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REV. A, W ALLACE, D. D., Editor. OCEAN GROVE, N. J., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1839. VOL. XV. NO. 47. God’s Goodness. It melts my heart, tills tender caro That watches o’er me everywhere ; This love that ranko me feel nnd know God's presence wheresoe'er I g o ; This Attn of.atrength that holds.me up * , This bounteous hand that tills my cup; This pity for each woe of mine; : Thlsbrlghtncssot tho faco Divine. No sorrow but my Lord doth share: No burdon that he does not bear; No hour of gloom and bitterness, But he Is nigh to cheer aud bless. 0 Frlond of friends I what shall I bring To thee of grateful oiFcriug? Let all my earnest life bo glveu ' In works of holiness to heaven. ■—Advocate aiid Guardian; A Revival. SEEM ON BY KEY, II. BELTING IN ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, SUNDAY, NOV. 17, 1889. " 0 Lord, revive thy work,’'—Hab. 3 :8. , Revivals of religion are not peculiar to .. modern tfmes; they date back as far as the history of the Church of God.' We read of them in the time of Nehemiah, Hezekinb, David, Daniel, etc. David prayed : " W ilt thou not .revive us again, that thy people may rejoice In thee?” The text is a prayer in the same direc- tion, and Pentecost was a revival on a , grand scale, the greatest in all the history of the church. The condition of things •which prompts the prayer of the text is somewhat sad to reflect upon;; because there is an implication that there has been spiritual declension on the part of God’s people. Why such periods should occur in the history of any church is somewhat difficult to explain. In all the past history . of the church we find they have existed, and no doubt they will continue to the end of time, because of- our proneness to wander front God, und our surroundings that are not helpful to our spiritual life. To revive means to quicken to new life, to Invigorate, to become active and full of 2eal and energy. Revivals are times of spiritual refreshing both among Christians and the unconverted, for they generally go together. “A1revival is the spring of religion, the renovation of life and gladness. It is tho seasou in which young converts burst into existence and beautiful activity. The church resumes her labor nnd care with freshness and energy. The air all around is balmy and diffusing the sweetest odors. The whole landscape teems with living promises of abundant harvest of righteous- ness and peace. It is the jubilee of holiness. A genial warmth pervades and refreshes tho whole church. Showers of vernal delight and joy descend gently and copiously. Delight- ful influences are wafted by every breeze. Where the dend leaves of winter still lin- ger, the primrose and the daisy spring up in modest loveliness. Trees long barren put forth the buds of beauty and power. The whole valley, is covered with varied and fragrant blossoms. ‘ Forms of beauty bloom on every side, and Zion Is the Joy of the whole earth. If the spirit that renews.the face of nature is a spirit of beauty In the elegance of the germs, the ‘ tints of the buds, the verdure of the foli- age, the splendor of the blossoms, and the witching glories of the matured fruits of Nature, how great is his beauty when act. : ing; out his lovely and holy perfections In revivals of religion?” These words bring to iSur notice what -should never be lost sight of, namely, that a revival is a *work of God. Ilei alone can . give renewed life. Paul* may plant,, and Afrollos may water, but God alone can give ' the increase. The history of all revivals corroborates th Is statement. Human agency may produce excitement, enthusiasm nnd fanaticism, and the fruit of such, wor k will last only while the excitement continues. But while this important truth must be uppermost in our thought, we must like-, wise remember that a revival is an object of desire, prayer and effort on our part. God means to bring the truths of the gos- pel to men’s hearts by tho agency/of man. When Saul of Tarsus was convicted of sin on his way to Damascus, he was bidden to go Into the city and it should be told him what he should do, and Annanlas was seat to instruct him as to his duty. When the angel had informed Cornelius that , his prayers were heard, he was ordered toseud for Peter, who would tell him what ho must do. God is evidently jealous of this plan, and so,tho angel was uot permitted to do what belonged to Peter’s d uty. The • honor and responsibility of bringing saving truth to human hearts belongs to tho church. When tho. church Is duly im- pressed with this how Intense becomes the desire for the revival of God’s work- David expressed it thus: “As the hear$ panteth after the water brooks, so.panteth . my soul after thee, 0 God.” How intense { Is this, figure!t Wo see the poor beast j chased by the hounds using every, effort to escape, panting for the water-brook where it may both slako its thirst.and throw tho hounds off the track;. even so David’s soul was panting for God. When Nehemiah was told of the sud condition of Jerusalem he “sat down and wopt and mourned cer- tain days, and fasted and prayed beforothe God, of b.eaveu,” Mr.- Finnoy tells of a blacksmith whoso agony became so great at thought of tho condition of tho church and of sinners, that he could not work. So he locked up his shop and spent the after- noon In'prayer. This was followed by. a great revival. In these, as in- every case, desire and prayer go hand in hand, and the two produce the disposition of mind and heart to be benefited by a revival, We believe there never was d revival except in answer to prayer on. the. part of one or more. This intense desire and fervent prayer must always have reference to our- selves as well as others. , Nekemiak fasted and prayed, and.confessed his sins to God. David prayed that the joys - of salvation might bo restored to him, then would he teach transgressors God’s ways, and sinners would be converted. Desire .and prayer must .be accompanied by effort. I f the little company upon .whom the Holy Ghost fell so copiously on the day of Pentecost, iiad Temained' in that upper roOni rejoicing in their new-found blessing, there is every reason to believe- the. results of that day would have been far different from what they were.; When the fire was kindled in their hearts,. immediately they went out, and made every effort to bring the. same blessings to other hearts, Their, efforts were so unusual that their enemies said, they were filled, with new ‘>vine. ;-Tbe result shows that their efforts Were judi- ciously directed. They were workers with God. Success lies only • along this line. The smith' does not ^attempt.to weld-.the iron until it has the requisite heat. L e t Us learn how God works and then work w ith Him.- ■: .*:v: *■* ' A genuine revival of religion always stirs up opposition. Some in the church may not believe in them, nnd either oppose or be indifferent,.which is as bad, if not worse. There is a natural love of ease on the part of many and they do not want to be disturbed. It is to -be’ expected, Of course, that Satan will 'oppose them. Just as long as he can induce God’s^eople to be Inactive,.he has them where he, wants them : for while they do nothing for God, they are often in th a t. State where: Satan uses them for his purpose. It is safe to say Satan has but little jise for ah earnest wide awake Christian . worker. A revival alwiys makes inroads upon Satan’s forces, and one of his ’devices is to fill the minds of people .so full of other things that thoy cannot think of the interests of their souls; and thus ho retains them iu his power. In many cases too, it will be found that he will start a counter movement, und the moro church members he can induce to join in this, the better for his side of the case.. These counter movements are 'not always of a sinful character ; he is entirely too shrewd for this. .. He hides the snare and adroitly covers the hook with the tempting bait in order •to allure his vic- tims. ' - He may suggest also that as a revival is a work'of God we cannot bring It on. A field of wheat is a work of God, but we can do much toward hindering or helping its growth. He Is a poor, farmer Indeed .who expects God to.give him a good crop at harvest time who makes no exertion himself to realize such a lesuU. Let the blessed fruits of a revival be our incentive to labor f»?r it. visited from house to house. He traveled on foot, both Winter and Summer, and always stopped -with the families of the preachers or members for- entertainment, who always gave him a cordial welcome. Everybody loved him. He wtis a “ A poor, wayfaring man, And lodged awhllo lu tents below, ' And K-lnilly wandered to and fro,' • Till lie hi.s Cunnan gained.”,; He was always sure to speak in tho meetings when opportunity wa3 given. Tho divine fire, seemed to burn In his heart, shine in his face, nnd Sparkle in his eye. His testimonies were to the point and seemed to be given at the right time and always acceptable to the people as the hearty amen orappropriate song which followed clearly showed. It was a com- mon, thing for him to say near the close of. his testimony, holding his left hand open and bringing down the forefinger of the other on the open palm, “ There, I/v\*ould just us soon you would see my heart as my hand.” He used to occupy his leisure time, as a matter of recreation, in making rolling pins, ladles, brooms and other useful arti- cles .which he would carry around and pre- sent to theladies where he was entertained and with Which tiiey were well pleased, It was a cdmmon' thing for him to say Amen to any important truth uttered in a sermon,'prayer or testimony,. This .’he would do in a sharp, loud voice, sometimes exciting a smile, and so startling to the people that . many would look around to see where it came from, and strangers would wonder-who: he was and what it was, At one time he went to hear a Pres- byterian divine preach, lie was of the old school, and when laying down the doctrine of election and reprobation with emphasis, Uncle Shaler shouted out to the top Of his vofce, “Amen, hit ormisz!" It seemed Alike:, ii clap:of thunder from a clear sky. The people looked atriazed, and the dominie, .who was reading his sermon lost his place, and it was some time before he could recover his presence of mind, find his place and preach with de- liberation. ■ Once he traveled a long distance on Sunday morning to reach a quarterly meet- ing, through a deep suow that had fallen during the night. Tho wind was blowing, snow’flying and drifting. The lady whose house he. was- trying to reach saw him coming ‘.through the storm and wading through drifts up to his arms. She met him at the door and said, “ Why, Father Shaler, are you not afraid you will blow awayV” “ If I do,” he replied, “ / shall blow to heaven!" '■■■ '■ 0 He died in a good old age. He was greatly missed. Devout men carried him to his burial. He was .tlie salt of the earth and the light of the world. . CiniJSTIA.N KMSKKltN. He was another'good old plain,'pious man in. the samo county. A Dutchman, IIIs language was very broken. Rising- to speak he would hitch up his pants, which were fastened about the waist, and not by suspenders,and say, “Ahem! ahem! ahem 1 1 feeel like—I feel.like flghtin’ the devil.” At the same .time suiting his voice and gestures to the word6 and thoughts he.wcj^, uttering. .. It was .'highly amusing and profitable to see his manner and hear his earnest testimony. At one time ho was sitting in a congre- gation where a meeting was held in iv pri- vate house. The. preacher was a Presby- teriau, und standing on a-trap door over cellar as lie. waxed warm and gesticulated with earnestness,* the lipor on which he was standing gave way, and the accom- plished clergyman went suddenly into the Cellar. “ Glory to. <»od!” exclaimed the Methodist Dutchman, “ one Presbyterian has fallen from grace!” . At one time He himself fell, but from a buildiug that was being raised. It was a dangerous fall and a narrow escape. When one said to him, “.What would have be- come of you if you had been killed?” “ Glory to God!" he replied. “ I would have gone.to heaven cross-lots as straight as a bullet,'’ Sketches and Anecdotes.' nV UKW W. C. SMITH, D.l)..■ • UNCLE SI IAJ. Kit. When I was si boy there lived In Scho- hurio county, X. V., a man by’:the name of Shaler. He was -usually called Uncle Shaler, and sometimes Father Shaler, as ho was quite advanced in years. I knew him well.. He was a memberof the Meth- odist Episcopal Church in good and regii- lar standing. lie .lived anywhere, every- where and almost nowhere. Ills home was among the people. He lived in the churches. They were his. temples and palaces. Ho was nsincere,simple-hearted uud true Christian, truly devoted to God, He was orthodox, truly -Armenian. He was rigid in the .observance of the disci- pllne aud the teachings of John Wesley. Ho was an itinerating pious Christian lay man. So hetraveled from circuit .to cir- cuit, fiom quarterly "meeting to quarterly meeting, (coin protracted milling to pro- tracted .meeting, from revival to revival, f ioin prayer, meeting to pr ay e r-meoti ug, from camp-meeting to camp-meeting, and William Dean Howells, in the Study whicli will appear \n Harper'* for Decem- her,-indulges.in the faucyof “ a gradual fusion of the literature, proper to Christ- mas.and the. literature proper to Thanks- giving in a literature appropriate to both,” and after suggesting what might be done under the agglutinated style oJ aThunks- giviug-Chrlstmas story,” says: Perhaps when our writers really comc-to the work .they will finvl sufficient inspiration In its novelty to turn to human life'und observe how it is really affected oti these holidays, and be tempted to present some of its aetu, allfh-s. .