The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-09-06
SEVENTH DAY t.DvENTlsTS TO
MEET IN OCALA


burg, Miami and otaer places in this
state are planning to attend the an
nual camp meet and business SEES
sion of the Florida conference of the
Seventh Day Adventists, which will
be held in Ocala October 3-14.
Pastor r. w. Parmale of Orlando Is
president of the conference and Mrs.
H. G. Strnger of the same city is sec
retary-treasuurer
The camp grounds, which will be
about three blocks from the court
house, will resemble city of tents,
as the campers Will live in tents dur
ing their stay here. and the daily
meetings will be held in large canvas
pavilion. The largest pavilion will
be used for the preaching services
and business sessions, while the
smaller pavilions will be for the
young peoples and childrens meet
ings. with a separate tent for dining
purposes, where only vegetarian
meals will be served. Practically all
Seventh Day Adventists are vegetari-
ans.
While practically all of the minis
ters in the Florida conference and
many of the other church workers
and church-school teachers will attend
the camp meeting, and several minis
tcrs from other conferences are also
expected In addition to President
Parmele, those who will attend from
the Florida conference are Pastors
V. Thompson, w. K Achenbach, w.
l.. Bird, j. E. Caldwell, r. H. Brock,
r. G. Stringer, j. c. Mikkelson and
LuZerne Thompson
in connection with the conference
sessions officers will be elected, re-
ports from the different departments
read. and plans for the advancement
OF the gospel throughout the state OF
Florida outlined.
Seventh Day Adventists have no
creed but the Bible, and they accept
this book from Genesis to Revelation
as the divinely inspired work of God.
They accept the ten commandments
as the eternal and interchangeable rule
of Gods moral government They be-
lieye that the Bible teaches the sec
Ond personal advent of Jesus Christ
10 this earth. While they do not
claim to know the definite date of his
return. they believe it will occur in
this generation. They believe that
there are numerous signs recorded
I'm the Bible, which, when they are full
filled. will mark the approach of the
Savior They believe still further
that nearly every one of these divine
predictions have been definitely and
literally fulfilled, and thus the advent
is near.
These people further believe that a
definite advent message is due the
world today, and that they have been
called to give that message Inl
speaking of the teachings of the de-
nomination. one of the ministers said
Our message is summarized in
Revelation 14:6-12. Here are three
messages which combine into one,
and thus form one great, worldwide,
three-fold message, which is immedi-
ately succeeded by the second advent
"A careful perusal of the message
shows that it is Gods final and
mighty protest against sin, errors of
doctrine and corruption of every
form, both in and out of the church.
II is not merely the PRONUNCIATION of
certain sins. but it is a definite call
for reformation on every point of doe
trine which has ever been obscured
by indifference and apostacy. 1t is
Gods final plea for a return to prim
Tive Christianity, and a fearful warn
ing against the worldliness and friv-
olities of the present age"
The movement with which Seventh
Day Adventists are connected began
in 1915, when Captain Joseph Bates
OF Fair Haven, Mass. began the pro-
mitigation of the message now going
20 the world From that humble be-
ginning the message has gone to AZ
countries of the world. declare lead
ers OF the denomination
Considerable attention is paid by
the denomination to the distribution
OF literature When the literary fea-
ture was started copy of all the
printed matter of the denomination
could be purchased for a few cents,
while today. it is claimed, it would
take 1925 to buy a copy of each pam
phlet. tract. periodical and book pub
lished by the denomination. Twenty
eight publishing houses are conduct
ed in different parts of the world, and
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