The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-26
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
Thursday Morning August rs, 1859.
Methodist Camp Meeting at
... KennebN1lK. .. .ae'
Portland District.
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SECOND DAY.
The morning dawned clear and balmy, and
when the bell announced O'Clock the en-
campment awoke at once and commenced
again the preparations interrupted by the re-
firing bell of last night. To the ear at least
there was a marked contrast with the build-
ing fSolomon's temple--for hammers, axes,
saws, and many tools of iron were heard in
all parts of the grounds. Breakfast over the
voice of praise and prayer was heard ming
ling with the din of builders. The prayer
meetings in the tents were of such charac-
ter as to give hopeful augury for the success
of the meeting. The attendance upon them
was unusually large for so early stage of the
meeting, and in spirit and power they were
equally marked. That in Saccarappa tent
was indeed a season OF refreshing from the
presence of the Lord" and others report
equally interesting seasons.
AT 10 A. M. the bell called all to the stand
The services commenced with the singing of
the beautiful hymn, the 300th in the Metho-
dist Coll nt sata.. ...f.I I..Ir.l.-
'Blow ye the trumpet, blow
ministers and people following the lead of
Bro. Bartlett, of Saccarappa, made
The vaulted aisles of the green woods ring"
to the soulstirring notes Of old Lenox. Rev.
o. N. Scott read portion of the 55th chap
ter of Isaiah and Rev. j. B. Lapham of Al
fred, iervently and earnestly invoked the di-
vine blessing.
The 34Sth hymn,-
"Come sinners to the gospel feast,''
was then sung to the familiar tune OF "Bridse-
water" the congregation joining heartily.
Rev. G. w. Scott of S. Berwick was then
introduced as the speaker for the morning.
He announced as his text, Hebrews 2d-iii
"How shall we escape, if we neglect SO great
salvation?" and remarked that he had moth
ing ne,o to offer, but would endeavor to pre-
sent the old, old story" u-HD. a.
In considering his text he would invert the
order of the clauses, and speak first of g The
great salvation" 1t was great in the first
place because of whal it cost to effect it. On
ly one was or could be found in earth or hea-
ven able to effect liable to purchase the sal
walton of man. Suffering and satisfaction were
demanded by the broken law, and some one
capable Of both must be found or man could
not be saved. Jesus Christ Godman-ap-
pears. AS man he can suffer; as God he could
satisfy. 8aa sd rH eG..Islaa
Did he suffer? The union between the
Father and the Son was infinitely more per-
feet than that between earthly friends. He
Illustrated the intimacy of the union between
earthly friends by story of a German family
during severe famine. So complete was
the destitution that the father and mother of
the family decided to sell one of the children
to provide food for the rest of the family, but
found it impossible to decide upon either and
concluded rather to die than resort to an ex-
pedient involving such unspeakable anguish.
The union between these friends was as roth
ing compared to the mysterious, inexplicable
union between the Father and the Son.
The cost-and so the greatness of this sal
walton is seen in the greatness of the suffer-
ings of Christ-suffering in which both the
divine and the human natures participated.
As man, Christ suffered in the judgment hall
of Plate, when the nails were driven through
his hands and feet, when in the agony of
death he cried "I thirsto In the divine ma
ture he suffered when he wept over Jerusa-
lem, when he bowed in Gethsemane, and
when on the cross he cried in anguish at the
hidings of the Fathers face-"My God! My
God! why hast thou forsaken me?" Yet great
as the sacrifice, it was willing oDe-freely
made by one who had the power and the
right to do otherwise. Marcus Curtius threw
himself into the yawning gulf for the benefit
of Rome, and all ages have joined in lauding
his patriotism and selfsacrifice. Bow much
more shall we join in praising him who for
us willingly threw himself before the sword
of divine justice, leaving the glory that he
had with the Father before the world was, to
take upon himself the form of servant and
suffer ignominy and pain and death for as.
This salvation is great also because of the
greatness of the ruin it proposes to avert. 1t
comeliness and perfection of the image of
God. 1t finds man lost, eternally dead, and
saves him, giving him eternal life.
1t is great also because of the hlessedness
it proposes to impart-Peace. The troubled
soul, tossed and torn with doubt and fear and
surging passion hears the voice of Christ as
the storm-tossed sea heard it, and is calm.
Joy-not in the measure in which most of us
have it-but fuller, more blessed and progress
sive, eternally progressive in our privilege and
prospect. An eternity of ever augmenting
joy is before us If we do not neglect the great
salvation. E.----al
This salvation is great because of the glory
it brings to its matchless author. This saliva
ton is infinitely glorious in wisdom. All the
philosophers of earth could not contrve
scheme comparable with it. None can, none
dare say 81 could contrive a better, wiser
scheme" "Tbe foolishness of God is wiser
than men," 1t brings the glory too of match
less leadership. Earth has never produced
his equal in this respect He goes forth con-
querng and to conquer, saying not like some
cowardly generals's "Gow but "Come Follow
mew
The second point of the discourse was the
query, allow shall we escape il we neglect
this salvation? The sick man need not resort
to poison or pistol or dagger to end his life.
Neglect of the remedies prescribed by his
physician will kill him. You need not COM
init suicide, neglect to take food will end
your lives. The farmer need not destroy his
crops, need not plough in his corn, let him
neglect to plant and hoe and he will "begin
harvest and have nOthlngo
So you need not oppose Christ and Chris
tianity to be lost. Neglect them and you
have no way of escape from perdition. You
have now-you will have upon this ground
opportunities of seeking and finding Christ
and you may neglect them-you may be care
less concerning them. But there cometh a
time and a scene where you will not, cannot
be idle spectators. seem almost to see
some of you passing away upon the left, and
vainly neglected pportunty-sighing, /
might then have been saved. All!
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these, ''It might have been."
There are many ways that men may try,
morality, German rationalism, French inffdel-
ity. The first is taking the matter into ones
own hands. The others are denying the need
of any way. DIR. Sam'l johnson was moral
mana moralist as writer-but when he
lay upon his death bed, he found no peace.
To the consoling remarks of his friends re-
ferring to his labors in behalf of morality and
for the benefit of society, he replied II know