The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-08-23

pleasure, and interesting services are
promised. Not only will practically
all of the ministers in the Oklahoma
conference be present, but several of
the leading ministers from other con-
ferences will also be present.
The daily program will be as fol
lows:
$50 a. m.-Rising Bell
600 a. m.-Devotional Services.
700 a. m.-Breakfast
500 a. m.-District, Children's. and
Ministers Meetings.
300 a. m.-Conference.
11:00 a. m.-Preaching.
100 p. m-Dinner.
800 D. m.-Conference.
600 p. m.-Children's and kYoung
Peoples Meetings.
500 p. m.-Preaching
900 D. m.-Retiring Bell.
10000 p m.-Silence.
There will be preaching both in Eng
lish 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 meetings promise to
be interesting. These sessions will
lie held at the regular appointed hours
each day except on Saturday, which
is observed as the Sabbath by SEN
enth-day Adventists, according to the
:" Fourth Commandment of the Deca-
logue, to keep holy the seventh day,
when no secular affairs will be trans
acted During these meetings, reports
will be rendered by the president;
secretary-treasurer; secretaries Of the
Educational, Young Peoples. and Re-
ligious Liberty departments, and the
various ministers; officers will be
elected, and plans and recommends
tions laid before the delegates for the
advancement of the denomination
throughout the state of Oklahoma.
6eventh-day AdyeHtists have no
creed but the Bible, and they accept
this book from Genesis to Revelation
as the divinely 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-
Iieve it viii loccur in this generation
They believe that there are numerous
signs recorded in the Bible which,
when they are fulfilled, will mark the
approach of the Saviour. They be.
lieve 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 14:6-12. 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 adj
vent.
"A careful perusal of the message
shows that it is Gods final and
mighty protest against sin, errors af
doctrine, and corruption of every form
both in and out of the church 1t is
not merely the PRONUNCIATION of Ger
tain fsms, but it is definite call for
reformation on every point of doc
: trine which has ever been obscured
By indifference and apostasy. It is
Gods final plea for a return to primi-
tive Christianity, and fearful warn
ing against the worldliness and frivol-
tiles of the present age
The movement with which Seventh
day Adyentists 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 At
countrie so fthe world declare leaders
of the denomination. In report just
compiled by the statistical secretary,
it is stated that the force of evange-
listic and institutional laborers
y throughout the world is 1887. which
makes an average of one worker for