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On Tuesday afternoon, July 6th, the introductory sermon of the first meeting of the National Camp-Meeting Association at Round Lake was preached by the Rev. John S. Inskip, of Baltimore, Md., the president of that association. The Rev. M. B. Osborn, of Farm- ingdale, N. J., delivered the evening discourse.
These and most of the other sermons preached during the meeting were on the subject of holiness, a theme embracing a wide view of the sinfulness of man and of the gracious power of God to elevate him to that higher life opened unto him by Jesus Christ.
The services of Sunday, July 11th, were largely attended, from fifteen to twenty thousand people being present. More than a thou- sand vehicles and a greater number of horses occupied places assigned them outside the thronged wood. At the morning love feast, at 8 o'clock, testimonies were given by persons living in
1 The nine cottages on Wesley Avenue were erected by Joseph Hillman, Troy; Jacob Travis, Cohoes; R. N. Newton and S. Martin, Albany; Pemble & Wood, Stillwater; Rev. R. H. Robinson, Ballston Spa; Holmes & McEchron, Glens' Falls; James P. Burtis, Mechanicville; F. D. Hodgeman, Fort Edward; E. Lock- wood, Mechanicville. The three on Fletcher Avenue, by Steves & Brown, Troy; Cicero Barber, Fort Edward; Sandford Smith, Ballston Spa. The one on Seventh Street, by A. P. Blood, Ballston Spa.
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twenty-six states and in the District of Columbia in the United States, and by others living in Canada and in England. At the 102 o'clock services the Rev. Bishop Matthew Simpson, of Philadelphia, impressively preached to a vast assembly of attentive people. In the afternoon, at 23 o'clock, five discourses were delivered-one at the preachers' stand, another in the large tent, and a third in Fountain Square, a fourth at the passenger station, and a fifth at the horse- stand.
The presence of more than two hundred and fifty ministers of different denominations at one of the daily services caused not a little comment. Children's meetings were held daily in the large tent. The noted exhorter, "Camp-Meeting John of Maine," fre- quently took part in the prayer meetings.
On Thursday morning, July 15th, about eighteen hundred persons partook of the elements of the Lord's table in the large tent. On Friday morning following, short addresses, hymns, and prayers ter- minated this highly successful camp-meeting.1
Among the improvements made by the association in July and August, 1869, was the extension northward of Prospect Avenue, and the erection of twelve attractive cottages.2
The second camp-meeting of the Troy Conference held on the grounds was one of ten days, beginning on Tuesday, August 31st, conducted by the Rev. C. F. Burdick, Presiding Elder of the Troy District. The first sermon was preached by the Rev. Jesse T. Peck, D.D., of Albany, on Tuesday afternoon, from the text, Hebrews ii., 3: " How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ?"
1 The discourses were those of the Revs. John S. Inskip, Baltimore, Md .; W. B. Osborn, Farmingdale, N. J .; W. L. Gray, Philadelphia; W. McDonald, Boston; G. Pratt, Rockland, Me .; Jesse T. Peck, D.D., Albany; Alfred Cookman, Wil-' mington, Del .; C. Munger, Bath, Me .; J. W. Horne, New York City; William Butler, Boston, Sec. American and Foreign Christian Union; W. Reddy, Utica; Rev. Bishop M. Simpson, Philadelphia; Andrew Longacre, New York City; G. Hughes, Hightstown, N. J .; - Chapman, Philadelphia; G. C. Wells, Albany; S. Coleman, Williamsport, Pa .; Lewis R. Dunn, Jersey City; W. H. Boole, Will- iamsburgh, N. Y .; John Cookman, New York City; - Lawrence, N. J.
2 One on Ninth Street, erected by the Rev. E. Stover, Troy; two on Fletcher Ave- nue, by Dr. S. S. Strong and Prof. H. A. Wilson, Saratoga Springs, and E. A. Hartshorn, Troy; one on Tenth Street, by Charles Smith, M.D., Albany; one on Albany Street, by Rev. F. A. Soule, Sandy Hill; seven on Wesley avenue, by H. J. Porter, M. D., Bennington, Vt .; L. M. Smith, Half Moon; S. F. Harris, Ben- nington, Vt .; Miss Margaret C. Clement, Half Moon; Henry Howarth, Cohoes; James Heimstreet, Cohoes; Walter Witbeck, Cohoes.