-Tills, would’be a great thing, to do, and would come home\o readers with sur- prise;” - ■’ , . ■ A Season at Ocean Grove. : It is both pleasant anti cheering to note the young: people. In . every * hotel, and hoarding house, hasUming.to: get through .breakfast and starting on their way to their place of worship. Much'attention is giv- en to music, and- the spirited way in which the hymns are sung, and the prompt and hearty way in Which tho whole service is conducted, has much to do in rendering it attractive.:' <£. During Juiy^ud the first part of August a* number of anniversary days are ob- served such as Temperance, State and ,Na- tional; Missionary, Home and Foreign; S. S. Assembly; Ocean Grove Anniver- sary.; Memorial days, &c., «fcc., but when these are over all meetings are tributary to the annual camprmeetlng, which' lasts ten days at the close of the month. From observation I judge the Y .. P. Meeting is more relied upon than'any other in the work of bringing sheaves into the garner. Mr. Y. has shown himself an efficient evangelist and his methods have been heretofore very successful at . the Grove. Special meetings are also held in the Auditorium and in the Tabernacle, be*, side which there are the Mothers’ Meet- ing,- the .Children’s Meeting, and tent meetings in various localities. The Au- ditorium is a building erected in a grove of trees and has a seating capacity of five or six thousand.' Beside these meetings I ought to mention a very unique one held every Sabbath' evening during the season, at the foot of Ocean Pathway, called the Surf Meeting, It is. held at fl o’clock p. m. and many thousands liere participdte in ;a liturgical service of prayer, singing and Scripture reading, partly under the pavil- ion at that point, but chiefly between that and the water, 'seated on or In the sand. Printed slips ore distributed through the audience giving: tho hymns and scripture selections, the service being interspersed with short addresses by persons, of note, lay and clerical. To see so many thhs grouped, and engaged, Is both - novel and pleasant. Some of the best pulpit and platform speakers In this country may be heard somewhere, and upon 'some,topic, during tlie season and all are not taken the M;; E. -Church, for it may be truthfully stilted that.very seldom does denominationalism manifest itself at this- camp,meeting by the sea,’. By the middle of June the weather is warm enough to render, a stroll j>y t}ie sea very enjoyable, but the water is still too cool for bathing, thouglru few venture in, but their blue Ups and chattering teeth confirm the above statement. Some assert that the water on this New Jersey.const is warmed by the Gulf Stream,others that it waits to be heated by summer sun. . Per- haps neither are wholly right or wholly Wrong. . . - Ocean .Grove is built upon a tract of land'about of a mile square, bounded on the north by Wesley Lake, on the south by.Fletcher Lake, west by what is ctdled the Turnpike road, and east by the ocean. These lakes are quite small, heading not more than a mile Inland, und not more than 200 feet wide. They seem to be a feature of tho coast in this vicinity, as within a distance of half a dozen miles, we find about one to the ‘mile, all about the same length and width, .and all enter- ing the ocean at right angles. Wesley Lake separates Ocean Grove .from Asbury Park, and Fletcher Lake, from Ocean Park. The former’ Is ".somewhat* larger than tlie Grove, both in . territory and in buildings aiid summer population, hut Ocean Park, in biiUiliiiirs and population, is very-inconsiderable. All three have the same restriction us to.liqiV/r; in fact I be- lieve It cannot- he-sold within a mile of the Grove In any direction, unless it >he oceanward; but land ward, from observa- tion, 1 should judge the foot oyer a mile is under a saloon. 1 The bathing establishments are at the north and south coait lines, where pavil- ions have also been erected, and betweeu ^hem a very wide substantial! walk, with several pavilions at intervals, so that there Is given unsurpassed facilities for both promenade and rest, us -well us opportun - ity to overlook bathers and the ocean! While the greater portion of residents and visitors at Oceau Orove are Methodists, yetj as I have already stated, there .is quite a respectable percentage not connected with that churcli, who find it a very pleas- ant place to come t»». Some doubtless aro here because they enjoy Methodist meth- ods of wocship, their fvivM preaching and their genenil aggi i v eneeantestiiess- nnd warmth. 1: met. <iuite a .munber of clergymen of. other denonjjnatiohs and have ho dbubt many of these had .new love kindled in their hearts, and curried*awny methods which boro fruit- la their home churches. I am sorry to believe that miiny Christian professors have accepted, cast iron denominational rules for saving souls, and the .tenacity with which , they hold these, nnd the distrust they have of all other methods, remind one of what is charged against somo physiclons, who are said to bo so wedded to the .formula taught in the schools from which they graduated, that sooner than -consent to try aught else, they would permit the patient to* die. Do not such professors forget that tho great apostle wrote the Corinthians (l Cor. !>:22) that he was willing to be made all things, to all men, that by all means he might save some? Ocean Grovo is abundantly supplied with that , class of persons popularly termed cranks, but'fche term is so frequently mis- used and misapplied that ! hesitate to use it here. We say of a boat that it is cranky when it can be easily overturned,* and we might say this of a great many persons brains, and .lt Is this class I have in blind. Most, of those met in Ocean Grove are simply religious enthusiasts, or those who have become enamored with certain lines of religious truth, and seem incapable of giving thought to any other. While standing on the outskirts of an audience at the Auditorium one morning I felt something had been thrust into my partly open palm which was behind meat the time; ['I.turned sufilciently to see:that It came from a man belonging to the ciuss of which I have written, an(! did not ex- amine what he hiul given me Until I left the place., I then'discovered.he had given me a tract c a lle d ‘No Personal Devil,’? Tt bore the imprint. of the f‘ N ew .Church,’• which is tlie new; name adopted by. the fol- lowers of that old dreamer, “Swedenborg;.” The than- who gave me the, tract Is! still a member Of the M. E.'Church,’but of . late had been captivated by ono of their, min- isters who has considerable ability in pre- senting the spiritual aide of tlieir belief attractively, or .1 might better say, the in- corporeal side, for that is really frhut Swedenborg wrote most about. When we next met he. asked what I thought of his tract. .1 answered that I thoiight tiiedevil was iis real fi person a> our Lord himself, and that I did riot know how a man of his age could fail to bo .equally sure,-even if he had lived ull his days .on some lone isle. My answer seemed to disappoint und hurt him. •_ . ,4. It is amusing to see.tho way somo leove one meeting just dismissed, and strikeout for some other, as though' afraid they might miss.something going on elsewhere. Not a few of this chiss-feel culled upon to speak at till meetings.they attend, and/not unfrequently do so without regurd to the subject which has been under considera- tion. Evidently they are uiwuys loaded and believo it is their duty to fire, regard- less of-ammunition or object aimed at. There is great temptation to become re- ligiously dissipated in the Grove, as there are meetings ulmbst every hour in Audi- torlunij Tabernacle,.Temple, church or tent. • (To Ve continued.) Christianity in Our National Life,’ If the hearts of the people were equally sensitive to,the moral and spiritual perils now besetting the nation, we should also bo united in the purpose to ineet und m it- igate our spiritual sicknessess und dangers with all the beneficent powers of the Gos- pel. I am confident that what I 'say will find, in voii n-sponsive listeners., I t-i.su familiar remurk o f. De Tocqu.eville that despotism may govern without faith, hilt liberty cannot. - It lias beeii the teaching of all our tjivut stute^mbn-, from the time of Wu* hi nylon, thut tlie maintemince uud spreud of the|Christian, religion are essen- tial to our permanence and prosperity. Material greatness alone does not make the glory nor..secure the safety of nations. Our people have a deep conviction .that the Gospel of Christ is in sjmie vital wiiy connected with our past and that’we must look to moral forces us essential conditions of our future greatness und renown. At the beginning*of Christian history we he- hold the Saviour of mankind commission.; iug Ills disciple.to evangeliz-s the nations, beginning their work at Jerusalem. The preuching of. that mighty.Gospel of which Paul wns not ashamed, in which he gloried, was crystulj/.ed into churches, that ii, bodies of Christ inns banded for. work and for. worship. Oiit of- them*’hus sprung modern Christendom. Take" away from civilization What came from Christ,’ and how Jittle is left? fn august feliowa.hip w« behold the kinglie-t ineut.iiu! greatest ben- efactors ijf'.oui- tai**.* standing about , the form of the- Naz:ir*.'t»e Prophet. The his* torlcal results of i.hrlstiauity in the iq»- lifting of maukiml furni^haiuple evidt-uces of its Divine origin.—/*7<m hr. Harrow's Tfiankxymny Service in the October number o fT h e V ’reanury. A Thanksgiving Hymn. O Father, fiod, to thee, The nation of the free Sends thank ful soil g; . . , For harvests full and wide; From vale to mountain side, From East to Western tide, The praise prolong. Let every, heart upraiao . • Its fu!]e<>t note o f praise, . : •'Send on tho word That like an angel’s wing, . O’er every living thing, . Peacc hovers— let us sifig, Praise ye the Lord I .' Ixst us be wholly thine, Drlve.out from home and shrine. Thy every foe; * Drive out tho greed of gaiu,; Thou Christ for sinners slain, Let damning curse "be lain ; In bitter woe. JIake us a nation pure, • And free from every lure To paths of wrong; Then in a loftier strain, With grand and sweet refrain. We'll pr&lse thee once again, .Ia thankful song. Exalt his holy namo! . Let all the beacon’s flame ; Send on the word ! ^ For Christ alone Is King, ' . Let bells in steeples ring. Bid all the people sing Praise ye the Lord ! Guardian. Another Veteran Minister Passed Oyer The Hev. David L. Murks, of tho New York Conference, was among our wel- comed visitors.at Ocean Grove during the last season; and, although in feeble health was quite constant In his attendance upon - the means of grace. Ills presence was often noticed in the 9 o’clock meeting for Holiness.- He was a zealous and success- ful minister, and had tlie profound regard of his brethren with whom he had been, associated in Conference relatiou for half a century, " . ' "f .... He literally “ fell .asleep” in Jesus on Sabbath evening, September 22d, at .his home in Dobb's Ferry,- N. Y. “ Blessed ; aro the dend who die In the Lord.”*- The American Republic. Shall we, with great historians liko Ban- croft, find her germinal form in the com- pact made Iridic Mayflower?. Shall we,, with others,. se'ek*.her origin in the. pulpit of John Kriox in Edinburgh V- Shall we, witli tlie great German historian, declare' that John Calvin at Geneva was the “ vir- tual founder of the United States of Amer- ica?” W ere the roots of-our nationality fastened, as many believe, in the soil of Murston Moor, where 'Orotnwell’s Iron- sides broke lu pieces the army of King Chur-les? Or shall we not rather look buck of all of these, to tlie holy fields of, the New Testament which**the sixteenth century opened up again to maklnd? Tho eloquent voice of the Honorable William C. P. Breckenridge Of Kentucky has shown us that liberty is the child of thut interpretation of the Bible which became general with the Protestant Reformation. We may say with truth j that “ free Amer- ica was born of the: Bible.” From tho Bible came many of tho strongest im- pulse’s that colonized these shores. From the Bible ciitne the simpler forms of self- government, iti town mid Church,: that have gone .with our civilization In its west- ward march.. I lance ctfine the observance of the l,ord’is Day, tlm bulwark of our free- dom, and hence the teaching of .Biblical truth -to.tiie .young, which Webster de - clared has done more to preserve our liberties yuin grave statesmen and armed soldiers.” Hence cume our public schools and the long line of .Christum colleges that stretch from-the''elms of .Harvard und Dartmouth to the shores Of the Brazos und Sabine,, and on to the I’ucific Coast: Hence came also the separation of the Church and Stuttf, and. that soul liberty which Roger Williams learned from Him who-said “ My kingdom is not of this world.” Front the Bible came, as Edward Everett declared, “ the better elements of our- national institutions.” I t wns an echo from . the Scriptur.es which Jefferson sounded in thu'great declaration. From the Bible came the moral forces that Car- ried through ii*ir first Revolution, aud which have wlthstood*the wastlugs of cur* .ioption lii succeeding years. From -the saute source liave sprung tho moral refor- mations that have preserved our nation- ality and.our. freedom. The American Republic is of lleaveuly birth.- It is no mud-giant*—O shade of Thomas Carlyle! It tioirs uot represent to th* w»irM “ merely dollars ynd cotton.” Its fountain-head, at | least, is far up among t!i»- shining hills of <>od. Remembering-tin •. "r>^i*i of our mi- 1 tionality, ami recalling what precious in* j terests and celestial f afhs it ciishrjnes,wo jsjiould nutdmibt iv* mnttntuitcc. But, it intht meet the conquered the -7V rijs as it met and i

