The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
WAS BIG
DAY AT CAMPMtEE|AG
Prof. C. s. Longacre, Of Washington
Speaks Twice to Advcntists,
SAYS NEXT WAR INVOLVE ALL
Cannot Have Universal Peace While
Sin Continue--Quotes Prophecies to
Show Conditions Growing Worse.


Show Conditions Growing Worse.
| Asserting that the Bible points to
the fact that there will be a more
| terrible war than the one now going
! on in Europe, when all the nations
| of the world will be involved. and
further asserting that even though
every one should hope for universal
peace, yet such a condition will not
exist in the earth while sin continues.
/ Prof. G. S Longacre, of Washington,
1 u. c., gave a stirrine lecture on uni
versal Peace or Armageddon. Which ?"
at the Seventh Day Adventist camp
meeting on Beverly Street yesterday
afternoon. In the evening, Prof.
1Songacre lectured on The Signs Fore
telling that Christ's Coming Is Near"
| Yesterday was the big day" at the
camp meeting, and many hundreds of
persons from different parts OF the
! city were in attendance at both meet
fngs. Good music was given by a
mixed choir in both services. In the
.evening meeting a choir composed of
! Russians who reside at Yale, Va,
sang selection in their native Ian
guage
In hrs lecture In the afternoon,
Professor Lopgacre read a number OF
statements In different prophecies
showing that conditions will get worse
rather than better, and also, predicted
That the Turkish nation was doomed
TO humiliation. which event would
bring about the termination of the
earth's history. He spoke of the fall
Of the different universal Kingdoms
, 3abylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and
Rome. and then said that Turkey Is
also given its place in the Bible.
! Mr.. Longacre declared that Turkey
Is referred to in the Book of Daniel
as "the King of the North" and said
that that power today occupies the
Identical territory OF ancient Thrace
in Europe. Asia Minor. Syria and the
regions drained by the River Eu-
! pirates
The worlds history was to termin-
ate with the extinction OF the king
of the north according to the con-
GLIDING words of the prophecy found
in the eleventh chapter of Daniel" he
said. Since Turkey occupied the
place OF the king Of the north 1t
Turkish empire just before all things
earthly are dissolved
In a most graphic way the angel
told Daniel how the Turkish empire
was to madly rush into the last strug-
gle for its existence. but wouli go
down in the final crash of the notions
at the great battle of Armaeedion.
Pressing Turk To the WALL =
Tho prophecy implies that Turkey
will come to an end finally because
none shall help him This plainly
suggests that formerly Turkey had
been helped by other powers when
she was threatened with destruction.
For more than a century Turkey has
| been helped. so the balance of power
might be maintained in Europe. The
great nations in Europe by means Of
shifting diplomacy have kept the
Turkish empire rom being dismem-
bered in many threatening wars lest
II would involve the whole world In 4
most caiamitous disaster What
| philosophers, diplomats and rulers
/ have endeavored to avoid the pro-
/ phecy declared would surely come-'A
| time OF trouble, such as never was
since there was nation Yes, He
shall come to his end, and none shall
help him
! THE sacred Volume SAYS that when
| the king OF the north shalt come Z,
| his end in the valley of the Euphrates
and at Arrnaxeddon. which territory
In now ruled over by the Turk. II will
usher In the time OF trouble, such as
never was since there was nation
1t also SAYS that at that time Michael
! Christ shall stand up and at
/ that time thy people shall be de-
| livered, every one that shall be found
written in the book And many of
them that sleep in the dust of the
earth shall awake.'-Dan, 1912.
| The important question for each
| of us TO settle is not how we may en-
| ~. -t~E
| for when Turkey goes down the whole
world goes down in universal crash
! The very next verse following the ac-
count OF the battle of Armageddon
says And there came a great voice out
! of the temple of heaven. from the
| throne saying. IT is done. And there
were voices and thunders. and light
! nings: and there was a great earth
quake such as was not since men
were upon the earth so mighty an
earthquake, and SO great and the
cities of the nations ell.'--Rev. 16:lT-
10.
World Warned of Its Doom.
Instead OF peace there will be de-
struction. For thus hath the Lord
said, the whole earth shall be desc
late,' and I beheld,' said the prophet,
! and all the cities thereof were brok-
en- down at the presence of the Lord,
and by His fierce anger Jer. 4:2S. 81.
The question for us to settle now Is
whether our names are written in the
Book OF Life Gods sacred Book pre-
dlcted all this that we might not put
our trust In princes. nor lean on the
arm of flesh in the anal day of trou
BILE. but lay our treasures up in
heaven God has warned the world
of its impending doom. Well may
the inha bitants of the land tremble,
when God and man, earth and heav-
en-. time and eternity. speak with one
voice and teach the same truth. Well
may the lonely pilgrim of earth, by
these last landmarks Of time. count