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The number of people occupying tents was large. The daily ser- vices were well-attended and the preaching was forcible and effective.1 The meetings to promote entire consecration to God were in charge of Mrs. Sarah Lankford, of Brooklyn.
The general attractiveness of the grounds in the month of June, 1870, was much admired by the people attending the third Troy Conference camp-meeting at Round Lake. The fresh and perfect foliage of the trees, the bright verdure of the lawns, and the inviting appearance of the embowered cottages elicited the comment of all. The latest improvements included the Bishop's cottage, erected on the east side of Wesley Avenue.2 Tuesday, June 21st, had been announced for the beginning of the camp-meeting, conducted by the Rev. Samuel Meredith, Presiding Elder of the Albany District, but the accidental detention on the railroad cars of the minister designated to preach that evening caused the first services to be postponed to Wednesday morning. The introductory sermon was. by the Rev. Ensign Stover, of West Troy.
The holding of the meeting in June was evidently unwise, for at that time farmers were most actively engaged in agriculture, and therefore debarred from attending the services. The absence of the country people was noticeable in the comparatively small number of persons daily congregated on the grounds. On Sunday, June 26th, about two thousand people were present at the morning and after- noon services. On the following Tuesday morning the Rev. Bishop E. S. Janes, of New York City, preached an excellent sermon. The camp-meeting closed on Friday morning, July Ist, with a love feast. 3.
1 Sermons were preached by the Revs. Jesse T. Peck, Albany; R. H. Robinson,. Ballston Spa; D. W. Gates, Cambridge; A. Ford, Stillwater; E. Stover, Troy; Homer Eaton, West Troy, J. R. Henderson. Lima, Ohio; E. A. Blanchard, Clifton Park Village; R. Meredith, North Adams, Mass .; G. S. Chadbourne, Gloversville; S. W. Brown, Waterford; Steves; H. C. Sexton, Saratoga Springs: J. M. Webster, Greenfield; Erastus Wentworth, Pittsfield; W. G. Waters, Albany; Louis N. Beaudry, Albany; S. Meredith, Albany, Presiding Elder of Albany District; G. C. Wells, Albany; Merritt Hulburd, Troy.
2 Three other cottages had been erected on Wesley Avenue severally belonging to the Rev. William Griffin, D. D., of West Troy; Gardner Howland, of Troy; and the Rev. B. D. Ames, of Mechanicville.
3 The sermons preached during the meeting were by the Revs. Ensign Stover, West Troy; R. H. Robinson, Ballston Spa; J. R. Wager, Green Island; M. D. Jessup, West Amsterdam; F. A. Soule, Sandy Hill; J. Belknap, Pittstown; Homer Eaton, West Troy; J. W. Tucker, Troy; Jesse T. Peck, D.D., Syracuse; Merritt
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The fourth Troy Conference camp-meeting at Round Lake, con- ducted by the Rev. Elisha Watson, Presiding Elder of the Saratoga District, began on Monday, September 5th, 1870. About four hun- dred persons attended the evening services, at which the Rev. Abel Ford, of Stillwater, preached the initial sermon of the meeting. The services of the week were variably attended, several hundred to two thousand persons being present from day to day. The meeting inmforally closed on Saturday, September roth, the weather being stormy. 1
The sixth camp meeting held at Round Lake was that of the National Camp-Meeting Association in 1871, conducted by its presi- dent, the Rev. John S. Inskip, of Baltimore. About three hundred and fifty tents were pitched around the audience center, and they and the thirty and more cottages accommodated the sojourners from ten different states, numbering from one to two thousand persons and rep- resenting many of the different Christian denominations in the United States. The object of the meeting was the promotion of holiness. At one of the daily services three ministers, one a Meth- odist, one a Congregationalist and the third a Baptist, all doctors of divinity, officiated.
On Tuesday afternoon, July 4th, the Rev. John S. Inskip preached the first sermon. In the evening, on account of the rain, there was no sermon. Services of prayer, praise, and exhortation were held in the large tent.
