Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1895-03-01
Seventh Day AdventistS.

or,,,, and Rise of the Sect---Thcir I'm.
depreciation Of Prophecy---Churchts.
scbooIs. Missions, and other GOOD
works.
Noticinp the excellent article published
como weeks ago over the initials OF 'ba
staff correspondent of The PhUnix A.
chicago about the work of the Seventh Day
Adventist medical missionaries in Chicago
Tho tbought occurred that some facts con-
corning that peculiar people might be of
Interest. There are but few people Of The
400 of 90 wears or more who do not TO-
nember the widespread interest caused by
the preaching of William Miller and hi,
associates that Christ was to return 10 tbi,
Garth and that its affairs were to be closed
nm on the 22d of October, 1914. Mr.. Nil.
Ter was a man who, in his early life, wasa
disbeliever i'm the Bible, but who was lei 10
consider that to be consistent one should
know what il taught, and so he began
about 1918. to study for himself, with The
the result that he became a member Of The
Rantist church and also one of its minis.
tors position he held until his death
Pursuing his studies of the prophecies he
was reluctantly led to believe that there
we're no prophetic periods reaching beyond
1914 and that therefore the end OF the
world must come at that time, and 20
preached. with the result that many ,hou.
sands became believers. After the set time
passed some were not satisfied that the
work was failure, but turned to review
the evidences of their hope, and CONCLUDED
that there was no prophecy that reached
TO the coming of the Lord, but that mis-.
10 In, hn
the scripture upon which they had rested
their hopes. This was the verse, DAME
VIII. IA: Unto two thousand three hun
bred days, then shall the sanctuary be
cleansed." They supposed that the earth
was the sanctuary and that its cleansing
was to be by fire, hence its destruction:
but they learned that the earth is not cal.
ed the sanctuary, and so the Lord was no.
to come at that time. Among the Ad
ventists was one Joseph Bates, who soon
was led to believe that Saturday was the
Sabbath of the Bible and began so to teach.
In few years these believers began 10
organize churches, the oldest of which IS
at Washington, \. II. In short time
publication of a paper devoted to their In.
terests was began, Elder James White be.
ing editor and publisher. The place Of is.
sue was for many years movable, finally
becoming permanent at Battle Creek
Mich. In 1861 the first general conference
was held, there being few conferences OF.
gained. Of which Vermont was the sec.
ond. Their work has grown until there
are now organized conferences in most OF
the states, in Quebec, in Switzerland.
Scandinavia, South Africa, Australia, New
Zealand, and missions in many other coun.
tries and the islands of the sea. The gen.
eral conference is in session at Battle Greek.
Mich, from Feb. - to March 10. lSq-.
The membership is nearly $4,000 at the
present time In the last two years II
missionaries have gone to foreign lands
Publishing houses have been established
in Battle Creek, Oakland, Cal, Melbourne.
Australia, London, Hamburg and Copen-
hagen, from which literature is sent out 10
the amount of II carloads of $1,000 pounds
each every week. Education is given a good
share of attention. seven colleges and
academies being attended by thousands O:
students annually. Believing that misery
and largely sin, come from i'll health. they
began in 1865 the publication of a iourn9
devoted to health and temperance. AMI
have erected large sanitariums, and are
now training and sending out medical mis-,
to relieve suffering humanjtv
most of whose work is done among the
poor free of charge In Vermont the de-
has Is churches with mem.
Oershlp OF about 800 at the present time
This number may seem small, but Yer
mont has ever been a good state to EN-.
CRATE from, and fully 1000 have gone TO
other states. The amount given to mis-.
,ions from July Is to oct. /, 1894. by the
denomination was more than $500
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South Windham, Feb 1895.