Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-01

coaso elnf0 which he had thrown hls
whole heart. The Sign Of the Times
II sttl1 living, but published under
auothor name. ALI his money. Ill hie
labor, md MI his energy were thrown
Into tho lap Of this cause, and thous-
ands Of converts were won, No eect
was advocated, no creed advanced.
simply the theory of the near approach
Of Judgment day. But the Opposition
Of nearly Ill religious bodies to the
''Miller1ten teaChing, as it was called,
which took the form of persecution
and the turning OF the Adventists out
of the churches, forced the believers
of a common truth to become q new
sect, which, after the passing of the set
time in 1874, began to divide into many
new parties, some OF which still on
tinue.
In 1S49 Mr.. Hines was selected as a
delegate to the congress OF religions
held In London, England, during Aug
ust Of that year. He made the trip Ia
June on the steamer Brittania, and was
accompanied by VIM. Lloyd Garrison,
the famous anti-slavery agitator. In
England, George Thompson, Garrison,
and Father Hines lectured upon the
00AAO 4Vobl I'LL w 0IO00O 0NAVkL1Cut
against the system of human slavery as
this union. They were royalty re-
ceiyed and wonderfully successful in
stirring up public sentiment. The
cident to Father Hines real object in
England. He wished to promote the
AUS Of the Advents, and with that
onl 10 ~,{o vv nc%n h1srhaA To- Horlor 49,
European Advent Herald, which he
continued for several months, then
turning 1t over to converts to the cause
he sailed for America, but not before
he had lectured In many parts Of Eng
land upon the Advent theory. The re-
suit of Father Hines trip vas to pro-
mote the cause he was interested in,
and from which there are many adher-
ents 20 this day who can trace back
their conversion to the missionary
labors OF Father Hines.
Returning to America he paid spe-
ciai emphasis to the anti-slavery move
ment, and made speeches UPON every
occasion, facing mObs, defying them to
do their worst, and pouring hot sho-
into their ranks in his peculiar aud en-
phatic style OF denunciation Of the nat
tion's disgrace and burning shame. He
was president of the Young Mems
Anti Slavery society and an active
member of the Massachusetts, Anti
Slavery board along with Garrison and
others. At one time there was an offer
of IS, 200 made by the southerners for
Father Hines capture, dead or alive.
But he marched through the torrent Of
feeling of that crucial period of our
history with a firm tread, battling for
the cause Of humanity, coming out
without a scar or blemish.
During his stay in Boston he formed
the intimate acquaintance of such
figures in history as John Quincy
Adams, president of the United States,
and Daniel Webster, who had his law
Office opposite Father Hines church.
II heard, I" Father Hines once said to
the writer, .'Daniel Webster when he
made his famous speech at the compile
ton of Bunker Hill monument. It was
a wonderful effort. Fully $1,000 people
surrounded the speaker. He was q
wonderful man."
After ~thirty-three years residence in
Boston, all of which time he was pub
fishing papers, books and tracts teach
ing the Adventist doctrine, he moved
his family to Buchanan, Mich. He dis
posed Of his Boston interests, and at
the age OF IS listened to the wooing Of
the watchword, westward, hol west
ward, !" and was won He established
in Buchanan an Adventist paper, which
afterward became The Advent Times
and was moved to Chicago.
In 1875 Father Hines, attention was
strangely drawn to the church of his
childhood by the fact Of his son William
leaving the Adventists, where he had
been an elder for some nine years, to
enter the ministry Of the Episcopal
church. After some three years OF re-
aection and study he met Bishop Clark
son, who encouraged him to ssapply for
orders In that church. He did so,
passed his examination, and at the age
Of II years was made a deacon by the
sanity bishop, who probably little
thought that the white haired old man
whom he was receiving to holy orders
would outlive his bishop many years
and die full of good works in the very
place where he was first sent IN his new
religious relations.
Father Hines was twice married.
First, in 1896, TO Mary 1ThOmpson
Handy OF New Bedford, Mass woman
of, strong character and many virtues,
whose children o 9 up to call her
blessed" She was q descendent of old
Plymouth Rock stock, her ancestors
settling in southeastern Massachusetts
in l64O. They had nine children-all
boys-six OF whom grew TO mans es-
tate, and three of whom are . living.
The sixth son was VIM. Lloyd Hines,
now general missionary or arCh.doacOn