The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-31
"couRT WEEK" In HEAVEN.
This Is 1t According to the Adven-
lists.

This Is 1t According to the Adven-
lists.
The inhabitants Of the Adventist
camp at Merriam Park yesterday wore
cloaks and overcOats, and stoves were
at a premium. However. the cold wave
did not chill their fervor, and the va
rious services occurred as usual, al
though the attendance from the cities
was not 80 large as it doubtless would
have been had the weather been more
favorable. However, quite q number
Of visitors were on the grounds DUR
ing the day.
Very early in the morning the work
of completing the preparation Of the
grounds for the big meeting to begin
next Tuesday, which was laid
aside at the beginning Of the Sabbath
at sunset on Friday evening, was re-
sumed
The usual devotional meetings were
held at o'clock, breakfast at z, and
family worship at 8, after which the
thud Of the sledge and the rattle Of
hammers and saws indicated that the
seating Of the big tent was being
resumed its labors, and the book stand
and grocery store were opened for
business. At $50 the young people as
sembled in their tent and were earn
estly addressed by Elder Daniel Net
tleton on the Importance Of carefully
improving the golden opportunities Of
youth. He portrayed eloquently the
different results Of earnestness and
carelessness in this matter.
Elder II. F. Phelps, of st. Paul, oc-
cupied the pulpit at II o'clock. He
took for his subject "God In Nature -
and developed the Scrptural fact that
God has spread abroad in the things
of nature, in every object of the uni
verse, from the smallest atom to the
greatest world, not only the evidence
of His existence, but His attributes and
is this true of man, "who was Gre
ated in the image and likeness Of
God,' which image and likeness the
terrible work of ages of sin has not
been able to entirely obliterate, al
though In many cases it has become
sadly marred. He further declared
shat the plan OF redemption unites
God to all men.
At O'Clock, Elder J. w Ingison, OF
Minneapolis, occupied the pavilion pull
pit, and delivered a practical discourse
on repentance, conversion, forgiveness
Of SIN, and the various experiences that
make UP the Christian life. At the
Same hour the usual meeting was held
In the Scandinavian tent for the benefit
of the people who use that language.
These meetings are conducted by Ell.
der A. J. Stone, of Illinois; H. r. john
son, Of Nebraska, and the Scandina-
vian ministers Of the Minnesota con-
ference, Of whom there are several.
The chdldFen'S meeting also occurs
daily at this hour, and is one of the
most interesting services held on the
grounds. A number of adults always
cluster around the tent to witness the
zeal and earnestness Of the little ones
in the gospel lessons taught them by
their instructors.
The last service Of the day was held
at 1870, when Elder Nettleton completed
the thrilling sermon on the judg-
ment, which he had begun ON Saturday
evening. After reading and making
impressive comments on the Scriptural
passages that relate to the Judgment,
and the thoroughness with which the
entire life of every individual, thoughts,
words and actions, will be investigated
and rewarded. he proceeded to show
that this searching investigation must
in the very nature of the case, precede
the coming of the Lord, when judg-
ment will be executed, in the instanta-
neous resurrection Of the righteous
dead, the translation of the righteous
living, and the destruction of the
wicked. The startling idea was then
advanced, fortified by Scriptural eFi-
dence, that the present generation is
living in the time of the judgment, i'll
short, that this is court week in
heaven" and that the case of every
soul will soon be decided for eternal
veal or woe. The end of the calendar
will soon be reached, and there will
be NO appeal from the decisions Of that
Supreme Tribunal. He said: 1.-THE COM
plete records of our lives are there, in
the books Of heaven, written with un-
erring faithfulness and accuracy by the
angels, who attend us continually and
witness adj our actions, and are the
witnesses at the trial. That the judg-
ment is now in session, and the time
when it began was the next point made.
The angel said to Daniel: Unto 1900
days, then shall the sanctuary be
cleansed,' a day in symbolic prophecy
always standing for a year. The angel
also informed him, that the "going
forth of decree to restore and to
build Jerusalem" would be the point
from which to begin to count these
years. This decree went forth in 457
B. c., and therefore the time ended in
1874. The cleansing of the sanctuary
was clearly shown to be the work of
judgment, from a study Of the sanctu-
airy of the old testament which was
shown to be typical Of the true taber-
nacle in heaven, now being cleansed
from the sins recorded there. He most
solemnly declared the message of Will
liam Miller and his co-laborers and fol-
lowers to be true: "Fear God and give
glory to Him, for the hour of His judg-
ment is come"
MODERN wOODMEN TO DUBUQUE,
Via t'The Milwaukee,"
For the annual meeting of the Head