At the eight o'clock love feast on Sunday morning, three hundred and seventy-seven persons spoke of their Christian experience within an hour and forty-five minutes. About ten thousand people attended the morning and afternoon services that day. Not less than two
Hulburd, Albany; L. Marshall, Cohoes; D. P. Hulburd, Jonesville; Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; B. B. Loomis, Mechanicville; B. M. Hall, Rutland, Vt .; R. Meredith, Brooklyn; J. E. Irvine, Dingman's Ferry, N. J .; Bishop E. S. Janes, New York City; D. B. Mckenzie, Bethlehem; D. Hawley, D.D., Glens' Falls; S. McChesney, Albany; H. W. Slocum, Brunswick: Louis N. Beaudry, Albany; G. W. Brown, Troy; G. H. Townsend, Pittsford, Vt.
1 The following ministers preached during the meeting: Revs. Abel Ford, Still- water; J. C. Fenton, Watervliet; R. Wheatley, Hudson; J. M. Webster, Rock City; Erastus Wentworth, D.D., Pittsfield, Mass .; C. K. True, Springfield, Mass .; D. B. Mckenzie, Bethlehem; Samuel Meredith, Presiding Elder of the Albany District; Bishop Jesse T. Peck, Syracuse; D. T. Elliott, Sandlake; Benjamin Pomeroy, Albany; Simon McChesney, Albany; S. W. Brown, Waterford.
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thousand persons were present at the Monday morning prayer- meeting, at five o'clock.
The closing sacramental services on Thursday evening, July 13th, were attended by about three thousand persons. The singing of the hymn
" All hail the power of Jesus' name,"
terminated this signally blessed camp meeting.1
The use of the grounds for residence during the months of sum- mer by those owning or renting the cottages was proposed in 1872. About forty had been erected.2 In order to ascertain the acceptable- ness of the privilege, the following announcement was made by the association in the spring of that year: " Believing that the use of the grounds for summer homes for Christian families cannot in any way interfere with, but rather promote the spirituality of the camp- meetings, the trustees have declared a ' Season,' commencing July Ist, and continuing until October Ist, during which time the morning and evening trains each way will stop for the accommodation of those who desire to remain upon the grounds, provided a sufficient number remains."
1 The sermons were by the Revs. John S. Inskip, Baltimore, Md. ; William McDonald, Brooklyn; W. L. Gray, Philadelphia; A. McLean, New York; W. S. Harlow, Duxbury, Mass .; G. C. Wells, Milwaukee; W. H. Boole, New York; L. R. Dunn, Elizabeth, N. J .; J. W. Horne, Babylon, N. Y .: Andrew Longacre, New York; W. H. Hughes, - -; J. E. Searles, New York; Alfred Cookman, Newark ; C. Munger, Alford, Mass .; Seymour Coleman, -; Edgar M. Levy, D.D., Philadelphia; W. Reddy, D. D .. Skeneateles; James Porter, Boston, Mass .; Lee, New York; C. D. Foss, New York.
2 The cottages were owned by the following persons : The Bishop's by the asso- ciation; Rev. William Griffin, D. D., West Troy; Joseph Hillman, Troy; Gardner Howland, Troy; J. P. Burtis, Minnesota; J. A. S. Lord, Albany; D. C Holman, Glens' Falls; F. D. Hodgeman, Fort Edward; Rev. Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; George West, Ballston Spa; R. N. Newton and S. Martin, Albany; Rev. B. O. Ames, Mechanicville ; Jacob Travis, Cohoes; John Burhans, Galway; L. M. Smith, Clifton Park; Miss M. C. Clement, Clifton Park; H. Haworth, Cohoes; J. Heimstreet, Cohoes ; Henry Brust, Brunswick; W. Witbeck, Cohoes : L. Wood, Stillwater ; L. N. Beaudry, Shelbourne Falls, Vt., and H. A. Wolf, Greenbush; - Stockwell and - Huling, Bennington; Mrs. Harriet Bradley, Schenectady ; S. F. Harris, Bennington ; Dr. H. J. Petter, Bennington ; Dr. S. S. Strong and Prof. H. A. Wilson, Saratoga Springs; E. A. Hartshorn and Moses Hovey, Troy; A. C. Fellows, Troy ; Cicero Barber, Fort Edward ; Rev. J. W. Belknap, Peters- burgh; Sanford Smith, Fort Edward; A. P. Blood, Ballston Spa ; Jesse Wilson, Hampton; Haight and Mosher, Stillwater; Dr. C. H. Smith, Albany; Eleazer A. Peck, Troy; Mrs. E. Stover, Saratoga Springs; Rev. A. Osborn, Hagaman's Mills Mrs. Almira Waterman, Brooklyn.