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R E V . A , W A L L A C E , D. D ., Editor. OCEAN GROVE, N. J., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1839. VOL. XV. NO. 47.

God’s Goodness.It melts my heart, tills tender caro That watches o’er me everywhere ;This love that ranko me feel nnd know God's presence wheresoe'er I g o ;This Attn of.atrength that holds.me up *, This bounteous hand that tills my c u p ;This pity for each woe o f m in e; :Thlsbrlghtncssot tho faco Divine.

No sorrow but my Lord doth share:N o b u rd o n t h a t h e does n o t b e a r ;No hour of gloom and bitterness,But he Is nigh to cheer aud bless.

0 Frlond o f friends I what shall I bring To thee o f grateful oiFcriug? •Let all my earnest life bo glveu

' In works o f holiness to heaven.■ —Advocate aiid Guardian;

A Revival.SEEM ON BY KEY, II. BELTING IN ST. PAUL’S

CHURCH, SUNDAY, NOV. 17, 1889.

" 0 Lord, revive thy work,’'—Hab. 3 :8. ,Revivals of religion are not peculiar to

.. modern tfm es; they date back as fa r as the history of the Church of G od.' We read of them in the tim e of Nehemiah, Hezekinb, David, Daniel, etc. David prayed : " W ilt thou not .revive us again, that thy people may rejoice In thee?”

The tex t is a prayer in the same direc­tion, and Pentecost was a revival on a

, grand scale, the greatest in all the history of the church. The condition of things •which prompts the prayer of the tex t is somewhat sad to reflect upon;; because there is an implication that there has been spiritual declension on the part of God’s people. W hy such periods should occur in the history o f any church is somewhat difficult to explain. In all the past history

. of the church we find they have existed, and no doubt they will continue to the end of time, because of- our proneness to wander front God, und our surroundings that are not helpful to our spiritual life.

To revive means to quicken to new life, to Invigorate, to become active and full of 2eal and energy. Revivals are tim es of spiritual refreshing both among Christians and the unconverted, for they generally go together.

“A1revival is the spring of religion, the renovation of life and gladness. I t is tho seasou in which young converts burst into existence and beautiful activity. The church resumes her labor nnd care with freshness and energy. The air all around is balmy and diffusing the sweetest odors. The whole landscape teems with living promises of abundant harvest of righteous­ness and peace.

I t is the jubilee o f holiness. A genial warmth pervades and refreshes tho whole church. Showers o f vernal delight and joy descend gently and copiously. Delight- ful influences are wafted by every breeze. W here the dend leaves of winter still lin- ger, the primrose and the daisy spring up in modest loveliness. Trees long barren put forth the buds of beauty and power. The whole valley, is covered with varied and fragrant blossoms. ‘ Form s of beauty bloom on every side, and Zion Is the Joy of the whole earth. I f the sp irit that renews.the face of nature is a sp irit of beauty In the elegance of the germs, the

‘ tints of the buds, the verdure of the foli­age, the splendor of the blossoms, and the w itching glories of the m atured fruits of Nature, how great is his beauty when act.

: ing; out his lovely and holy perfections In revivals of religion?”

These words bring to iSur notice what -should never be lost sight of, namely, that a revival is a *work of God. Ilei alone can

. give renewed life. Paul* may plant,, and Afrollos may water, but God alone can give

' the increase. The history o f all revivals corroborates th Is statement. Hum an agency may produce excitement, enthusiasm nnd fanaticism, and the fru it of such, wor k will last only while the excitement continues.

B ut while this im portant truth m ust be uppermost in our thought, we must like-, wise remember that a revival is an object of desire, prayer and effort on our part. God means to bring the truths of the gos- pel to men’s hearts by tho agency /of man. W hen Saul of Tarsus was convicted of sin on his way to Damascus, he was bidden to go Into the city and i t should be told him w hat he should do, and Annanlas was seat to instruct him as to his duty. W hen the angel had informed Cornelius that , his prayers were heard, he was ordered toseud for Peter, who would tell him what ho m ust do. God is evidently jealous of this plan, and so,tho angel was uot permitted to do what belonged to Peter’s d uty. The

• honor and responsibility of bringing saving tru th to human hearts belongs to tho church. When th o . church Is duly im ­pressed with this how Intense becomes the desire for the revival of God’s work- David expressed it thus: “As the hear$ panteth after the water brooks, so.panteth

. my soul after thee, 0 God.” How intense { Is this, figu re!t Wo see the poor beast j

chased by the hounds using every, effort to escape, panting for the water-brook where i t may both slako its th irst.and throw tho hounds off the tra ck ;. even so David’s soul was panting for God. W hen Nehemiah was told of the sud condition o f Jerusalem he “ sat down and wopt and mourned cer- tain days, and fasted and prayed beforothe God, of b.eaveu,” Mr.- Finnoy tells of a blacksmith whoso agony became so great a t thought of tho condition of tho church and of sinners, that he could not work. So he locked up his shop and spent the after­noon In'prayer. This was followed by. a great revival. In these, as in- every case, desire and prayer go hand in hand, and the two produce the disposition of mind and heart to be benefited by a revival, W e believe there never was d revival except in answer to prayer on. the. p a rt of one or more. This intense desire and fervent prayer m ust always have reference to our­selves as well as others. , Nekem iak fasted and prayed, and.confessed his sins to God. David prayed tha t the joys - of salvation m ight bo restored to him, then would he teach transgressors God’s ways, and sinners would be converted. Desire .and prayer must .be accompanied by effort. I f the little company upon .whom the Holy Ghost fell so copiously on the day of Pentecost, iiad Temained' in th a t upper roOni rejoicing in their new-found blessing, there is every reason to believe- the. results of that day would have been fa r different from w hat they were.; W hen the fire was kindled in their h earts,. immediately they w ent out, and made every effort to bring the. same blessings to other hearts, Their, efforts were so unusual that their enemies said, they w ere filled , w ith new ‘>vine. ;-Tbe result shows that their efforts Were judi­ciously directed. They were workers with God. Success lies only • along th is line. The smith' does not ^attempt.to weld-.the iron until i t has the requisite heat. L et Us learn how God works and then work w ith Him.- ■: .*:v: *■*'

A genuine revival of religion always stirs up opposition. Some in the church may not believe in them , nnd either oppose or be indifferent,.which is as bad, i f not worse. There is a natural love o f ease on the part of many and they do no t want to be disturbed. I t is to -be’ expected, Of course, that Satan will 'oppose them. Ju st as long as he can induce God’s ^ e o p le to be Inactive,.he has them where he, wants them : for w hile they do nothing for God, they are often i n t h a t . State w here: Satan uses them for his purpose. I t is safe to say Satan has but little jise fo r ah earnest wide awake Christian . worker. A revival alw iys makes inroads upon Satan’s forces, and one of his ’devices is to fill the minds of people .so full of other things that thoy cannot think of the interests of their souls; and thus ho retains them iu his power.

