Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-31


covers from about 100 A. d. to 1913 A. d
''The church under it's third stage Il
represented by a black horse. A,
black is the opposite Of white, 50 thi,
period of the church is the opposite O.
the early purity of the beginning. Those
leaders who came in thru professet
conversion began to- gain control o,
things. The doctrines that were nov
brought in, led directly away from
purity. Paganism began to gain con
troll Image worship, the forbidding o.
the priests to marry. and the doctrine
of purgatory came in at this time
Members began to make pilgrimages t.
the holy land and bring back bottles
Of soil to sell for the purpose of heal
ing disease. Commercialism began tc
take possession of the church thru the
leaders. This period lasted from 80:
| to 53S.
Under the fourth SEAL pale horse
is brought into view. The church was
represented by the pale or deathly
color. This seal covers the dark ages
from about 5S8 to 1917, the time of the
reformation. AS far as spirituality was
concerned, the church was dead. There
was a penalty of imprisonment for
| reading the bible. True Christians hid
in the catacombs to study the word OF
God. There were few who dared to
risk their lives for the cause Of God
The So called church Of God carried on
an organized campaign to kill all who
| would not give in to her dictation. The
lowest estimate of the historian OF
those martyred for the cause Of Christ
4 IL ,s<I To-,
Under the fifth seal began the re-
formation 151D. Wycliffe. Martin
Luther, the Wesleys and others GER
tainly did a noble work. We are sim
ply following that work, step by step
coming back to the principles of the
church in its primitive condition. It is
under the sixth seal that we are now
living. The signs mentioned here have
all been fulfilled. The earthquake was
fulfilled in the great Lisbon earthquake
of 1755. The sun was darkened May
10, 1870, and the moon turned to the
color of blood the following night. The
great shower of meteors, commonly
known as the falling of the stars took
place Nov. 10, 1888 The work to be
carried on now is the sealing message,
or the Sabbath truth, as the Sabbath
Of Jehovah is recognized in the bible
as the sign seal. or mark of the true
God.
Under the seventh or last seal,
there Is silence in heaven. All of the
angels come with Christ in His second
coming and there are no creatures in
heaven, so all will be silent in heaven
for a short time until he returns"
Spieer Tells Of Europe.
Secretary w. A. Spicer, of Washing
ton. D. c., of the foreign mission board.
of the General World Conference Of
Seventh Day Adventists, gave the af-
ternoon lecture. He gave an account
of his many interesting experiences. a
few weeks ago, on the continent Of
Europe. Elder Spicer was in Germany
at the time Of the break with our
country, and had some difficulty in
getting out. He spoke especially Of the
food situation in Germany, how that
only so much food might be obtained
each day by any person, whether rich
or poor. He showed that in spite OF
the many hindrances in war-torn Eu-
rope, the gospel message is still going,
seemingly unhindered.
Other Services OF Day.
At the Thursday morning conference
hour report Of Oak Park Academy.
of Nevada, was given by Prof. G. e.
Plumb, business manager of the insti-
tuition. AS this institution is running
without an endowment fund, q donation
was taken for the benefit Of aiding in
the operating expenses. Also fund
was started to aid worthy students who
are not able to pay their entire ex-
penses in school
The IL o'clock hour was in charge OF
E. M. Oberg, OF Minneapolis. field mis-.
sionary secretary Of the Northern
Union Conference. This conference
comprises the states Of North and
South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa
Annually a week Of special effort in
the colporteur work, known. as the
big week." is set. Attic this week
was one Of the Hottest weeks of this
year the colporteurs of this conference
sold $500 worth Of books. Young la
dies as well as young men go out in the
sale of these religious books. In many
cases their sales have exceeded the
sales of the young men. An Iowa young
man. Louis Newton, leads the western
states in the largest number of hours
worked in one week. His largest week
totaled sixty-six hours and his average
for the season was fifty-eight hours.
His sales in about two months have
reached nearly $1,000.
Plans For Sunday.
The large chorus under the direction
of Prof. w. I. Morey is still growing.
Special preparation is being made for
the Sunday services. Professor Morey
plans to give a sacred concert, begin
ming at 1880 and lasting until the OPEN
ing of the evening service. More than
one hundred voices will compose this
chorus Thursday evening, the music
was furnished by a male chorus. This
afternoon a chorus of 125 children
voices furnished the music for the
meeting.
The sermon this evening will be
given by Bishop Charles Thompson, Of
Minneapolis, president of the Northern
Union Conference. His subject will be
THE Sabbath Question" or why Do
Seventh Day Adventists Keep Satur-
day Instead Of Sunday the First Day
of the Week?"