Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-02
gHE ADyENTIsTs.
...,,ue Now Being Held NJ
Mr. As,an..sketch OF Their Rise
and Progress
r,., Are--Of what Their
v ' ''',, &c, consist. and what they
ny Are Doing

..
selion' Tx. Aug. 1.-The TACT
ssssyenth Day Adven'lsts are now
y IA, seventh annual camp-mcct-
n Slas ..,s oIace may cause a brief history
y ~ and progress as II denomina-
~ !, interest TO your many read
.s Iris movement the field OF
Eepys"i /, order to develop a brict
inl'u,'i,, noads us back to tue great
w moycment OF lsto-it' ~ II Pre-
4 rsn' oonrse. that the reading public
ata' .eousintance with that wonder
"a "' 'ont among the people OF God,
IA no'' tho fact that there are many
a Y l ,"'S.y who we're witnesses OF the
" w Md brought about by the earnest
# : ,l ss"I prcaching in that day and
n ial, n.nce we need not spend time
e Lranch of the subject, a. out of
"A y l nderul demonstration sprang the
~ s,rm Of which we are about
Nem.'t and with which the
" W. not so well acquainted,
~ ,hcy. AS denomination, have
w hecomc a matter of much histori-
IA sst nm account of the short time
n n,,.is looked for the end of the
4 .,,a issi because II is said IN David
N Y ,bst NJ the end Of the prophetic
=, 500 DAYS the sanctuary should
q s,,snsed. They believed those days
Il "A eolin that year. They held that
IA was the sanctuary then to he
"a al and that its cleansing was to be
,a,ll,bed by the fire which
"a ol sccompany the manifestation of
IA forl from heaven. Hence, they sup
# ma Lord would then come. There
ri # course, many other facts and
nmcnts in support of the view that the
IA VA canning OF Christ was near, hut
n. Ne have stated was the principal
'},Imfnt for fixing upon that particular
"a ar the occurrence of the event.
I'm fine passed, and the coming Of
& n dld not take place, as was expected.
+. M became apparent that Il mistake
81 Mem made in one or both of the fol-
4 M points: Either the period OF 1900
Fl did not end at that time,
81 The cleansing of the
,nnry was not the burning of
N anh nv fire at the second coming of
(. IN. 4 movement which had enlisted
"A interest Of the Christian world could
IL b. abandoned without much rcfCc-
i or there was Il possibility OF there
NJ mistake on both these points.
M Of which would account for the
n In Of the Lord to appear. One class
VA ltel to the conclusion that they were
4 ag on time and that the prophetic pc
~ l. had not ended. Another class, ON
4 reiul survey of the field, saw no rea-
u % change their views upon
~ point and became settled
the mistake was not in
matter Of time, but in the subject of
sanctuary and It's cleansing.
p hs brings 20 view the difference he
#rn Scientifically Adventists and all
In Adentlsts The latter believe that
y prophellc periods were given to make
!, wn the time of Christ's coming, and
Z they have not yet ended, hence their
h linucd efforts to readius the prophetic
" ods and fix times for Christ to come,
y from them has sprung the fantastic
9fSdlimg which has so properly dis
Ifed The world. On the contrary,
Hcnh-lay AdycntiSts set no time.
do not believe any prophetic period
'3lt Bible reaches to the coming of
~ As already remarked, they be-
n 'ie argument upon which the great
i cement OF 1874 was based was all
3 locating the termination of the
aayS in that year. The prophecy
q we sanctuary should be cleanscd.
Sancluary they found not to be the
pal The sanctuary in Heaven. (IIcb.
y, by examining the word done
p 'lpe In the Jewish dispensation
lond that the cleansing
'oe sanctuary of this dispen-
w was no more nor less
lae lWesilgative Judgment. Accord
= /" SnN view We are now in the period
sglsahslng OF the sanctuary, Il period
~ nut Indefinite duration, reaching
"a Vohlng OF Christ. The AdventiSts
Fl w written creed, their members
n nlulred 10 covenant 70 keep the
panullentS OF God and the faith of
& inns, oil course, involves the
Hs@ lhe fourth commandment inst
II nruten' from which, together with
~ %'tlhtS OF the Advent
Y u9Ne their name. They have no
PREACHERS, but their churches are
!, Iocal elders, while their minis
4. WV nee to carry on their work
NV opportunity offers. Most of
N ~ ,''ac',ihg Is done, in the summer,
uu IN winter in halls and other
& pllce each year, at some place
p selected, delegates assemble
'Issct tue business for their CON
II ,oS1 . Ine year, pay off their minis
M NV ny plans for the coming season.
so n character is the meet
81 Noa assembled at this point.
NJ I,snlig Is Sandwithcd in between
n aaos, vss meetings; is of practi-
NJ NJ and is listened to with pro-
NM" Viest by those from the outside,
An oh sunday last. there were
ot p"9sand ON the grounds. The
+ 81 ii S p'uer prevails, and everything
w moving along tremendously.