The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-29


observation-disclosures Tonight.
The twenty-fifth annual camp meet
ing and conference of the Seventh-day
Adventists of Minnesota will open MAY
81 continuing till June 6. The meeting
will be held in a beautiful grove about
two blocks north of the interurban car
line on Fairview avenue. Merriam park,
about midway between the two cities
of st. Paul and Minneapolis.
The grounds are already assuming
the appearance of the thrift and hustle
OF city. There are a large number
of tents dotting the grounds. The cot
ton city is laid out in a three-sided
hollow square. In the center will be
found grocery, and a book stand and
the large Pavilion for the place of wor-
ship.
Water is furnished by two wells put
down for the purpose, which give forth
an abundance of living and pure water
AT the west end of the right arm of
the hollow square is the dining tent.
where the hungry may secure a good
meal for small sum. More tents are
yet to go up, as there will be at least
one hundred and fifty tents on the
ground
BESIDES the large pavilion, there will
be several other large tents, of suffi-
Client capacity for services in the Ger
man and Scandinavian tongues: also
services for the children and youth. For
a week or more past the grove has
been made merry with the music of the
hammer and saw, Piled by willing
hands. Services have been held every
day and evening during the past week
among the workers on the ground. The
congregation that gathered yesterday
which is with this people day of rest
including the four churches of the Twin
Cities, was sufficient to fill two tents
for their Sabbath school service.
Their name, Seventh Day Adventists,
represents the two great leading points
OF their misunderstanding the seventh
day of the week as the Sabbath and
looking for the second coming Of Christ.
This event, whenever it does take
place, will be the grand eliminating
crisis in the entire history of the world.
1t will be the deciding time for all
men, not for this life only, but for all
eternity. If, say they, the doctrine be
true that this great event is even st
the doors, it is the most important
event that can engage the attention of
the world. And they ask their neigh
bors to come and hear least they lose
an opportunity where possibly some
future light may shine forth upon this
important theme.
On such topics as the nature of God.
the divinity of Christ, the atonement'
the work of the Holy Spirit, the in
splration Of the Holy Scriptures, and
the necessity Of faith and repentance
In order to salvation, their belief does
not differ essentially from that of other
denominations called evangelical. The
Bible is their creed of faith and dis
clpl1ne, their rule of faith and practice
They claim to stand on true Protestant
ground denying the right of the mag
1strate to intermeddle with matters Of
religion.
Seventh Day Adventists consider that
the declaration Of the Lord, "The field
is the world" applies to the phase of
the gospel which they have to repre-
sent, and have organized their church
work into three great divisions: namely
the general conference Of America. the
australian union conference. and the
european union conference A legally
Incorporated body called "The General
conference Association" holds general
conference property everywhere, and
a a 10 all its legal wants. A for
elgn mission board takes charge of
the missionary work in all the world
An acquaintance with missions and an
examination of the map of the world
would tell the reader that their work
belts the world
81 aeeoi us Tor the year ending
June 30, 1896, there were renorte6 thir
ty-seven conferences, 583 ministers
!. 4S9 churches, 52,203 members. and
s542,00 contributed the previo1s way
lor the religious work of the denonina-
ton. And their work has greatly on
larged since that date.
Every conference has a state or con-
ference tract society," and these com
pose or are organized into the Infer
TRACT
which is to disseminate reading ,,,.t
ter on the timely religious topjcs of
the day. 'op'oS VI
The International Religious Liberty
association is another organization re
no small Importance. 1t stands for the
oefense of the national constitution.
Inc international Sabbath School as
soclatIon, another organization, is de-
signed to encourage and care for the
SABBATH school work throughout the
whole field. Another organization the
influence of which is being felt in
marked manner, is the International
Medical Missionary and Benevolent as
soc1ation, the object of which is to
dlrect the practical ends a Christian
splIit 10 help and rescue the fallen and
neglected classes in our great cities
find homes for the homeless. and save
from sin those who can be reached bv
phllanthropic efforts and moral inf7m,
ences. io
Mrs. S. M. l. Henry, of national re-
pute as evangelistic superintendent
among the w. c. T. u, reached the
grounds on Friday evening. She occu-
pied the tent pulpit yesterday. and
will address the congregation again this
Sunday evening at 7:3O A cordial in
vltation is extended to all.
BURR STREET RnITIEVApD