Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-05
LEADING PASTOR OF
SEVENTHDAY ADVENTSTS
President of North American
Division Conference In
City Today

Of Seventh Day Adventists. Wasbing.
ton, ID. G., arrived in the CITY TO-DAY
ne Is visiting the leading churches of
that denomination in the northwest and
whi speak at their meeting house to.
night. Mr.. Evans has been connected
with the Seventh Day Adventist neo,le
ior number of year and is a
thorough Bible student
These people have established auite
a reputation for the correct interpreta-
tion Of Bible prophecies. He was
asked why the Adventists give SO much
study to the prophecies of the Bible
and replied, "The Lord gave these
prophecies as sort of prehistoric
view of the future, so that the church
might know the times in wbieb She
ilves. They were not given to be hid
den or held from understanding. We
nave some great worldwide prophecies
IN the book oof Daniel, outlining tbe
rise and fall of nations. In the
eleventh and twelfth CHAPTERS is tbe
propreey concerning our present East
ern Question and the events immedi-
4 ately following its elimination. In
Revelation we have several outlines of
world events. Among other nations
plainly brought to view is the United
States of America, and it is. very plain
ly declared that this nation is TO be-
come world power, whose plans and
policies will be followed and initiated
by other nations. However, it is not
a pleasing outlook of what the United
States will do in the future. A close
study of these various lines of prophecy
makes one intelligent concerning inn
portant world events.'
When asked regarding the present
war situation, he said, f'There are some
prophecies in the Bible which clearly
indicate that in the last days the ma.
tons will be angry, and that this con
dition will continue to the very end of
this worlds history. The Saviour also
associates these wars and the famines,
! pestilences, and earthquakes, with the
sorrows attending the close of the age.
Surely we could ask for no more def
mite fulfilment than we see in current
events. We do not know to what this
war will lead. We have expected a
time of peace before the end, when the
nations would prepare for the great
battle of Armageddon. Every Chris
tian ought to pray the Lord to save
the United States from becoming in
volved in this awful international
calamity
fBut do you not think that the eff
forts now being made will lead to a
| permanent and international peace?"
he was asked. "No," he said, 'Tt
would seem from my knowledge of the
teachings of the scriptures, that this is
not to be expected in the last days. !
do not think that we can look for any
permanent peace in the future. The
times will become more and more
troublous, though we may for little
season have quiet. We must expect
greater conflagration than has taken
place, for in the book of Revelation we
learn that the whole world is to be
aroused to last great battle which
merges inte Armageddon, and culmin-
ates ultimately in the second coming
of our Lord"
In reply to the query as to the mil
lennium following this struggle, he
said, ''The word Of God is very plain
in regard to the millennium, and the |
Bible student does not need to be mis-
taken. So much has been said concern
ing a temporal millennium, and such |
vast numbers of church members and |
professed christians believe there is to |
be one, that it seems as if the delusion |
is almost universal. The Bible marks |
the opening and close of this thousand |
year period of time with definite
events. Following tbs battle of Arma-
geddon, Christ win appear in the clouds
of Heaven and receive the righteous
living and resurrected righteous dead,
the wicked will be slain, and the earth
reduced to chaotic condition, with
only Satan and his angels as its In
habitants. The earth will remain so
for thousand years AT the expira.
tion of that time, Christ with the
Holy City, and accompanied by the
saints; will return to this ear,h The
dead vii! be resurrected, and N an at.
tempt to secure possession OF the city,
will meet their doom in the lake oe
fire, with Satan and his hosts. The
earth is then recrcated ana CONES
forth from the hand of God free from
every trace of sin end wickedness
i NO IN lhC OHlS miilcHHfl ptIlvu
sPpkea Of in the Bible"
'"tia. constitutes tire coming Of
ll.rlst . he was asked. owe do not
believe Christ IS second ad, mt is a
'p ritual, invisible coming he re-
D''pd ''but a real, liz lal trturn Many
..iptbrss affirm this The angel ,tf.d
he disciples this at the time of the
,s"orsion. There are certain gr n.
events still to take place antong tie
nations Of earth before this second adj
vent, but we believe we are in the full
'ilment of these great chains Of pro-
1hecy and that the end is very near'
"When asked why the Seventh Day
Adventists observe The seventh day Gf
he week for the Sabbath instead Of
he first day Of the week, he said, ''Be
.ause the Bible definitely teaches that :
he seventh day is the only weekly
abbath recognized by God. The
eventh day sabbath was given to man /
before his fall. II is an Edeuic insti
ution, and would have been kept by Z
he people of the earth through all the !
Lges had man never sinned Being /
uch, the seventh day must be the !
abbath which God intended His peo !
lie to observe forever. In Christ's q