The Portland daily press., 1877-08-31
CAMP MEETINGS.
Seventh Day Adventists.
CAMP GROUND, RICHMOND,
Thnrsdav Auo On 1877

Thursday, Aug. 80, 1877.
Yesterday afternoon frequent showers of rain
caused the people to flee to their tents for shell
ter, yet, notwithstanding the uncertain state of
the weather, business was not interrupted for
any length of time The book stand was made
attractive by white covering, artisticaly adorn-
ed with the beautiful things that fill the woods
this season of the year. Above the stand is
the motto, buy the truth" Some of the peo.
pie not otherwise engaged, assembled in the
tabernacle and listened to a few earnest words
from Elder Hersum of Belgrade, in regard to
the love of God. He showed how that love
was manifested to us by the gift of His Son. by
the miristration of angels and in many other
ways. The main thought was that we should
love Him who is cali love-" and consecrate our
selves to His service. just at night the rain
ceased and beautiful, bright bow spanned the
heavens.
At730 in the evening large congregation
assembled in the tabernacle and public services
were fairly inaugurated. After singing one of
the sweet ''Songs of Zon.'' Elder Hersum Of
fered fervent prayer. The opening discourse
was preached by Elder Goodrich of Hartland,
Me-, whose text from Zsph. ii, 8, was 'Seek We
the Lord, all the meek of the earth, which have
wrought His judgment; seek righteousness;
seek meekness; it may be ye shall be bid in the
day of the Lords anger" He showed that the
words are prophetic in their application, and
are addressed to Christians Giving near the day
of Gods wrath, yet exclude none of the uncon-
verted who would seek the Lord. He spoke of
the solemn scenes connected with the day of
judgment, and the importance of seeking
righteousness. David says, "All Thy COM
mandments are righteousness" hence the text
calls the attention of the people to God law.
He closed his discourse with few remarks in
regard to the object of the gathering, and urg-
ed the people to seek the Lord at the commence
ment of the meeting. Elder Goodrich is a very
energetic speaker, throwing his whole soul into
| the work. The earnestness of his manner never
| fails to hold the close attention Of the congre-
cation.
This morning is glorious The face of ma
| ture looks fresh and smiling after the showers
of the night Myriad warblers give free con-
certs in the branches above, and the yery air
| seems filled with sunshine and beauty. At 1Od
quite large gathering of people assembled in
| front of the speakers stand, and Elder Her.
sum preached from the text, "This is My be-
| loved Son; hear him." Although these words
were addressed to the disciples, yet they are ap-
plcable to the church at the present day. Christ
| cautions His disciples with the words seTake
heed how ye hear The word hear in the
Bible is used in the sense of believe. Christ
says, "Have faith in God.' Two kinds of faith
are mentioned in the Bible. Faith without
works being dead. We want living faith, and
that implies work. The speaker described the
character of Christ, quoted His words in regard
to the duties devolving upon Christians, and
counselled the brethren to remove stumbling
blocks and see that their hearts were right in
the sight OF God, and then the camp-meeting
"oulo benefit them. He said that the people
OF God must be one; even as Christ and the
Hatner are one-Hot in person but in spirit
Christlans will eventually see eye to eye, and
none but those who speak the same thing will,
enter the kingdom. This discourse was plain