The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-01-29
REVIVAL BEGINS IN CHURCH
OF SEVENTH -DAY ADVENTISTS

In connection with the revival in the
Seventh.day Adventist church, which
began last night, there is being held a
colportuers' institute, which will last
for ten days. MIR. j. W. Davis, Of
Nashville, Tenn, Field Missionary
Agent of the Southern Union Con
ference, arrived in Welsh Wednesday,
and will have immediate charge of the
institute. He will be assisted by G. B.
Boswell of Alexandria, Field Mission.
airy Agent Of Louisiana who arrived
Wednesday also. The following per.
sons have already reached here to
attend the institute, and a number of
others are coming: Mr.. and Mrs. K.
W. Paul of New Orleans, E. E. Eaton of
Shreveport, Mr.. McGilfrey of Lena,
Miss Lura Reed and Mr., Wheeler Of
Lake Charles, and Misses Bethel and
Viola Mann OF Shreveport. Others are
expected from Arcadia, Dunn. Coving-
ton, Jena and Hope Villa. Pastor S. E.
Wight OF Nashville, Tenn, will arrive
in Welsh to-day to assist in the meet.
ings Pastor Wight is the President
OF the Southern Union Conference, com.
prising the local Conference OF Louisi.
ana, Mississippi, Alabama. West Tenne.
see and Kentucky.
Pastor Parmele spoke last night on
."Will the Old Book Stand" TO an appre.
ciatlve audience. The new opera seats
have been installed, and they with the
superb electric Lights make the church
very attractive. One feature of the
meeting last night was an illustrated
song, sung by Mr.. Parinele. 1t was the
time honored Ninety aud Nine" and
Was illustrated by a good collection CT
StereopticOn slides.
Mr.. Parmele has just purchased a
new instrument to illustrate his dis.
courses. 1t is lantern slide and
Opaque protector. With it he is able to
show pictures from lantern slides, and
instantly change from that to original
pictures. In Thu way magazine ar.
ticles, cartoons, or pictures of any kind
may be thrown upon the screen in their
original C0lorS.
In his sermon last night Mr.. Parmele
spoke of the efforts of evolutioniStS to
destroy faith in the simple Genesis
narrative of creation, baSing his re.
marks on the first chapter of the book
OF Romans. ut is sad fact" said the
speaker, but nevertheless true that
many well.meaning people have not
only been led into this error, but are
lending themse yes to its propagation.
| was profoundly impressed with this
thought as visited our National Mus.
cum in Washington City few months
ago. There fossil remains have been
built up with plaster of Paris, in an
effort to reproduce the supposed pre-.
historic animal. Upon these montroS.
tiles are tackled cards, indicating their
origin as being hundreds Of thousands
of years ago. But this leads minds to
discredit the plain record in the Bible,
which shows to have had it birth only
about six thousands years ago.
"One of the most convincing proofs
of the inspiration of that grand old
Book is given in its prophetic utter.
ances. In lisa. 44:s, God challenges the
world to do what he has done in the
sacred volume. Let all nations be
gathered together, He says, and let
the people be assembled; who among
hem can declare this, and show us
former things? Let them bring forth
their witnesses, that they may be jus.
titled: or let them hear and say it is
truth" In the course OF these meet.
ings, DR.. Parme will discuss many Of
these prophecies. The subject for to-
night will be 1.-THE Crash of Empires, F."
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