NEW ENGLAND CAMP-MEETING.
By S. N. HASKELL
THIS meeting will be held Aug. 25-31. It is designed especially for the friends in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The ground on which the meeting is to be held is located two miles south of West Boylston, on the Worcester and Nashua Railroad, a main line of travel from Portland, Maine, and the White Mountains to New York City. This will also accommodate those who wish to come from Vermont. The regular fare from New York City is less than $1.50. The morning and noon trains from Nashua will stop at the encampment, therefore those passing through Fitchburg should arrive at that place in season to take the Worcester train, which leaves about 1 P. M. Those coming by way of Nashua, N. H., should take the noon train for Worcester. Trains from Boston will leave from the Fitchburg depot, either at 6 A. M. or 11:15 A. M. Those coming from Greenville and over the Stony Brook road should arrive at Ayer in season for the noon Worcester train from Nashua. There is no certainty that any later trains, going south on the Worcester and Nashua R. R., will stop at the ground. The nearest station in that case will be West Boylston, about two miles distant. Those coming from New York City will take passage on the Norwich line of steamers for Worcester, Mass., about 5 P. M., arriving at Worcester in the morning. Five passenger trains leave Worcester daily for Nashua, and all except the morning express will stop at the ground, if requested to do so. Everything consistent will be done to make it comfortable for those who come either by rail or private conveyance. Ample provision will be made for both man and beast. "The groves were God's first temples." In early times, even in the days of Abraham, the groves were sought as places of worship. In later years this early example is being followed by many different religious bodies. It is very appropriate to retire a short time each year from the busy scenes of life, and quietly worship God in the grove. Within three miles of the proposed camp-ground are the towns of Oakdale, Clinton, Berlin, Old Bogston, Sterling, Holden, and the city of Worcester, besides many smaller villages. Among the principal speakers in attendance will be Elder James White, and his wife, Mrs. E. G. White, whose writings have been so extensively read in the SIGNS; also Elder G. I. Butler from Iowa. The meeting will be looked forward to with much interest by the friends of the cause in all the surrounding country. A very large gathering is expected. In behalf of the N. E. Camp-meeting Committee, S. N. HASKELL.