The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-08-10

ling of the Seventh Day AdVentists OF
IOhio opened at the fair grounds, Fri
Iday evening. The large pavilion,
SOx1OO feet, was filled to overflowing.
THE opening address was delivered
by Elder II. II. Burkholder. President
of the Ohio Conference, who spoke as
Ifollows:-
IL wish to most heartily welcome
THE brethren and sisters of the faith
who have been spared through anoth-
er year and are privileged to meet
at this time in our annual encamp-
ment. and to tender my sincere thanks
to those who have so nobly assisted
in the work OF preparation necessary
for our enjoyment upon these
grounds. | wish also to extend a
cordial invitation to the people of
Marion to attend these services as
they are held from day to day.
God has been indeed gracious to
us, and / feel safe in saying, as
look into the faces of this people,
that we have not come to Marion out
of curiosity, we have not come here
simply for a summers outing nor to
take a vacation from labor; but we
are here for a purpose, and l feel
very certain that II we, Seventh-day
lAdventists, who are upon these
grounds, have come in the right frame
of mind and In the right spirit and
will continue to do so, that this meet
ling will prove to be the best of any
we have ever yet attended. am sure
THAT you will agree with me in say
ling that the times in which we are
living demand this very thing Of us;
land we are here desiring and expect
ling the presence of God and His
blessing, because we have been earn
testify praying and seeking to receive
lit. And II our hearts are right with
God there is nothing that can pre-
vent His rich blessing coming to us
individually and collectively at this
time.
my mind has been directed to the
latter portion OF the Twelfth verse
of the Fourth Chapter of the book
Iof Amos, Prepare to meet thy God,
Israel These words are not addressed
to the unbelieving, to the unconverted
nor to the worldling; they are ad-
dressed TO Gods favored people, to
Israel, that people who have been
Favored of God with great light, and
Gods Israel, to a people who have
been favored with great light. And
II am aware, too, of the fact that
the people Of this city and this COM
immunity, as they come in to meet with
us. from the very nature of affairs
Iand circumstances as they see them,
will expect more of us than OF 9TH
ers who do not lay claim to all that
we lay claim to. The citizens of this
place have a right to expect more Of
us as Christian people than OF others
who do not have the light that we
profess to have.
There Is no question about the fact
that we have message for the world.
But my text suggests that Gods peo-
i pie, Israel, need to prepare to meet
4 Him. Now we who are here tonight
expect soon TO meet Him. That is the
desire of our hearts, that is the one
thing that has inspired us to hold
\ this camp-meeting We have come to-
. gether to open our hearts to the God
of heaven for better preparation for
that awful day when He shall appear
in His majesty to gather the saints OF
earth. IL is indeed a terrible thing
to fall into the hands Of the living
God and beloved, we can not AFFORD
to be satisfied with a simple form
a and profession, we cannot afford tc
Fl be satisfied with anything short o.
+ positive evidence that we are righ
N with God"
A The speaker then divided his sub
y ject into three parts, and commented
at length upon each.
First, the need OF preparation OF
our part ito meet our God in the Sab
bath. God has said. Remember th'
Sabbath day to keep 1t holy HI
knows of our cares and anxieties. ant
of the conditions around us in thi
world that press upon US and some
times makes us forget the duties. w
owe to him on the Sabbath. We d.
not want TO do that which the com
mandment forblds nor forget the du
= ties which should be performed upol
this holy days and thus deprive our
Z selves of the blessing that is de
signed for us in the Sabbath and sep
arate ourselves from the gracious
presence Of Him who made 1t AM
gave 1t TO us.
Now we have come TO the peopl
lof Marion with a name that Is YER
suggestive Seyenth-day Adventists
The very name would lead one witt
y not acquainted with our faitlf 4
Inquire as to its significance and y