The Portland daily press., 1886-09-07
THE DEERINc CAMP MEETING
The Last Day Under the oaks-Inter.
esting Exercises.

The Last Day Under the Oaks-lnter.
esting Exercises.
Saturday evening the speaker said thai
| "One question more than others all,
| From thoughtful minds impores reply;
1t is, as breathed from star and pail,
| What fate awaits us when we die?'
| He then read verse after verse of Scrip
ture to prove that the dead sleep in theil
| graves until the resurrection, and that when
| that event occurs the wicked will be bl0tted
| from the universe, the earth restored to its
| Edenic beauty, and given to the saints fol
| an eternal home.
Yesterday morning the sun again shone in
beauty, promising pleasant day for the
closing exercises under the Oaks. A few OF
the tents were taken down, but most of the
people seemed determined to stay until the
last meeting. At an early hour a song ser
vice was held, in which many voices joined,
and the beautiful hymn, "We'll all go home
in the morning." sounded strangely appro-
pirate as it echoed through the grove.
A few individuals have been unfortunate
during the convention. One lady lost a
pocket book containing a return ticket to
H6T uUUl6 Ill AIOOStOOh COuubJ, dloO QulbO q
sum of money and several valuable papers
Another lady was taken quite i'll during pub
lie services and was carried from the
grounds.
Several business meetings were held in the
morning AT session of the conference
oscr aeee- reise5 b thoso presont to de-
fray expenses.
The following officers were appointed:
President-Elder j. B. Goodrich
Secretary-Timothy Bryant.
Executive Committee-T. s. Emery and Henry
Davis.
Campmeeting Committee for the ensuing year
E. G. Taylor G. W. Whitney, Geo. Umberhlnd
At 1920 o'clock Elder Butler delivered his
farewell address, preparatory to leaving the
State ON the noon train.
The audience, almost as one man, bowed
the knee at the close of the exhortation and
the farewell prayer ION its mighty pinions"
seemed to take every soul and lift it gently
to heaven.
In the afternoon Ed. r. S.Webber of Rich
mond preached from the words Repent
and be baptised every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission OF
sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost, Acts 81 3S.
The following points were made Repent
ance must precede baptism. Repentance
means an entire change OF life, which is
necessary because of sin. Sin is the trans
gression of Gods law. None but believers
should be baptized. The rite represents in
figure the death, burial and resurrection OF
Christ As He said, was buried and rose
from the grave, so the believer dies to sin,
or in other words forsakes his iniquities, is
buried in the watery grave, from which he
emergeS to walk in newneSs OF LIE. Rom.
6: 3-6. The terms planted and buried, used
by the apostle to describe this rite, signify
jsct of baptism is to testify to the world that
henceforth Christ is to be AL and in all.
After this sermon it was asked, ''HOw many
in the audience desired to be baptized? ?"
Six individuals came to the front seats.
Ed. Goodrich remarked that perhaps it
tobacco, unless it was never to. give it
resurrection. The candidates being mostly
young people did not look as though they
used the filthy weed, and were Therefore ex-
ations, after which all repaired to the banks
of thel bay where the beautiful ordinance
was administered. As they went into
the sparkling water, one by one, and came
forth with the peace of God shining on their
faces the mind instinctively reverted to a
similar scene 10 the days of old, when the
Heavens were opened and the dove with
golden wings settled upon the form of Him
in whose footsteps the candidates were thus
saying they would henceforth walk. Sew
enth Day Adventists do not believe in infant
baptism, because they think that an lntelll-
gent knowledge of the nature Of the rite is
prerequisite for its administration; yet they
do not forbid children who seem to realize
the plan of salvation from going forward in
the ordinance Of bagtjsm and q this oocaa te
water and emersed her in accordance with
tho words of the Savior, Suffer little chill
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for such is the kingdom of Heaven" As the
little one thus gave herself to Christ, it WAS
touchingly beautiful sight, and many a
bright eye dimmed with tears and many
heart felt the sweet influence of the hour.
The closing address last evening was given
by Elder Uriah Smith from'sthe words:
''Watchman, what of the night? The watch
man said, the morning cOmeth and also the
night, lisa. 21: IL, 12, The language was
declared to be prophetic and the application
spiritual; this world being likened to city,
the ministers of the gospel to watchmen, and
the time of probation tonight. The speaker
said the text brought to view two classes of
people, and the children of God to whom
change will come which will be like the
ushering in OF day, and the other the SER
wants of sin to whom will come the dark
ness of everlasting despair, for whom the
saints rest comes then the worlds distress
comes" The fact that the whole world has
been explored, it's territory mapped out, and
as a sign of the morning, also the wonderful
increase of knowledge in the earth, the rise
and growth of spiritualism, the general cor
ruption of society, the worldliness of Chris
tiandOm, the disturbed state of politics, the
terrible agitation in the physical world, such
as storms, earthquakes, tidal waves, were
all cited as signs that the night is far spent
and the day is at hand The speaker
asserted that the Lord is even now doing a
strange work in the earth and preparing a
people for the worlds eternal day, yet few
belive it, though man declare it unto
them" The services were closed by beau
tiful rendering of the song,
SIN the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have rolled away"
Among the changes which have been made
in the ministerial at this conference is the
transfer of Elder Burrill to the Michigan
field to which place he will probably soon
remove.
In the morning the canvas village will be
demolished, and the Adventists return to
their homes.
The utmost order has been observed
throughout and the convention on the whole
is considered success.
1t is probable that the meeting next year
will be held in some other place, for, accord
ing to their belief, the world must be
warned, and it is not well to let one city
have the light of truth too long, to the neg
lect of other towns
AND THE LABORING, AND LOWET