The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-30
NoRrHpoRr NEWS.
NoRrHpoRr CAMP GROUND


The collection taken on the grounds Mon
day forenoon showed 800 people in the cot
tages, hotel, ETC., inside the gates, and the
collections at the gates show that not less
| 1900 people came upon the grounds during
| the week.
Thursday, the great day Of the camp
meeting, was one long to be remembered.
The atten dance was the largest for several
years and the scene at the upper part of the
grounds reminded the older patrons of the
camp-meetings of twenty five years or more
ago. The grove was filled with teams of all
descriptions, from single buggies to hay
ricks and buck boards. The crowds were dis.
tributed over a larger area than formerly,
and were not all centered at one time any
| where. They were to be found from the North
| Shore to Kellys Cove. The steamers also
| brought large numbers. The fremont,
which touches here on her trips to and from
| Bangor and Bar Harbor, broke down We'd
nesday and the Cimbria took her place and
brought crowd Thursday. The Castine
made her four regular and two special trips
from Belfast and one from Searsport, loaded
every time, and the NJ. 4 NJ. from Bucks
port, the Catherine from Rockland, the City
of Bangor from Camden and Rockland, the
Silver Star from Castine and 1slesboro, all
| brought crowds. The gate receipts showed
! that there were more than 5000 people on
| the grounds on that day.
The annual meeting of the Campmeeting
finr ha1,j
ports of the officers showed the financial
affairs of the corporation to be in good con-
dition. The following officers and trustees
| were elected for the ensuing year: Pres,
Rev. |. H. W. Wharf Vice Pres, NJ. A.
Farren; Sec'y, Rev. H. NJ. Norton; Treas,
r. I'll. Nickerson; leader of meeting for 1901
Rev. J. NJ Frost: trustees, Rev. l. H. W.
Wharf, \. f. Bragg, Alden Nckerson,
Rev. T. T. Jones, H. b. Dunbar, F. II.
Nickerson, NJ A. Farren.
Rev. J. NJ. Frost, the leader of the meet
ings, has published a summary, from which
we take the following extracts;
1t has seemed as if old fashioned times
when camp meetings were rare events,
have returned. and the weather and music,
the evangelist and able preachers, have con-
'piiCu W IiIttht lIt week Il lloSl uPllSULl I'LL
and profitable one to multitudes of people
Every day has increased the enthusiasm of
those attending the auditorium, and though
the Rev. Drs. Haley, IIaddock, Foss, kauf-
mann and Hanson are remembered for their
powerful and scholarly discourses, vet the
Rev. W. F. Berry aroused the greatest APP
plause Friday morning in his presentation
OF State and home matters, which shows
the demand for applied Christianity Evan
gelist Bakers Bible readings and the even
ing sermons are models of scriptural ex-
position and illustrations of divine power
He is Northport's favorite teacher and
leader in Bible truth. The singing of Miss
McCu to the accompaniment of Miss Curtis
has been greatly enjoyed. The new song
book as managed by the Rev. b. c. Went
worth has been very attractive.
Bucksport Students Association was
formed Tuesday, and Friday afternoon a
| Womans Camp Meeting Association wa,
formed, which next year will manage a
woman's hour every day.