In many cases too, it will be found that he will start a counter movement, und the moro church members he can induce to join in this, the better for his side of the case.. These counter movements are 'not always of a sinful character ; he is entirely too shrewd for this. .. He hides the snare and adroitly covers the hook with the tem pting bait in order • to allure his vic­tims. ' -■ He may suggest also that as a revival is

a work'of God we cannot bring It on. A field of wheat is a work of God, but we can do much toward hindering or helping its growth. He Is a poor, farm er Indeed .who expects God to.give him a good crop at harvest tim e who makes no exertion him self to realize such a lesuU.

Let the blessed fruits of a revival be our incentive to labor f»?r it.

visited from house to house. H e traveled on foot, both W inter and Summer, and always stopped - with the fam ilies of the preachers or members for- entertainment, who always gave him a cordial welcome. Everybody loved him. He wtis a

“ A poor, wayfaring man,And lodged awhllo lu tents below,

' And K-lnilly wandered to and fro,'• Till lie hi.s Cunnan gained.” ,;

He was always sure to speak in tho meetings when opportunity wa3 given. Tho divine fire, seemed to burn In his heart, shine in his face, nnd Sparkle in his eye. H is testimonies were to the point and seemed to be given at the righ t time and always acceptable to the people as the hearty amen o rap p ro p ria te song which followed clearly showed. I t was a com­mon, thing for him to say near the close of. his testimony, holding his le ft hand open and bringing down the forefinger of the other on the open palm, “ There, I/v\*ould ju s t us soon you would see my heart as my hand.”

He used to occupy his leisure time, as a m atter of recreation, in m aking rolling pins, ladles, brooms and other useful arti­cles .which he would carry around and pre­sent to theladies where he was entertained and with Which tiiey were well pleased,

I t was a cdmmon' thing for him to say Amen to any important tru th uttered in a serm on,'prayer or testimony,. This .’he would do in a sharp, loud voice, sometimes exciting a smile, and so startling to the people that . many would look around to see where it came from, and strangers would w onder-w ho: he was and w hat it was, At one time he went to hear a P res­byterian divine preach, l ie was o f the old school, and when laying down the doctrine of election and reprobation with emphasis, Uncle Shaler shouted out to the top Of his vofce, “Amen, h it orm isz!"

I t seemed Alike:, ii clap:of thunder from a clear sky. The people looked atriazed, and the dominie, .who was reading his sermon lost h is place, and it was some tim e before he could recover his presence o f mind, find his place and preach with de­liberation. ■

Once he traveled a long distance on Sunday morning to reach a quarterly meet­ing, through a deep suow th a t had fallen during the night. Tho wind was blowing, snow’ flying and drifting. The lady whose house he. was- trying to reach saw him coming ‘.through the storm and wading through drifts up to his arms. She met him a t the door and said, “ Why, Father Shaler, are you not afraid you will blow awayV” “ I f I do,” he replied, “ / shall blow to heaven!" '■■■ '■0 He died in a good old age. He was greatly missed. Devout men carried him to his burial. He was .tlie salt of the earth and the light of the world.

. CiniJSTIA.N KMSKKltN.

He was another'good old p lain,'p ious man in. the samo county. A Dutchman, IIIs language was very broken. Rising- to speak he would hitch up his pants, which were fastened about the waist, and not by suspenders,and say, “A hem ! ahem ! ahem 11 feeel like—I feel.like flghtin’ the devil.” A t the same .time suiting h is voice and gestures to the word6 and thoughts he.wcj^, uttering. .. I t was .'highly amusing and profitable to see his manner and hear his earnest testimony.

At one tim e ho was sitting in a congre­gation where a m eeting w as held in iv p ri­vate house. The. preacher was a Presby- teriau, und standing on a -trap door over cellar as lie. waxed warm and gesticulated with earnestness,* the lipor on which he was standing gave way, and the accom- plished clergyman went suddenly into the Cellar. “ Glory to. <»od!” exclaimed the M ethodist Dutchman, “ one Presbyterian has fallen from grace!”. At one tim e He himself fell, but from a buildiug that was being raised. It was a dangerous fall and a narrow escape. When one said to him, “ .What would have be- come of you if you had been k illed?” “ Glory to God!" he replied. “ I would have gone.to heaven cross-lots as straight as a bullet,'’

Sketches and Anecdotes.'nV UKW W. C. S M IT H , D .l) ..■

• UNCLE SI IAJ. Kit.

When I was si boy there lived In Scho- hurio county, X. V., a man by’:the name of Shaler. He was -usually called Uncle Shaler, and sometimes Father Shaler, as ho was quite advanced in years. I knew him w e ll.. He was a m em berof the Meth- odist Episcopal Church in good and regii- lar standing. l ie .lived anywhere, every- where and almost nowhere. Ills home was among the people. He lived in the churches. They were his. temples and palaces. Ho was nsincere,simple-hearted uud true Christian, tru ly devoted to God, He was orthodox, tru ly -Arm enian. He was rigid in the .observance of the disci- pllne aud the teachings of John Wesley. Ho was an itinerating pious Christian la y man. So hetraveled from circuit .to cir­cuit, fiom quarterly " m eeting to quarterly meeting, (coin protracted m illin g to pro­tracted .meeting, from revival to revival, f ioin prayer, meeting to pr ay e r-meoti ug, from camp-meeting to camp-meeting, and

William Dean Howells, in the Study whicli will appear \n Harper'* for Decem- her,-indulges.in the faucyof “ a gradual fusion of the literature, proper to Christ- mas.and the. literature proper to Thanks­giving in a literature appropriate to both,” and after suggesting what m ight be done

under the agglutinated style oJ aThunks- giviug-Chrlstmas story,” says: Perhaps when our writers really comc-to the work .they will finvl sufficient inspiration In its novelty to turn to human life'und observe how it is really affected oti these holidays, and be tempted to present some of its aetu, allfh-s. .-Tills, would’be a great thing, to do, and would come hom e\o readers with sur- prise;” - ■ ■’ , . ■

A Season at Ocean Grove.

: It is both pleasant anti cheering to note the y o u n g : people. In . every * h o te l, and hoarding house, hasUming.to: get through .breakfast and starting on their way to their place of worship. M uch'attention is giv­en to music, and- the spirited w ay in which the hymns are sung, and the prom pt and hearty way in Which tho whole service is conducted, has much to do in rendering it attractive.:' <£.

D uring J u iy ^ u d the first part o f August a* number of anniversary days are ob­served such as Temperance, State and , Na­tional; Missionary, Home and Foreign; S. S. Assembly; Ocean Grove Anniver- sary.; M emorial days, &c., «fcc., but when these are over all meetings are tributary to the annual camprmeetlng, which' lasts ten days at the close of the month.

From observation I judge the Y . . P. Meeting is more relied upon than 'any other in the work of bringing sheaves into the garner. Mr. Y. has shown him self an efficient evangelist and his methods have been heretofore very successful a t . the Grove. Special meetings are also held in the Auditorium and in the Tabernacle, be*, side which there are the M others’ Meet­ing,- the .Children’s Meeting, and tent meetings in various localities. T he A u­ditorium is a building erected in a grove of trees and has a seating capacity of five or six thousand.' Beside these meetings I ought to mention a very unique one held every Sabbath' evening during the season, at the foot of Ocean Pathway, called the Surf Meeting, I t is. held at fl o’clock p . m. and many thousands liere participdte i n ; a liturgical service of prayer, singing and Scripture reading, partly under the pavil­ion at that point, but chiefly between that and the water, 'seated o n o r In the sand. Printed slips ore distributed through the audience giving: tho hymns and scripture selections, the service being interspersed with short addresses by persons, o f note, lay and clerical. To see so many thhs grouped, and engaged, Is both - novel and pleasant. Some of the best pulpit and platform speakers In this country may be heard somewhere, and upon 'some,topic, during tlie season and all are not taken

the M ;; E. -Church, for i t m ay be tru thfully stilted th a t.v e ry seldom does denominationalism m anifest itself a t this- camp,meeting by the sea,’.

By the middle of Ju n e the weather is warm enough to render, a stroll j>y t}ie sea very enjoyable, but the water is still too cool for bathing, thouglru few venture in, but their blue Ups and chattering teeth confirm the above statement. Some assert th a t the water on this New Jersey.const is warmed by the Gulf Stream ,others that it waits to be heated by sum m er sun. . Per- haps neither are wholly right or wholly W rong. .. - Ocean .Grove is built upon a tract of land'about of a mile square, bounded on the north by Wesley Lake, on the south by.Fletcher Lake, west by what is ctdled the Turnpike road, and east by the ocean. These lakes are quite small, heading not more than a mile Inland, und not more than 200 feet wide. They seem to be a feature of tho coast in this vicinity, as within a distance of ha lf a dozen miles, we find about one to the ‘mile, all about the same length and width, .and all enter­ing the ocean at right angles. Wesley Lake separates Ocean Grove .from Asbury Park, and F letcher Lake, from Ocean Park. The form er’ Is ".somewhat* larger than tlie Grove, both in . territory and in buildings aiid sum m er population, hut Ocean Park, in biiUiliiiirs and population, is very-inconsiderable. All three have the same restriction us to.liqiV/r; in fact I be­lieve It cannot- he-sold w ithin a mile of the Grove In any direction, unless it >he oceanward; but land ward, from observa­tion, 1 should judge the foot oyer a mile is under a saloon. 1

The bathing establishments are a t the north and south coait lines, where pavil­ions have also been erected, and betweeu

^hem a very wide substantial! walk, with several pavilions a t intervals, so that there Is given unsurpassed facilities for both promenade and rest, us -well us opportun­ity to overlook bathers and the ocean!

