The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-26
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you are not a Christian you lack what the
bust lacked, lfei
| Some OF YOU are saying 81 want TO be a
| Christian, but-but am too young, 7 am too
| busy. l have been too great a sinner. None
will have confidence in me. Paul had been
snch a sinner that the disciples Stunned and
Barnabas must needs go with him to intro
duce him and vouch for his character. Are
you not willing to suder what Paul suileredP
But YOU need rot. Christians will gather
rcund you, and help you by their prayers and
sympathies. beseech you quench not the
spirit which is now striving within you for
you can all now find pardon. In Massachu-
setts on Thanksgiving day one criminal in
the State prison was TO be pardoned. The
convcts were waiting in breathless silence
the Governor comes in. All seem asking
"Whose is the pardon? SIS it mine?" SIS il
mine? ?" 1t is read. All but one are disap-
pointed Only one can be pardoned, and the
hopes of the rest are dashed to earth. o!
how sad were it thus here to-day. But no !
All! Eeery one may be pardoned. o receive
the offered pardon and receive it now." p
The sermon was listened to with intense
| interest from beginning TO end. After itsi
close the hymn 'There is a fountain filed
| with bloodw
EXPLOITATION.
Rev. e. B. Fletcher of the East Maine Con-
ference, followed with a thrilling exhortatlon.
Rev Orange cot, the father of the former
speaker, he had known intimately, years
agone, and he was glad to see the son stand
ing where the father stood, and to hear him,
preaching the same gospel the father had
preached.
He then remarked that people could be a
little ultra in anything. Some people were a
little ultra in regard TO sanctifcation, so
much so that the great blessing of justification
was covered up out of sight. Paul makes it
important, where he says, "Therefore being
justified by faith we have peace with God.
There is therefore no condemnation to them
who are in Christ Jesus" That is in his re-
ligion. The Bible is full of texts showing
what wonderful thing is sound, thorough
conversion to God. st..
The union of God with man in the person
of Chrst--of perfect God with perfect man
is wonderful thing. Humanity our brother
and so sympathzing with us and loving the
great common brotherhood divinely, having
the power of pardon. Thank God that the
pardoning power was placed just where it
was-in the hands of Jesus Christ. The di-
vine and the human made our Christ. The
divine could not suffer-the immaculate
| human could. So this wonderful God
comes do,yn to Cavalry and humanity is
brought up to Calvary, and God and man are
reconciled.
"My heart amazed and wondering loves
Jesus-loves and adores him for his wonders
of redeeming grace and dying love-"
While the philosopher specuates and doubts
and reasons that the atonement is false or
useless, the Child comes to Jesus and finds
pardon and peace. $50 may you all come
and find pardon, and find and feel il now"
After the singing of the hymn "Tor- shame
our sins he blushed in blood,' Rev. s.
r. BAILEY spoke effectively for few min
utes. He said substantially, i rejoice that
this is an experimental salvation. II does
| not depend upon theory. While there are
and will be differences of theory upon minor
points the great interest centres in the
question, "What must / do to be saved ?"
''What shall 1 do to inherit eternal he--to
secure this great salvation?" There is dam
ger you may do too much You must do the
right thing. Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ" And if you will now believe you
may now receive the fulness of this great
salvation. Jesus here at our "feast OF tab
ernacleso as he was -nrasant-~.- --i---1---~s''ss
times OF old, Here at the wedding of earth
and heaven as at the marriage at Cana, TO
consummate and sanction the union. Jesus
is here. and before him all your difficulties
shall vanish. "The mountains shall flow
down at his presence" We mag all trust
that the God of Peace will shortly bruise
Satan under our feet.
The Presiding Elder then spoke of an incI-.
dent in military hospital, where dying sol
dier compared the comforting influences of
the blood of Christ in his SOUL to the cool
ing water tricking from perforated vessel
upon comrades feverish wound His re-
marks drew tears from all eyes. No report,
can do full justice to any of the exercises of
the morning. The services closed with prayer
by Rev. John Stevens, pastor of the Free
Baptist Church in Biddeford.
When the afternoon services began about 25
ministers were seated on the stand and the
seats in front were filled to about two-thrds of
their capacity. "t
Rev. e. G. Colby, of York, preached from
John 8: IL, "Then spake Jesus again unto
them, am the light of the world. He that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life.' The sermon was
powerful one, and was listened to with deep
attention. At the conclusion of Mr. Colby'sl
discourse Rev. j. Stone followed in an earnest
and effective exhortation.
Rev. A. S. Leadd, of Watervile, followed,
and spoke as follows:
Duty and privilege ale intimately connect
ed. Jesus speaks to us as much as to the early
disciples: "Ye are the light of the world"
How? BY walking pear Christ and rejecting
His light. This glorious sunlight is a beauti-
full illustration; we cannot walk in the dark
safely; Christians can do little without the
light of Christ. 1t is safe to walk in His light.
Rev. j. A. Sanborn then proceeded to make
some remarks, stating that he had been striy-
ing for forty-eight years to walk in the light
He spoke feelingly of the danger of delay.
He was followed by the Presiding Elder, who
made few effective remarks and invited al
sethS IUT anu iot pCAiSS6 iONO " eAO
altar.
While scores crowded into the altar, earnest
prayers were offered in their behalf by Revs.
j. e. Baxter w. B. Bartlett, j. Collins, A. S,
Leadd, and Father Wadleigh, an aged lay
man, and the meeting dissolved.
After this a meeting of P=ssehers and tent
masters was held for the transaction of busi-
ness. The prayer meetings at the tents which
followed were, as usual, interesting and profit
able, and some Of them of great power.
The afternoon train from Portland brought
an accession to our number, but had nearly
carried them by, stopping only when the very
last car was at the western end of the plat
| form, and forcing passengers-some of them
| invalids-to take long walk before reaching
the carriages which were to convey them to
the grounds.
| EVENING SERVICES.
| The evening services at the stand commenced
| at the usual hour Rev. ID. Halleron read the
| Scripture lesson and Rev. r. Atkinson offered
prayer. Rev. ID. HalIeron of Kennebunkport
was introduced and announced as his text
| part of the 31st verse of the 18th chapter of
| Ezekiel, "why will ye dep
| Tha sneaker referred to the Certainty of