The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
AT OCEAN PARK.
DOings of the Chnut~uquan Assembly
Yesterday.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1

Ocean Park, August 3.-Rey. W. +.
Curtis of Apponaug, r l., conducted the
morning devotional service of the Chau-
tauqua assembly at Ocean Park Friday.
The subject was 'Lessons from Enoch. -
Mrs. II. B. M. Mou1ton OF HaverhilI,
Mass acted as acconpanist.
At nine clock Prof. III. h. Purinton
of Cobb Divinity School, Lewiston. de-
livered the first in series of Bible Inst1-
tute lectures. The course will consist of
ten lectures on the general topic, 1.-The
Prophets of Israeli Prof Purinton S
subject this morning was, Amos, the
Prophet OF Law" He began with an in
PRODUCTION to the course of lectures, de-
scribing the golden age of Jewish history
| in which the prophecies were written. he
then portrayed the man Amos, his person
al appearance and characteristics. and
the circumstances of his daily life. The
main body OF the lecture consisted of a
careful analysis of the book OF Amos
showing the purpose with which it was
written, and it's adoption to the condl :
tions and needs OF the time.
The remainder of the forenoon was oc-
ture and oratory under the direction Of
Miss Sadai p. Porter of Peabody. Mass.
While these classes were in session at
the temple a large number of children
gathered at Curtis home for the session
of the children's IS bible class conducted by
Miss Martin. The topic this morning was
1.-The Cruciflxion of Christ"
The bathing hour occupied it's usual
place on the programme and many took
advantage of the opportunity for rest
from classes and literary exercises and
took a dip in the surf.
The afternoon entertainment open ed
with piano duet, PERSIAN Dances, -
No. 1. Haslinger, by Prof. Aborn and
Miss M. Louise Morse. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Labadie of Philadelphia then
gave their dramatic recital entitled can
Infinite Jest In this recital Mr.. and
Mrs. Labadie repeated their pronounced
success of Thursday evening. Their ap-
pearance at Ocean Park was the first in
this part of the country. Their success
here has won them many friends who
will be glad to hear them again whenever
opportunity offers. Their programme
Friday afternoon was varied and inter
esting. Beside the comedy, "An Infinite
Jest they presented the parting scene
from "Romeo and Juliet and several
scenes from Henry the Eighth" The
audience was large and very appreciative.
AT four clock Prof Aborn met the
chorus for the second rehearsal OF the
seas on. Sixty singers Wer7 present and
durin the pauses in the singing Prof.
Aborn showed himself as genial and wit
ty as ever, and kept every body laughing
with his apt and humorous anecdotes
Most of the rehears al time was spent on
the opening choruses Of the cantata which
the chorus viii render at the closing con-
cert of the season.
In the evening, Mrs. Anna Ellis Dex-
ter of Whitman Mass, sang two Scotch
songs, Annie Laurie and Comm IhrO'
the Rye, as prelud to the evening lee
ture. This W as delivered by Rev. Kerr
Boyce Tupper, ID. d D., on the topic, 1.-THE
Shadow of Castle Garden The lecture
was thoughtful and eloquent presenta.
ton of a great problem, and was de-
livered in DIR Tupper usual impressive
and magnetic style. 1t was enlivened by
apt anecdotes ana wi tty Illustrations.