The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-26
turks OUTLOOK
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Elder Porter Of Seventh Day
Adventists Predicts DISCO
luton Of Dominion.
TEXT FROM THE BIBLE
"Armageddon in Prophecy" Was Tide
Of Sermon Given Before
1000 Persons.

The TURK Will, oeIorc long, De uriEen
from Europe and will place his temporary
capital In Jerusalem, and shortly there
after the Ottoman dominion in Asia Will
come to an. end. This will constitute a
sign that the worlds Armageddon Is
about to break in such fury as the his
tory of the past presents no parallel.
said Elder r. c. Porter. of Cape Town,
South Africa, president of the South
African Union Conference of Seventh
day Adventists, yesterday afternoon. in
a forceful address on "Armageddon In
Prophecy" at the world conference of
Seventh-day Adventists at Takoma Park,
in a special preaching service at which
there were about 1900 people.
He said in part:
..In connection with the prophecy of
the driving out OF the Turk, the Prophet
Joel says: Let the heather be awak-
ened and come up to the Valley of
Jehosaphat, to this last-day battle. The
heather shall then have to be reckoned
with in this Armageddon battle Of the
last days. They must first awake and
prepare for war
Countries Awakening.
In fuIfIlment OF this prophecy. Japan
has awakened, and China Is waking.
China is sending her young men to the
military schools Of Europe and America.
The government. from her staid customs
of forty centuries, is giving alarming
evidences of an awakening TO war.
The Armageddon battle will doubtless
be a religious war. The different religious
bodies of the world are becoming very
jealous for the triumphs Of their religious
creeds. The talk of holy war Is not con-
fined to Mohammedans. 1t may be traced
also to Catholicism, Professionalism, and
heathenism.
"Armageddon is near to Jerusalem in
the Holy Land. 1t is situated near Mount
Megido, from which its name is derived.
In speaking of this battle in which the
kings Of the earth and the whole world
are to share, John the Revelator safd:
And he gathered them together into n
place called in the Hebrew tongue
The professedly Christian nations will
gather at Jerusalem in anticipation OF
establishing Christ's kingdom OF eternal
peace by the sword of international con-
quest over the heather nations. and there
they will meet their fate: for the kfngdo's
of God Is not entered In that way. IL Is
entered by heart conquest.
The attempt to establish the kingdom
OF God by the sword is a scheme OF
Satan with which to ensnare and ruin the
world in the last days. The end of that
way is death. But the kingdom OF Goo
is not war and unrest. The kingdom OF
God is righteousness, peace, and Joy in
the holy ghost
Message from East Africa.
A message was received yesterday at
the encampment bearing greetings from
the Kavirondo people OF British East
Africa, where the Seventh-day Adventists
have a mission station II was trans
lated to the delegates by Elder o. A.
Carscallan. of Gendia, Kisuma, who is in
charge of the mission work among this
tribe.
Coming from the source of highest
authority in the denomination the con-
ference was stirred yesterday by a
strong appeal to its ministry to turn its
attention and efforts permanently TO the
work of soul-saving rather than to in
stitutional work. This address was de-
livered by Elder A. @. Daniels president
of the general conference. He has filled
this Office for twelve years, thus having
had opportunity to observe the needs OF
the work OF the denomination.
The committee on committees sub
mitted a report yesterday recommending
that Elder z. W. Farnsworth, of Oak
land. Cal, the president Of the California
take the place OF Elder G. A.
Irwin, whose funeral service WAS held
yesterday. on the committee of nominal
tons, and that Elder Charles Thompson,
of Minneapolis, Mimi, president of the
Northern union conference, be an addi-
tional member of the nominating COM
mittee. The report was adopted.
The report of the Lake Union confer
ence, consisting of Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, and Wisconsin, was submitted
by its president, Elder Allen Moon, OF
Chicago. He showed that the total tithes
and offerings to missions for the four
years had amounted to Se75,0oo. There
are Ave training schools in this territory,
one college with a total enrolment of
!. 1874 students, three sanitariums, as Sab
members, and the book sales for four
years had amounted to s2s4, 1851.
The report of the Northern union con-
ference, consisting of Iowa, Minnesota,
and North and South Dakota, was sub
mitted by its president. Elder Charles
of Minneapolis. 1t showed
that in its territory there are 232 evan
gelical workers, four training schools, one
seminary, thirty-four church schools,
four sanitariums: that 1,40o new men,
bers were added during the four-year
term; that s41S,96 90 had been paid in
tithes and sa34. 1850 as offerings to mis-
sions: that s1s2,61434 worth of books had
been sold There are S23 Sabbath schools
in the territory with 7,251 members, and
young peoples societies, with
SIS members, which report 356 CONVEX
sions during the quadrennial period.
The report of the Siberian union mis-
sion was submitted by Elder Guy Dali, of
Hamburg, Germany. the secretary of the
European division conference. and in de-
scribing the territory of this mission he
Germany's, and fifty-six
Great Britain's." This field has thirty
two evangelical workers and was adding
l0 new members year, its present mem
bership being LOO. It is selling about
3 coo worth Of denominational literature