Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-08-19
NATIONAL PARK.

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cellor of the American Temperance Uniyer-
sity at Hartman, Tenn, preached prac-
tical sermon at the camp meeting Sunday
morning ON the subject Character and
Blessedness of the Good.n His text was
Psalms. xcvii II: Light is sown for the
righteous and gladness for the upright in
heart"
Rev. Mr.. Spence said in substance: Char
acter is what man is in his thought, in
his action, in his sentiments, in his totality.
There is distinction between charater
and reputation. Joseph had good charac-
ter, but q bad reputation. Potiphar's
wife had good reputation, but bad
character. All the moral elements in the
character of the good are pure and COM
plete. These elements, are the intellect,
the sentiments, the conscience and the will.
The good are ever thoughtful of moral
principles. Their conscience is responsive
and their will obedient to moral principles"
While scores of bicyclists, wagons and
carriages were wheeling into the grove
between and 10 o'clock q party of Phila-
delphia yatchmen, with keg of beer,
attempted to make landing on the park
beach. Chief of Police Harry Miller hnr-
riedly mounted bicycle and sped to the
river front, but he and two assistants were
obliged to draw their clubs and threaten the
yachtsmen with arrests before they would
desist from their attempts to land.
Rev. Joseph Garrison and Rev A. Law
renee conducted stirring experience
meeting at $50 o'clock a. m. Two young
persons professed conversion.
Leonard Weaver, the famous English
evangelist, preached on THE Old Gospel"
tonight from the text. Corinthians. XIV.
2: II declare unto you the Gospel" He
said, in the course of his sermon: "The
Gospel is the oldest thing in the world,
yet it is ever new. The Gospel is the
statement of these facts: Christ died !;
Christ buried Christ risen.'" The preacher
gave vivid description of the steps to the
cross and Christs resurrection. At the
close of the sermon penitents moved
forward rapidly to the alter. Nine con-
verts were reported, and one of them was
young man, a bicyclist, who came here for
the afternoon, but, becoming interested,
stayed until night.
Rev. A. Wagg, Phi. D, and Rev. E. G.
Sunfield, has opened subscription list for
the building Of young peoples tabernacle
in the grove, south of the main auditorium.
James w. Bird and wife of Philadelphia,
headed the list with subscription of 5000.
Mr.. Baird will build trolley line between
the park and Woodbury. in the fall. His
object is to have two feeders for his road,
namely, the w est Jersey Railroad and the
Camden, Gloucester and Woodbury. trolly
road, both of which run through Wood
bury.
There is talk already of enlargiDg the
National Park Hotel, which although five
stories in heigH t, was incapable of accom-
modating many persons over Sunday.
Manv of the cottages took in the appli-
cants, however, and some of the cottagers
have declared their intention Of engaging in
the boarding house business permanently.
Two sunday-schools were in progress
during the afternoon, one in the grove
under the direction of Rev. J. E. Lake,
d. D., and one on the hotel porch, under
the direction of Rev A. Lawrence.