The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-08-19
National Temperance Camp Meeting.
Secoud Day-Large Attcndance-Address
es by Mrs. Denman, Helen sBrown, W
H. BOole and Others. s59 a4.Asl. Err

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the grounds, but it cleared off in the forenoon
and very large assemblage were brought
together to listen to the service. The eight
o'clock meeting was held in the tabernacle
and was led by Mr.. Adams, editor of the New
York Morning. Stirring addresses were made
by Mr.. Francis Murphy and others, and Mrs.
Clark, and the audience gave some excellent
music. The regular forenoon service was held
in the tabernacle owing to the dampness in the
grove Mrs. Clifford, venerable and prepos-
sessng Quakeress from Worcester, Mass, pre-
sided. She made some opening remarks, read
selection from the Psalms and offered fer
vent prayer.
The first speaker of the day was Rev. j. z.
Blanchard of Saco, who made long address,
He thought no time can be wasted in talking
of past efforts for the work Of breaking down
the power of Kirg Alcohol is so great that
every moment must be spent in work and active
labor. We are not yet free from the chains OF
intemperance. We have before US an enemy
who appeals to the baser natures of men and
who can be overcome only by tine greatest
effort He denounced in the strongest Ian.
guage the Massachusetts, license law and
thought that the people of that great common
wealth made great mistake in making so
great parade of their opinions in their centen-
NAL procession at Boston in June. Ohio and
Michigan have gone back on their first prnei-
pies of total abstinence but today the temper
ance army stands better prepared to meet the
| foe than ever before. How can the evil be
remedied? This camp meeting is the very
best place to discuss this subject, as we have
here representations of nearly all the crusade
bands of New York and the West. The meet
| ing is not to talk over the subject of temper
ance and obtain signers to the pledge as much
| as it is to plan the campaign for the next year.
He said that the state was not to be reformed
by silver.tongued orators, but by hard and
| increasing labor He dwelt at length upon the
labors of Mr.. Osgood of the Maine Reform
| Club. People must not be in too much of
hurry, but must work long and patiently in
order that success may attend their efforts.
| He closed by asking that all reformed men
| take active part in the meetings, and said that
their stories, although told sometimes in a
feeble and broken manner, would do more for
| this cause than the wordsof any minister.
| Mrs Clifford then said she took great pleas
ure in introducing Mrs. Denman, president of
the Woman's Temperance Union Of New Jer-
| sey. Mrs. Denman gave fine picture of the
| work in New Jersey and told of the formation
| Of the crusade club and its work. and said that
from small gathering in prayer meeting it
| had grown to an association of about 100 mem
bers.
| At the close of this meeting Mr.. Murphy
offered the pledge which has already obtai ned
/ oIo,,t 0Oc<~ ~, fhn haC;p of
meeting yesterday.
At Que p m. ladies' prayer and experienced
meeting was held in the tabernacle, presided
| over by Mrs. Hartt. A veteran who endeav-
ored to take a prominent part was observed
suddenly to subside upon being told that this
meeting was for ladies. Quite a number Of
temperance work ers from all parts of the coun-
try gave testimony and offered prayer and
many hymns sung.
At three p. m. the regular meeting of the
afternoon was held in the tabernacle, presided
over by A. Little, esq, of Portland and Mrs.
johnson of Brooklyn. 1t was opened by Sing
ing the hymn Nearer, my God, to Thee"
Mrs. johnson then read that portion of script
ure about the conflict between David and
| Goliath, and compared the conflict between
temperance and intemperance to that contest.
Mrs. Clark sang by special request the sweet
song "Holy Spirit. Faithful Guide, and
prayer was offered by Rev. S. F. Jones of
Chestnut street church, Portland.
Mr. Little introduced as the first speaker
Rev. A. A. Williams of Haverhll, Mass. Mr..
Williams commenced by giving the history of
the reformed club of Haverhill, of which he
| had the honor to ha tho ahap1oip Ho OH
had grown from twenty-five members to as
many hundred, and its was now in the full tide
of its glory and holds it weekly meetings with
the most excellent results He spoke of the
work in his own city and said that there was
but one way for anybody to become reformed
man, and that was to put his trust in the cross
| of Christ. He had in his church several re.
formed men, and they were the best men he
had God helping him he would ever be found
in the van of temperance workers,
Mrs. HI. E. Brown of New York was intro
duced as worker among the children of New
| York, but her efforts have not been confined to
these. She has been prominent participant
in blnd Of ladies who have held reform
meetings in an old dance house on Water
street. She gave an elaborate history of her
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| pected there
The next speaker was Capt. j. B. Coyle of
Portland He said that there was very great
difference between theoretical and practical
men. He was decidedly practical man. He
told of his early experience, and said that the
first glass of liquor he ever drank, he drank at
his fathers funeral, when only five years of
age, and was constantly under the associations
OF drunkards, and it was very great wonder
| that he was not drunkard himself. He made
an earnest appeal to the young to let the in
toxicating cup alone. The last speaker had
said that one must have religion first and
temperance afterwards. He didn't believe it.
A man to be religious must be temperate. His
remarks were delivered in manner which was
most acceptable to the audience.
Capt. Cyrus Sturdivant was the next speaker.
He spoke in high terms of those women who
took part in the temperance crusade of the
West, and told in his peculiar way of some
instances that had come under his observation
in his work at the Allen Mission.
| At the close of Capt. Sturdivant's remark,
| Rev. Mr. Boole, who has recovered from hi s
recent illness, came to the front and addressed
! some we'll timed remarks on the great subject
| in hand, and said that the crusade women had
| done more work than all the men in the land
The meeting closed by singing the doxology.
| Soon after the audience assembled in the
| tabernacle heavy rain set in and continued
throughout the afternoon and evening, soaking
| through the canvas and making it rather un-
comfortable in many parts of the tent.
| At six o'clock a ladies' meeting, well at
| tended and productive of good results, was
held in the Biddeford tent. At the same time
an executive committee meeting was held and
the following appointments made for to-day
Rev. Mr.. Boole to preside over the s o'clock
meeting; Rev. A. A. Williams, and Mrs.
Crossman to preside over the morniag service,
and DIR. Jewell of Massachusetts and Mrs.
Hemmenway to speak; Capt. Sturdivant and
Mrs. Hartt to preside over the afternoon meet
ing, and DR.. Barrows and Mrs. Wittenmyer to
speak. 1t is arranged for Mrs. Kent Mason
and Neal Dow to speak sometime Friday
At o'clock social religious and prayer
meeting was held in the tabernacle, presided
over by Mr.. Murphy. The attendance bids fair