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Few of the previous camp-meetings held at Round Lake were as remarkable in interesting incidents as the first New York State meet- ing in July, 1872. The discourses were thoughtful, earnest, and impressive, and the exhortations direct and urgent. Deep feeling and fervent longings for spiritual blessings notably characterized the prayer meetings. Amanda Smith, an intelligent negro woman, once a slave, being present for the first time at Round Lake attending the varied services of this meeting, enlisted the attention of many impenitent persons by her sympathetic singing and cogent reason- ing concerning the importance of living a Christian life.
The opening sermon was preached on Tuesday evening, July 16th, by the Rev. B. I. Ives, of Auburn, New York, who had charge of the meeting. On the following Sunday, about one thousand vehicles and more than ten thousand people entered the grounds. Including those at the preachers' stand, there were no less than thirty-three religious meetings held that day at different places in the enjoyable shade of the spacious wood. On Thursday night, at ten o'clock, most of the three thousand persons attending the evening services partook of the Lord's Supper. After the usual march around the " circle," the seventh camp-meeting held at Round Lake was closed at midnight with a benediction1.
The new and attractive passenger station at Round Lake, built in the spring of 1873, by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, lessee of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad, was one of the most . conspicuous of the improvements made that year. It was constructed of corrugated, galvanized iron. The middle part, containing the ticket-office, waiting and baggage rooms, is twenty-four feet wide and forty long, and the open wings, north and south, are twenty by seventy feet. The uncomfortable plank seats in the audience-space
1 The following ministers preached during the meeting: Revs. B. I. Ives, Auburn; L. N. Beaudry, Shelburne Falls, Vt .; Charles F. Noble, Troy; G. S. White, Utica; S. D. Brown, New York; R. A. Caruthers, Presiding Elder of the Fredonia District, Erie Conference; W. N. Cobb, Presiding Elder of Otsego Dis- trict; Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; S. W. Brown, West Troy; S. Mere- dith, Troy; Seymour Coleman, - -; B. Pomeroy, Troy; - Butler, Secre- tary of Board for the Conversion of Roman Catholics; A. J. Kynett, D.D., Phila- delphia; D. D. Lindsley, Presiding Elder of the Oswego District of the Wyoming Conference; J. B. Wakeley, of Newburgh District; - Teed, of Rock River Conference; H. Skeel, of Saquoit; J. B. Foote, Presiding Elder of Syracuse Dis- trict; J. C. Fenton, Bath; C. S. Clement, North Bennington, Vt.
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were removed, and backed benches placed in front of the preachers' stand. The purchase of the Corps farm and of land lying on the north and east sides of the grounds increased their area to 120 acres, with a frontage of nearly a half mile on the lake. An avenue extending from the central part of the grounds to the lake was laid out and a boat-landing constructed at the termination of the new road.
The second New York State camp-meeting, conducted by the Rev. B. I. Ives, of Auburn, was informally opened with a prayer meeting on Tuesday evening, July 8th, 1873. On Wednesday morn- ing the Rev. B. I. Ives preached the first sermon. The closing of the gates on the following Sunday limited the attendance at the services to those persons sojourning on the grounds. The large tent purchased by the association, in which to hold services in rainy weather, was dedicated on Saturday afternoon, July 12th. From three to four thousand people were present at the services on the following Tuesday. Twenty-two ministers preached during the meeting, among whom was Bishop Peck1. Sacramental services were held at nine o'clock on Thursday evening, July 17th, and after " the walk about Jerusalem," this eighth camp-meeting held at Round Lake was closed with a benediction.
