The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-06
The National Camp Meeting.
Opening Day-Noses of Prepnralion-Thc
People There.

The Methodist National Camp Meeting OPP
ened its ten days eEcampment at Old Orchard
yesterday afternoon The heavy storms of the
last few days have caused considerable hardness
on the part of those who purpose participating
in the exercises, but there is asIarge attendance
over thousand people being already on the
grounds There is every promise of its being
the largest camp meeting ever held in Maine.
But few of the Methodists of the state have
yet arrived, but there are many present from
abroad. Large delegations are present from
Manchester and Worcester while very many
are in attendance from New York, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore. Fifty tents from Ups wich
are expected to-day, while delegation of three
hundred is on its way from Cincinnati. About
hundred tents were pitched yesterday, and it
is thought that by tonight two hundred at
least will be up.
Among the noted arrivals SO far are the Rev.
j. s. Inskip, President of the National Asso-
citation for the Promotion of Holiness; the Rev.
w. j. M'Donald, Vice President of the same
association; the Rev. W. "a. Boole, sometimes
called the Methodist Beecher; the Rev. DR..
Lowry of Philadelphia; the Rev. j. A Wood
of Baltimore; the Rev. L. r. Dame of New
ark; the Rev. George Hughes of Philadelphia;
the Rev. w. T. Perkins of Cincinnati; the
Rev. DR.. Alexander M Lean of Hudson City;
the Rev. DR.. Levy of Philadelphia; the Rev.
DR., Searles of New Haven; the Rev. William
L. Gray of Pennsylvania; the Rev. DR.. Torsey
of Kenfs Hill; the Rev. Israel Luce, presiding
elder of the Portland Conference; and Camp
Meeting John Allen.
The Camp Meeting Association has made
the present season. New avenues have been
laid out, old ones graded, many pumps and
lamp-posts set up, and enough seats added to
the spacious auditorium to seat seven thousand
people. Fifty new cottages have been put up
on the grounds,-most of them very neat af-
fairs.-and half as many more on the sur
rounding parks. Another boarding house has
also been furnished and the two, which are
now under one management, will easily feed
three thousand persons daily Ample pro-
vision is made for accommodation of visitors.
the boarding houses having much lodging room
in the upper stories which can be utilized.
The stormy weather yesterday, and the non
arrival of the great tabernacle, prevented the
holding of outdoor services, and interfered
with the programme as originally set forth
The afternoon meeting was given up, but in
the evening exercises under the direction of
Mr.. Inskip were held in the Biddeford cottage,
and there were several prayer meetings in the
tents The following is the regular daily pro-
gramme as agreed upon:
Family devotion in all the tents at a. M !;
public services at the stand at 10 a. M, and
Z p. M; social meetings in the tents from to
9 a. M, at noon and at night; children's meet
ing at 9.3 a. M, and $50 p. NJ; experience
meeting directly at the close of the afternoon
services. The children's meetings will be held
in the tabernacle under the direction of Mrs.
Inskip. The experience meetings will take
place at the grand stand. AT 10 p. m. all ex-
ercses will cease in the tents, and all persons
not having lodgings on the ground will retire
At 1880 p. m. the lights will be extinguished.
The Introductory sermon an ten o'clock this
morning will be preached by Mr.. Inskip. 1t is
not yet settled who will preach in the after
noon, but very likely Mr. M'Donald will be Sc
lected. Should the day prove pleasant there
will doubtless be great attendance.
THE TEMPERANCE CAMP MEETING.
The National Temperance Camp Meeting,
which opens on the 18th inst, promises to be a
grand affair. Every temperance organization
in the world has been invited, and there will
be large delegations present from every part Of
this country. Mr.. Francis Murphy, the noted
temperance lecturer, is now on the ground, per.
fecting arrangements for the grandest temper
ance reunion ever held in this or any othel
country.