The Washington herald., 1909-05-24

A resolution eubOdying the request that (
members Of the Seventh-day Adventists' /
Church engage in campaign for total
abstinence was indorsed al the TakOma I
Park conference yesterday. which pledges /
that denomination 10 vote for entire I
prohibition"
The resolution was framed by the com
mittee on plans and finance, and reads as /
follows.
Whereas the liquor tratEc IS gigantic eril. COZ
dernasd by the Word Cf God ~ neiical and SCI I
eztidc investigation, and b. the experience Of all
tine and
Whereas II is destructive q lau. order. and The /
CiTlI nights q humanity, therefore
We rec1--De0d that o'r ministers. teacilers- payz
Cians Eurses. and people gc1eEally e1EaSe IL 4
vigorous campaisn n BEHALF q total abstinence b 1
means q lsc-uIes. GelUus-a-iJEs. and TIE cstrlhs
tion Of health and Temperance literature. ard TIA;
Whenever ecosistent or people by voice rsn and
vots pace themselves On rcc-Tc as favorable 10 is
res1ricti0n and entire prohibition.
Politics fn Discussion
When the question Of the liquor traffic I
was first 5rosched at the camp several 4
days ago, a number Of the delegates /
urged that no action be taken inasmUch 4
the church into politics.
Following the reading Of the resolution 4
at the morning session several Of the 4
elders brieay discussed It and almost /
unanimously favored lis adoption.
K. c. Rus ~ -ha first speaker. said:
Represent tanGs Un- 4
compromisin or traffic. 4
and in the IL reform, 4
it seems 10 SAX forth .
strongly UpOr charac- I
ter"
Declaring on owed I.
q debt OF s. nperalCe 4
people, 9. =. neces- )
sity Of throw. prohioi- /.
ton moveneL
George I 3 strong Z
Fl his remarks
Ths-e Is 10 churcn Of body q pe1pls that has /
stood u1zLiUCas,y and unCri T-slisirSy against
he liquor tTa1ic as has this chgrcA- S5F tkzt se 4
are Chased by With the saloon eIezaat think
We U0Cd better s7sak u th1Bier tones. TAT The i
people NAY know that i is not We aaTe not
bee1 ro-e6 f0- CT political ACTIVITY.
Nov, the sTeat movement We have sen II the
lzs- fen years among al tls States II seeDs u .
NE there Is nothing that WCId better advertise rs
s1Oog those hat are inclined 70 Temperance a1d i
s1ch important Issues a. that than fr Us 70 take
D
when the General C5nfreIcc II sessioa here spesEs
The sIblect ! think there Fll Be 70 qusz-laa as
% The-e We ss people belong and stand
Urged Due Consideration.
S. B. Horton said:
We ought 70 ;s careful how We deal with the
question. tAat w sdaI lot he a-7zye5 x1ta tie
question fr1n TIE political standpoint. b.s rather
from The s-and1otnt q r-inciDls alone 1rus- his
resolution VII Be Doc Only adopted but earnestly
carried cut
Elders J O. Corliss, L R Conrad R 4
Underwood, II. c. wucon, L. W. Graham.
W a Colcord- and G. W. Reaser also
spoke on the pending legislation. and ex-
pressed hope that the general conference
would pass the resolution.
The services al the encampment yes
teTday began with an interesting refer
ence 20 FIJI Island experiences. cited by
j E Fulton, superintendent Of the East
Indian mission. He related many in
stances, showing that the heather people
are ready 10 receive the GOSPEL. as well
as more enlightened nations A
4Ir. Fulton reported the conversion OF \,
the FiJI chief. who. after his conversion.
presented him with a club with which
he had slain twelve persons A dish was
also snoWn 70 the. audience IN which al
various times, was served Up the flesh OF.
human beings for food for this eannibaI
people. +!
The speaker reported I3 organized
churches. 100 Sabbath keepers, 2 tr1ining.
school, with thirty-five young men en-
rolled. and a girls school As an illus
tration OF the length Of words needed 10
express thought, MT. Fulton said the
Fills call the tern Seventl-day Adventists
Ma Lotu Sa Vakatabuya Ma Kavitu nj
Sisa ka Vakzbauta na Mona Lako vaka-.
rua Mai"
From to 3 O'Clock the twelve de-
partmencs took up the special lines OF
work assigned 20 each The subject fa
the medical department under considera-
tiOp was Diet from the Bible stand
point" conducted by A W Semmens. In
the missionary department. Prof. Il. r.
Salisbury led the study on the subject
OF Importance Of educational features
OF the missionary volunteer work IN
the Religious Liberty department the sub
ject Of study was Religious Liberty cam
paIgns. and how TO conduct them led
by K c Russell and J. 0. Coriiss In
the large pavilion a meeting OF all the
divisions Of the foreign work was con
Quoted.