The Portland daily press., 1884-08-25
CAMPMEETINGs.
The Temperance Meeting as Lake sebngO.
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CAMPMEETINGs.
The Temperance Meeting as Lake SebngO
SEBAGo LAKE, Aug. %.
The temperance rally at Sebago Lake yester-
day, was a grand success. Fully 1000 people
were present. Chambers charming music, the
excellent singing OF Stanford Mitchell, :and
the brilliant oratory of the speakers, combined
with the beautiful weather and delightful
surroundings made the occasion one Of more
than usual interest and pleasure.
Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, State president Of
the w. @. T. o., presided in the morning The
meeting was opened by singing "Old Hundred"
with band accompaniment.
Rev. o. Roys, of Canton, offered prayer.
Coronation" was given by the band and audi
ence. Mrs. Stevens gave a short but compre-
hensive history Of the woman's temperance
movement. Within ten years the union has
attained membership of 100000, and is doing
great work in every State and Territory.
MisJ Emily Pitt Stevens, OF California, was
then introduced with appropriate words of
welcome. No pen can fifty describe her grace
full and womanly address. Though speaking
more than an hour, the audience gave the
closest attention, tears and sobs proclaiming
their deep sympathy with the speaker as she
portrayed in vivid language the evils of intern
perance. The wine culture Of California as
charged with making 10000 boys drunkards.
At the close of the lecture a collection was
taken up for the benefit of the Union.
Quite a little crowd gathered about Mrs.
OFT nd To- THAR oroti-
tude for her effective assistance In this war of
rum and Reason"
The afternoon train brought the Hon. John
B. Finch of Nebraska, prominent Democrat,
and still more prominent temperance worker
with many of Portlands distinguished citizens.
The meeting was directly called to order by
Col. Il. q. Harrington, under whose superVis-
ion the exercises Of the day were carried out.
In the absence of Rev. H. G. Munson, CIV.
@. 7. of Maine, Maj. H. A. Shorey was called
to the chair.
After a selection by the band Prof Mitchell
sang Eye Sons of Temperance" with band
chorus. Major Shorey then introduced Hon.
John B. Finch, in his usual telicitous manner.
Mr.. Finch lectures under the auspices of the
Grand Worthy Lodge of the world. Though
the address occupied nearly one hour and
half the large audience gave the best of atten-
ton throughout. The speaker gave a resume
of the position of temperance in the different
states. Maine holds the key to the situation
Once settled In Maine the question is decided
for the Union. This battle is to the death, in
the end the home, the school and the church
or the beer garden the grog shop and the Sun
day theatre will rule our fair land. The issues
are squsrely drawn. The institution on trial
by this amendment is the grog shop. 1t ruins
men, break women's hearts and beggars chill
dren. Do you want this beautiful trade to
come in that now comes knocking at your
door for readmittance after thirty years Of out
lawry? We say it is bitter, blighting, dam
ming curse Do we tell the truth or lie? The
liquor traffic has had fair chance. 1t came
into the republic with as much rsspectability
as the dry goods trade. The liquor sellers were
orthodox deacons and church members. A
rumseller was as respectable as a minister
What has made the change? II the dry goods
or any other business made homes miserable,
made men into more than brutes, then would
the hand Of every honest man be against it
even as now against this infamous business of
the grog shops. The question of rights was
discussed aud the inability of license to regu-
late fully proven. The suffering entailed was
briefly mentioned. The lecture was replete
with apt illustration, keen satire and brilliant
flashes of wit.
A vote of the audience was taken, every man,
woman and child declaring for constitutional
prohibition.
Mr.. Finch speaks at Augusta today, at Old
Orchard Friday afternoon at Portland Friday
evening, at Maranocook, Saturday, Aug. 80.
OLD ORCHARD, Aug. %.
This has been day of special enjoyment at
the campground, where nature, quite in SYM
| patty with the church, came out after her late
| immersion with glorifed countenance. The
early morning prayer meeting was conducted
by Rev. 81. f. Patterson. At 10 80, Rev. E. I.
D. Pepper, d. D., preached in the Tabernacle,
from Colossians, 4:12. "Epaphras, who is one
of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, al
ways laboring fervently for you in prayers,
that ye may stand perfect and complete in all
the will of God"
Rev. Dr. Watson led the MONDAY service,
closing his series of Scripture readings with
the twelfth chapter of Hebrews. His subject
was the blood of Christ, which he described as
differing from all other blood ever shed. Mar
tyrs' blood and sacriticial blood are wholly and
entirely different, and this blood of the Savior
unlike that of every martyred individual does
not cry for vengeance. While this reading
was in progress, very interesting meeting of
the children was held in the Biddeford tent,
about one hundred being present. Mrs. DR..
Jones presided, with that pleasant motherly
familiarity SO delightSome to children, quite a
number of whom testified to their knowledge
Of saving grace. A dozen or more of the chill
dren desired to be prayed for, and an altar
service was held.
Bishop William Simpson preached in the af-
4a q
"And the Lord said unto him, arise and go in
to the street, which is called Straight, and in
quire in the house of Judas for one called
| Saul, of Tarsus; for behold, he prayeth, and
hath seen in vision a man named Ananias
coming in, and putting his hand ON him, that
he might receive his sight" Saups CONVEX
sion and succeeding good works were finely
presented, and the preacher commanded from
first to last the almost breathless attention OF
his large audience. Among those seated on
l the platform were Revs. A. Ladd, DIR. W.
| JONES' DR.. e. 1. ID. Pepper, j. A. Wood, e M.
| Levy, j. Livesey and Camp Meeting John Al
l len, who, while the contribution was being
| taken, handed to the presiding officer a por-
trait OF himself with his name and the num-
| Der of campmeetings he had attended in his
| the benefit of the campmeeting fund. One
| dollar was Immediately rendered and accepted
| The venerable man is in his ninetieth year, and
| this is his three hundred and fifty-ffth camp.
meeting A o'clock prayer meeting, and
| preaching at 730 o'clock terminated the days
1 exercises.
AT Sea View cottage, are the following re-
cent arrivals: Revs. William Bray, John N.
Short Messrs. /. 7. johnson, Samuel @. IT.
wing, A. O. Jones and John Allen.
In the evening the sermon was by Rev
Joshua Gill, OF Boston, associate editor of the
Christian Witness. His text was from II Cor
1873. "For we can do nothing against the
truth, but for the truth"
| SUNDAYS SESSION.
OLD ORCHARD, Aug "A.
The GOODNESS and beauty of this summer Sab.
bath day have lent an added solemnity to the
services, which opened with prayer meeting
at a. M, conducted by Rev. Charles Munger
Rev. w. M. Mcdonald presided at the love
feast at 8 80 a. M, which was a season of ex
| ceediDg grace.
At 1880 the Rev. DR.. Watson preached o
most vigorous sermon from Revelations WIG
The O'Clock meeting was held al the stand
1t was conducted by Rev. l. T. johnson and
| was of unusual interes.. At the same hour q
children's meeting was held in the tabernacle
The building was well filled and about ter
children came forward to the altar.
AT 2.30 Bishop w. Taylor preached from ]
| John iv16-17. Bishop Taylor, who is always a
vigorous preacher, spoke with great power
His leading thoughts were perfect love; itl
| conditions and results.
At o'clock meeting for women was an
pointed at the tabernacle, under the super
vision of Mrs. DR.. Wood and prayer meeting
at the stand to be conducted by Rev. M. q,
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