In the summer of 1873, the new highway, named Waugh Avenue, on the west side of the lake, was completed, and the old road running along the line of Janes Avenue closed. The former was accepted by the Commissioners of Highways of the town of Malta on Satur- day, August 30th. The superintendent's house, on the southeast corner of Lake and Hedding Avenues, was among the number of new buildings erected in the summer.
The fifth camp-meeting of the Troy Conference held on the grounds began on Wednesday morning, September 3d, 1873, the Rev. Sanford Washburn, of Jonesville, conducting it. The morning's sermon was preached by the Rev. S. M. Williams, of Schuylerville. Twenty-two other discourses were delivered during the meeting by
1 The ministers who preached were the Revs. B. I. Ives, Auburn; J. M. Web- ster, Presiding Elder of the Cambridge District; Alexander Campbell, of Troy Con- ference; Bishop Jesse T. Peck; J. F. Vates, Chenango; H. Wheeler, Presiding Elder of Otsego District; Bostwick Hawley, D.D., Bennington, Vt .; Merritt Hul- burd, Springfield, Mass .; L. N. Beaudry, Shelburne, Vt .; G. W. Knapp, Claver- ack; Joseph E. King, D.D., Fort Edward; William Adams, of Central New York Conference; A. A. Farr, Albany; S. W. Brown, West Troy; J. B. Hammond, Chateaugay; David H. Muller, Rochester; S. W. Clemens, Greenbush; L. R. Thayer, Springfield, Mass .; S. Meredith, Troy; D. Austin, Frey's Bush; J. M. Edgerton, Sandy Hill; - Shepard,
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different ministers.1 On Sunday, September 7th, the gates were closed, and about two thousand persons were denied admittance to to the grounds.
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The judiciousness of debarring the public from the grounds on Sun- day had frequently been discussed. The gates at first were never
1 Revs. I. C. Fenton, Greenbush; Peter M. Hitchcock, Cooksborough; W. J. Sands, Guilderland; M. D. Jump, Valatie; B. F. Livingston, Castleton; O. Gregg, Presiding Elder of the Burlington District; George C. Morehouse, Mechanicville; W. J. Tilley, Dalton; S. W. Edgerton, Dannemora; H. D. Kimball, Williams- town, Mass .; A. F. Bailey, Troy; Robert Patterson, Crescent; A. D. Head, - -; E. Marsh, Kinderhook; M. A. Senter, South Adams, Mass .; Thomas Kelley, Mooers; M. B. Mead, Lansingburgh; H. W. Slocum, Brunswick; S. W. Clemens, Greenbush; R. J. Adams, Johnsonville; William Bedell, Tomhannock; Seymour Coleman.
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closed. No little ill-feeling was therefore engendered by the enforce- ment of the regulation denying entrance to the grounds on Sunday. After this meeting certain modifications changed the restrictions and the gates were opened. The meeting closed on Friday evening, July 12th.
FROM THE FIRST FRATERNAL CAMP-MEETING TO THE FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY, 1874-1877.
The most notable of all the meetings held at Round Lake was the Fraternal meeting in 1874. The leaven of its wonderful influence permeated the great body of the Methodist Church in the United States and widely quickened the growth of good will among the ministers and laity of its different branches. It noticeably brought into closer relations the interests of the two divisions of the church, North and South, that had so long been separated by political differ- ences respecting slavery and the bitter feeling caused by the Civil War.
