Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-11-10
The Second Adyentists.

Our readers are already aware. that ac-
oording TO the calculations Of the Second I
Adventists in Massachusetts,, the world
would he envelopci In flames at a certain
period. Well, that time has passed, and
the thermometer has not had the slightest
upwarl tendency. On the contrary. over
coats have been brought into rcguisition,
and the price Of birthstone has not chang
ell. Instead Of ascension robes, we have
put on under fannels. and sinners have
trembled with cold instead of roasting in
the bOttomless pit.
The Adventists Of the Bay State were
all ready to "go up" We find in the
Boston Herald the following interesting
account Of visit to one of their camp
meetings
I'VE reached the camp ground at about
five o'clock. 1t was tea time, and we
found that the worshippers were not the
people to forget the times of eating and
drinking. We rather think that devotion
TO the pleasures of the fable and the COM
forts of substantial meal form two of
the articles of their creed. They wera
dabstcrs at eating. Huge piles of PROV
indcr disappeared before them as by mag
ic. Men, women and children ate as tho
they feared the last ttump would sound be-
fore they finished their supper.
The meal finished, the company separ-
ated in little groups and began to talk with
each other on the great concerns of the
meeting. We sauntercd around from tent
to tent listening as we walked, and catch
ing word of doctrine now and then
The sisters seemed to be the most commu-
nicative. One good old lady was striving
with another who had not yet yielded up
her entire faith. She warmed in her sub,
ject. "Oh sister, believe in this blessed
doctrine God will reign on earth shortly
and then, oh, then, where will you be %
La, you don't say so, sister," said the
other. " Why, how you talk are you
quite sartain about that ere you are tellin
me on - "Sartain to be sure | am. Il
the Lord don't come by the seventh of thl
tenth month, he won't come at all, Sc
now, that's flat"
Wemoved on. Another COOL lady was
describing to two or three astonished hear
crs Il wonderful dream she had a few nights
ago. She dreamed that the Lord had come
and she started up from her sleep, and
robbed in white, began to ascend to meet
him in the clouds, when Bro. a. pulled
her down to earth again, by catching holC
Of her toes, and she was SO mad that she
could have given Bro. y. a good hare
punch-that she could.
"Blcss me !" exclaimed one, "tha
was a dre'ful singular dream. Ishould'n
wonder if something come of it"
In another tent matronly-l looking
body laid her hand Familiarity upon gog
gle-headed, frcckle- faced, red d-haired disci
pie, who was munching away at piec
Of mincc pie, and said:
Bro.her, do you feel Christ in YOU,
soul the hope of glory ?"
Il don't feel and think else," beloved
he, scattering the crumbs of the pie in cy
cry direction.
The answer gave immense satisfaction
to the bystandcrs, and they cried out a
the top of their lungs-Amen glory
halleluiah!
One young lady was there, upon whom
the wasting hand of consumption had lai,
his incxorable grasp. She knew that sh
was dying, but her earnest desire was t.
be with the friends whose faith was he
faith, whose hopes she also shared. Sh
was a beautiful maiden, upon whom cigh
teen summers only have bloomed. He
trust in God was perect-her spirit risin!
above the ties of earth, took fast hold 0
the promises, as she understood them, b,
a living firth. Death had no terrors 70
her. She could look calmly into tn
grave. For her to live was Christ, bu
to die gain" and she will breathe out he
innocent life serene and happy as an in
FAINT falls to sleep.
The camp consists Of nine tents for sleep
ing, one large tent where the meals ar
served up, and pavilion for preaching
furnished with seats sufficient for the ac
commodation Of a thousand people. Bacl
ofthe preachers stand was a map on whicl
) was painted monster snake with sever
heads; outrageous looking beasts, wit
seven heads and horns head Of Napole
on, Of the Pope, together with a great va
riety of horned monsters which the studen
| in natural history would look for in val
in any work on that subject. The map
however, was very ingenious thing an
the author had figured out upon it sun
which brings the year 1854 as the end Q
the prophetic time just as easy as yor