The Washington times., 1914-11-01
ADVENT|STS RESUME
CONFERENCE WORK
Sessions Will Continue Until
Tuesday, When New Cam
paiqn Will Be Outlined.

The Joint council of the General and
North American Dovision Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists. after having
refrained from ork yesterday, resumed
it work at Takoma Park today, and its
sessions will continue until Tuesday,
during which time the work of the past
year will be reviewed and tentative
campaign for the coming year outlined.
Several of the visiting ministers spent
Yesterday in preaching. The headquar-
ters church at Takoma Park was crowd
ed for the principal service. Elder ). n.
Haskell, one of the pioneers of the Ad-
vent movement, preached. his subject
being The Two Advents." He declared
that Just as there was a definite mes
sage proclaiming the first advent Of
Christ, so there is going TO the world
today gospel message 'prociaiming His
second advent. Elder Haskell referred
TO the time when the Seventh Day Ad-
Ventists had no publishing houses, and
had not We tsent out missionary to
foreign land. He then compared that
day with the present, with the AdVen-
lists controlling thirty-nine houses in
different parts of the world, and sup
portign missionaries in cighty-five coun-
tries.
r. Refers to European War.
The speaker also spoke OF the war
in Europe, and predicted that more
nations than are now engaged in the
conict will yet be involved. He said
that this conflict is prelude of p,
more terrible struggle, which will be
fought in the vicinity of Jerusalem,
called in the Rible the Battle of Ar
magedon. which will take place just
before the second return of the LORD.
Large congrega tions also attended the
services in the chapel of the Washing
ton Missionary College, the Memorial,
M. -. Oh,
A special meeting for the visiting
clergymen and others who have been in
attendance nt tie council was hell in
the afte' noGn
Work for Missionaries.
Eide r ~. Faap, formerly pastor Of
the First Church in Baltimore, has been
chosen secretary of the Home Mission
airy Depart mer' of the North American
Division CO3iC; cnCe.
Elder w. a Spicer, secretary Of the
mission ioarI of the General Confer
ence, annourCed that the Australas an
Union CO lfeIcnce has given s. az" to tire
Young men who are candidates for
ord nation to the gospel ministry should
be cOnsecrated, have character tnat is
unuueStiOned as to morality. should lie
qualified intellectually. and should know
they have been called to engage in Such
sacred endeavor, according to Elder /. h.
Evans, VINO Appeared 10 the leanlnB llieIi
sitting in annual council TO adopt new
methods that would elevate the standard
Of the ministry.
Elder O. A. Olsen, formerly president
of the general conference, said there is
no more important question in the Ad-
ventist Church than that Of a COnse-
Grated intellectual ministry.
Other Speakers.
Others who advocated higher
standard for the ministry included
Prof. E. c. Williams. president Of the
Columbia union conference; f. f. An
dross, president of the Pacific union
conference; w. G. White, of St. Hell
ena, Cal: Allan Boon. president Of
the Massa chusetts conference; r. A.
Underwood, president of the Central
union conference; S. n. Haskell. Of
South Lancaster. Mass. who has been
ordained Adventist minister fOrty-four
years. snd G. +. Watson, president Of
the Southwestern union conference, and
S. Mortenson, secretary Of the SWed-
ish department.
A committee composed Of Elders W.
G. White, O. A. Olsen. Allen Moon, i.
A. Underwood. S. W. Haskell. Z. ;.
/ -ongacre. and F. NJ. Wilcox was
chosen TO submit recommendations to
be adopted by the denomination elevat-
ing the standard Of the ministry.
The secretary's report shows the
total membership is now 1ll4.551, the in
crease for 1919 being u, ,79i.