W hile the greater portion of residents and visitors a t Oceau Orove are Methodists, yetj as I have already stated, there .is quite a respectable percentage not connected with that churcli, who find i t a very pleas­a n t place to come t»». Some doubtless aro here because they enjoy Methodist meth­ods of wocship, their fvivM preaching and their genenil aggi i v e n e e a n te s ti ie s s - nnd warmth. 1: met. <iuite a .m unber of clergym en of. other denonjjnatiohs and have ho dbubt many of these had .new love

kindled in their hearts, and curried*awny methods which boro fruit- la their home churches. I am sorry to believe that miiny Christian professors have accepted, cast iron denominational rules for saving souls, and the .tenacity w ith which , they hold these, nnd the distrust they have of all other methods, remind one of what is charged against somo physiclons, who are said to bo so wedded to the .formula taught in the schools from which they graduated, that sooner than - consent to try aught else, they would perm it the patient to* die. Do not such professors forget th a t tho great apostle wrote the Corinthians (l Cor. !>:22) that he was willing to be made all things, to all men, that by all means he m ight save some?

Ocean Grovo is abundantly supplied with that , class of persons popularly termed cranks, but'fche term is so frequently mis­used and misapplied that ! hesitate to use it here. W e say of a boat that it is cranky when i t can be easily overturned,* and we m ight say this of a great many persons brains, and .lt Is this class I have in b lind . Most, of those met in Ocean Grove are simply religious enthusiasts, or those who have become enamored with certain lines of religious truth, and seem incapable of giving thought to any other. •

W hile standing on the outskirts of an audience a t the Auditorium one morning I fe lt something had been thrust into my partly open palm which was behind m ea t the time; ['I.turned sufilciently to see:that It came from a man belonging to the ciuss of which I have written, an(! did not ex­amine what he hiul given me Until I left the p lace., I then'discovered.he had given me a tract c a l l e d ‘No Personal Devil,’? T t bore the im p rin t. of the f‘ N e w . Church,’• which is tlie new; name adopted by. the fol­lowers of that old dreamer, “Swedenborg;.” T he than- who gave m e the, tract Is! still a member Of the M. E .'C hurch,’ but of . late had been captivated by ono of their, m in­isters who has considerable ability in pre­senting the spiritual aide of tlieir belief attractively, o r .1 m ight better say, the in­corporeal side, for that is really frhut Swedenborg wrote most about. W hen we next met he. asked what I thought of his tract. .1 answered that I thoiight tiiedevil was iis real fi person a> our Lord himself, and that I did riot know how a man of his age could fail to bo .equally sure,-even if he had lived ull his days .on some lone isle. My answer seemed to disappoint und hurt him. •_ ■ . ,4.

I t is amusing to see.tho way somo leove one meeting just dismissed, and strikeout for some other, as though' afraid they m ight miss.something going on elsewhere. N ot a few of this chiss-feel culled upon to speak a t till meetings.they attend, and/not unfrequently do so without regurd to the subject which has been under considera­tion. Evidently they are uiwuys loaded and believo it is their duty to fire, regard­less of-ammunition or object aimed at.

There is great temptation to become re­ligiously dissipated in the Grove, as there are meetings ulmbst every hour in Audi- torlunij Tabernacle,.Tem ple, church or tent. • • ■ ’

(To Ve continued.)

Christianity in Our National Life,’If the hearts of the people were equally

sensitive to,the moral and spiritual perils now besetting the nation, we should also bo united in the purpose to ineet und m it­igate our spiritual sicknessess und dangers with all the beneficent powers of the Gos- pel. I am confident that what I 'say will find, in voii n-sponsive listeners., I t -i.su familiar remurk o f . De Tocqu.eville that despotism m ay govern w ithout faith, hilt liberty cannot. - I t lias beeii the teaching of all our tjivut stute^mbn-, from the tim e of Wu* hi nylon, thut tlie maintemince uud spreud of the|Christian, religion are essen­tial to our permanence and prosperity. M aterial greatness alone does not make the glory nor..secure th e safety of nations. O ur people have a deep conviction .that the Gospel of Christ is in sjmie vital wiiy connected with our past and that’we must look to moral forces us essential conditions of our future greatness und renown. At th e beginning*of Christian history we he- hold the Saviour of mankind commission.; iug Ills disciple.to evangeliz-s the nations, beginning their work at Jerusalem . The preuching of. that mighty.Gospel of which Paul wns not ashamed, in which he gloried, was crystulj/.ed into churches, that ii, bodies of Christ inns banded for. work and for. worship. Oiit of- them *’hus sprung m odern Christendom. Take" away from civilization What came from Christ,’ and how Jittle is left? fn august feliowa.hip w« behold the kinglie-t ineut.iiu! greatest ben­efactors ijf'.oui- tai**.* standing about , the form of the- Naz:ir*.'t»e Prophet. The his* torlcal results of i.hrlstiauity in the iq»- lifting of maukiml furni^haiuple evidt-uces

o f its Divine origin.—/*7<m h r . Harrow's Tfiankxym ny Service in the October number o fT h eV ’reanury.

A T h an k sg iv in g H ym n.

O Father, fiod, to thee,The nation o f the free

Sends thank ful soil g; . . ,For harvests full and wide;From vale to mountain side,

• From East to Western tide,The praise prolong.

Let every, heart upraiao . • Its fu!]e<>t note o f praise, . • :

• 'Send on tho wordThat like an angel’s wing, • .O’er every living thing, .Peacc hovers— let us sifig,

Praise ye the Lord I .'

Ixst us be wholly thine,Drlve.out from home and sh rin e.

Thy every foe; *Drive out tho greed o f gaiu,;Thou Christ for sinners slain,Let damning curse "be lain ;

In bitter woe.

JIake us a nation pure,• And free from every lure

To paths of wrong;Then in a loftier strain,With grand and sweet refrain.We'll pr&lse thee once again,. Ia thankful song.

Exalt his holy nam o! .Let all the beacon’s flame ;

Send on the word ! ^For Christ alone Is King, '

. Let bells in steeples ring.Bid all the people sing

Praise ye the Lord ! —Guardian.

Another Veteran Minister Passed OyerThe Hev. David L. Murks, of tho New

Y ork Conference, was among our wel­comed visitors.at Ocean Grove during the last season; and, although in feeble health was quite constant In his attendance upon - the means of grace. Ills presence was often noticed in the 9 o’clock meeting for Holiness.- He was a zealous and success­ful minister, and had tlie profound regard of his brethren with whom he had been, associated in Conference relatiou for halfa century, " . ' "f ....

He literally “ fell .asleep” in Jesus on Sabbath evening, Septem ber 22d, a t .his home in Dobb's Ferry,- N . Y . “ Blessed ; aro the dend who die In the Lord.”*-

The American Republic.Shall we, with great historians liko Ban­

croft, find her germinal form in the com­pact made I r id ic Mayflower?. Shall we,, with others,. se'ek*.her origin in the. pulpit of John Kriox in Edinburgh V- Shall we, witli tlie great German historian, declare' that John Calvin a t Geneva was the “ vir­tual founder of the United States of Amer­ica?” W ere the roots of-our nationality fastened, as many believe, in the soil of Murston Moor, where 'O ro tnw ell’s Iron ­sides broke lu pieces the arm y o f K ing Chur-les? O r shall we not ra ther look buck of all of these, to tlie holy fields of, the New Testament which**the sixteenth century opened up again to m aklnd? Tho eloquent voice of the Honorable W illiam C. P. Breckenridge Of Kentucky has shown us th a t liberty is the child of thut interpretation o f the Bible which became general with the Protestant Reformation. We may say with truth j th a t “ free Amer­ica was born of the: Bible.” From tho Bible came many of tho strongest im­pulse’s that colonized these shores. From the Bible ciitne the sim pler forms of self- government, iti town mid Church,: that have gone .with our civilization In its west­ward march.. I lance ctfine the observance of the l,ord’is Day, tlm bulwark of our free­dom, and hence the teaching of .Biblical truth -to.tiie .young, which Webster de­clared has done more to preserve our liberties yuin grave statesmen and armed soldiers.” Hence cume our public schools and the long line of .Christum colleges that stretch from-the''elms of .Harvard und Dartmouth to the shores Of the Brazos und Sabine,, and on to the I’ucific Coast: Hence came also the separation of the Church and Stuttf, and. that soul liberty which Roger Williams learned from H im who-said “ My kingdom is not o f th is world.” Front the Bible came, as Edw ard Everett declared, “ the better elem ents of our- national institutions.” I t wns an echo from . the Scriptur.es w hich Jefferson sounded in th u 'g rea t declaration. From the Bible came the moral forces that Car­ried through ii*ir first Revolution, aud which have wlthstood*the w astlugs of cur* .ioption lii succeeding years. From - the saute source liave sprung tho moral refor­mations that have preserved our nation­ality and .ou r. freedom. T he American Republic is of lleaveuly birth.- I t is no mud-giant*—O shade o f Thomas Carlyle! It tioirs uot represent to th* w»irM “ m erely dollars ynd cotton.” Its fountain-head, a t

| least, is far up am ong t!i»- shining h ills of <>od. Remembering-tin •. "r>^i*i of our mi-

1 tionality, ami recalling what precious in* j terests and celestial f afhs it ciishrjnes,wo jsjiould n u tdm ib t iv* m nttntuitcc. But, it

inth t meet the conquered the -7V

rijs as it m et and

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O O H A 1 T O - E / O V B B B C O B D , I s T 2 3 , 1 8 8 9 .

O C E A N G R O V E ,T H E CHRISTIAN SEASIDE RESORT.

