Evening star., 1909-05-21
Subject of S. B. Horton Before
Adventists.
VALUE AS EDUCATOR
Teacher Of Religious Liberty Supe-
rior to Other Agents.
WORK IN THE OLD WORLI
Reports Made to Convention-Or.
ganization for Home Missions
Discussed.

Discussing "The Importance of the
Public Press in Teaching the Pfinci-
pies Of Religious Liberty" before this
mornings meeting Of the religious lib
erty department of the. Seventh Day
Adventists' general conference, Elder
S. B. Horton said:
1T must be recognized without ar
gument that this is a reading age. The
demand for Information and news has
resulted in an almost inexhaustible
supply Of literature Of various sorts
and character.
"And 1t goes without saying that so
far as the general public is concerned.
the daily ana weekly press as well as
the magazine has become a necessity.
Scarcely a family exists today where
the matter contained in the columns OF
the newspaper does not find access to
q greater or less extent. either directly or
indirectly.
mighty Factor in Affairs"
'The public press must. therefore. be
viewed as a mighty factor in the affairs
of everyday life. There is a measure Of
justification in proclaiming the old adage
ilC QCA 10 HISHlicI lI0H tic bWOio AC
press we'll illustrates this. For who is
prepared to deny that it contributes in
great measure to the molding of public
opinion and In shaping the affairs of the
body polite?
1.-The Importance and value of the news
paper is recognised by the politician. by
the merchant, by the purely social and by
the religious teacher. And it seems to me
that no people on the face of the earth
should have greater appreciation of the
value of the public press than Seventh
Day Adventists.
"There are those who have been reach
ed and will be reached by the voice Of
the living preacher and by the. can
vasser, by the faithful ministration Of
the Bible worker and nurse and the col
porteur. And l dare say there will be
found in the kingdom Of God some who
received the first rays Of the light of
present truth through the columns OF the
newspaper"
to general discussion were Elder J. g..
Wightman and Elder c. II. keslake.
other Subjects Considered.
At the meeting of the publishing depart
ment Suitable Organizations for Direct
ing Home Missionary Work. was the SUBJ
ject under consideration. Several new
ideas were advanced and discussed at
length. Mrs. Loretta kress, wife of the
doctor in charge of the Washington Ad-
ventist SanatOrfum, discussed Curriculum
and Text Books for Nurses before the
medical department this morning.
Reports OF the Adventists' work in the
islands of the eastern hemisphere COM
ing under the Australasian Union confer
ence were brought before the delegates
at the 1880 O'clock session of the confer
ence.
Elder o. A. Olsen. president of that
conference. presided. Elder F. M. Will
cox conducted the early morning devo-
tional service. discussing the need of
learning to live with God in everyday
life. The Bible study hour was in
charge Of Elder H. w. Cottrell.
At the late afternoon meeting this
afternoon. DR.. J. r: Leadsworth of the
Digestive Disturbances and Their
Treatment" The evening sermon will
be preached by Elder 4. w. Farms
worth.
Modern Education Denounced.
Modern teachings in American colleges.
both denominational, nOn-sectarian and
state, are uprooting the foundations of re-
ligion, society and state, according to the
statement Of Elder w. w. Prescott. editor
of the Review and Herald, in a sermon
preached last evening on the subject THE
Message for This Time Among the
things which came In for share of his
denunciation were affinities, soulmates,
scientific infidelity as taught by the
Christian Scientists, and the teaching of
the Emmanuel movement.
The elder declared that In his opinion
philosophy and habit are taking the place
of religion with many people of today and
anything that society will stand seems to
be the final Judgment on questions of NOR
alfty and general usage.
Religion is now interpreted as code
of Sunernatural DenaltieS to dragOOn fallen
men," he said.
Conference Jottings.
The official handbook of the Adventists
shows a total membership Of the denomi
nation of about 100000 throughout the en-
tire world. OF these more than 10000 are
residents of the United States A table
of the work in 1907 shows that there was
one missionary for every seventy believ
ers In the United States.
the press committee for the general
conference is composed Of Elders J. S.
washburn, s. B. Horton, w. A. Colcord
and ]. 8. Wightman.
The dining tent is conducted on the
cafeteria plan. and the service Is excel
lent. It is serious problem to provide
miles from market but the --ork is well
handled by j. r. Scott and p. G. Stanley.
with a faithful corps Of assistants.
The editorial committee ofthe Bulletin
is w. A. Spicer. c. p. Boilman. Mrs.
I. II. Evans. c. NJ Snow and +. E. Bow
en-. The special reporting staff for stem
ographic work for the Bulletin is II. E.
Rogers. C. c. Crisler, D. E. Robinson,
Miss Mertie Wheeler. B. P. Foote. E. B.
Beuchel, and Misses Carrie Bailey and
Elizabeth Zeidler will also assist.
The large meeting tent Is fitted up In
a satisfactory way. The floor renders the
place dry and clean. the chairs are COM
Portable and the platform arrangements
are admirable The only difficulty will
be to furnish sufficient accommodations
for the large number in attendance 1t
is probable that overflow meetings will
be held on Sabbaths and Sundays, when
the local attendance will be considerably
increased.
gates and visitors at the improvements