The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-09
THE PROPHETIC CONFERENCE.

The gathering known as "The Pro- phetio Conference" in session in Polar Star hall, corner of Grand avenue and and East Pearl street, in the Fair Ha- ven district of this city, opened on Thursday evening with a good attend ance of delegates from various parts of Connecticut, New York, Massachu- setts, New Jersey and other states, and additional delegates arrived, so that Fast day morning about one hundred persons constituted the assemblage. The Thursday evening service opened the conference. E. T. Cooper of Fair Haven, chairman of the local commit tee, welcomed the delegates to the hos pitality of the people of Fair Haven, in whose homes they are most comforta- bly, and generously entelSained, Elder Esek Wolcott of Eatomtown, N. J., the presiding elder of the meeting, in felici- tous terms responded, accepting grate- fully for his brethren the proffered courteses and accommodations. Elder Wolcott then preached very excellent discourse on "Our Present Needs" which was a powerful presentation of the prevalent errors of the present times, and vigorous enforcement of the need of holy living on the part of Christians in these twilight days of this present dispensation.
 Friday morning Elder G. V. Lanpher of New Britain preached at 10 o'clock on "The Storm Signal of Prophecy" He used forcibly the present methods rss. @l..2 ton of the weather and of storms in the present times. and from this illus trated the application of prophecy to our social, political and religious con- ditions. At II o'clock Elder l.. B.. Giles of Brooklyn, N. r., preached on "Jonah and His Message" reciting the history of that prophet of God, who was a type of the true preacher of Gods truth to-day, and quoted by our Lord Jesus as a sign of His own death and disposal in Joseph's tomb.
 Tn the afternoon at o'clock Mrs. Rebecca J. Smith, editor of the Herald of Life of Springfield Mass, preached from 2nd Timothy, iv 2-"Preach the Word"; enforcing the thought that when Gods truth is made known to His people, they should stand unflinchingly for it, even though the majority should yield their convictions and turn against it. She illustrated this propo- sition by the case of the three Hebrew children, who refused to bow down to the image that the king had command ed them to worship, and so changed the religion of an empire.
 At o'clock Elder Henry B. Brown of East Hampton, Conn, preached | from 1st Thess, il, 19--"What Is Our Hope?"-Iis topic being "An Apology | for Adventism"; in which he propound- ed and vindicated the doctrines held l by the Adventists; answering, in the l limited time allowed, various objections usually offered to those doctrines, and l closing with an emphatic appeal to l those who have mo hope" for the life l beyond the resurrection.
 l In the evening Elder William N. Pile 1 pastor of the Household of Faith, l Brooklyn, N. Y., preached on the topic What If Jesus Should Never Come ?" I He assumed to plant himself five thou l sand years down the stream of time; I and considered the consequences of his l proposition; namely, that it would dis l credit all the promises of prophecies of 1 the Bible in which we have trusted; ;; | and then taking the affirmative side i and insisted that there would be no 1 five thousand years before the coming l of Christ nor even one thousand years; l but that His coming, as declared from l the Scriptures is imminent, even at the l door.
 | A large congregation was present l Friday, and considerable accesions will l arrive ot-day. The program for o-day 1 and tomorrow is as follows:
 Saturday, April 9. l 800 a. m.-Prayer and conference. 1 10:00 a. m.-Sermon-Mrs c. Brown l Buell. of East Hampton, Conn. l 11:00 a. m.-sermon-Elder Henry l Stone of Wallingford, Conn. Top
 ic: 'The Needs of the Present I Hour" Text: Pet. iii, H. l 1:15 p. m.--Praise service.
 l 200 p. m.-Sermon--Elder H. J. | Goudey of Lynn, Mass. Topic: "The Approaching End.' Illus trated from a new chart. l 6:15 p. m.--Social service.
 I TOO p. m.-Sermon-Elder W. G.
 Brown of Eatontown, N. J. Topic: I From Captivity to Victory
 Text: Dan. ii,2s.
 s.00 p. nn.-Sermon-Elder J. s. Cor | ton of Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Sunday, April 10.
 800 a. n.--Prayer meeting.
 | 10:15 a. m. .4-Sermon--Elder A. c, Whit l ney of South Manchester, Conn. Topic: "The Transformed Life.''
 Text: 2 Cor. iii, IS.