The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-09
Richmond Camp Meeting.
THIRD DAY,
IRepsrted for the Press. !

ster prayer meeting under tho canvas taber-
nacle Without the exhibition of any special
eccentricites on the part of the participants,
in speech or manner, the meeting was deeply
interesting. A good deal of Methodistic fervor
appeared upon the surface, while deep down in
many hearts stronger feeling and purer love
for the Master was stirred. The camp reposed
in quiet slumber during the silent watches of
the night-a quiet broken only by the chrplng
of the cricket or mournful cadence of the whip
poorwill.
This morning at dawn the encamped hosts
were astir, and by five and a half o'clock,
the hour for public preyer, the tabernacle was
well filed with men and women, whose bright
faces spoke of refreshing slumber, and whose
earnest prayers betrayed glad hearts. At eight
o'clock the first preachers meeting of the SEES
sion was held in the big tent. This was a glo-
rious meeting, enjoyed equally by layman and
preacher, although none but the clergy gave
utterance to their 'swift flying thought and
surging emotion"
1t is simply impossible to do justice to the
peculiar character of this meeting. Incidents.
personal experience, metaphor, outburSts of
emotion, touches of good natured irony. flashes
of humor, furnished material out of which
sprang a chapter to be placed in the unwritten
history of the State Camp Meeting Association
for the promotion of Holiness.
At 10 IL o'clock the preachers meeting
closed and an adjournment was made to the
stand to listen to a sermon by Rev. Israel Luce,
the recently appointed Presiding Elder of the
Portland district The Rev. gent leman select
ed for his text Jeremiah 1922 and evolved from
it sermon of more than ordinary power. 1t
is conceded by his friends that it was the besl
sermon they had ever heard from him. His
manner and voice was intensely interesting,
and there were passages that thrilled one with
their eloquence. His subject was the church,
her duty and her power. An audience of near
ly three thousand people listened to its delivery
and coming as they did directly from q meet
ing where they had been thoroughly stirred,
they were were well prepared to place them
selves en- rapporte With the preacher. Mr.. Luce
is slight built man, of medium hight, light
complexion, with a clear, blue gray
eye. He has high full forehead and possesses
a clear vigorous mind. with quiet tempera
ment that is rarely stirred beyond certain linn
its. His nature is one of those lovable ones,
where you feel safe to trust both heart and
Judgment. To-day he was moved beyond his
customary limits and ahrew himself into the
work With gusto that delighted everybody.
At 2 o'clock p m. Rev. d. H. Hannaburg OF
Pine street church, Portland, occupied the
stand and gave to the people an address with
out text, but into which he threaded large
number of scriptural quotations, pointing his
argument with them, and weaving out a logi.
cal,iimpressive and thoroughly original dis.
course on the power of the church Mr.. Han.
naburg has a strong voice, well modulated.
Though not apid speaker and lacking some
what in the special gift of language-more
readily realized in extempore speaking-he yet
held the attention of his audience closely by
his fresh, logical and vigorous utterance. He
is still in his prime and is evidently a student
and thinker.
We subjoin the order of exercises as arranged
by the State Association Executive Committee
for every day during the meeting: Prayer
meeting at 5 IL o'clock a. M; preachers meet.
inS at 8; sermon at 10; dinner at II M; silent
prayer at p. NJ; children's meeting at LOS
preaching at 2; supper at s.; preaching at 1-2
lights out at 10.
Sister Fellows of Brunswick. has charge Of
the children's meeting and handles it with 6
| good deal of tact
| The Society have built new wostory lodg-
| ing house, 50x1S, containing 20 double rooms
which are rented at IS each for the season
| They are all aiken. The building cost $3.50
| The eating house, kept by L. E. Reed of Bos
ton, a well known caterer, is a model of neat
ness, and is supplied with an excellent variety
of viands, and all the deIicacies of the season
| The cooking is excellent and every attention is
paid to the guests shy a large and thoroughly
trained corps of walters, The Society are for.
tunate in retaining so experienced land popular
caterer as Mr.. Reed
Near the stand where some of the meetings
are held, may be found Mr.. D. w. Robinson,
the courteous agent of the Methodist publica-
lions, both of books and music, and where
also may be found the PRESS. Among the nu.
| merous monthles devoted to the subject of
holiness, the Advocate of Holiness appears to be
one of, if not the most popular with the PEG.
| pie.
Camp Meeting John Allen is here, overflow.
| ing as usual with story and dry hnmor.
worthy brother undertook to-day to rebuke this
venerable father in Israel for his jocoseness, say
| ing that for himself his most earnest prayer
was that ne might conquer his habit of idle
| speaking. He felt that he was constantly sin.
ing in that direction. Stepping back little
and drawing himself up to his full hight, the
old man turne his eyes, glistening with humor
| toward the long -visaged admonisher and with
a sober voice bolted out, 'brother, you've goi
the dyspepsia then stepping up and laying
his hand affectionatel upon the mans should
er he added, "You used to go to school to me
| in the good old times when they couldn't get
anybody else to teach"
| Sheriff Millay of Richmond lis on the grounds
| and to-day ordered off from them the identical
one-armed beggar whose disgusting persistence
| in soliciting aims caused his expulsion last
year.
The day has been quite warm and but for.the
sha de would have been uncomfortable.
| Private tents have been erected by the fol
lowing Portland parties, who are very costly
domesticated with their families Mrs. John
Cushman, B. f. Tibbetts, j. Lang, w. Brad
bury, w. Mayo, D. s. Lombard and H. Nc
| Lellan.
Among the prominent clsrgymen present are
Revs. D. B. Randall of Cape Elizabeth, Ammi
Prince of Bangor, A. S. Ladd of Biddeford, G
| r. Palmer of Rangor, w. L. Jewett of Orring
ton, DR.. Stephen Allen of Winthrop, A. r
| Sylvester of Skowhegan, II. Abbott of Ken
| dalPs Mills, L. d. Wardwell of North Vassal
| boro', I, Hill of West Waterville, c. G. Nun
ger of Alfred, E. Martin of Auburn, A. G
King of Nebraska, X. Atkinson of Bath, E
T. Adams of Wilton, Campmeeting John AL
len andsthe District Elders.
| The number upon the grounds to-day eX
ceeds three thousand and that suggests thai
the mum Der here yesterday was 1000, not II ,oOC
| as stated in this morn ing's PRESS,
! MILITARY,-Tbe Montgomery Guards are
doing some pretty extensive drilling prepare
tory to the State Muster. Regular drills Occur
three times week, and Capt. Mcmahon makes
| Al