The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-08-24
SEVENTH DA Y ADvENTISTs.
Exercises Saturday and Sunday.

Friday night the thunder showers made mu-
sic for the tenters and dampened the inside
OF their houses to some extent. Saturday
morning Sabbath stiffness reigned within
the limits of the camp ground in marked con-
trast to the hustle of busy humanity at the
foot of the hill.
AT O'Clock a camp meeting Sabbath
school convened in the congregation tent
During the general exercises which followed
the class recitations the children manifested
considerable enthusiasm and gave many apt
and original answers.
At 1890 Elder j b. Goodrich preached from
the text: ''The young man saith unto him.
all these things have l kept from my youth
up: What lack / YETI Matt. 1920. The
danger of being self-deceived was shown,
the sin of eovetousness illustrated and earn
est words of exhortation spoken to the
church.
The congregation was not large in the
forenoon. In the afternoon Elder Burrill
spoke in regard to the improbable servant
who is represented as saying, my Lord de-
words were applied to the church living just
| prior to the coming of Christ, which event
| this people believe to be near. Near
| the close of the meeting an invitation was
\ cAJCHQCu w GllC UdChSlutIS anu Tile uIlCOu-
| verted to seek the Lord. Three responded
| by coming to the anxious seat and after a
season of prayer the services were closed
Later in the day social meeting was held
| which was OF special interest to the church,
| as the leader made some very pointed practi-
| cal remarks and suggestions.
| AS the sun descended in the west the re-
| straint of kholy time was removed and
| househould work in the various tents attend
| ed to.
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| Robinson, from the words: "And now tell
| you before it come, that when it is come to
| pass We may know that | am he" Johnh,
| 1919
| This morning nature wore her most smiling
| face. AT SIS O'Clock an educational meeting
| was held and several addresses given.
The congregation at 1870 was quite large,
| but larger ones are anticipated as the meet
| ings progress. Elder Goodrich preached
from the words; Repent We and believe the
| gospel" Mark, / IA
The gospel was shown to be a remedial
| system to save men from sin which was de-
| fined to be transgression of the law.
In the afternoon the mammoth pavilion
was well filled and many listeners stood
| without. Elder Robinson took the stand and
announced that be would speak on the Sab
bath question He referred to three posi-
| tions taken by protested Christians in re-
| gard to the subject. First, that the first day
of the week or Sunday is the Sabbath. Sec
ond that the seventh day of the week OF Sat
urday is the Sabbath, and third, that there is
no Sabbath in this dispensation. The speak
er took issue with the first and last positions
! and said he would endeayor to maintain the
second, not for the sake of controversy or to
| be different from the masses, but because he
honestly believed it to be Bible truth. These
words were read as text: 'The Sabbath
was made for man and not man for the Sab
| BATH Mark, :27.
The audience listened with interest to the
arguments and but few disparaging remarks
were heard on the ground after the services.
Last evening Elder Burrill spoke to large
! audience on the subject of "Old and New
| Institutions. The sermon was a continua-
ton Of the investigation of the Sabbath
| question
The agitation of this question from a Bible
| standpoint will doubtless cause many of the
| congregation to search the Scriptures in or
der to ascertain if the things he stated are
| So
Noted speakers from the West are expect
ed Tuesday.