Fortunately, in the spring of 1874, the project of holding a fra- ternal camp-meeting at Round Lake, to which the bishops, minis- ters, and laymen of the different branches of the church should be invited, occurred to the liberal-minded and indefatigable president of the association, Joseph Hillman. He disclosed his conception of the benefits of the meeting to the Rev. Bishop Simpson in Philadel- phia, who, besides approving the project, advised him to consult with the Rev. Bishop Janes, residing in New York City, who had been elected to his bishoprick by the votes of the representatives from the southern states. Bishop Janes at once expressed his will- ingness to co-operate with the officers of the association in securing the desired attendance of those to be invited to the proposed meet- ing. He thereupon wrote the invitation, signed by the Presiding Elders of the Troy Conference, setting forth the high purpose of the meeting, and the letter of acceptance to which so many of the bishops willingly subscribed their names, and also the paper bearing the signatures of the large number of representative men of the church who signified their intention of being present. Taking with him the invitation of the Presiding Elders of the Troy Conference, the two other papers, and a letter of introduction written by the Rev. Bishop Janes, the earnest president of the Round Lake Camp- Meeting Association visited Louisville, Ky., where, in May, 1874, the General Conference of the Methodist Church South was in ses- sion. The incidents of the different interviews which he held with
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the officers of the conference and other representatives of the church south and their interrogations, made his mission one of extreme delicacy and prudent action. The success of his efforts, besides being agreeably disclosed in the published acceptances of the invi- tations given them, was later more gratifyingly expressed in the presence of the large body of bishops, eminent ministers, and promi- nent laymen of the Methodist Church South at the Fraternal meet- ing, the purpose of which, as Bishop Janes wrote, was "not to talk about fraternity, but to enjoy it; not to plan for it, but to prac- tice it."
The accommodations for the comfort and entertainment of the people attending the meeting, which began on July 8th, and con- tinued fourteen days, were in every way sufficient and satisfactory. Eight or ten churches had tabernacles in which to lodge many of their members. The public boarding tents were enlarged to seat at the tables more than five hundred persons at one time. Wreaths of evergreen were festooned around the preachers' stand, and along the back part of it a long piece of canvas displayed the inscription, " Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Across some of the avenues scriptural texts were suspended. The most remarked of these was the one, " I will say to the North, Give up; and to the South, Keep not back."
Representatives of ten branches of the Methodist Church in North America were present at this memorable meeting. Bishops Janes, Simpson, Foster, Haven, and Peck of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Bishops Kavanaugh and Doggett, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South; Bishop Campbell, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Bishops Jones and Clinton, of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, all took prominent parts in the varied and impressive services. During the fourteen days of the meeting (some of them rainy) more than fifty sermons were preached by ministers from different parts of the United States and Canada. 1
1 The sermons were by Bishop E. S. Janes, D.D., LL. D., New York City; Thomas B. Sargent, Baltimore, Md .; Anson Green, D.D., Toronto, Canada; Bishop J. P. Campbell, Philadelphia, Pa .; Joseph Cummings, D.D., LL.D., Mid- dletown, Conn .; T. M. Eddy, D.D., New York City: - Plummer, D. D., -. Tenn .; Joseph Dare, Melbourne, Australia; John S. Inskip, -; Bishop M. Simpson, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa .; S. V. Leech, Baltimore, Md .; S. Call, -, N. Y .; William Reddy, D.D., Syracuse, --; Isaac McCann, -
-; F. Bottome, D.D., New York City; L. H. King, D.D., New York City; W. C. Henderson, Stratford, Canada; T. H. Pearne, D.D., Cincinnati, Ohio; A. L. Cooper, D.D., St. Albans, Vt .; F. Widmer, Carthage, N. Y .; J. M. Walden,
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On Wednesday evening, July 8th, the Rev. Bishop Janes, D.D., LL.D., who had charge of the meeting, preached the first sermon, the subject being, " The adaptedness of Christianity to man's spiritual necessities," and the text, I. Cor., i., 30.
The hymns, "Christian Greeting," by Mrs. Joseph Hillman, " The Day of Days," by the Rev. F. Bottome, D.D .; " Devotion," by Eleazer A. Peck, and "Christian Unity," by the Rev. A. C. Rose, written for the occasion, were sung at the Thursday morning services.
On the following Sunday it rained. Seventeen sermons were preached that day at different places on the grounds.
By invitation, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States of America, visited Round Lake on Wednesday, July 15th. He arrived on the morning train from Saratoga Springs, between nine and ten o'clock, and was taken to the Bishop's cottage. Shortly afterward he was escorted to the preachers' stand, where he was introduced to the people congregated there by the Rev. Bishop Janes, and was received with prolonged hand-clapping. Seated on the stand, the President heard the sermon preached by the Rev. George Douglass, D.D., of Montreal, Canada, on the Power and Assurance of the Gospel. After dining at one of the boarding tents and holding a short recep- tion in front of the preachers' stand, the President departed on a special train for Saratoga Springs.
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