The Portland daily press., 1873-09-04
OLD ORCHARD CAMP MEETING.
THIRD DAY.

Yesterday witnessed larger attendance at
the camp ground than any day before. The
two morning trains of twenty cars from Port
land were crowded with passengers, and the
trains from the west were as heavily loaded.
Curiosity, of course, attracted many, but the
greater number were drawn to the ground by
deep interest in the exercises This interest
increases day by day, and the meeting prom
ises to measurably fulfill the hopes which
prompted it, The family and society prayer
meetings in the tents have been very frequent,
and productive, it is hoped, of mnch good.
The Association has now fairly settled to its
work. The tents are all pitched, and number
over two hundred. The routine is as follows:
At five a. M, the bell calls the hour of rising.
Family devotion takes place in the tents at $50
Social meetings are held in the tents from to
ga. M At ten a. M, morning services begin.
At IL M, dinner is served. AT p. m, the af-
ternoon service begins. 1t is generally follow
ed by prayer-meeting at the speakers stand.
At p. m, the evening service begins. At 10
p. M, the lights are put out and all retire to
the tents or leave the ground.
Rev. William Mcdonald of Boston, a tall,
well Informed man with sharp face and fall grey
beard, and a voice of ssmi-tones, delivered the
morning discourse, taking as his text Isa xii
! 10-'Lift up standard for the people, The
| figure here employed, he said, is that ST tray
eler on journey, without guide and with no
| definite route. The rule of conduct of the
Christian is high and his effort is to attain no.
illness. This doctrine of holiness is never fair
" represented by its opponents, and they seem
! "a {ha cfnva dow
too high. No man ever yet, according to
worldly appearance, lived faultless lite. But
| we must remember that Christ himself was
| called wine-bibber and breaker of the Sab
I bath God pointed out at least one perfect
, nan, the accomplishing Job. Satan denied
Ell 4 and said selfshness was the foundation of
Joh,s conduct You viii find many people who
aoreo W 18th Satan in this view. The views de-
rend uno'u the standpoint taken. Probably
.Job's life IVES not outwardly perfect. The holy
Christian is n, u, as some argue, entirely safe
from tanntatio,, ', for then he would be above
the Master. Nor is he safe from falling, FOL
holy angels have fal zen, and Adam, the image
of God, did not maintain himself Nor is pur'
| ty synonymous with m. sturty; it leaves oppor
tunity for development and increase. Entre
holiness should not be confou nded with CONVEX
sion. justification is freedom from condemns
ton; it is freedom from sinful tendencles;lt Is
| removal from the heart of all things which con
| flicts with the Divine will, and is that which
finds It's chief pleasure in the Divine purity
| This is cleansing this is purifying. Every mar
that has this hope in his heart, purifies himself
as Christ is pure. All Scripture teaches us thi,
doctrine of justification, the full assurance Of
faith. the filling of the soll with the Holy
Ghost, the fullness of love and peace. This il
no quletism, but the doctrine of Christian
! works.
The discourse was an earnest and powerful
defense of the d octrine of sadctlfcatlon' At IL
conclusion Mr. Booe stepped forward and mace
glowing appeal for Tie same doctrine, deeiar
ing that it was the salvation of the church, Tn
church which needed q yivifying creed.
would bring the fullness of the power Of tn