The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-03
West Virginia Conference Of the
Seventh Day AdventiSts
is Meeting There.

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WESTON. Sept. 2-The first bust
ness meeting of the annual camp
meeting of the West Virginia Confer
ence of Seventh Day Adventists was
held Friday morning with President
j. II. Etirlinger in the chair. on ac-
count OF his recent illness and the alb
sence OF the delegates from some of
the churches the president did not
read his annual report. All delegates
present were seated and provision
was made for appointing the follow
lowing committees:
License and credentials. plans and
resolutions and nomination of off
GERS.
Evangelist d. A. Parsons. of Pitts
burg, addressed n deeply interested
audience az the night meeting on the
subject why Was Sin Permitted"
The speaker said in part:
Lucifer, the light-bearer. was a
commanding angel in heaven. He
was the highest order of angels and
we are not alone in asking ourselves,
how he came to his present condition
Satan. In lisa. 14:12 the question
is put. How art thou fallen from
heaven. o Lucifer." BY the inspired
pen the answer comes. Thou vast
perfect in thy ways till iniquity was
found In thee" Iniquity is sin which
is a transgression Of Gods law.
This exalted being became great
leader and all heavily intelligence
lined up under the standards Of
Christ or Satan. A mighty conflict
took place and Satan and his follow
ers were driven out. He found n fa-
vorcd spot in the remote part of the
universe. the earth. where there was
only a man and woman.
He Wa ssoon successful in winning
these to his allegiance but before the
day closed the commander OF the
loyal angels, Christ. was calling
adam. Adam" At that moment
this earth became the battle ground.
This battle has waged ever since and
was at the very zenith when Christ
was man upon earth. Here the
loyal general, Christ, and the rebel
general, Satan, met in a mighty duel.
The rebel general, Satan, attempt
ed TO barter Christ from allegiance
to the law of God. BY offering him
the kingdom OF this world, but Christ
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the law Of God and the climax of his
assaults upon Christ came when Sa-
tan drew veil of darkness hiding
the face of God the Father from His
Son while he hung on the cruel CIR, as
Of calvary which forced from the
lips of Christ the words, My God.
NV Cod why hast thou forsaken
me?' The rebel leader, Satan, knew
when the Son of God rested upon
Gods promises and remained loyal
unto death that his kingdom, the
kingdom of darkness. must perish
and the time would come soon when
the prayer OF Christ that the will of
God be done on earth rs it is done
in heaven, would be fulfilled. When
conflict ends all the heavenly angels
and every human being will have
taken their stand under the loyal
general, Christ, or with the rebel
leader. Satan, against the govern
ment of heaven. And the great
prophecy of Revelation l4:12 will
be fulfilled when 1t can be said that
in heaven FPS. 10S:2O), and in earth.
Here are they that keep the COM
mandments Of God and have the
faith of Jesus" Satan. his angels
ard sinners will then be destroyed
and rebellion will never again be
known in the great universe of God.
The meetings for Sunday are as
follows: Evangelist d. A. Persons.
OF Pittsburg. will speak in the morn
ing at II o'clock; DR.. B. G. Wilkin-
son, Of Washington, D. c.. president
Of the Columbia Union Conference,
and D. II. Kress. NJ. D. Of Washing