Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-09-02
cAmpMsEnxG CLOSED.
The Adyents Wind Up Their Meetings With
Interesting Sunday Services.


Elder R. C. Porter presented the needs of
the Tract Society to the brethren and held
up the debt of about $4,000 which has been
upon that society for some time past
Pledges were made to the amount OF
$4,000, and it is expected that the re-
mainder will be easily raised. Why may
not the work be carried forward when
children get so interested as to pledge 10
apiece as some did at this meeting One
man pledged 5000.
A meeting of the conference was called
after breakfast. 1t was voted to continue
the publication of the State confereno 9
paper, 1.-The Vineyard, which has been
so efficiently cited during the first year of
its existence by Miss E. H. Morton.
The defrayment of the expenses of the
campmeeting Is also well under way.
The prospect for the future is that the
work in Maine is rising.
Most of the tents came down at the
close of the meeting, but several may re-
main for few days.
The forenoon service was another ser
mon by Elder H. c. Basney. The usual
interest prevailed
At noon there was a baptism at the
river Just back of the ground, where the
baptism of week ago took place. Fifteen
were immersed, yesterday, and four, one
week ago making 10 in all. 1t was a
very impressive scene. Several hundred
people stood on the bank of the river, as
witnesses of the ceremony.
At 2 o'clock, Elder J. f. Jayne ad
dressed crowded audience. The tsnt
was not large enough to hold the hun
dreds that came to hear, and many stood
outside. The text was Isaiah xiii: IA,
Behold my servant, whom l uphold;
mine elect in whom my soul delighteth;
I have put my spirit upon him; he shall
bring forth judgment to the Gentiles He
shall not cry nor lift up nor cause his
voice to be heard in the street A bruised
flame shall he not quench; he shall bring
forth judgment unto truth. He shall not
fail nor be discouraged, till he have set
Judgment in the earth and the isles shall
wait for his law"
Last evening, was held the last meet
ing of the S. d. A. State campmeeting,
Elder r. G. Porter occupied the stand.
His text was from Ephesians i: 10, THAT
in the dispensation of the fullness of time
he might gather together in one all things
In Christ, both which are In Heaven and
which are on earth; even in Him."
The sermon went to show that the plan
of salvation was instituted before the
foundation of the world, that it was hid
from the angels for ages that the reason
it was hid from them and they did not
know that there was plan of salvation,
was that there might not be any chance
to charge God with folly after the sinner
had sinned, in that he, knowing that if
he sinned, could return and be forgiven,
hence making a greater liability of de-
parting from God; that all the other
worlds are subject to this same provision,
although they have as yet no need of it
in that they have not yet sinned; that
even the devils had a chance to return to
God after they departed from his ways,
but rejected the chance so long that their
characters became so fixed for evil that
nothing could change them and they
therefore were placed beyond the POSSIBLE
| ity of being reached by the plan of saliva
| ton; that all things are to be finally
| brought to Gods original purpose and to
| His original design in creating beings
that should be loyal to Him from choice,
and SO their own characters and thus
God be worshiped truly, for if beings were
brought to worship God by force it would
be no worship at all, for man may make
machine and make it perform his will,
but the machine has no choice in the
matter, and just SO would be any creature
that God has made If not lsfs to his own
| frcs choice to serve the true God.
| At the close of the meeting, Prof. Whit
! ord sang solo to the music of Home
Sweet Home, but with different words,
which byoathod forth very touching
farewell, and left tender and holy rcmem
brance on the minds Of those present
A business meeting of the conferences
was held at the close of this service and
thu, closes the most powe .fui meeting
ton.
Pc.tineilI Corners Won.