Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-09-07
The City Of White!
Adventist rleetings Pro
duCtive of r1uch Good.
Synopsis of Some of the
Best Sermons.
Officers Elected IOOz-OS.
Officers Elected I0O7-OS.


the Adventist camp grounds this
week, especially on Monday and Tues
day. The tents are we'll filed and
many have secured rooms la the vii
lage. The campers have been coming
from all directions by rail, by steam
ers, with teams and on bicycles.
Elder Geo. B. Thompson Of Wash
tngton. ID. G. arrived on Tuesday from
Wisconsin also Prof. j. G.. Lamson
of Berrien Springs.
The services held on SATURDAY. Aug.
81, will long be remembered by many
who were present.
Elder w. D. Curtis of Berrien
Springs. Mich. spoke in the forenoon
and was followed at p. m. by Elder
Allen Moon Of Indianapolis, Ind.
The speakers dwslt upon the need
of whole hearted work in the chris
tian life and the necessity for an ex-
perience that will make man kind
to his family, peaceable among his
neighbOrs and honest in his business
transactions. The need of the Holy
Spirit was dwelt upon and number
gave themselves to the service Of God.
Elder M. e. Guild spoke Saturday
night on the "Seven Seals of Revela-
tion."
Many people, said he. regard the
book of Revelation as sealed book,
but the writer of the book was in
structed to seal not the sayings OF
the prophecy of this book" Rev. 22:10.
That it is to be understood is indi-
Gated by its name. which signifies
something revealed or made known.
In the first chapter a blessing is
promised to all who read, hear and
heed the things written therein.
The number seven denotes perfec-
tion or completion and is emphatic
ally d Bible number.
The seven seals of chapter cover
the entire history of the Christian
church and important events that
concermlt, from the time Of Christ to
Jne enQ OF Ufle world.
None but Christ was able to break
the seals that covered the future and
foretell events that were to happen
hundreds Of years later.
The speaker traced the history of
the church from the days Of the Di-
ciples OF Christ when 1t started out in
purity and power to the time when
corruption came in during the third
and fourth centuries aud finally
church and state were united. This
union Of religion with the state
brought about the greatest persecu-
tion of all times.
Elder Guild warned his hearers
against the tendency in our day to es-
tabiish religious laws and enforce
them by civil authority.
The sixth seal was especially dwelt
upon which reads as follows: "And
beheld when he had opened the
sixth seal, and 10, there was great
earthquake; and the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair and the moon be-
came az blood;and the stars Of heaven
fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs when she is
shaken OF mighty wind. And the
heaven departed as scroll when it is
rolled together; and every mountain
an d island were moved out of their
places.
And the kings of the earth and the
great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men,
and evhy bondman. and every free
man, lie themselves in thu dens and
ia the rocks OF the mountains, and
said to the mountains and rocks, Fall
on us and hide us from the face Of him
who sitteth on the throne and from
the wrath of the Lamb, For the
great day of his wrath is come and
who.shall be able to stand. Rev. 6:l2
III.
The great earthquake here spoken
of refers to the earthquake of Lisbon,
Nov. /, 1855. 1t shook large portions
OF Europe, Asia and Africa and also
portions of North and South America
Ninety Thousand persons perished Oh
that fatal day.
Closely following this upheaval o'
nature came the wonderful dark dal
OF May 10, 1880, the most extensive
and repsarkable ever recorded in his
tory. Toward morning of the follow
ing night the dark ness cleared away