The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-08-19


800 a. m.-Conference
11:00 a. m.--Preaching.
100 p. m.--Dinner.
400 D. m.-Conference.
600 p. m.-Chlldren's and Youni
Peoples Meetings.
800 .. m.-Preaching.
300 p. m.-Retiring Bell
1000 p. m.-Silence.
There will be preaching both in Eng
iish and German at the same time
The public Is invited to attend the
preaching services. A night Bible
prophecies as applied to present day
happenings will be explained.
The business meetIngt at -
be interesting. These sessions prl
be held at the regular appointed hours
each day except on Saturday, which
is observed as the Sabbath by SEN
enth-day Adyentists, according to the
Fourth Commandment Of the Deca.
iogue, to keep holy the seventh day,
when no secular affairs will be trans
acted. During these meetings, reports
viii be rendered by the president;
secretary-treasurer; secretaries Of the
Educational, Young Peoples, and Re-
ligious Liberty departments, and the
various ministers; officers win be
elected, and plans and recommends
tions laid before the delegates for the
advancement OF the denomination
throughout the state OF Oklahoma.
Seyenth-day Adventists have no
creed but the Bible. and they accept
this book from Genesis to Revelation
as the diyInely inspired Word of God.
They accept the Ten Commandments
as the divine and Interchangeable rule OF
Gods government. They believe that
the Bible teaches the second personal
advent OF Jesus Christ TO this earth.
While they do not claim TO know the
definite date OF His return, they be-
lieve 1t will loccur in this generation
They believe that there are numerous
signs recorded In the Bible which,
when they are fulfilled, will mark tne
sGproach Of the Saviour They be
lieye still further that nearly every
one Of those divine predictions has
been definitely 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. In speak
ing of the teachings OF the denomina-
ton, one OF the ministers said
Our message Is summarized in
Revelation i4.6.12. Here are three
messages which combine into one,
and thus form one great, worldwide,
three-fold message. which is imme.
diately succeeded by the second all
vent.
"A careful perusal of the message
shows that ii Is Gods final and
mighty protest against sin, errors II
doctrine, and corruption OF every form
both in and out of the church. 1t Is
not merely the PRONUNCIATION of GER
tain 'isms. but II is a definite call for
reformation on every point of doc
trine which has ever been obscured
by indifference and apostasy. It isl
Gods final plea for return to primi
tive Christianity, and fearful warn
ing against the worldliness and friyol
tiles of the present age"
The movement with which Seventh
day Adventlsts are connected began
in 1916, when Captain Joseph Bates.
of Fair Haven, Mass, began the pro-
mitigation of the message now going
to the world From that humble be.
ginning, the message has gone to ~
countrie so fthe world declare leaders
of the denomination In a report Just
compiled by the statistical secretary
it is stated that the force of eyange.
listic and institutional laborers
throughout the world is s,SS7, which
makes an average OF one worker for
every twelve members in the denoml
nation
The total contributions for all lines
OF eyangelistic work for the entire
world, during 1911, according to this
report, was $2,S6S. .OSs 30. of this
amount the members in the United |
States contributed sl,679,54S92, orI
71,9S per cent; the COMMITMENTS in
all other countries contributed $685.
544.s7, or 2s.92 per cent The net gain
in contributions for 1911 was $780,
23077, or 6.27 per cent.
The total contributions to foreign
missions for the membership in the
United States was $5lO. .429.s4, a per
capita of s7S2 for last year The re-
port also states that during 1871 more