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THE MAINE CAMP-MEETING.
By Dudley Marvin Canright
THIS meeting was held at Waterville. This ground has now been used as a camp-ground for four years. It is a fine grove, and was tastefully arranged. A good covered stand was built, and decorated with tinted paper, evergreens, and a profusion of flowers in various combinations. All the tents were well furnished, and neatly kept. The weather was fine throughout.
Quite a number from without attended all the meetings, and on Sunday there were about twelve hundred present. Nearly every one remained seated and attentive during the services.
There were about two hundred of our people on the ground. Quite a proportion of these remained till the close of the meeting. This is what every one should do. They can just as well do this as to go away sooner, if they only think so and plan for it. All the ministers in the Conference were present, and took an active part in the meetings. We heard no fault-finding, saw no spirit of jealousy or discord; but all worked in union.
The disaffected spirit which once made so much trouble here has wholly disappeared.
Eld. Geo. I. Butler and the writer did the preaching, which was largely practical. The Lord gave good freedom. At first not much seemed to be accomplished. Many had evidently become very worldly, and others were backward. On the Sabbath very little move was made. But at the five o'clock afternoon meeting, the clouds began to break, tears flowed freely, good confessions were made, and earnest, warm testimonies were given. Sunday this spirit deepened with all on the ground. The social meetings were the best I have attended for months. Some who had been very backward and were drifting into the world, here took a noble stand and made solemn promises to live nearer the Lord. Differences between brethren were settled up, and other good things accomplished.
Financially, I believe the Conference has done better this year than before. In proportion as men love the cause will they give of their means to support it. Our parting meeting Tuesday morning was a good one. The President, Eld. Goodrich, said this was the best camp-meeting they had ever held in Maine, and many said the same in their testimonies. All went home cheered and strengthened. To God be thanks.
D. M. CANRIGHT.
SANCTIFICATION.
By Editor
The article on sanctification, in this number, may not be new to very many of our readers, but it will bear a second or even a third reading. It is good enough to be stereotyped, and is always in place. True sanctification should be the object of desire of every individual; but the sort of sanctification that is becoming quite popular nowadays may well be termed "fiat religion." The genuine article has never been popular, and is not likely to be. None need mistake the false for the true. "By their fruits ye shall know them."
JUST FOUND IT OUT.
THE following bit of conversation is vouched for by the Examiner and Chronicle as having actually occurred:—
"Two respectable-looking men were riding on the Hudson River railroad the other day, and one was heard to say to the other, 'Have you seen the Revision yet?' 'What Revision?' 'Why, the Revision of the New Testament, of course.' 'No, I have not seen it, didn't know there was one. Was it a revision by the author, or how was it done?'"
It is just this class of persons who, when they find out that there has been a revision, make the great ado, and complain that they are robbing us of our Bible, and mutilating it beyond recognition. Those who have carefully read the Bible, find no difficulty in recognizing it in its somewhat new dress, as the same old book.
ON WHAT AUTHORITY?
By Editor
The Christian Union has the following in regard to the hypothetical immortal soul, and seems to consider the matter settled:—
"Either we have an immortal soul or we have not. If we have not then we are beasts. The first and wisest of beasts it may be, but still true beasts. We shall only differ in degree and not in kind; just as the elephant differs from the slug. But by the concession of the materialists of all the schools, or almost all, we are not of the same kind as beasts; and this also we say from our own consciousness. Therefore, methinks, it must be the possession of a soul that makes the difference."
"And this we say from our own consciousness." Exactly so. How else could it be said? Certainly not from the Bible, for that gives no authority for an inherent immortal soul. "If we have not, then we are beasts." Not necessarily. There are many, no doubt, to whom this will apply, but not to all. The psalmist has made the distinction for us: "Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish." The "understanding," which in Bible usage is a very broad term, makes all the difference. The wise man also has told us that in the matter of dying, "a man hath no pre-eminence over a beast." But then those men wrote three thousand years ago, and couldn't be expected to understand the wants of this advanced age. There are "philosophers" now who can satisfy the wants of the people in a far more pleasing manner. Consider 2 Tim. 4:3, 4.
Meetings at Santa Rosa and Healdsburg
By I. D. Van Horn; M. C. Israel
PROVIDENCE permitting, we will meet with the church at Santa Rosa on Sabbath and Sunday, Sept. 17 and 18, and at Healdsburg the Sabbath and Sunday following.
I. D. VAN HORN,
M. C. ISRAEL.
CALIFORNIA H. AND T. SOCIETY.
By Stephen N. Haskell
The second annual meeting of the California Health and Temperance Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sacramento, commencing Oct. 13, 1881. — S. N. HASKELL, Pres.
M. C. ISRAEL
CALIFORNIA CAMP-MEETING.
THE Northern Cal. camp-meeting will be held at Sacramento, commencing Oct. 13. Let all our brothers and sisters from all parts of the State make a special effort to come up to this feast of Tabernacles. We are nearing the ripening time of the harvest of the earth. We need the influence of the power and Spirit of God, that we may be able to overcome our tendencies to wrong-doing, and that the graces of the Spirit may be more fully matured, and we be in a condition to be perfected by the latter rain soon to be poured out. Come prepared to stay until the close of the meeting. Preparations will be made to supply the temporal wants of both man and beast.
G. D. HAGER,
E. J. CHURCH, } Camp-meeting Committee.
G. W. MILLS,
CALIFORNIA STATE T. AND M. SOCIETY.
THE next annual meeting of the California T. and M. Society will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sacramento, commencing Oct. 13, 1881. As far as consistent all pledges to this society or the Reserve Fund should be paid at or before this meeting. All District Secretaries and Church Libarians are requested to bring their account books, that they may be audited.
S. N. HASKELL, Pres.
Appointments.
By S. N. Haskell
CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE.
THE tenth annual session of the California Conference will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Sacramento, commencing Oct. 13, 1881. As this Conference will be as important a one as has ever been held in this State, there should be a full representation of delegates from every company of Seventh-day Adventists in the Conference. Every recognized church of fifteen or less members is entitled to one delegate; larger churches to one additional delegate for every additional fifteen members. Unorganized companies and isolated brethren and sisters should also be represented in person or by letter, so that the wants of the cause in the State may be clearly understood.
Conference business will be disposed of during the early part of the meeting; delegates are therefore requested to be on the ground at the first of the meeting. Also letters pertaining to Conference business should be forwarded to the Secretary, Eld. J. D. Rice, in time so that they can be duly considered, and such steps taken as will co-operate with the Spirit of God. We hope also that there will be promptness in paying tithes, as the Conference expenses of the past year have been unusually large, and all funds of this kind will be needed to meet them.
All ministers and licentiates should have their written reports of labor and expenses prepared to pass in at the first session. Church clerks and treasurers will please bring their books to the meeting.
S. N. HASKELL.
JOHN MORRISON.
M. C. ISRAEL.
Cal. Conf. Committee.
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CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1881.
By Editor
MICHIGAN, Grand Ledge, Sept. 27 to Oct. 3
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KENTUCKY, October 5-11
TENNESSEE, " 13-18
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