an itch. which creens round and
| round he great lump ihn bite has raised
! All that part OF tho body hidden by the CLOTH
ing Is given over TO hives. All the exposed
part Is the property of tho mos iuitoes. Tho
preachers come down to camp meeting wear.
ing low shoes, They doserys tho commlsera-
ton Of all mankind. FOX their ankles are the
especial delight Of the mosquitoes. and the
sound Of their lamentations 10 loud in the
grove. As a result OF the double plague. every
camper wanders about with bunch OF leaves
In his hand aud talks between slars at his face.
| But the object " this camp meeting Is not
To- be bitten and to itch. as might appear to
casual observer In spite OF the plaques q
religious meeting OF the anci Mt Methodist
| kind Is in progress. To the New York person,
! whose ears are filed with the sound OF conten.
| tons over creeds. tho religion OF this camp
meeting comes In the nature OF a surprise.
All along the southern part OF Long Island
| live simple. God fearing people who have
heard little about Prof. Briggs and advanced
criticism. They believe the Bible from end to
end. aud many OF them would be iucredulous II
| they were told that it WAS not written in Eng
lish originally. Their fathers and ernndfa,hers
li a spi sy do r . M WIS nn
10Y. earth probation in which ali who do not
| believe are on til. way To everlasting we. Tho
creed Of those MOTTO lists Is exceedingly SIM
ple Thea,r.s. dancing card playing. light
personal devil to be Guile human souls.
Mi,Iin IN las tsW year bln new d9cIine has
producing tho nearest approach 10 schisin
that any Ioc,rine ha, ever oduced in that
Some Ms,hodlsts peli-ve it, coma rail against
It bitterly. many are on the fence. 1t has In;
CAMP msetioss. Formerly ihsse anslen. and
honorsd institutions OF propaGandism were
F l sse
subsequent Iustincat
But with the rise OF the perfec,ionists the
| revival and the camp meeting have got n
tho Justified man has a further step t" take
dom from the desire to sin. almost free
rom TIE ae & In Du So each camp
! u
tionists ana those. VINO say the perfectionlsts
Tho reriec,ion" fever ha. broken out at
M-rrck. and promis.s to rise hugh before the
ners 10 repentance is partly neglected. bu: this
| III. pereciionis;s declare. Is made up for by
upon perfection church Psrlsoionis. m 'S..
! ings are characterize by mucn shouting aud
sinsirs and nl, by prayers Of earnest and often
Last " edns sday afternoon the first powerful
| He Was thin narrow. shouldsred young man.
Biz bus and shsTpy sSssd. ps s chin " %ns
IS name wa. Y. q, Euih, ana that he came
and he LoId him s. oss" Of" PASSING 0'
AZ Msrrick there are two small tents and .
ss Is s essns: NJ fa ma snt 81
aS'd iS MG5 IL one nae h
rsadins II O'clock on rauIsdsS ai,srn ns
He found q warm group Of perteetionists a..
Of fHe s@ 1e' @ s'ns
build and \ trne longer hair These two were
d0s s sash q u II. S Sssfr na ss
By the word and ac!on 81 81 ;he Other ~ o... .
Ia snn e
II: s,s Ff S4 IT, bro, ,on;r
iasS: s Ssna"S % Tho Ses:s S:p S,s
* senx 1 9sa r psn
maniin. q, he went al ns severa OF tho au-
disnc. punctnate! each .cnteace with an ejsc-
81 ptsss an1 mHss note; "a
| on the battery children the current is strong"
Bro her l;uths assist.In: calls out at one
said was: Religion is like grease ih o Gourd.
llit can't got out any other way 1t VIII sweat
| itself out.9
Alter tho service . collection was taken -up.
and Brother Ruth's energy was vol rewarded.
Thoy insisted on ht! staying for the evening
service to- preach. Hls sermon was ppon the
same topic. and his isryor was even greater.
He used the rough and honely illustrations OF
tho backwoods. md won smiles and loud
"Ameus'' from MI parts OF the audience,
| After the sermon there Was tho Invitation to
Christians present TO come TO the altar AMI try
ior perfection A. no on. came orward; al
| turn. The rain fell In torrent, and the iinring
lights without the auditorium sank into dars;;
the sccompsnImsnts Of Amen" and Praise
the Lord" came In . continuous shout
I;rothsr Ruth kept bis face turned inward: