Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-19

Gardner, Bethel; H. ". Reed, Madi
son; NJ. Steuckrath, Milwaukee; L
E. Wellman, Clearwater Lake; P. C.
Hanson, Poy Sippd; j. B. Scott, Che
TEX; F. Stebbeds, Clearwater Lake
W S. Shreye, Boscobel; Louis Drewe
Oshkosh; Israel Hill, West DePere ;
S. Sorenson, Washburn; H, ". John
son, Stevens Point; H. F. Graf, Mil
Waukee-
More than one hundred family tent
will be erected in addition to payil
lions for the business sessions and
evening services, young peoples meet
ings, and meetings for the Germans
and Scandinavians- There viii be a
special medical tent with phYsi clans
and trained nurses in charge Special
music will be rendered by a large
choir and ah orchestra
During the camp-meeting sermons
will be preached on The Judgment, tn
Second Coming of Christ, The Millen-
MUM, The Inheritance of the Saints,
the State of the Dead, Nature of Man,
The Law of God, Office and Work of
the Holy Spirit, History and Des-
tiny of Satan, and other doctrinal
and practical subjects.
During the business sessions plans
will be outlined for the advancement
of the denomination in this part OF
the country during the next year; Ii
censes and credentials issued, Off
GERS elected and appointments made.
) In the year 1916 the SeNenth-day
Adventists, as a denomination real
Y had their start At that time one
man Captain Joseph Bates, of Fair
Haven, Mass, proclaimed in part, the
doctrines and teachings of this peo-
pie. Starting in obscqlrity and power
ty, it has grown in power of numbers
and extended i'm influence, until to-
day the sun never sets but upon
their organized work. Thus within
a period Of less than seventy years
they have so covered the fact of the
earth that there is scarcely a coIn-
try where their workers may not be
found. During this time they have
raised and expended in the prosecu-
tion of this work something over
'$25, 100000
They believe in the second, literal,
PERSONAL coming of Jesus Christ but
while they believe and teach the near.
coming of the Master, they do not
now, neither have they ever set a
definite date for His return.
The 2, 7S9 local churches, with a
membership of ia, 900 untrammeled
in amy way, select and elect dele
gates to the local conferences; the
local conferences, in public aassembl.
elect delegates to the union confer
ences, which i'm turn elect their dele
gates to the General Conference.
L lie S6NtIIuTudy SuN N6lIIfouS 1ctfC
entered SO foresg1 fields, annd in ten
years have sent $50 adults abroad.
They now have in non-Christian and
nonrProtestant countries 586 foreign
missionaries, and 974 native workers
making a total of $50 workers. There
are 140 main stations, 1 Is sub-stationt
Alb churches with a membership Of
II, ,565. Then there are 13 regular
training schools with an enrolment
of about 500, besides the 1872 schools
and out-schools which enroll 6,730
pupils Directing those schools are
103 foreign and 265 native teachers.
The work of eXcavating for the
new bank at Nekoosa was started
Friday. A. F. Billmeyer, the archi
tect, has a crew of men at work ex-
cavating. The work of construction
will be pushed forward as rapidly as
possible.
TRY a WANT AC.