The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-08-27
A Church Of Persistent Faith

tion Of the seventh Day Adventists in
Roswell last week draws attention TO
u sect that has been most persistent in
the face of much encouragement, run
ming through Il long period Of interest
ing history, during which they have
grown to o membership Of more than
100000. The Adventist sect was found.
ed by William Miller, beginning with
his preaching in 1881, on no doctrinsl
creed or theory or ritual or church gov.
eminent, but the belief 10 the speedy
coming Of Christ to reign on earth; a
persuasion shared by NO many hundred
thousands of sects.--forming indeed an
essential foundation stone Of one con.
siderable body, the Catholic Apostolic,
that 1t hardly seems a basis for a
separate church; aud in fact il IL not
one, but six, each with a special creed
and organization. Mr.. Miller's study
of the Biblical prophecies, especially
the book of Daniel, had convinced him
that the coming was TO be bet ween
March ~, ls43 and March u, 1854: AT.
ter this time had passed, he was led to
believe that he had erred by a year in
m~istaking the Jewish year for the Ro.
man, which would be 1884 tho exact
date (if the prophecies even having
given IL TO the hour If We understood
them being October 24.5. Vast mul.
titudes, many being brst baptized by i'm.
mersion, assembled in different places
one group on an island in the Connecti.
cut River above HARTFORD not however
IN ascension robes, as usually stated, or
not generally; one lady went to Pales
time to meet her Savior hrst) some in
the feryor of their faith gave way their
property; and the excitement scarcely
Tagged till far in November. There
was a shut Door faction. who be.
lieved tnat on the tenth day Christ had
shut the door, and the tenth. day" de.
bate ana literature were considerable;
one of - feet.w Washers -; and in the
shock of disappointment, the Shakers re.
ccived considerable accessions. ON APP.
rl 20. lsij, Mr.. Miller called conven.
tion at Albany, y. T., OF the still faith.
ful cover $4,000 in ALL, which issued u
declaration of belief and adopted the
name of Adventists. The declaration
was that Christ will come soon but at
AN IN known time; that the dead both
just and unjust will arise, and will the
resurrection OF the saints the Millen.
MUM will begin; and that there is no
promise OF the world : conversion. and
the saints do not enter into their inheri.
lance AZ death. Mr.. Miller died in 1850,
but the sect has maintained its vitality
with remarkable persistence in the face
of repeated disappointmen,s, several
other periods having aroused wide hopes
among them. They now, however. in
general tx no specific date, but lik.
their fellows in other churches await the
hour in the Lord s good time. Their
church government is congregational,
save the Seventh Day Adventists and
the Church of Cad Originally one
have a general conference which is
supreme, Their baptism is by INNER
sion.
Their branches are: % The Evangeli
cal Adventists, formed in ls+5, who be
lieye in the resurrection of the saints
first to eternal bliss, and the wicked last
to eternal torment, but that all are con
scious after death while waiting. (2)
The Adventist Christians, organized 1861
who believe that the dead are uncon
%seious, that the wicked are punished by
humiliation, and that salvation is free
20 all who meet its conditions before
death. They are chiefly located in New
England, and their literature is publish.
ed by the American Millennial Associa
ton, Boston. They maintain home and
extensive foreign missions; the former
aided by the "Helper's Union a wo.
man auxiliary, (3) The Seventh Day
Adyentists, formed in ls45, who believe
as ~ concerning the dead; that the gift
OF prophesy still exists and was az.
corded TO Mrs. Ellen q. White; that the
United States is the Two. Horned Beast
that ls43 was u real fulfillment of pro
phecy, namely, the cleansing of the
sanctuary and the beginning of the
inyestigative judgment and that "a,
tai abstinence, vegetarianism, and by.
giene are part of religion. This is by
far the strongest Of all. Its headquar.
ters are at Battle Greek, Mich, and its
members are spread throughout the