The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-06-26
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,plRees viii attend and while, here VIII
Elise Ia tents, a..
The needing Will be held al aonth
Side OF LOOP Park, which has been Sc
Ecupsd from, the Monongahela Valley
Traction Company. There viii be
EyeEy ample ACCOMMODATIONS for the
campers al these grounds, among
(which Will be a grand STAND with a,
seating capacity of 1000, where the
principal services Will be held, There
Will also. be. used TWO large tents. one
for dining purposes. and tie other for
young; peoples and chlldrenS meet.
linga Special efforts VIII be put forth
during the campmeetipg for the con.
Version Of the young, people, A fea.
iture Of the. dining tent Will. be that
Eonly vegetarian meals viii be served
las, practically all seyenth.day Adyen-
lists abstain from the eating OF llesn
foods, d
|, This will be the 25th annual meet,
ing OF the West Virginia Conference,
and some interesting sessions are
promised Pastor Frank II. Robbins,
81; Morgantowl, who "a the president
Of the organization, Will read his an
npal repost, as will Mr.. Us. Barro@s
the neutrality-suspicious.. and the de
|partment. secretaries; officers Will be.
selected, and plans outlined for the
advancement Of the denomination in,
West Virginia during the coming year
Z, Delegates from the different church.
es; Of the, denomination in the Stale
Will attend the meetings as will prae
tlcally all the ministers and several Of
the leaders from the General Confer.
erce, the governing body Of the de.
nominations ,ShnSe headquarters are.
III Takoma Park, D. c. Among the
ministers lsho, are, planning to attend
are +. B; Paine i. M wilcox3apd
IA, JfHaysIhert from the General Con:
ference Prof S; N. Butler Of Mount
Vernon, Ohio; N. S. Ashton, Pitts
|!burgh! ,Ra.T l.. G, Bigelpw, Washington,
-. G.: Charles Baierle, Fairmont; Jnoy
II. Steele Martinsburg; II F. Gibson,
Charleston; i. ID. Richardson. Wheel.
ling; T. W, Thlrlwells Parkersbnrg;
and President Robbins, of Morgan.
town. Meetings for the public viii be
held insthe forenoon, afternoons, and
evenings. A cordial invitation 10 ex.
tended to every one to attend these
meetings. n y
Seventh-day .Adyentists have no
creed but the Bible, and they accept
Fthis book from GenesIs 70 Revelation.
as the, diyinely inspired;word Of God.
They accept the ten commandments,
rs, the eternal and interchangeable rule
Eos God s.moral government. They be.
lleye.t that the Bible teaches the sec
ond' personal advent OF Jesust chrish
to- this earth. While, they do not claim
to'knpw the'defnite fdata Of Itiis'fes
Eturl. they believe iitwfll occaf,fHs this
IseHeEation., \ They believe that there.
Fare numerous signs recorded In the
Bible, which, when they are fll6llel,
win mark ttheiabp r6aehiof the Savior.
They believe still further that nearly.
every one of those divine predictions
have been definitely and literally full
| filed. and thus the adventais near
These people further believe that p
tdefdite Advent message is sdue the
| world today. and that they have been
called to give that message. In speak
Ing Of the teachings of the denomina-
Itipn, one OF the ministers said:
Our message is summarized in Rev.
citation 14:6.12. Here, are three mes
sages which combine into. one, and
thus form one great, worldwide, three.
fold, message, which is Immediately
d succeeded by the second. advent.
/ IA careful. perusal OF the. message
i shows that tits Gods final and mighty
\ protest against sin,s errors Of doctrine
and corruption Of every FORM; both II
/ and out ohthe, church. 1t Us not mere
{ ~ thespromulgatlonto of certain 'isms,
:butlit is a definite call.tfor reforma
!. ton on every point of doctrine which
has ever been obscured 'bv. .indNar
ence and apostacy. . 1t is Gods fina
Ip!ca for a return to primitive Chris
.Epanity, and a fearful warning agains
1.-THE worldliness and frivolities. of the
present age" =
The movement with which Seventh
day-Adyentlsts are connected, begal
: in 1S45, whenRCaptaln. Bates, Of Fail
j Haven, Mass, began the PRONUNCIATION
, or the message, now going to th!
t world. From that lesbegnning
/. the message has gone, to A countries
! OF the world, declare leaders of thu
3 denomination. In a report by tn,
!, statistical secretary, Of the Genera
| Conference OF the work accomplished
]. up to theaclose ofs191oi he said tina
r the denomination has organized 10
local conferences, which are, diyidel
Into 20 union conferences. 81 missions
! nearly $500 evangelical workers
|. nearly 5000. churches and more thai
;, Eng mn ha1lnvaru Tho atotIuficnl q or