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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CON
FERENCE AND CAMP MEETING

ference ana camp meeting OF the FLOR
ida conference of Seventh-day Adven-
fists, which are being held in the en-
campment on Oklawaha avenue, are
being we'll attended. Several hun
| dred people were present at the Sun
| day evening service, at which Evan
gelist Carlyle B. Haynes of Atlanta
| delivered an address on The Great
Seal of Jehovah"
At the Sunday morning business
| session Of the conference, the COM
mittee on plans. which had been pre-
yiously appointed, submitted a par
tial report containing six resolutions,
the first of which was a resolution of
| thanksgiving for the success which
has been seen in all departments of
the conference work during the year
The next three dealt with the work
of the evangelistic colporteurs of the
conference, and the fifth and sixth
! resolutions outlined the plans for the
work of the Sabbath schools of the
conference, and recommended that
all Sabbath school teachers take the
teachers training course, which had
been recommended by the general
conference Sabbath school depart
ment.
At the afternoon business session
on Sunday, DR. ]. E. Caldwell OF Or
lando, who is the secretary of the
medical missionary department of the
conference, and the medical superin-
tendent of the Florida sanitarium at
Orlando, which is an institution be-
longing to the Florida conference, de-
liyered a splendid report of this in
stitution Among other things he
said that this was probably the only
sanitarium in the state Of Florida at
which, though the best medical skill
was employed, yet great dependence
was placed in divine power to heal,
| and before each operation was per-
formed or special treatment given, the
physicians and nurses at the santa
rum knelt before God and prayed for
divine assistance in their work
At the Sunday night preaching SER
vice great crowd was in attendance
Mr.. Haynes concluded his considera-
ton of the prophecy OF the Seven
Seals in the Book of Revelation, un-
dor tho tOrio 0e UTbo rroo+ Cool 80
Jehovah" He said that this prophecy
predicted the appearance in the world
at the present time of a great mes
sage, the most prominent feature Of
which would be a reform on the Sab
bath question, calling Gods people
back to the observance of the sew
enth-day Sabbath. He declared that
this message had come in fulfillment
! of the prophecy and that it was at
the present time spreading rapidly
over the earth, and that it would close
up with the second advent of Jesus
Christ
In the business session yesterday
morning the committee on plans sub
mitted another partial report, which
also contained a number of resolu-
tions.
The preaching service yesterday
morning was conducted by Elder G. l..
Butler Of Bowling Green, who recount
ed in an interesting way some of the
experiences in the building up of the
denomina ional work
Yesterday afternoons preaching
service was led by Elder ". H. Heck
man of Philadelphia, the president Of
the Eastern Pennsylvania conference
Last nights preaching service was
led by r. W. Parmele of Orlando, who
delivered an address on The Lord
Day, the Test of the Ages"
The program for today has been an
nounced as follows:
This mornings devotional service at
6 o'clock will be led by Elder G. B.
Thompson of Washington, D. c. Ell
der Thompson will also deliver SER
mon at the II o'clock preaching SER
vice this morning.
This afternoon at 2:30 Prof H. NJ.
Hiatt of Atlanta, the secretary of the
educational department of the South
eastern Union conference, will deliver
an address on Christian Education"
Tonight at the preaching service.
Elder G. B. Thompson, who has been
around the world several times, visit
ing the mission stations that Seventh
day Adventists are operating, in near
ly every country, will deliver an ad-
dress recounting the experiences
which he has had in mission fields
under the subject, The Progress of
the Advent Message"
REPORTER.
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