The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-08-30
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Seventh Day Advent Camp Meeting.
A social meeting was held at the stand at
p IN. Saturday full of interest and feeling. The
ministers are laboring hard to awaken the un-
converted and backsliders, and there is a pros
pect of success.
Elder Cannght's subject in the evening was
Salvation" from the words: "What shall it
profit man if he gain the whole world and
lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in
exchange for his soul" This is a question not
20 be answered without weighing it deeply.
Each one has something he is striving for. Ii
it be worldly honor and he gain it but take no
time for Christian duties, thus losing his soul,
is he wise? The things of this life, its joys
and sorrows are but of short duration. Tue
glory of the life to come is everlasting. Could
men catch a glimpse of the wonderful things
tlat God has in store for his children they
would not hesitate to yield all they have in
order to obtain it. Since Cod placed such
value upon soul as to give the Mighty Prince,
his son, to die for it, let each vow from the
depths of his heart to serve the Lord alone nor
lose eternal glory for worthless bauble.
AtSa. N. Sunday in addition to the other
lnttIillSo VIZ. SdiiI CaptCA ehO uhoOhNOAtOu
ard those who had strayed from God together
and talked some time in his peculiarly interest
ing manner, exhorting and encouraging AS
a result about thirty requested prayer. The
hour was most profitable to those present. The
other meetings were very solemn.
The forenoon discourse was by Mr.. Butler
upon "Memorials." God for all his great
works has established some memorial to keep
them and his power constantly in view In.
stances of these are the passover and feast of
the unleavened bread In the New Testament
is found the Lords supper, an emblem of his
death-the bread being his body broken for us
the wine, Ibis blood that died on the tree"
Baptism is to commemorate his burial and re-
surrection. The idea of some that Sunday
keeping is for this is mistaken one. GGd's
memorials always have some likeness 10 what
they are to keep in mind. But the great
memorial God ever gave is Sabbath, the
seventh day, which alone he blessed aud set
apart, that men, resting from their labors on
that day, may remember that the God that
created heaven and earth is the only God, and
that it is hi power that gives all life.
In the afternoon Mr.. Canright preached con-
corning the "Sainls' Inheritance" God made
the world to be peopled by a holy race. When
fresh from his own hand he placed the FIRST
pair with a command to multiply and replenish
the earth Had they not sinned, his plan
would have been soon accomplished, But they
fell, aud the curse fell too. Since that fall
God has but sought to fulfil his first plan, and
when there shall be enough of the saved to I'LL
the earth, the present state of things will
change. Purity aud beauty, JOY and blessing
sill DO restored, and man will indeed have
dominion over all. Through the resurrection
he promise 10 Abraham and his seed will be
Untitled, and Christ shall take the throne OF
David. Although the speakers ideas were for
me most part strange 10 the crowd assembled,
hey were listened to with marked attention
and respect.
The subject of the evening discourse by Ed
Butler was "Coyetousness, an erroneous sin
ia Gods sight, which men are apt to overlook
because often not accompanied by outward evil
manifestations 1t consists IN too great love
for the thugs OF this world, and though men
may apparently lead upright lives, If they care
more for worldly honors and possessions than
Tor their eternal interests and struggle harder
TO advance, then they are sinners in His sight
There was large crowd present during the
day and evening, but excellent order and at
tention to the sermons characterized it.
L, T.