The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-02
CHRIST'S COMING.
Time Not Far Distant Say
the SEVENTH Day
AdVenliSts.
THEIR CONVENTION CONVENED.
Elder Van Horn Condemns the
Newspapers-Light for the
Reporters.

euth day Adventists was opened last night
by Elder J. D. Van Horn, the Superintend-
ent of the First United States District of the
'sFaith," in which New Jersey is included,
and the elders of which have met together
for counsel and advice as to the best methods
of doing the work they are carrying on. On
the platform with Elder Van Horn sat
Elder Robinson, President of the Atlantic
conference, and Brother FRANKIE, pastor OF
the Adventist Church in this city. These
last two, however, had nothing to do with
the opening of the conference as Elder Van
Horn consumed the greater part of the time
that the meeting lasted in talking. The only
thing that Brother FRANKIE did was to make
light of some of Van Horns harsh remarks
and try to prove that they were not worth
remembering Elder Van Horn talked for
about three-quarters of an hour and his
chief object in talking seemed to be to heap
all the abuse he could upon the public press
and make his hearers hunt for Bible texts.
| Out of his long discourse the following Is
| CLEANED as representing the ideas he eYl-
| IDENTIFY wished to convey.
| 'sIn the history of this world as we look
| back we see that there has arisen from time
to time a special people to carry forward
| special work of the Lord, and when they
arose to do the work of the Lord they have
stood prominently forward to do the work at
| that time" He then said that the Devil has
| stepped in, these people have in time grown
| hkewarm and Indifferent and have fallen
| back in the work, and have finally been sue
| ceeded by new people who have arisen to
| carry it on.
| THE DEVIL AT WORK.
4 "Iook steadily at the work of God in the
past" he continued, land you Will see that
such has been the work of God and such the
| work of the Devil. I'VE can see what a con-
| tinued progress has been made in the reform
movement but not by one people, for some
| have fallen back in the work and others
| have pushed forward to continue
it. The work of Martin
| Luther, Gods chosen servant, is still visible,
| and will continue to be so until the great
consummation. When we see advance
movements we see in those movements our
| Lord Jesus Christ. Such, we believe, Is
the present movement. We see, too, that
| opposition to it which is made against every
new movement, and which shows that the
deceiver is at work to paralyze the work OF
the Lord. But we must not be dlsheartened:
God will call other people if we stop, and
through them the message Will be carried
on You should realize that you are the
light of the world. The Lord gives us light
that we may hold it up and carry the faith
to the people of the world"
He then explained that the present gather
] ing is held that arrangements may be made
FOR better carrying forward the light and
Truth Referring again to the persecution
the 'Candle Bearers" suffer and the opposi-
ton that they meet with he said:-"You ou
know how hard we find it to get announce
| ments of our meetings in the public press,
| and how, when we do get them in, they are
not put in right. The reporters always put
| in what we think spoils the whole thing.
| But-with what was meant for a commlser-
ating look at the pew occupied by the re-
porters-you cannot blame them. The re-
/ porters, being in darkness, cannot report
meetings as we, being in the light, would re-
| port them"
LIGHT FOR THE REPORTERS.
Here an elder leaned over to the writer and
| whispered May you see the light before
these meetings are over, that you may write
in the light and not in the darkness"
The preacher then talked of the Third
Angels Message and the reporter not being
in the eight was unable to find out exactly
| what he meant, especially as he gave no ex-
PLANTATION of it. After discoursing on the
Third Angels message, he kept his hearers,
most of whom had note books and Bibles
with them, hunting texts referring to
| slight" He then switched onto the subJeco
| of prophesy, and there was more text hunt
/ ing After talking over the prophecies and
explaining that the New Testament is buta
revelation of the Old, and that the rays OF
light from past fulfilled prophecies give
promise of present fulfllment," he asked
his hearers questions. The following are
samples:-
''Was it the spirit of Christ that wrote
the Old Testament?"
| Yes" .
SIS the prophecy Gghtl"
''It is"
| SIT shines whereof
| s'In dark placeSF'
Goods servants" he continued, Shave q
special light to carry to the people of the
| H. %olI- IF ho T1noS orp Qn1 the
last generation, and said:-"The light has
come in the message of this, the last genera
tion.'
SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
An elder who sat next to The NEWS re-
porter was kind enough to throw little
| slight" on Elder Van Horns remarks. He
said that the Seventh Day Adventists believe
that the Lord left message for each genera
tod, and that that message is delivered
through the Bible. The message for this
generation, which they date from IIgo,
and which they believe is nearly
/ finished is that the consummation
or second coming of our Lord IS at hand,
and they feel it their duty to prepare the
world for it. They don't fix on any date,
but they believe that the end is not far of.
| They base this belief on the fact that the
light of the Gospel has now been spread to
all parts of the world, as map which
Brother FRANKIE has hanging on the wall OF
the church shows
| Elder van Horn Sa1Q IN Closing tnaI 'Wo
are crooked and perverse nation, and the
time has come for Gods people to shine
forth and show the people the light"
Announcements of the meetings were then
made, and the Elder took occasion to again
denounce the newspapers and those OF this
city in particular. The dedication OF the
church viii take place on Sunday evening.
On the Sabbath tomorrow Sunday school
will be held at $50 o'clock, and there will be
sermons afternoon and evening.
Brother FRANKIE said that the newspapers
had always treated his church in fair
manner.
ToDAY'S SESSION.
Elder l. D. Van Horn opened the first
business session of the conference this morn
ing at half-past nine o'clock. He first ex-
planned the objects of the conference and
then called for reports from the delegates.
These have not all arrived yet, so there was
not much business transacted. Elder Van
Tripp reported the great progress of the
work in Virginia Elder j. n. Williams
spoke for Pennsylvania, Elder H E. Robin
son read the New Jersey and Maryland re-
ports and Elder A. c. Porter gave an ac-
count of the work in New England This
concluded the business for the morning.
Preaching will be the programme for this
afternoon and evening.
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