The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-24
ADVENTIST CAMP
IS IN FULL SWING
STATE CONFERENCE N TENTED
CITY FORMALLY ORGANIZED
by PRESIDENT STONE.
ROUTINE SERN ED
DELEGATES CONTINUE 70 ARRIVE
AND MORE TENTS ARE FITCH
ED--sPECIAL SERVICES
FOR TO-DAY

The Virginia Conference Of seventh
Day Adventists. with more than a
hundred delegates present and others
arriving on every train. was formally
tented city adjoining Byrd Park The
regular camp routine was observed
yesterday, which was ushered In with
the rising bell at . so A devotional
meeting was held In the pavilion al
6 o'clock. and morning worship in the
tents at S.30. At II o'clock presi
dent W. j. Stone formally organized
the conference with brief address,
which was followed by the routine
business OF seating the accredited
delega. es.
At o'clock in this afternoon the
FIRST Of the gospel medical meetings
was held This was conducted by Or.
Olive G. Ingersoll. a graduate of the
University of Michigan, who is medical
secretary of the Virginia conference.
The Coming of Christ.
The evening service at O'Clock
was conducted by Elder J. II. \,
Tindall, of Richmond who preached
from the text on The Coming OF
Christ" The preacher exe1nplified the
tenets of the doctrine held by the de-
nomination in his sermon. declaring
that while Seventh Day Adventists
did not profess to know the day nor
the hour of Christ's coming. they did
know that his coming Was near d;
hand: that he would come during the
lifetime OF the present generation. Nor
do they believe that ne will come in
person, but that he will send his
angels to reap the harvest.
Many who are living now, declared
the preacher, will not see death-~-they
will be here at the harvest time, and
while the faithful will be taken to
paradise. the wicked who are living
viii be electrocuted. as it were. by
the intensity OF his glory.
Hymns Illustrated.
The hymns, which were rendered
by a special conference choir, were
illustrated with stereopticon views, the
illustrated text and descriptive pic
lures being thrown on the screen as
1.-THE choir sang the words. The hymns
were Jesus is Coming Again." Be
hold the Bridegroom" and CLEANS OF
the Golden Morning"
To-day, which Is observed by the
Seventh Day AdTentists Is Sunday
viii be marked by special services. The
entire camp Will De organized luh d
Sunday school for instruction during
the day and the choir will render spe-
cial music, Services to which the
public is invited will re held at l. A,
NJ. and 8 and s =. NJ. The evening
service will be a gospel medical meet
ing in charge Of r. y. Fardener and
J. p. Reavis The lectures will be
Illustrated with stereopticon views. A
number OF those prominent In the de-
nomination arrived yesterday. Pro-
fessor n +. Butler. president OF Mt
Vernon college: Elder G. NJ Snow
general director Of religious literary
work; Or. Wilcox. editor Of the Ad
vent Review and Sabbath Herald, ar
rived yesterday. w w. Prescott
secretary OF religious liberty work; n.
r, Ashton. union conference score
tary, and Professor III. r. Salisbury,
general educational secretary, viii
arrive the first Of the week. A mum
her Of new tents were stretched yes
terday 10 accommodate the increasln S
influx of delegates.