N A M E S O F T H E M E M B E R S

Ocean Grove Campleetii Asso’n,RqV. E. II. STOKES, D. D.,Rev. GEO. HUGHES,Rev. W. B. OSBORN,D. H. BHOWN, Esq,, .•Rev, J. S. 1NSK11,Rov. BENJ. M. ADAMS,Rev. ADA>I WALLACE, D. D., ROV. A. E. BALLARD,Rev. WI Llil A M ;FRA N K U N , Rov. ROBT. J. ANDREWS •JOSEPH H. THORNLEY, Esq., GEORGE W. EVANS, Esq.,HoUi JAMES BLACK,ROV. J. H. ALDAY, M. D.,RoV. J. 11. DANIELS.Hon. JAMES L. HAYS,Rev. I. SIMMONS,T .T . TASKER, Sr., R«q.,Hon. HOLMES W. MURPHY, GEO. J. HAMILTON, Esq.,Rov. HENRY SI. BROWN, ENOCH 1IANTHORN, Esq., JOSEPH MCPHERSON, Esq., . JAMES S. YARD, Esq., - JOHN R. VANKIRK, Esq.. •JOSEPH R. TANTUM, M .D.. REV. W. H. WABDELL. •Deceased,

New Jersey New York

NewJersey New York.

Pennsylvania ■ New York Pennsylvania

.NewJersey

.N o w Jersey ; Now Jersey

Ocean Grove New Jersey

■ Pennsylvania , Ocean Grove

New Jersey ; New Jersey

New York- Pcuusylvauia

• NewJersey . New York

NewJersey NewJersey NewJersey

■ ’ New Jersey ; New Jersey

Delaware Occnu Grove

fe * E C U T IV E C O M M IT T E E .

Rov. E. H. BTOKES, D. D., Pre&tdcnt,Occan Grove. N. J.

Rov. A. E. BALLARD, Vice-President,Oceau Grovo, N. J. •

GEORGE W. EVAN8, Esq., Sccrctary,Ocean Grove, N. J.

D .H . BROWN, Esa., Treasurer.143 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Rev. J. H. ALDAY. Occan Grove,N.J.Hon. JAMES BLACK, lAncastoT. Pa.Hon. J. L. HAYS, Newark, N. J.Hon. HOLMES W. MURPHY, Freehold, N. J. Rov. ROBERT J. ANDREWS, Burlington, N. J.

}?or t b e in fo r m a t io n o f t h o s e n o t fa­m il ia r w i t h t l i is in terea tity ^ p la c e , a few

fa cta m a y b e b r ie f ly s t a t e d :

L O C A T IO N .

•It to located si * miles south of Long Branch, Im­mediately on tlie Fhore o f the Atlantic Ocean. It Is bounded on the north aud south by beautiful fresh wak»r lakes; on the east by tho occan, and on tbo west by lines nearly parallel with the Railroad.

E X T E N T ,

It comprises over three hundred acres o f land, two-thirds o f wh.ch are groves, and the remainder beach land .. Tho whole ,plot 16 uow laid out In grand avenues tiom eighty to threo hundred feet wide.

S IZ E o r LOTS.

The averago size o f lots is SOxGO feet, which is large enough for a small cottage, 6uch as tho ma­jority prefer to buila. Thoso who wish to build larger buy two or moro lots.

B U IL D IN G S .

On these avenues about eight hundred cottagcs are now built, vary iug In cost from 8 3 0 0 t o 8 8 ,. 0 0 0 . Thero arc about iorty additional buildings, consisting o f largo hoarding houses, stores, and such other edifices as the business of tho placo demands. To theso buildings others aro being constantly added, so-that the precise number given to-day w ill uot answer for the number a week or a month hcuce. All o f tho cottages are comfortable—some of them plain, and others pos-

. 6esslng all tho beauty aud perfection of modern architecture.

W A T E R ,

Waler of the purest aud best quality, and lu In­exhaustible quantities, is obtained by means of tube pumps, drlveu to a depth o f 25 or GO feet through the solid gravel, aud six overflowing Ar- esian wells, from a depth o f over 400 feet.

T E N T S .

lu addition to cottagcs and boarding houses as placcs o f residence, teuts are used by many jteopJe. Every year, about six hundred of these are erect­ed, aud although the season may be, storniy—tho wind sometimes blowiug almost a gale—yet but few have ever been blown down, when properly, put up. Theso tents aro dry and comfortable, even in wet weather. Many persons prefer tents to cottages, as they Vay, “ Tent life is a change— wo liv e In houses or cottages nt home.’* Teuts of good size, and In good eoudition, erccted aud ready for occupancy, cau always be had ou rea­sonable terms by applicatiou to the Secretary’s ofllce.

- g o v e r n m e n t .

Tho government o f the place is strictly religious, being in charge o f twenty-six men—thirteen mln-

; istersand thirteen laymen—all o f whom must bo members of tho Methodist Episcopal Church; and yet this place Is iu no way sectarian—Its popula­tion being composed of all denom ination o f Chris­tians, who enjoy aud take part in its religious services.

R E L IG IO U S S E R V IC E S .A camp-meeting for the promotion o f Christian

.liollueta Is held each year, together wtlh other re­ligious services, which arc held daily from the be­ginning o f the season to its close, covering a per­iod o f about four mouths.

B A T H IN G A X 1>M O A TING .

The bathlngatOcean GroveJJj unsurpassed, The • boating upon the lakes Is enjoyed by.thousands of men, womeu and children, from early dawn to long after dark. Over six hundred boats are now

.found upou these waters.R E S T R IC T IO N S .

- The gates aro closed ou tlie Sabbath, and tho quietness that becomes thnt holy day everywhere prevails. Neither liquor nor tobacco art* sold upon the ground. * Holiuess to the Lord" Is our motto.

R E C R E A T IO N .

The object o f this place IS to provido a seaside resort for Christian j>eoplc, free from the vices aud temptations usuallv fouud at fashionable watering places, aud at such rates as shal come wlthiu the reach of those o f moderate means.

LO TS F O R S A L E .

About twelve huudred lots have already beeu sold. There are many more yet iu tho market well located and attractive. The proceeds from the sale oflon., nud from all other sources, go to improve the place. The Individual members of tiie Association aie not financially benefited. The charter prohibit* it.

Tho Railroad Depot Is but a few hundred yards from the outramx ^ .th e grouuds. Vost and tele­graph ofllccs open nil the year..

All other information dv^jed can be fretdy ob­tained by addresslUK

E , H . S iO K l:S j P r e n ld o u t . G E O . \V .j : V A N S , S e c r w iu y .

Or any member o f tti'G Executive Committee or Gj .......................

J jJ'E W YORK & LONG BRANCH R. R.• TIME, TABLE, NOV. 10, 1880., ’

Stations hi New York— Central R. R. o f New Jer­sey, foot o f Liberty. Street-; ,P. ■ R. R .,' foot ,of

, Conrtland and Desurossos Streets; N. J. South' ̂era Railway, foot of Rector S t .. . ;

I.EAVK NKWYOlUv FoU 0CEA.N 01t0VE, &C. Central It. R. o f N. J,—Ul®, 8.IB, *11.15 a . m., 1.00,

4.00.*4.s20, *1.15, 0.10 p. »n. *Pennsyjvania—*0.1oa,m., 12.00,m., ,'NMO,,£10 p.m. Leave Newark, Brond St.. Station, for Ocean

• GrOVO. itc—8.25,11.25 ft. mV, 1.10, 4.02, 4.58, 0.25’ ’ p.m. ■ V Market St. Station—O.'.W a.m,, 12.20, <1.01,

•' 5.30p.m .’ I.EAVK OCEAN UROVE FOR NEW VORK, «&C.

Central R. R. o f N., J—0.15, 0.50, 7.5-‘>, 11.00 a. m.,■ 2.20,4.15, 0.15 p; m. •;Pennsylvania—0.50, 7,15 a in .,1.15,T>.{15 p. m. ■For Philadelphia nnd Trenton via. Bound Brook

Route—0,15,0.50,a,-nti,2.20,•L15p.m. ’For Ocean Beach, Spring Lake and Sea Girt—7.05,

. 8.00,.10.80, 11.05u.in.; 12.25; 1.0.'», 2.00, 2^)8,4.20, 5.25,5157, 0.28,7.0.V8.10 p .m ..

For Manasuuan and Point Pleasant—7.05.30.50, 11.05 a.m., 1.05, 2.00, 2.58, 5.25,‘ 5.57, . 0.28, 7.05,

• 8.10 p. ni. 'For Philadelphia via. Sea'.Girt—8.00 a. m .,‘12.25,

■ 4.20 p. m. . •For Toms River—11.05 :a; rn.i 5.251>, m.vFor Camden nnd intermediate stations—2.00 p.m.,•-.* Mondays and SaturdayB only.•Express RUFUS BLODGETT. Supt.II.: P. BALDWIN, (7. J\ «fc T. A. C. R. R o f N .J .

J. R. WOOD, Gdi'l P(l». Agt. P. R .R .

P E N N S Y L V A N I A R A IL R O A D .

On and after Nov. 11^1889 TRAINS LEAVE OCEAN GROVE

For New‘York, Newark, Elizabeth, Rahway, Red • Bank. Long Branch aud prominent Intermed­

iate stations nt G.60, 9,15 a. m., 1.15, 5.35 p.m. For M ataifa^.60,’ 9.15 a. m., 1.15, 5.85 p. m.For Long Bnafrh, .0.50, 9,15,11,15 r, m., 1.15, 2.30,

■ . 5.85, 6.55, p. W.’ • ' : , *For Philadelphia (Broad Street), Trenton, Prince­

ton. Monnioutu Junction, Freehold and Sea ' Girt 8.00 a. m„ -12.25,4.20 p. m. . ' Camden. Burlington and-Bordentown, via Tren­

ton, 8.00a.m., 12,25, 4.20P.m. !•■■■■ . . For Toms River, Island Heipnts and intermediate : Btatioiis, 11.05 a. Hi., (2.00 p. m. on Mondays

and Saturdays), 5.2o p. m,For Point Pleasant and lntcrmedintestations, 11.05

!»*» 7,»5.V, mv--.. t . •t r a i n s l e a v e n e w y o r k (via Courtlandt and Dec-

brosses Street Ferries) f o r o c e a n g r o v e .At 9.10 a. m., 12.00 noon, 8.40(express), 5.10 p. m. trains leave rmLADEi.muA (Broad Street) for

OCEANGROVE.At 8.20, 11.15 a.m., 4.00 p. m. (5.00 p. m. for Sea

Girt only,) Market St., via Camden and Trcn- ton,‘.7.20, 10.30 a. m.,4.0p p. m., (4.30 p.m., SeaGirt only.) ^ R WOOD, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

CHAS. E. PUGH Gen’l Manager.

