The Portland daily press., 1895-07-22
Salvation Meetings Held Beneath
Old Orchards Groves,
DAYS OF THE INTER
UNCONVENTIONAL CONVENTION.
Interesting Statements Made by Rev. DR.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as Well as Re-
Hgion-Many Asked Prayers.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss,l

ESPECIAL TO THE PRESSsI
Old Orchard, July 21.-At the annual
meetings Saturday morning the list of
officers previously published in the
PRESS We're elected to serve for the
ensuing year. Mr.. Sharp then reported
concerning the work in Virginia, Miss
Russell for Canada Mr.. Smith for
Georgia, Mr.. Shaw for Florida, and Mrs
Walker for Africa, her remarks having
special reference to the work of Bishop
Taylor. Appropriations were made to
assist the work of Bishop Taylor, for the
Rescue Home in Boston, and for the
seminary at Kinsaw, Alabama Three
successful sessions were held during the
day.
friday there was a very successful
opening meeting. The attendance was
very large, the audience extending far
back among the trees. Among the clergy
men on the platform were Rev. DR..
Bates Rev. DR.. Charles Allen, Rev. DR..
d. B. Randall, Rev. L Luce, Rev.
Walter Russell, Rev. Arthur Russell,
Rev. H. Chase, Rev. A. Fl. f. Patter-
son, Rev. J. H. Woodbury., Rev. Mrs.
Russell, Rev. Mrs. Ledg er, Rev. Mr.
Bowen, Rev. Mr. Perkins, Rev. Charles
Munger, Rev. Alfred Turner.
DR.. Bates said that there must be raised
at least S400 to pay the expenses of the
meeting The association would also like
a little money to help them out in the ir
work. A lady of Worcester, Mass, gave
500, Captain Studley Of South Portland,
S25; DR.. Bates headed the list of S. sub
| oav nd in,
| all $500 was collected and subscribed,
very few of the subscriptions being made
| payable at the afternoon meeting.
DIR. Bates said that he association will
be incorporated and that they hope to
| have home of their own at Old Orchard
Rev. DR.. Randall spoke of the associa-
tion in charge of the grounds, and of his
personal interest in the meetings that had
| been carried on.
CDR Randall is 49, said Dr. Bates.
"That don't NATTER replied DR..
Randall
/ NAnd age has brought W isdom in his
case,' rejoined DR.. Bates.
Rev. j. J. Lewis of Boston, distin-
guished Universalist minister was IN
vited to the platform, and was asked by
Dr. Bates to speak. He replied in a
| pleasant way, expressing his great in
terest in the interdenominational work
that is drawing all believers in Christ
nearer to each otheH and bringing closer
the time of which he spoke when he said
he would draw all men unto him. Rev.
l. Luce then spoke of the coming services
in the campgrounds.
The audience then sang, "Christ is
All,'' and Rev. DR.. L. B. Bates of Bos-
ton, preached the occasional sermon,
taking for his text Matthew XIV, 10.
1 FAnd He commanded the multitude to
sit down on the grass; and took the five
loayes and the two fishes, and looking up
to Heaven He blessed, and brake, and
gave the loaves to the disciples and the
sermon he said: Have you bit of paper
young man? You have. Are you quick
at figures? You are. Then multiply
250 900 by 3d. and tell us the result
875 600, 600, you say. There are $50, 900
liquor saloons in this country, and a Bos-
ton liquor dealer told me that on an..aver-
age they are visited 35 times day, and
that means that S75, 900, 600 calls are made
daily at the saloons And think of the
boys who must be given up to the habit,
and the girls who are ruined, and the
homes broken up and then think of the
great parties of this country playing with
the tariff.
I thank God I've got beyond that /
don't care much about that, but there are
some things that in the name of Christ
my Master, do want l say down with
! the saloon forever. (Great applause Up
with the little red school house.
(Tremendous applause } Up with the
evangelization of the world, but down
with poverty and low wages. (Great
applause Down with bribery and in
difference to right in high places, and up
with the enfranchisement of women, the
giving them the right to vote. Gap
plause.) Down with sin, and up with the
church Of Christ. Continued applause.
Remember that tine politicians are just
what we make them, and that we make
them office holders. That we Christians
do 1t at the polls, and we do it with a
vote.
4 We must work A British general was
asked how long it would take to carry a