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Sunday Exercises on the Grounds 49, The
Proceedings.

| SUNDAY Exercises on the Grounds - The
Proceedings.
From Morning Edition.l
Sunday morning dawned on the camp, A.
ter the rain of the previous night, clear and
cool, but all on the ground were cheerful in
spite of the cold, having provided the hemselves
with warm clothing before coming to the
meeting, very few suffered with cold. The
usual meetings were held at $50 A. ID. At 8
O'Clock the campers gathered in the various
division tents 20 hold prayers and social SER
vices.
The Seventh Day Adventists are all a mis-
| siouary people, having local tract and mis-
sionary societies in ell their churches for the
diffusion of religious reading. Their state
society is sending out many agents in all
parts OF the state to disseminate books and
tracts on doctrines held by them as a people.
Ed. Rupert preached at lO:3O, his text
being in Matt. 24:3 The disciples of Christ
asked him what should be the sign of his
coming and the end Of the world. In
answer to this question he told them that
certain signs would occur aud then the end
would come. Christ assumes the position of
a prophet, and told his followers what would
take place from his time till the close OF the
gospel dispensa,ion. The disciples believed
that the world would come to an end,
though many in this age do not believe it.
Christ answers by telling them that the gos-
pei Of the kingdom was TO be preached to all
the world, then the end would come. Be-
fore telling his followers what would imme-
dstely precede his coming, he puts them on
their guard by telling them that false Chris,s
would arise aud deceive many. Bucks theo-
logical dictionary give, list OF twenty -four
false Chrsts who rose and deceived many
after the rejection Of Christ by the Jews.
Rejection of light brings darkness on those
who do not follow up the advancing light of
truth. This is why SO many of the Jews were
deceived by these false Chris,s. Christ then
proceeds in the same chapter to speak of the
great tribulation which should take place; a
tribula'ion greater than ever before or after.
This refers to the great papal tribulation
which resulted in the Staying OF millions OF
| the true people OF God, and which ended in
1897, when the power of the papacy was
taken away by the French, when Bcrthier
conquered Rome. Coming down nearer to
the end of time, Christ says, in verse "a, that
false Cnris''s and prophets shall rise and de-
ceive many. The speaker said that false prophets
sins OF the people, and said peace, peace when
God says it shall be trouble and war. They
eat and drink with the druoken, and smite
The servant OF God who is trying to give the
household OF faith the truths due at that
time.
Gods prophets never prophecy peace and
| safety, but always cry aloud and spare not.
Cnrist then continues his discour by eaying
that just before His coming many will be
saying "Lo, here is Christ, and 10, there is
Christi" but He tells them that His coming
is to be as the lightning flashing over the
skies, and not be in secret manner.
Christ then directly answers this question OF
his disciples by telling them tina, bc.w, en- the
time OF the close OF the papsl persecution
and the end OF the l ,2G0 years of pspal su-
premacy, which closed in lT9S, that the sun
should be dark and the moon should not
give her light. lE exact tul6lment of that
prophesy, we tiud that in 1880 the sun was
supernaturaly darkened known in history
! as the dark day" The moon also became as
black as sackcloth of hair. la 1888 the stars
ell to the earth as the Saviour
said they would, which is an
other sign OF Christ's second coming to the
earth. Scientists try to account tor tn Sc
manifestations by natural causes. False
shepherds say "don't worry, no evil will
come" but Christ says "when ye see all
these things, then kaow that it is near, even
| at the doors" Heaven and earth shall pass
away but my words shall not pass away"
inc n, Tho sun moon and isIl;n, NJ ~. s,sro
arc retarred ,n in msnv nIacas ot ,h. hihls
and .lwavsss ss signs of Chris,'s second com
inc No wonder tho, ,hst ,bose ,ho ,vi,
Messed these sions at nnce conc,udsJ ,ha,
,be aav of iudgmsnt uas a, hand
Chris, sIso said ,h., ,ha
nowsr. ot heaven should ha
shsken which rs,srs % the AGITATION ., tho
s,mosnhs,;c hs,,ans n ,hs o,oia,oa anS
other terrible msnl,es,s,ions which hsvs
grown 40 alsrminoJv ,reonsnt T., tho ns.,
few years These snd msnv other SIGNS hat