Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-13
THE ADVENTISTS.
COMING CAMP MEETING ON THE
SPRINGFfELD FAIR GROUNDS

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nom,nation-state Encampment.
The Seventh Day Adveutists will hold their
lnnual State camp-meeting on the iair
rounds in this city from October lst to 18th.
rhe meeting will be one OF great importance
% members of the denomination and promises
% be largely attended.
As denomination they date their rise
soon after the great Millerite movement of
lSIi.
While they firmly believed in the second
coming of Christ, they have no date fixed
for his coming. Although they do not
throw away all the prophetic periods they
do not believe that any prophetic
period given in the Bible reaches to the
coming Of Christ, or was designed to
mark the day or year of that event. 1t is
the fanatic time-setting and foolish prophe-
cies Of the First Day Adventists, which has so |
disgusted the world and brought reproach |
upon the sect, and it is natural that the
Seventh Day Adven,ists repudiate all conuec-
ton with them.
Their organization is very simple. body
of believers associate together taking the name
of Seventh Day Adventists, and attaching
their name to a covenant simply to keep the
com mmandments OF God and the faith of Jesus
The Bible is their only creed. clerk is
chosen to keep the records OF the church, and
an elder, elected by vote of the church, is
ordained to look after its spiritual interests.
II the church is large its temporal affairs
are assigned to one or more deacons chosen
by vote of the church for this purpose.
| They hold that the terms elder, bishop and
pastor signify the same officer. These need
not be ordained ministers. Evangelis,s are
ordained ministers who travel from place to
place to preach the gospel, and are the only
ones competent TO ordain local elders and
deacous. They have twenty-eight fully or
ganzed state conferences, covering large
share of the United States and Territories.
They have also missions in Switzerland, Ger
many, Scotland, England, Norway, Denmark,
Sweden, France, Italy, the Sandwich Islands
and Australia.
They have six publishing houses, located
|
Cal. Great Grmsby, England; Bale, Switzer-
land, Christiana, Norway; Lancaster, Mass
The combined capital OF these is about halt a
million. They have constantly employed in
these houses OF publication from three &c
four hundred workers, printers, etc, working
constantly upon their own publications. pre-.
senting their peculiar doctrines to be sent out
to the world
They are publishing. nineteen different
periodicals in seven or eight different Ian.
guages. The monthly circulation of thes,
papers is something over 225,O 900 copies.
From their publishing house in Battle
Creek, Mich, which is recognized AS being
the best equipped publishing house in th'
state they have sent out in the past yea,
over l64 tons of reading matter. That tn,
reader may have better idea of how muct
this would represent suppose they string ou
l64 teams, each carrying ton of reading
matter, all bearing upon the Advent doctrine
to 20 to every nationality in the world. Thi
illustrates simply the work Of one house
While none of the other five are as large, on
or more OF them are doing nearl
as much work. This reading matte
is quite largely circulated throug
the International and State Tract Societe
which are thoroughly organized Throughout
America and Europe.
City missions are established in New Yorl
Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Buffalo
Chicago, San Francisco, and mauy othe
| large cities throughout the States.
Ship missions are also established in nearl
all OF the seaport towns which are constant
supplying all the principal vessels 10 II
h world with their books and papers, to te sci
: to every nation, kindred, tongue and peopl
A They have two fourishing colleges, one
Battle Creek, Mich, aud one in Healdsbur
:. CAL with hundreds OF students in ttendsnc
. besides other normal schools in difiere
States. From these schools and colleges th'
send out annually hundreds of missionari
i and workers, to all parts of the world di
seminating their peculiar points OF faith.
n They own and conduct the largest santa
:. ium in the world, located at Battle Cree
Mich, where they have treated success fu
Do more than 10000 patients, with all the in
proved facilities tor the treatment OF all form
2 of diseases; every remedial agent of know
value is employed, and about l25 physician
-. and nurses are employed in this institutio
We are informed that in the past few day
the farm at Mt. Vernon, o., upon which u
is wonderful Magnetic Springs are located, b
been purchased by this people, for the pu
- pose of establishing what will be known
the magnetic Springs Health Home" whe
all forms OF diseases will be treated by col
tn petent ph vscians.
The natural surroundings Of this place AZ
~ the wonderful medicinal properties in the
10 magnetic waters, with competent physical
and suitable buildings, will make this one
the most attractive places for the afflicted
e' the country.
rs Temperance is fundamental plank in I
A. religion of this body. They not only d
e card all intoxicating liquors, but go rs far
IS to refuse to baptize or receive into chur
r. membership any who use tobacco IN a
rs form. They very largely discard the use
tea and coffee aud pork as articles OF diet,
u though they do not make these Il test of #
lowship.
to About two hundred large tents, which ha
no connection with the campmeeting, a
IN now in the field, in which their evangelii
are holding series OF meetings. These a
u usually located in towns or villages whe
their doctrines have not been preache
es This is an independent way OF holding met
% ings where suitable buildings cannot be 1
cured.
ID This year they have held about forty cam
10 meetings, reaching from Maine to Caiiorn
Hundreds of thousands Of people have atten
rs ed these gatherings, which have been large
~ held 10 large cities or towns.
's' The Ohio state conference OF this boz
u held their last annual camp meeting on d
Columbus fair grounds one year ago II