_ QUOTATIONSreported up. to 12 o' clock by

BeHAVEN & TOWNSEND,■ ——-BANKERS—----- .

4 2 8 C h e s tn u t . S t r e e t ,Nov. 19, 1889, v

. ■. .......... '■ • DID, ASKED0 ,8 , 4 ^ 8 ,coupon'...... . . . . . . . . i . . . , . 105}^,105%

Pennsylvania Ri , 5^^ 52$Phllaaelnhlaand Reading R ;R ....< 21% 22Lehigh Valley R .R ;................. 5SV2 6a%Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. — 'National Lead T r u s t . . .New Jersey Central. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northern Vaoiflo, Com.........

P re fd . .; ........ .V.Oregon Transcontinental.............Union Pacific W'estera Union.Richmond. Terminal................................. ...Ix)ulsville & Nashvi l l e. . . , S4>̂ Atchison. Topeka Santa F e .. . . . . * / *34 v»«r«Del. Lackawanna & Western........ . . /■142i |' I4?l2New York A New England.,... . . . . . 44% 4434

Stocks aiid Bonds bought njid sold on Commis- slon. Stooks carried on favorablo terms.

.•.v .v .:::::::::::;:;-;. - - mn i n a l 2 4 k . ;

S T O C K Son Commission, and carried on - favorable terms

B O U G H Tand .

S O L D

Being members of. both .the Philadelphia and New York Stock Exchange, and having; a Private Wire direct from our ofllce to New York, w e are prepared to execute orders left witli us promptly ana satisfactorily. Accounts received and inter­est allowed, . • .

DeHAVEN & TOWNSEND,; BA .NKEB8 A N D liUOKKKS,

43 8 Chestiuit St., I’liilad’a.

GEO. K. HOUGH,

Practical Tailor and Cutter,(L&tc o f Philadelphia,)

No* 3 9 P l lf c r lin P a t h w a y , n c n r ly o p p . P o s t O il ic e , O c c n u G r o v e .

Persons furnishing their own material can have it made up in the latest style aud most satisfac­tory manner. . ., .. . ... • . .. :

CUTTING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, PRESSING ,. • ; ■ ■ neatly and promptly executed. •

J O H N M . D E Y ,(Permanently residing at Ocean Grove,) ■

A R C H ITEC T A N D BUILDER,Is always ready to furnish plans and estimates of cottages In every size nud style.

For good workmanship .ahd satisfactory terms, he refers ip a ll for whom he has erected cottages, both In Oceau Grove and Asbury Park,duriug the past fifteen years. •-•••■ - ’ ' . . ; V ’,

L'. J O H N M . D E Y ,

Cor. ifenson and Main AVe., Ocean Grove ■

H. 0, CANDEE,ELECTRQPflTHIC .

PhysicianFormerly vice-president and actuary o i the Elec­tric ami Vitapathlc luMitute,' Wasiiington, D.C.tiruduftie of ihe Yllftin'ihlc Medical College of Cluelunati, O.

Jh fitlem r J\n 'hrn . >Vu. 340 MY*/34 th ."it n e t, bit. E ighth <i nit L ilith Ai-cx.

, NEW YORK CITV.

No medicines are used, electricity only, at my Electrical Institute. . ; ; > ' . . •' «*•..

All blood diseases o f whatever naiue or, how long standing, thoroughly eradicated from the system; - Call or send for . circular, CouH ultii* t l o u F ree .- v v v / . ' . '

• j y j E S . A . A; P H E L P S , •

M c d lc n I E I e c ir lc lu ii ,

1 12 M t. T n b or, O cenu Gtrovo.

Pleasant furnished rooms to rent.' .

M c S h a n e B e ll F o u n d ry&c..

ik?«d for J*rlw nml ('.mtatinrue. AUdrosa. i f . k i o h h a m : ^Afcr.Kyn tMa. jwjivp. » .Uiltiaurc» SWL,

SUCCESSORS \H BLYfftYEH**GCtlS TO THEBLYMYER MANUFACTURING CQ

GATAtOGUE WITH 2200 TESTIMONIALS. .ElLSiCHURCHiSCH0 O^FIRE ALARM

%lson/ll‘*lul*UUaiU'lvhla 1 at tlio XewsiMiper Advvr*’

L » nf MfS-tiv.i i W* AYER & SOK^uur auxborlzud i^uuu.

John Huroard. ALFRED HAIVT,

H U B B A E D :4 - - H A R T ;

CONCRETE i L K LAYERS,For OCEAN GROVE AND A8BURY PARK., \ Satisfaction guaranteed.

Office 713 Mattison Avo., Asbury Park,Leave orders with .D, C.. Covert, Real

Agent, 27 Pilgrim Pathway, Ocean Grove.

M . M, C R O S B IE ,• : Successor to •

D A V I P .DAR T W RIG 1IT«

P I i A I N a n d O R N A I V I E N T A I i S L A T E K O O F E 1 1 .

Having been mannger Tor Mr. Cartwright for tho past eight years—since the business tpos first CBtabllBhea here—H eel confident that tho work I have done w ill bo he best reference I cau offer. Tar Paper, Sheathing Paper, Two and Threo

Ply Hoofing P8por,P. O. Box 802. ASBURY PARK* N. J.

M A I N S T R E E T ,A sltu ry PftrJc, N e w J e rs e y .

- HEAI.BR in

B t o v e s , R a n g e s , H e a t e r s , P u m a c o a , n o u s o - r u m is l i in B H a r d w a r e , T in ,

S h e e t I r o n ! a n d C o p p e r 'W a rq .

Tin-Roofing, GutterS&LeadersA SPECIALTY.

Call and examine our “ S P L E N D I D ” Firo Placo Heaters, Hotel and Fancy Trays, Casters, Smoothing Irons, Oil Stovep, Patent Eureka Coffee Pots, &Q,

Street Laxups and Fixtures^ CONSTANTLY ON HAND.

Thanking our parronB for past favors, I respect fhlly solicit a continuance o f their patronage.

T. Frank Appleby,Successor to Willlsford Dey & Co., .

Real Estate ̂ InsuranceCentei inial House,

66 Main A m ,, Ocean Grovo, H. J .

D A N IE L C. CO VER T,No. 27 Pilgrim Pathway, Asso­

ciation Book Store,OCEAN_GROVE.

GENERAL AGENTFor tho Purchase, Sale and Renting of

. .. Real estate. Also,Property insured in drst^class compan 1 es,

. improvements mado for non-rcsldents, ■ Property eared for,, Loans negotiated aud collections made.

Agent for Stout & Hart’s CONCRETE WALKS.' Orderstaken.

P. O. Box 2180. : Correspondence solicited.

WOODS’REMOVED TO

2722 Kensington Av. cor. C StPHILADELPHIA.

Lndies i I f you want lo Bee a splendid lin e of CORSETS go to the establishment, KensingtonAv. aud C Street. Woods keeps nothing but tho. best makes. You are suro to be suited as to qual­ity, Ot and price—all the way from 50, 0?, 75,87c, 51, 81.25, 81.60, U/tt,- 31.76, 81.87, 82, 82.12, fe.25,. 82.50 and up at

W O O D S ’,T h e G r e a t t p T<»wn D r y G o o d y iin d

. N o t io n S t o re s . .

COOK H O W LA N D ,Ai’chitect and Builder

Has been engaged in the erection o f ';;V

Cottages at Ocaan Grovoirom ilie beginning of the enterprise, and gained such experience in the business, and knowledge of the wants oflot-holders, and has such facilities for biivltig lumber at lowest rates and finishing lobs with.dlspatuh, that he can make It to tho in­terest o f parties intending to b.uild to eoiiEuU hlm on the subleet.; He will contract for cottages.

In E v e r y S t y le ,X i i 'W o r k n in n l ik c I f la n n e r ,

A t t o west Reasonable Rates,varying in cost from to W.OOO.

Parties desiring to sell or buy fl)ts, rent cottages, or. make t'ollectlctus,- please address the above, .with stamps and directed envelope. '

, Cook’s BuildUu?, Asbury Park

i doublo tbclr money i nelliaff our B B A 8S * Finiahoa Corrugated

REFLECTING S A F E T Y LAMP.Can b# sold in every family. Qlrea moro light than three ordinary lamps. ^'ill sized Lamp sent by Ezprcas for

irtv cente. Wo aleo havo the best eellinp CofTeo I*ot in the U. 8. bend for illustrated clrculara toFOnSHEE&McM AKIN,Cincinnati,Q

c a n m a k e 80.0(1 p e r D n T ,p ro lltkGelUns ourALUOMS. Wo beat tho

____________ W qrtd to r . low priccit. AH E P 1’IATMII p llO T O M H A yH A tB liM T

fWslOk. Lmbossed puUdfd tiiilfa, k’old cducs,oxten- slo» ciaspv .hotdinw ‘83 pages of:-Cnbl»et and Card plctUTts. sttnt for SJ.00, retails for 82.25( bound aUo ir JajJaneeiJO Morocco. Illustrated circulars FBKJBof tbo nbovo and- f- 'IS E It “ “ ~ —------ ——---- .S T Y X E X O F --------F o tn lw e SlcJInK in,

C ln c liiu n ti, O lilo

W . P. COOK,

^ P a i n t e r .- .. It ESI D ENCE-W CLA RK AYliNL’E . ; •

Pa tut iug,KtilfcomUiiUR, Glaxiug, .Graining; &c„ •/. ;,;done iu short notice.

- ’AddresS PvO. Box 165, Ocean Grove,-N.^;

A. ALLISON WHITE,Successor to dames A. Grilling & Co.

— OCEAN GROVE—PHARMACY

Pitman Ave., opp. “ Ths Arlington,”OCEAN OROVE, N. J .

Drugs, Chemicals, Fancy Goods, Spdnges, Patent •. Medicines. Plianunceutfeal-Preparations, etc.' Store closed on Sundays during church services.

■ P A R I S :v; Human Hair Store,

611 Cookman & 612 Mattison Ava., ASBUEY PARK,

Largo assortment o f Human Ilalr Works, Nat­ural ^Yater Curls guaranteed. •

Lndies’ Hair Cutting, Shampooing, Hair. Dress­ing and Curling by professional French artists.

