Evening journal., 1897-07-26
ADVENTISTS TO CAM
At LoNGWooD GROVE IN THIS
CITY AUGUST t3.

OVER "a HUNDRED TENTS AND A
LARGO PAVILION WILL BE IN
THE CAMP-IT WILL BE THE
MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC
CONFERENCE
Sites I'm various parts OF the Atlantic
Conference OF the Seventh Day Advent
lists have been surveyed by a commit
zee OF the conference. These sites are
located at Mount Holly, Burlington,
Trenton, Beverly and Jersey City. in
New Jersey. Baltimore Newark and
this city. The committee has decided to
hold the annual conference at Long
wood Grove, which is situated about
square away from the terminus of the
Fourth and Eighth streets lines Of the
Wilmington City Railway Company.
The committee is composed of Elder
J. +. Jayne, Of New York; c. ID. Zerkle,
of Baltimore; L. p. Long, of this city: H.
w. Herrell of Mount Holly, n. j.. and
George L. Lloyd, o Baltimore. The camp
will begin on August 13 and continue
until August % inclusive The first
meeting of the conference session will
be held on Sunday. August 10. The
/
/ ing will consist Of legislation for the
welfare of the churches in the confer
ence, reception and action upon the re-
ports of the officers, and also the cleo
tion of successors to the following Off
| GERS: President. Elder J. =. Jayne. of
New York: recording secretary, S. b.
| Horton, of Baltimore; corresponding
secretary, G. ID. Zerkle, of Baltimore;
treasurer, T. "A. Kilgore, of New York.
The camp will consist Of about 100
small tents. a large tent. book stand,
grocery tent, Sunday school and recep-
tion tent and a large pavilion capable
of seating several thousand people.
Devotional exercises will be held
! each day at and 10 o'clock a. m. and
at and 7.30 p. m. These services will
be open to The public Addresses will
be delivered during the camp by some
of the best-infOrmed speakers. being
sent here for that purpose by the Gen.
eral Conference from New York Bat
tie Creek, Mich; Oakland, Cal; Massa-
| View, Neb; South Lancaster Massa-
chusetts Academy, and other schools OF
| learning connected with the cause
Among these speakers will be a. T.
Jones. who has recently returned from
the scene of the Armenian massacre; G.
A. Irwin, president Of the General Con,
ference: r. A. Underwood, Of Pennsyl
vania Conference; Allen Noon, presi
dent. and ]. e. Jayne, secretary OF ths
Foreign Mission board; r. r. FRANKIE
of New York and others.
The name Seventh Day Adventlsts ].
assumed by Them for two reasons. On'
is to distinguish them from other or
ganlzed Christian bodies. and anothe
is to show the nature of their work, in
dicating that they have enlisted in
work which they understand from tn
Scriptures is to be done in the presen
generation. having for its chief charac
terisics the keeping Of the Command
, ments of Gcd and a belief in, and pro
/ mulgation OF the doctrines of the sec
ond personal coming Of Christ as nov
4 at the door: the cleansing OF the heav
enly sanctary, where Christ is now act
ing as priest and mediator for On
y world, Christ simply passing into tn
: NEST holy place of the sanctuary an
, thus makes ready a people for his king
dom before he comes in the clouds o
? heaven to receive them to Himself Ihi
1 work Of cleansing the sanctuary ha
4 been going on since 1874, according Z
, The prophecy. when it is finished II
will come the second time without si'
o unto salvation
= The earthly sanctuary was patter
of the heavenly. The most holy plac
of the sanctuary was the apartment Il
2 which the ark containing the Ten Com
mandments. written by the finger O
God was always situated. The law G
the Ten Commandments, therefore, a
= placed in the sanctuary on earth, wa
simply copy of these commandment
u which are in the ark in heaven. T'm
! utterly precludes the idea Of any chang
in the law. We are in that time 9
: which the prophet speaks when h
|. SAYS: "Here is the patience OF TN
u saints, here are they that keep the CON
mandments of God and the faith {
Jesus"