Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-29
PRESIDENT OGDEN
ADDRESSES CAMP
HEAR HEAD OF
IOWA CONFERENCE TUES.
DAY EVENING.
QUOTES SCRIPTURE TO SHOW
COMING OF WORLD TO END
and Aeroplanes Among
Indications and Prophesied in Bible,
Speaker says-cenfersree Eduoa'
tionaI Work Aetivs-More Workers
Arrive.

The weather conditions are remain
ing favorable for successful meeting
with the campers at Riverview park.
large number Of people gathered in
the large pavilion Tuesday evening u
listen to lecture by President A. X.
Ogden, of the Iowa Conference o.
Seventh Day Adventists. He took as
his text the words of the Saviour IN
the prayer, Thy kingdom come, ana
showed that, according to the plole,
signs, evidences and prophecies that we
are living in the time just before the
coming Of the King and the establish
ment of the Kingdom.
President Ogden confined the greater
part of his lecture to an explanation
of the verse of scripture recorded in
Luke 81: 1926: And there shall De
signs in the sun, and in the moon, anu
in the stars; and upon the earth as
tress of nations with perpiexity; the
sea and the waves roaring; men s
hearts failing them for fear, for look
ing after those things which are com
ing on the earth; for the powers or
the heavens shall be shaken"
Mr.. Ogden said in part: "This an
swer was given by Christ to his dis
ciples in answer to their question:
What shall be the sign of thy COM
ing, and Of the end Of the world? Matt
"a: 8. The first three signs have al.
been fulfilled. The sun was darkeneo
May 10, 1850, and the moon the fol-
lowing night. This was the remarkable
dark day of which Webster says in
his dictionary in his edition for 1859,
that it is remarkable phenomenon
which can not be explained. The stars
fell Nov. y, 1S33' To a question OF
the speaker as to whether there was
any one present who saw this great
meteoric shower, several responded.
large number stated by the uplifted
hand that they had been told OF this
event by parents or grandparents.
War Expense Too Great to Comprehend.
The speaker further stated: Are
there any nations that are not In dis
tress tonight? This war Is costing
81 sc, 900, 900 a day, 100000 an hour,
and $4,000 a. minute. In March, &C
cording to statistics, the war debts of
the nations Of Europe totaled $94,50O,-
100000. We do not comprehend this
immense sum. If Adam were still liv-
ing. and had earned $4,000 each Of the
5000 years Of his life. he would now
have earned only one-third Of one
billion dollars. At this rate of earn
ing, it would take him 10000 years to
pay the war debt Of the nations of
Europe This distress is a sign of the
end of the world and the second COM
ing of Christ"
Speaking Of mems hearts failing
them for fear" President Ogden con-
tinued: ANDREW Carnegie lost his
mind pleading that in some way this
war might be stopped. This is only
one example out Of the hundreds"
Other Signs Of World End.
He then read Dan. IL: as another
sign of the end. But thou, o Daniel,
shut up the words, and seal the book.
even to the time Of the end many
shall run to and fro. and knowledge
shall increase"
AS an automobile was just passing
the tent, he declared that this was
sign Of the end. The speaker con-
tinued: There are 100000 Of them in
the state of Iowa. and every one OF
them is sign of the end Of the world.
Congressman are going to and from
their homes to Washington today by
aeroplanes." In this the speaker es-
pecially emphasized the fact that men
are running to and fro. He mentioned
a certain Miss Law who averaged one
hundred miles an hour on six-hour
tour in an aeyoplane. President Og-
den showed from a clipping that eighty
years ago fifteen miles an hour was
an unheard-of thing. This is now
the slow down speed"
Mr.. Ogden next emphasized the In
crease Of knowledge. Every binder.
reaper and practically every piece OF
machinery we have is a sign Of the
end. 1t took the world 5000 years to
learn which end to place the hole in
the needle. We do not even give the
old hen time to sit on her eggs. We
take the cream out of milk without
giving it time to cool. Within four
decades this has all happened" He
stated that he himself was born be-
fore there was a telephone in the
world, little over forty years ago.
Emphasizing the words Of the text in
the Saviour's prayer, ''rhy kingdom
come" the speaker stated: Some day
this prayer will be answered. Every
christian ought to join earnestly for its
speedy accomplishment. We have
positive evidence that He is coming
back again to earth from His own
words: And If go and prepare place
for you, will come again, and receive
you unto myself; that where / am,
there we may be also.' There Is Moth
ing certain in this world, but this great
truth Of Christ's second coming Is
certain, Every one who believes that
Jesus Christ Is going to return to this
earth Is in fact an Adventist. The term
adventist means one who believes in
the second advent or coming Of
Christ"
In closing Mr.. Ogden called atten-
ton to the great metallic image Of
Dan. and the prophetic meaning Of
the various parts according to the ex-
PLANTATION given In the same chapter
"The kingdoms Of Babylon, Medo-
Persia, Greece, and Rome are repre-
scented by the four parts Of the image.
The feet with the ten toes represent
the ten divisions Of the Roman empire
after the fall, which, are the present
nations Of Europe" He called espn-
cial attention to statement in verse
40: "They shall mingle themselves with
| the seed Of men; bat they shall not
cleave one to another" In proof Of
the fact that they have mingled or I'M
| ter-married, he read q statement show
| ing the relationship existing between
| the families Of the crowned heads of
i Europe. the speaker stated that we