Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-03
EAST LIVERMORE
Closing Day of the East Liverm,
Camp Meeting

SdUtp iUSStiUS
The activities Of the day began at
an early hour and continued until
almost morning.
At $50 a sunrise service was held.
a large company of campers from
! East Livermore Camp Ground. who
| have been receiving many blessings
from the throne of God the last
week, marched to the Livermore
Round Top" singing. Where He
Leads Me, Will Follow. Mr..
Howe the trumpeter, lead the song
service where the spirit of God was
manifested In such songs as Il Sur
/ render Alr', There Shall Be Showers.
of Blessings" and Let Others See
Jesus in You. The devotional ser
Rev. c. o. Perry, who spoke a few
words. The remainder OF the hour
was passed in prayer. Both young
and old entered reverently In this
part of the service, all thanking
God for His wonderful works to the
children of men," -
At 1890 about one hundred young
people attended the last Y. z. meet
ing. Rev. Chas. Whynot led in
prayer and he was followed by many
others. Unusual freedom in prayer
was manifested. Rev. L. S. Staples
took for his subject, Key of
Power" using Matt. 16: 10 for his.
text. Mr.. Staples emphasized this
fact;-the young people held the key
which would unlock the door of
heaven for their companions. An
opportunity was given for testimony.
Time proved too short for all who
wished to take part. A very close
fellowship has been enjoyed in these
distinctively young peoples meetings.
At 1 children gathered around Mr..
Patterson, the master child leader.
to hear his final message, "A New
Heart. The children who did not
hear this message missed an in
spring Illustrated talk.
At 2.30 the Camp Ground Family"
marched to the Girls Hall, Camp
Allen" and the beautiful home form
erly owned by 1. H. Weber was
dedicated to the service Of Coda
After singing the Camp Ground
by Rev. L. S. Staples and Rev.
Chas. Berry. The dedication prayer
of Solomons Temple was read by
Rev. John Collind. Rev. c. o. Perry
gave brief outline of the life of
Camp Meeting John Allen and how the
East Livermore Camp Meeting was
founded. Evangelist Call told the
story of how the property was pur-
chased and three rousing cheers
were given for William Rich of Bos-
ton through whose generosity Scamp
Allen" was made possible. "Old
Livermore" was sung and Rev. v.
Houghton pronounced the benedics
ton. At 800 the ministers met the
laymen on the baseball battlefield;
but within three hours the laymen
returned with a sad expression on.
their faces, for they were defeated
by the ministers.
At $40 about one hundred people
assembled around the sacred me-
mortal stone of John Allen to sing
praises to God for the unspeakable
gift of his son. The Sunset Sing"
which was held every day at this
hour, was the most popular service
on the ground and the influence Of 1t
cannot be measured.
At 7.30 the campers went to the
| tabernacle to listen to . remarkable
musical program given by the
special musical leaders. Following
| this program, P. e. Call, the Evange-
list, delivered one Of his stirring
messages.
Later the grounds were illuminated
! and again the familiar and muck
loved gospel songs were sung by all