Evening journal., 1911-09-20
ADVENTISTS
NAME OFFICERS
Roscoe 7. Eaer is Rel Cted
President Of Chesapeake
Conference at Dover Meeting
HEAR SERMON ON
DIVINITY OF CHRIST

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. Sept. 2o-The Seventh
Day Adventists' annual camp meeting
and conference has settled down TO a
steady round of religious and business
sessions OF the conference daily, the
fist al $50 In the morning. aud the
second al o'clock in the afternoon.
There are sthiee preaching services,
aud a number of other devotional
meetings. besides the young people
and cnildron's meetings.
A number of new delegates arrived
on the camp ground yesterday. New
arrivals are coming In continually. A
number OF ministers arrived late last
night from different parts of the East
Among them were Prof. B. G.. VIII
ldnson, Ph. d.. president of the Mt
Vernon (Ohio) College. and the pres
ident also Of the Columbia Union Con-
ferehce Of Seventh Day Adventlsts,
which includes the states Of New Jer-
sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland,
Delaware.l Virginia. West Virginia,
and the District OF Columbia. Pro-
fessor Wilkinson has Just returned
from a trip through Europe. With
Prof wilkinson was Elder /. @. Big
Glow. the secretary of the Young Peo-
Piles Department Of the Columbia
Union Conference.
This mornings devotional service
at s o'clock was conducted by Elder
Bieelow. He also delivered an in
teresting sermon az the afternoons
service on the sut ject of obedience. %
He emphasized the Thought that In
these last days Of the history OF the
earth Gods true people were under
special obligation to observe and obey
an of the ten commandments that
God gave on Mt S mai. the Sabbath
commandment with the others
All OF the time at the business ses-
sion at $50 yesterday was devoted
70 the report Of Elder Carlyle b.
Haynes, Of Baltimore. concerning his
great tent effort there this summer.
He reported that he had held ffty-four
meetings in the tent, and that nearly
n 600 people had tfended them, and
that about thirty new converts to the
teachings Of Seventh Day Adventists
had been made The church In Bal
timore is the largest church in the
conference. Mr. Haynes report
aroused a great deal of interest
The feature Of the afternoon busi-
ness session was the report OF the
committee on nominations. Elder
Roscoe r. Baer, of Baltimore, was re-
elected president OF the Chesapeake
Conference for the coming year, and
Miss Emma S. Newcomer, of Hagers-
to IN, Md, was reelected secretary
and treasurer. Elder Carlyle B.
Haynes of Baltimore, was' reelected
the secretary OF the RELIGIONS Liberty
Departmert of the Conference. ans
DR.. r S. Ingersoll. the medical super
intendent OF the Washington, ID. G
Sanitar.um, was re-clected as secre
tafy OF the Medical Department of tn
cnnference ThS final report OF th
nominating committee viii be brough
IN at the next business session Of tn
conference.
At the evening service last nigh
Prof b. G.. Wilkinson. Phi. D., of Wash
ingion, ID c., delivered an address oi
"The Divinity and Priesthood o
Christ" He dwelt at length on tn
thought that the doctrine of the d.
vinity Of Christ was being denied b.
many prominent religious leaders n
the church today, and the teaching
that Christ was no more than othe
men was becoming quite prevalent
He made strong appeal for loyalt.
upon the part of all Christians to th
great fundamental doctrine Of tn
Christian Church, the Divinity o
Christ. A large crowd was In at
tendance.