The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-09-06
OLD ORCHARD CAMP l.EETING


A warm, sultry morning ushered in the Fifth
day of camp-meeting. Despite the heat the at
tendance was large beyond precedent. Three
immense trains left Portland in the morning,
aud trains quite as large came from the west.
AT an early hour there were 5000 people on the
grounds, and as car after car came in the crowd
constantly increased. A fine breeze from the
sea swept through the woods, keeping the peo-
Pile comfortably cool.
The fine acoustic advan tages of the speakers
stand were fully realized for the first time.
The voice of the preacher at ordinary oratorical
pitch, could be distinctly heard at the outer
most limit OF the great auditorium and at the
tents on the hilocks beyond.
Rev. S. f. Wetherbee of Saco, delivered the
morning discourse, taking as his text, 1st Peter
ii, 7th. The discourse turned upon the great love
| which Christ bears to those who serve Him
and are precious in His sight, and the severe
| condemnation which will Be visited upon His
| enemies The sermon was one of considerable
| power, and was received with market interest.
At its conclusion exhortations were made by
several cergymen, producing a very apprecia-
BILE effect.
The trains which came IN at noon were very
heavily laden, and by o'clock thereiwere IL, 600
people on the grounds. Literally speaking,
''the woods were full of 'em," and the beach
was black with heads. Far up the Saco road
were long lines of carriages, and from the camp
ground to the hotels at Old Orchard, the way
was literally alive with people. There were
sixty clergymen present. from various parts of
| New England The crowd was the most order
| iy for one of its size ever seen. There was not
drunken man to be seen, and scarcely one
| that was ill-behaved.
| The afternoon sermon was preached by Rev.
| w. H. Boole of New York. who selected as his
| text Acts Is, The out-pouring of the Holy
| Ghost. During the week there have been many
able sermons delivered by speakers of great and
| distinguished ability, but the sermon Of
| yesterday afternoon was the crown
| ing effort of ALL Couched in eloquent
and moving language, richly freighted with
thought and illustration delivered with spirit
and fire, it produced an extraordinary effect
| upon the large audience. The illustrations
were vivid and startling, and many of them
were apparently suggested by an imagination
akin to that which inspired the the terrific he'll
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| power by the out-pouring of the Holy Ghost
1t seemed as if the days of the field-preachine
of Whitefeld and Wesley had returned. The
hearers were profoundly moved, and earnest
| appeals were made for the presence of the mys
terions Third Person OF the Trinity. At the
conclusion of Mr.. Bodies d scourse the praying
circle was formed, and was soon densely crowd
ed by those who felt conviction upon them.
| One young man ''who came to scott remained
| to pray" He declared that he visited the
grounds in the morning with the intention of
having good time and of getting drunk. But
since he had got Christ in his heart the very
thought OF rum had become distasteful to him
| The number Of those who expressed their inten
| ton to follow better life was large.
| Before the evening service began large an6
earnest prayer meetings were held in the differ
| ent tents, at which many people evinced a
change of heart.
The evening sermon was preached by Rev. H
B. Mitchell of South Berwick. 1t was the con-
Guiding sermon of the week. To-day the exer
| cises close with the love feast. After this the
tents will be struck, and the ground vacated.
The Orchard Beach Association has held its
annual meeting and chosen the following off
GERS: Rev. l. Luce, President; Sylvester Little
field, Vice-Presdent; John D. Anderson, Sec
rotary; NJ, G. Palmer, Treasurer. A constitu
ton and bylaws we've adopted. The Assoca
ton meets again to-day.
Next year tits thought that the National
Camp Meeting Associa ton will meet at OLD
Orchard for ten days days session. This will
bring together larger conoourse of people
than has everyet been seen in Maine.
Work will begin on the survey of the ,00C
land purchase next week, and the lots will be
Immediately put into the market. An advance
of fifty per cent. was offered for shares yester'
y day. Camp ground lots have nearly doubled in
price, and there is a sharp competition fol
them. The land-fever is running high. If il
continues Old Orchard will be the foremost wa
tering place in Few England.