Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-23
1000 PRESENT.:
Countryside Turned Out to
Hear Dr.. Hamilton.
Great Crowd at North Arson
Campground Sunday.
Uplifting Influence Sweeping the
State, Said Dr.. Holmes.

North Arson, Me-, Aug. 22-(Spe-
ciaD Franklin Hamilton, D. D., chan
cellor of the American University at
Washington, D. c., and one of the
great preachers of the times, drew a
crowd of nearly 2000 people to the
North Arson campmeeting Sunday af
lternoon. The whole countryside SEEM
ed to have turned out en- masse. COM
ing from near and afar to the spiritual
and intellectual feast. Every available
spot was occupied by either wagon or
auto and horses stood tethered to
nearly every convenient tree in the
immense grove.
The meetings opened Friday in
charge of Rev. G. D. Holmes. superin-
tendent of the Augusta district, and
keen interest was apparent from the
start. Mr.. Holmes said that wave of
uplifting influence seemed to be sweep
ing all over the State, and that all the
Icampmeetings this year had been I'M
usually well attended. All the cot
tages at North Arson are filled to their
|capacity.
| While the great thrOng was assemb-
ling for the afternoon service praise
service was conducted by Ohio l..
| Hatch of ROckland a sweet singer that
people gladly travel many miles to hear
a second time. Those familiar old
favorites, Trust and Obey" Lean on
His Arms, 'a"Jesus Lover of My Soul"
and MY Saviour First of All were
sung with a spirit and effect long to be
remembered Accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. f. H. Hatch. on the or
gan, and Miss Alice Spear of Madison
on the violin, Ohio Hatch also sang the
two solos, Mothers Prayer is Answer
ed, | am Saved and Nailed to the
Cross
No abstract can give adequate idea
of the matchless address by DR.. Ham
ilton A master of the arts of oratory.
he related story after story on the
pathos of life, and at times there was
hardly a dry eye in the audience. TAX
ing his text from Ephesians 5-25, he
spoke in part as follows:
| Christ also loved the church and
gave himself for it, that He might
| sanctify and cleanse it with the wash
ing of water by the word. that ne
might present it to himself glorious
church, not having spot or wrinkle or
any such thing; but that it should be
holy and with out blemish. 1t was a
dark and stormy night-the blacklist
in all the worlds history. Emperor
Tiberias occupied the imperial palace
at Rome He was a tyrant who STAIN
ed his features with vermillion as
token of his authority. and l have
walked along the brink of the precl-
pice over which his courtiers were
won't sometimes to hurl themselves
rather than endure the fortunes when
he inflicted during his capricious hts
of wrath l also have bronze penny
THAT was stricken by Pontias Plate 10
commemorate Tiberias reign. Eleven
humble men were hiding in Jerusalem
to avoid those magistrates spurred on
by the wrath of the multitude. Ine9
were the followers of a malefactor, ana
they had witnessed that malefactor
Iexodous from the city. to suffer. the
extreme penalty of the Roman law
1.-THE great empire of Tiberias pass
ed away and is no more, but the lnstl-
tuition set up by the II lives on forever.
Bv the end of the first century that
little band of followers had grown 10
one hundred thousand: by the end OF
the third century, half mllllon' ana
today they are numbered by the nun
dred millions, fulfilling the prophecy
The Lion of Judah shall break every
chain.' What was the secret that en-
abled those IL men to found this great
Empire of Jesus?
over in Asia Minor few scratch
Iines on the cliff, well nigh effaced by
the recurring storms and winds of the
centuries, are all that remains OF the
once mighty empire of the Hlttltes
That empire was founded in the spirit
ltypified by the figure at the prov OF
the shin in which William the Norman
set out to conquer Britain-that of
lyoung warrior seeking to infiict death
One and all they have passed away,
for the empire of sin cannot endure
But ours is the Kingdom OF the
Shirt of Jesus. kingdom of music
and sunshine. A meagre reflection from
1.-The splendor of Gods countenance.
Those eleven men were the inheritors
of a mighty secret-the knowledge of
the power of love.
"Comjng down the ages the church
HAS fallen far short of fulfilling her
mission. Upon her garments can De
found the mlfe OF nypoCTdCN, lie oiSh'
of the fires of well-merited criticism
Too often she has sat like the queen
upon her throne, using prestige,
wealth and power to enslave men. Yet
despite this it has always been the
glory of the church. that she has held
up 10 each succeeding generation.
higher ideals than to the one before.
Because of that the church has been
true to her God-given nilsson.
1.-The treasures of Chrsts empire are
ours today as never before. They are
humanites sunshine. Had success
crowned the tyrants efforts to blot out
Christianity, humanity must have re-
manned in perpetual darkness. To the
faithful eleven Christ said. 'Ye are the
light of the world and this is still
true of his followers today.
But the church of Jesus Christ is
not making her conquest with weapons
of light alone. From the very begin
ming she has been the home and moth
er to dying souls. Here men and wo-
men seek the sources Of comfort, home
sweet home. To put the cup of con-
ISOLATION to the lips of the dying has
been her sweetest labor. and unto the
Al -, T.. ,sx,&