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SABBATH IN CAMP. 



A most interesting Sabbath was spent at our 

 camiHng ground. The Eev. Mr. Tompkins of 

 Wrentham, Mass., and the Eev. Mr. Morrill of 

 Maine, who Avere present on a trouting excursion, 

 conducted the services, four gentlemen of the 

 Oquossoc Association acting as choir. A rude 

 X)ulpit consisting of a barrel, two boxes and a 

 plank, was improvised and made agreeable to 

 the eye by having Mr. Eeed's traveling shawl 

 spread over the whole, and adorned with beautiful 

 wild flowers. The congregation numbered thirty- 

 eight persons, and was composed of the resi- 

 dents of the sparsely settled country and the 

 tourists, among whom were several noted gentle- 

 men. All were deeply imi^ressed with the ser- 

 vices of this meeting in the ivoodSj held in a 

 lovely spot, suggestive of communings with 

 Nature's God. 



Mr. John M. Adams, a very agreeable gentle- 

 man. Editor of the Daily Eastern Argus of 

 Portland, was present on the above day and was 

 so well i^leased with all he saw, including the 

 ascent of a high mountain by eight gentlemen, 

 that he afterwards i)rinted an extended account 

 of his trip, in his journal. 



