Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-03

Stokes. 1t Is promised,
on the other hand. that the very best lec-
turers and ministers obtainable will be
added at a later day, as the programme is
not wholly completed at present. The
scamp meeting' is becoming more of a camp
in name than reality. Not one in q hundred
OF the Ocean Grove visitors ever passed a
night in q tent. Still the name clings to the
ten days series of religious meetings, under
the direction OF the Methodist Church, the
last weeks in August, for by 1t Ocean
Nowadays, however. the religious duties
anil the inforced severity of modes of living
are no more thought of by the average Ocean
and well-to do citizen of Pittsbnrg, and the
daily routine now, of cottage and hotel Lille
is no more like the olden time camp meeting
season than the gayeties of the -Four Hun
dred" resemble the fasting and prayers of
the monks OF St. Bernard.
The famous board walk at Ocean Grove
has been widened some 80 or 40 feet since
last summer. and now, in connection with
the Asbury Park promenade, presents the
finest ocean walk in the country. Right in
the middle of its mile or so of extent along
of the "surf meeting" every Sunday night,
beginning tomorrow, talking away, mid
oceans roar. to the thousands sitting on the
sands beneath.
Across narrow Wesley Lake is Asbury
Park. where preparations are being made
for the greatest Fourth OF July celebration
ever known in the State OF New Jersey: On
the morning Of the Fourth there will be a
series of tri-State bicycle races between
leading representatives of New York. Penn.
sylvania and New Jersey. Following these
by well-know people Jim Corbett in train
ing for his fight with Sullivan at Deal Beach.
two miles away, will be present and partici-
pate. On. the Afternoon of the Fourth the
local and visiting fire companies will parade
with o force probably exceeding 20 600 led by
Cappa's New York Seventh Regiment Band.
In the evening there will be Cappa's music
at a concert, the United States Steamship
Trenton's Marine Band and other bands,
followed by the most brilliant display OF
fireworks ever seen on the Atlantic coast
who has prepared scores of new pieces ex.
pressly for this occasion.
In Ocean Grove the Rev. DR.. John Hand
ley, a widely known Methodist minister,
will deliver the Fourth of July GRAFTON. To
morrow evening the Rev. Samuel D. Paine,
Chaplain in Chief OF the Grand Army of the
and Captain in the Crimean war
and in the Rebellion. will preach in the
Ocean Grove auditorium. DR.. Paine is the |
father of Ralph d. Paine, who rowed in the |
Yale Varsity crew Yesterday against Har-
tor of the Flagler Memorial Church, at st. |
Fla. |
The summer school of Christian Philos-
ophy will shortly be in session at Avon-by- !
formerly Key West This instfru- |
ton is under the direction OF the Rev. |
Charles F. Deems, pastor OF the Church Of |
Strangers, New York City. Besides the leo |
lures and discussions here on the part of |
many Of the leading clergymen of the land,
there is kind of Chautauqua department
attached. and lectures and Instructions are !
given by those very prominent in matters |
Of art. elocution, music and so on. Avon is |
steadily advancing, and though but mile |
south OF the wonderfully prosperous resorts
Of Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, will |
doubtless ontmatoh them in some respect
,re long. The seaside meetings I'm the beau
,iful grove at Avon are much like those in |
Ocean Grove, without the intensely religious
aspect. From an intellectual standpoint the |
summer entertainments provided is consid-
,red by many to be beyond that OF any re.
,ort south of Martha's Vineyard.