The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-28
RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL
Twelve Rousing Meetings
Yesterday at the Camp
Grounds, Ocean Grove.
$4,000 PERSONS PARTICIPATE.
Fund for the New Auditorium
Building Completed-"Wash-
Day" Sermon.
$4,000 PERSONS PARTICIPATE.


OCEAN GROVE, Aug. IS. 1S93-Twelve
grounds aud at the beach resorts yester-
day. and the service which began at seven
A. NJ. aud continued without Interrupt
tion until nearly midnight. were at
tended by monster crowds. Great pre-.
parations had been made for the great
religious festival. There are over 500
ministers now on the grounds and Presi-
dent Stokes had induced nearly every one
of them to take an active part In the SER
vices.
The Auditorium. Tabernacle. Temple,
the gospel tents and the beach pavilions
were open all day aud earnest clergymea
were on duty from sunrise uutil lats at
night, preaching. praying. exnorting aud
singing to the saved and unsaved. Tn ose
who did not desire to attend the services
were handed gospel tracts for perusai
and even the boardwalk was covered
with Scriptural notices. inv ting the
passers by TO seek salvation u prepare
for eternity.
MEETINGS OF Il DAY.
The hrst neetlng or tue day was held
in the Young PEOPLES Temple at fifteen
minutes TO eight A. NJ. Tnece were 5000
present ana IA hour WAS spent in sin u
ing, prayes and testifying to the Master.
From the Temple people focked to the
monster auditorium, where the annual
love feast W Is held. Thi. novel service
Is original with the Methodisls, aud con-
sists or prayer aHd testimony. There
we're fully 5000 in aud about the oDeu
air building when tho leader. the Rev.
Dir. Stokes, announced the opening hymn,
Coronation" Ten thousand voices
iaipqA ir tbs srbnrT7a amt fhn uAinfninn
woods echoed with The o
DIR. Stokes then announced that It
would be impossible to pass the bread
and water, and suggested that instead.
the Christians pres ent shake hands with
other. The suggestion was adopted
and the immense congregation arose to
their feet, shook hands one with another
and sang "Blest be the tie that binds"
Then ca,ne the testimonies. There Were
fully 2c0 ministers on the platform. repre-
sentiGg every denomination. The audi
ence represented nearly every State III
the Union.
For over an hour the happy Christians
told Of the many blessings they had re-
ceived during the year. Five, ten, twenty
were on their feet at the same time quot
ing verses Of Scripture. praisiug Goa for
his bouiities or SINKING. A~iethodists.
Baptists, Presbyterians. Lntherans.
Qaakers and converted 1nfidels testified
oe after another.
ptnanda Smith. the colored Evangelist.
sang her experiences aud started u lie ,fsu-
ing salyo of --Glories," observation-disclosures"
The different speakers would announce
where they were from before they testl-
fed. Al one time u color ed sister from
Alabama, d Chinaman from Colorado. q
Ouakers from Philade lphia aud a digni-
ned Presbyterian from Princeton were
talking at onca.
Iu IN hour over 5000 testimonies were
given. aud thousands were au xious To
talk. but time wonld not permit. AT a
quarter after ten the preaching services
at the Auditorium began. Tie cougre-
gatiou wHs not dismissed, but waited
patiently for the preacher OF the morning.,
Chancellor Sims of the Syracuse Uni
yersity.
MONEY FOR THE AUDITORIUM.
Before the SERMON DR.. Stokes and DR..
Hanlon succeeded In collecting the $4,000
needed TO complete the new auditorium
building tuud of $50. COO. The Chaucel-
lor's text was the eleventh verse of the
eleventh CHI pier Of Matthew. He
preached an able sermon, showing the
great difference IN results between the
old dispensation OF compalsion n the
new dispensation OF love.
While the Chance. Tor was preaching in
the auditorium. overflow meetings were
held ABOUT the camp grounds and on the
beach. Three thousand gathered in the
temple aud listened to a sermon by the
Rev. William e. Smith. OF Brooklyn. The
Tabernacle. too. was crowded, aud the
Rev. J.. r.. Daniels OF Long Branch
preached the sermon. Down on the
beach services were held at Rossis and
LiiiIagore's payiiiions. AT the former
place the Rev. r. j. Andrews of Keyport,
was In charge. and y stirring exhorta-
ton 10 the unsaved was MAIDS by Is
Naylor. the Yorkshire, Evangelist.
The Rev. Dir. A. e. Ballard OF Ocean
Grove had charge Of the meeting at Lilli-
agore,s. aud the speakers were lhe Rev.
George Hughes. editor Of the Guide TO
Holiness, and Evangelist William Stock
ton. DR.. Hanlon's Bible class met at two
P. NJ. There were over 1900 students
At three p. M. the Auditorium was
again filed. The sermon was preached
BY the Rev. DIR. II. A. Cleveland of India
papolis. His theme was 1.-The Principles
of Christianity, the Salt and Light Of the
World" There was an intermission for
resi- aud dinner from five to six. when
fally 5000 gathered on the bach at the
foot of Oceau avenue Il participated in
a service consisting of singing and re-
sponsive Bible reading and brief o d.
dresses.
The final service of the day was held In
tn6 AaultOtium AT $40 +. M, ana was
attended by 1000 people. The preacher
was the Rev. Josrphus l.. Sooy, of Dos
Moines, formerly OF the New Jersey Con-
ference, and his discourse treated OF IL
walton.
At the conclusion of the sermon a
ronsing after meeting was held conducted
by Evangelist Naylor and others. The
meeting was continued until nearly
midnight. and over fifty penitents asked
for prayers and came forward to the
altar.
The camp meeting will continue until
Thursday morning. 1She "wash day;
sermon this morning was preached by
the Rev. DR.. Thomas Canton of Penn
inRton, who has occupied the Auditorium
pulpit the Monday morning following
camp meeting Sabbath for the past
twelve years.
THE HIGHER LEE.