Evening star., 1898-07-23
AT OCEAN GROVE.
Chaufauquan Assembly, Cold Water
and Other Meetings in Auditorium.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
OCEAN GROVE, N. J., July %. 1898.
The most successful and largely attended
session which the Ocean Grove Chautau-
qua Assembly has held during its four
teen years existence closed today. About
800 students attended the courses of lee
lures. and most of them passed the exam
nations which took place Wednesday.
The commencement exercises on Thurs-
day attracted thousands of people. Es-
corted by several score of flower girls,
dressed in white. the Chautauqua Of '9S
marched through the grounds, under the
symbolic arches and into the Young Peo-
pies Temple, where formal recognition
services We're conducted by Prof b. B.
Loomis. Ph.D.. LID, of Albany n. Y,
who Is superintendent of instruction at tht
assembly. Several hundred alumni wers
present to Join In the commencement pro-
cession. which, headed by a military band
proceeded to the Auditorium, where the
commencement address was delivered by
Bishop John H. Vincent, DID, LID.
founder and chancellor of Chautayoua
The diplomas We're presented by Bishop 7
n. Fitzgerald, president of the Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association The as
sembly closed in the evening with violin
recital by Signor Vitale of BROOKLYN
Young Peoples Floral day has come TO
be one of the most interesting features of
tne summer program. Rev. G. H. Yatman
the Weli-known evangelist and leader of
the young people S meetings, originated this
service two years ago. For the floral day
OF 1898 the immense Auditorium has been
transformed by flowers and palms into a
Heritapie Na hover garden In the evening
Mr.. Yatman will have the Ninety and
Nine told in song. Eminent soloists and
choir of three hundred voices will assist
The order of Kings Daughters held its
annual convention On the camp grounds
yesterday. The pre- sident of the order, Mrs.
Margaret Bottome Is in charge and there
are nearly five hundred delegates present
from the various parts Of the country
During the coming week there are to he
three IMPORTANT conventions on the camp
ground. The Womer's Christian Temner-
ance Union of New Jersey will hold its an
rual meeting on Monday and Tuesday, and
on wednesday comes the annual iuhIloe
and reunion of the African Methodist Enis
oopal Church Of America Brethren and
sisters from all parts of the east. espe-
claiiy from New York and Philadelphia,
Will come By the car load to enjoy their
annual old-fashioned sing and shout I'm
Ocean Grove Auditorium. Bishop J. NJ
Turner, Bishop Herrick and several other
leadlng officials of the church will be pres
ent and make addresses. The white peopIe
at this and the nearby resorts always turn
out iii such large numbers to attend the
jubilee that the colored visitors themselves
nave difficulty in finding seats within the
Audltorlum, which accommodates lOO0O
The white people congregate all over the
camp grounds within earshot of the soul
Iui singing and stirring eloqucnce The
other convention of the week is that of the
Natlonai temperance Society. Some of TIE
lecturers who are announced to speak ore
Col. George w. Balm of Kentucky whose
subjects are Among the Masses and
foundations of Cities and Governments"
Rev DR.. Charles H. Mead and Rev Mad
ison c. Peters of New York, Joshua T,
Bailey, esq, of Philadelphia and other
cold water advocates of national reputa-
tlon The music will be in charge of the
famous Silver Lake Quartet
MISS Nellie TRULY of Washington is a
leading belle at the Alaska this sur-mer.
Dr. John F. Goucher Of Baltimore spent
rev days at this resort week ago.
Rev Henry NJ. Wharton. DID. and wifa
recently arrived at the Majestic from Bal
timore.