The Delta independent., 1912-10-04
ADVENTIST MINISTER ON THE
SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Pastor E. A Curtis, president of
the Western Colorado Conference of
Seventh-Day Adventists preached on
the signs of the Times at the big
tent at the conference camp at Delta
Tuesday night, offering as proof that
We are living very near the end of the
world, a number of prophetic state
merits. and applying them to condi-
ticnf and things with which all are
lamiliar at this time.
Modern inventions book learning and
- II generally, as well as the almost
IL ersal travelling to and fro OF man
kind today were declared to be fore
tc Il. to the prophet by the angel over
tp enty-five hundred years ago in the
words. But thou, Daniel, shut up
the words and seal the book, even to
the time of the end; many shall run
tc and fro and knowledge shall be in
creased" Dan. 1874
The following remarkable prophecy
of Nahum 3-5 was next presented:
"The chariots shall be with flaming
torches in the day of his preparation,
shaken. The chariots shall rage in
the streets, they shall justle one
against another in the broad ways;
they shall seem like torches. they
shall run like the lightenings. He
shall recount his worthless; they shall
stumble in their walk" Application of
this scripture was made to the modern
heavy 'n'.: cad and trolley cars with
their glaring headlights. speeding
along SO rapidly as to cause the very
earth to tremble, while the conductor
collects tickets, working and rework-
ing he train as station after station
is r; ssed, and the passengers who
'env- .neir seats while the train is in
motion stumble in their walk etc.
The abnormal concentration of
wealth as we see it today. the oppres-
sion of the less fortunate, the driving
of the laboring world to evaporation
ty greed of capital, their consequent
revolutionary outcries, etc. were cited
as fulfillments of James 5:11-6: 'Ye
rich men, weep and howl for your
garments are motheaten. Your gold
of them shall be witness against
you, and shall eat your flesh as 1t were
fire. Ye have heaped treasure to-
gether for the last days. Behold, the
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your fields, crieth. and the cries of
them are entered into the ears of the
Lord. Ye have lived In pleasure on
the earth and been wanton," etc. That
conditions at this time could not reas-
onably be mistaken was held on the
ground that in the third, seventh and
eighth verses it is plainly and positive
ing. for the coming of the Lord
draweth nigh"
Second Timothy 3:1-5 was next pre-
sented, This know also, that in the
For men shall be lovers OF their own
selves, covetous. boosters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents.
unthankful, unholy. without natural
affection, trucebreakers, false accus-
ers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of
those that are good. traitors. heady.
highminded. lovers of pleasures more
than lovers of God; having form of
godliness, but denying the power
thereof; from such turn away"
The worldwide peace movement
with is international conferences at
The Hague was held to be nothing
more nor less than a fulfillment OF
prophecies found In lisa. 2:3-5 and
Mich. 4 "a wherein 1t is predicted
that many people and nations mot
the word of Cod will be proclaiming
peace and safety and expecting the
beating of swords into plowshares and
spears into pruninghooks. The prop
hecy Of Joel, which does contain the
measure of the Lord shows this great
movement to be without scripturaI
authority.