Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-20
ADVENTISTS' SABBATH
RELIGIOUS SERVICES HELD
SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.
HELD

The Seventh Day Adventists at Takoma
Park observing today as the Sabbath,
the entire time from sunrise to sunset this
evening being devoted to exercises of a re-
lgtous character. The regular business OF
the general conference adjourned with the
meeting last night and will be resumed to-
morrow morning. Owing to it being the
Sabbath day. the attendance at the camp
on the banks OF the Sligo. in the vicinity
| of Carroll avenue extended. at Takoma
Park. was somewhat larger thansusual, n
large number of Adventists from Washing
ton being present at the services during
| the day.
AT 10 O'Clock the Sabbath school was con-
vened. the topic lesson being The Destiny
of the Wicked" The exercises were con-
Quoted by Elder G. b. Thompson. superin-
| tendent of the school. Mrs. E. G.. White
made an interesting address at II O'Clock
and at noon a recess was taken until =
O'Clock this afternoon when the services
| were resumed The afternoon program
| opened with singing by the chorus of the
Seventh Day Adrcntists, the remaining
| hours this evening being spent In devotion
| al exercises.
| the address of Elder J. w. I.Oughborough,
on the anniversary of Dark Day which
| he described as the first great sign of the
coming of the Lord One hundred and
| speaker, May 10. 1880, n remarkable dark
| ness extended over all of New England. In
| some places persons could not to read
common print III the open air for several
| hours together.
Birds sang their evening song. disap-
! peared and became silent; fowls went to
| rOost; cattle sought the barn yard, and cam
| dies were lighted in the houses The OBJ
| scuration began about 10 O'Clock In the
| morning. and continued till the middle of
| the next night. but with differences of de-
gree ard duration in different Places. For
several days previously, the wind had been
| variable, but chiefly from the southwest
| and the northeast The true cause of This
! remarkable phenomenon is not known.
| The speaker quoted several phrases from
| the Bible appropriate to the anniversary
and his address highly complimente0
| because of its uniqueness in character.
Business Session Yesterday.
| At the conclusion of the meetings of the
! educational, publishing and religious lib
| erty departments yesterday morning
| those in attendance at the conference were
| treated to another surprise party. Dona-
| tons were placed on the table in front of
| the presidents chair amounting to nearly
| 80, 600. OF this amount nearly $1,000 was
contributed for missionary work and the
| balance for the completion of the build
| ingS the large tract of the Adventists
where the meetings are being held. The
| 100000 fund which is to be used for the
| construction of the college buildings and
| sanitarum at Takoma Park amounts to
| about $4,000, and the prospect is that the
| entire sum will be completed before the
| close of the session During the time the
| donations Were being received Mrs. E. G.
| White made address of eucoura cement
| for the work that had been done and the
| efforts to be put forth concluding with
! expressions of thanks for those whose do
| nations had been received.
At the afternoon session addresses were
| made by President A. G. Daniels on Our
| Mesa e for Today, in which he brought
| out three points of importance-'thiS is
the time this is the message and this
| is the people" He was followed by Ell
| ders e n. Farnsworth of London. j. w.
| Lougbborough and d. T. Bordeau. The
| remainder of the afternoon was devoted
| to reports from mission fields by Elders
| Allen Moon of the lake union conference
| and w. II Thurston of the Canadian
| union conference.
| The committee on resolutions presented
| a resolution. which was adopted. setting
| forth that the holding of conventions in
the various conferences should be encour-
| aged, embodying the various lines of mis-
| sionary work, and that conference officers
| and laDOrcrS assist in these important
| gatherings. not only in counsel. but in pro-
| Viding talented help, that they may be
| made a strong educational factor in the
| important work of the Sabbath school and
| assist materially in building up the work
| of the gospel.