My Circassian Tonlquo for the growth o f the hair and for removing dandruff and all com­plaints o f tho scalp and hair, has been highly re­commended by the best residents of.Asbury Park Park and Ocean Grove.

No humbug.. Success in all eases. ’ • ' Ladles and gentlemen consultation free.

,My VelQutluo for thte1 faceiieeds only a l iin llo be preferred to . all’others in tho market. Free trial to all. • •

* P R O F . M M E , E . O R IS O N .

C. SIO KLER,Estate

A>T> C O N V EY A N C ER ,OOEAN UROVB.

Cottages and Lots Sold or Rented. Fire Insurance in Reliable Companies.OITIOE—NO. 76 MAIN AVENUE,

Near Association Office.

OCEAN CROVE LAUNBRY.rpHEunderslgned respectfully in’formshis friends -L —the residents and visitors o f Ocean Grovo, that ho has removed for the season'to hi a now stand on OLIN 8TREET, ono door from tho COR­NER OF PILGRIM PATHWAY, opposite the Post Ofllce.

Articles will be called for when notice is left at the above address, or through the postofllce, and delivered Jn any part o i Ocean Grove or Asbury Park. ..: -• •

Box 2231. • C . S . J T J E , Prop’r.

JO SEPH T R A V IS ,Main Street, Asbory Pa rk, IV. J .

KING’S BRICK BUILDING.A Bplendid assortment oi-

Qold and Silver American and Swiss W atches.

G o ld rrnd S tu e l S p e c ta d e H . Theoretical and Practical Repairer o f Chron­

ometers and Watches... H E R E ATAa T U B T E A R ,

D. HO AC LA N D ,PR A C T IC A L

PAPER HANGER• ----AND-— :

CEILING DECORATORHaving had over 20 years experience can guar­

antee flret-class work at very moderate charges. .Residence—Oor. Lawrence and Heck

Avenues, Ocean Grove.P.O. Box 247

W . B. T O N K IN S,

H o u s e ,.S ig n a l Fresco Fainter.ALSO DEALER IN .

PMHTS, OILS, V&RHISHES, BRUSHES,P aint M ixed to Order ■

Window Glass and Glazing a Specialty.

STORE I 0CE4N GROVE GATES,

H. B. BEEGLE,{L a te U . B . B e e g l e & S o u ) ' .

Real Estate aifl t e n M48 Main Ave,, Ocean Grove.

Loans Negotiated and Legal Papers Drawn!

I I Notary Public and Commission­er oCDccdtv for New. Jersey, Pennsylvania and the District o f Columbia. ‘

mFor Dropsy, Gravel, Bright’s; Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases, Nervous^iess, Cute Buaran- teed. Ofllce 831 Arch street, Philadelphia. 31.00 per bottle,*6 for S5. At druggists.. Try it.

Caveats, and Tradc-Marka obtained, and all Patent basin28a conducted for M oiluruto F ees .

Our Oniuo Is O p p o s ite U. S. I ’a to n t Of- flee . We havo no sub-flgenciea, nU buslueea direct, bcoce cau transact patent buwueea lu lee# time and- at leati c o s t’ than those remote from ■Washington. , ;

Send 'inotlcl, drawing, or photo., with descrip­tion. .Wo advise, il patentablo or not.-frec of charj'c. Our fee not uiic till jiatciit la secured. •*

A. book, “ llow to Obtain Patcuts,,J with refei- encea to actual clienta In your titate, countj4 ci town, cent free. Addmaa,

C. A. S N O W & COOfPMiU r*U *t Office WwJdMtOkj 3*

. L ltriu -^p re .id - ..WM S uttr S i l v e r - P l a t e d M i v “*

___ COltltU liATiCI> lil..\S j> ) M V C

I.HiH'i'IXtt .Cli«reUt*», .- / / j, t.\-.nu lls . ,Vc

IN T E R E S T ALLOW ED ON D E P O S IT Sc a p i t a l , - $ 100,000 ,

Mattison Avenue & Bond Street,ASBURY P A R K , N. J.

Will Rent Lock Boxes of Various Sizes in Fire and Burglar. Proof Vaults. .

IS A A C C. KENJVfJDY. P r e s id e n t .B . N. K F .A T O lt, M . V V ice -X * resld cn t. Bf- H , Y A R D , • • S e c r e t a r y .A . C. T W IN IN G , T r c a in r e r

. Authorized by law lo act as Executor, Adminlstriitor, Guardian, Tnistee. Assignee, Rccelvor, Agent, etc., and for tho faithful performance of all such duties its capital stock and surplus arc individuals^ rcce c ft Execute’trusts of overy. description, from tho Courts, Corporations and

All Trust Funds and Investments aro inscribed In tho names o f the owners o f the property held in trust,-and are kept separato and apart from the assets o f the Company. ■

W IL LS R ECEIPTED FO R AND K EPT W ITH O U T CHARGE.

addrew, w wsttwr.iViiwl vf; mi. a s i’u m alen b .

“ “ “ “ “ cv.:r fail?; send us yourj)B7a*XrT ̂ijitos.ViiocKKS'rEiv^ FR S E

S E I s T I D P O S T A L ,, STATING YOUR AGE, AED A STATEMENT OP

TH E M A N H A T T A N ’S NEW PLAN ANDCOPY OF POLICY W IL L BE SENT TO YOU.

T H E CONTRACT OFFERED BY T H E M A N ­H A T T A N IN : CONNECTION W IT H ITS NEW PLAN, IS A GRAND COMBINATION OF STER­LING QUALITIES BY W H IC H IT AIMS TO SECURE TH E CONSIDERATION OF T H E IN SU RIN G PUBLIC.

v . A d d rew i / J A M E S B . C A R R A, S O N S , M a n a g e r s ,4 1 0 , 4 1 8 n n d -120 T V a ln a t S t . , P d i ln d e lp l i ln .

Hbnby Ci Winsor, Prosldent, geo.- W. Kvaj^ , Vice-President. Edmund E. Dayton, Cashier.

Aslntir Park and Ocean Grove Bat,COR. M A T T IS O N A V E . AND MAIN S T ., ASB URY PARK.

;Oroaniked January, 1880. ‘CAPITAL, $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 . IBURPLUS, $ 2 ,5 0 0 .0 0

Transacts a general Banking Business, Issues Foreign and Domestic Drafts. ■Prompt attention given to a ll mattora entrusted to us. • -

C O L L E C tlO S lB M A D E A M D P R O M P T L Y A C K N O W L E D G E D , D I R E C T O R S :

N. E. BUCHANON. J. B. FERGUSON. •' GEO. W. EVANS.C. C. CLAYTON. GEO. W. TREAT. J. A . WAINRIGHT.DR. J. A. W. HETRICK. JOHN HUBBARD. HENRY-C. WINSOR.

YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.

WM4 C. KNOX, Presided. J. D. 8ALMONS, Cashier.

T h e United S ta te s S a v in g s B a n k .(INCORPORATED)

T O PE K A , K A N SA S.A u th o r iz e d C apital* $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 . P a id In C a p ita l, $ 2 6 1 ,0 0 0 .

5 p e r c e n t . O N E Y E A R C E R T IF IC A T E S O F D E P O S IT .G°6 0 7°o F ,R S T M ORTGA G E L O A N S , P A Y M E N T G U A R A N T E E D .

$260 Partial Payment, 3 Year, Savings Certificates of Deposit.By paying tbo small su m of §i9.G0 q u a i it k h m , fo r 3 yonrs, (12 paym ents) tlio lioldor will receive § 2 5 0 , upon re tu rn of Certiflonto, and partia l paym ent receipts. Pnym enta can be made either quarterly , sem i-annually o r annually,

S E S ’D F O K P A M P H L E T (J IV lV G F U jS T IN F O I tJ IA T IO N .

Pilgrim P a th w a y a n d M t. C arm el,TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF POST OFFICE. •

Small. Rain,.TH E SMALLEST BOOK E-VEH MADE.

Only one inch square, containing three hundred and sixty.five beau- tltuV texts, ono for each day in tb e yeaT; good reading type. Bound in red turkey morocco, with llap. Price, 25 cents.

Ju st the tiling for children, the size m aking them prize it.

Dore Bible Gallery.A complete Pictorial Summary, from Genesis to Revelation. Con­

tains one hundred fuli-page illustrations, wltU descriptive explanations. Royal Quarto, sh e 9J.J by .12 luobes, Bound In extra flue English cloth, full gilt,-gold edges. Retails for $4, our.price this year only $1.25.

Milton’s Paradise Lost,W ith fifty fuii-page illustrations, same style and size of n'bove/und

price $1.25, reduced from $4.00.

Dante’s Inferno,WltU seventy full-page illustrations, companion to Dore and M ilton.

Price, $1.25. These threo books must only be seen to realize tUeir beauty and cheapness. Each book in a box.

Biblical Museum.Each material mentioned.in the Bible is put into a small bo.v, and

twenty.four of these small boxes with a reed pen are placed in a larger one, form ing a set, tlie size being 3).jxO lucbes.

* A description of the articles, with some of the illustrations, is given in a pam phlet that accompanies tbe set. The lids are glass, sg that ob­jects can be seen at a glauce.

— LIST OK CONTENT8 OF HOXES.* Anise. Boxwood, Brayed W heat. Camphire or Senna, Cassia, Cummin,

the Powder, Fitches, Ground Corn, Husk, Hyssop, Incense, Lentiles, Lentiles Split, Mint, Mustard Seed, M yrrh, Olive Leaves, Olive Wood, Oriental Xuts, Pulse, lleed Pen, Sackcloth, Saffron, Tares.

Price, $1.50. Just the thing for Sunday-school teachers.

Revised New Testament.Large size, bound in muslin, reduced from 25 to 10 cents. ' . • ,

Don Quixote.Large, 8 vo. cloth, full gilt, SOO illustrations; was $4, now $1.50. :

Pilgrim’s Progress.Large 5 vo. cloth, full g ilt, full o f illustrations; was $3, now $1.50.

ftetoils for $4,

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Uy Addison, - n ew plates. F ou r large volumes in abox. our price $2. Everv library should have a copy.

. The Occan Grovo Book Store is a branch o f the M. E. Book Kooni, 1018 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pii.

• F. B. CLEGG, Agent.. rS /~It will pay you, to buy-some of these for Christmas presents.