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DR.. B. G. WILKINSON k.
7 At CAMP MEETING
League of Nations Dis
cussed at Conference of
AdventistS
SPIRITUALISM 7
{ TO BE EXPOSED
Will Be Subject of Address Tonight by
Pastor Bryant, President of Confer
ence-Practical Demonstration of
How to Care for Sick

The speaker at the Seventh Day Adj
vcntists camp meeting last night was
B. G.. Wilkinson, Ph.D., of Washington,
ID. C. Doctor Wilkinson is one of the
leading orators of the denomination and
has lectured in all parts of America
and many countries in Europe, especi
ally France His subject was The
League of Nations. The speaker said
in part:
"In ancient times they used to erect
monuments not SO much as memorial
of tribal victory as a monument of in
ternational peace The swiftly NOV
| ing forces of darkness are in plain view
of Wilson. He urges the erection OF
this super-state as the only hope against
recurrence of the world war. VIII
the proposed super sovereign state ac-
complish its purpose2 Let us see.
! "EThev say there is enough heat pour
| ing forth from one square foot of the
sun s surface to drive transatlantic
liner from Europe to America, and that
enough solar energy issues from each
acre of the sun S face to drive every
wheel of industry in the world. Such
is the feeble illustration given by John
the Revelator, of the energy which
shines from the Redeemer S face. In
His glOr;fed body lies concentrated all
the power of the universe. He had IN
His right hand seven stars; and out of
His mouth went a two-edged sword.
and His countenance is as the sun shin
eth in his strength. He alone can
head up the successful league of ma
tons.
Human institutions partase of the
nature of the times. Like the ehame
leon they take on the color of their
company. The night is far spent,
saws Paul, and the day is at hand We
are apt to look at the present era in
this world s history as the dlv.
''Is not this the Goth century, we
cry out But Paul comes numbering
back, this is not the day, this is night.
We point to our universities, to our
men of learning, to our great advance
in science and invention, and say, is not
this the day7 No, dear hearers, this is
night To the extent that our heart Is
feeble. it will be under the heel of sur
rounding circumstances. ! call for a
transformation of the heart that we
may genuinely be boosters Of the pro.
posed league.
$50 much for the genera conditions
which must have their determining in
huencc upon the proposed eague of ma
tons. Let us now notice lhe particular
prophecy. And 1t shall come to pass
in the last day, says Isaiah. second
chapter, that the mountth of the Lore
shall be established on the top of the
mountains, and shall b exalted above
the hills, and all nation shall flow unto
- il. And many people nall 90 and say
come We. and let us coup to the noun
n tain of the Lord, and nto the house OF
u the God Of Jacob; aid he will teach
us Of his ways. andWe Will walk II
his paths. for out of ion shall 60 forti
2. the law, and the wor Of the Lord from
|. Jerusalem And Heshall judge among
II, the nations, and aall rebuke many
people; and they sh;l beat their swords
into plowshares, all their spears int
pruning hooks; nabn shall not lift W
sword against natin, neither shall they
I'll learn war any m6t @ house of Jacob
come We and let walk in the light O.
III the Lord. Thereto thou hast forsakel
|, they people. the fuse of Jacob, becaus
II they be replenisbd from the East, ant
are soothsayers Ike the Phiistines.
rHere we hae mentioned the time
Y. the jaat DAYS; he actors all nations
the proposal. i,ernatienal arbitration
the purpose. darmament, and proven
ton of anoth origin; the basis o
unity. normal Christianity. The provi
dence of God acks up his word brother
20 let rs con- and walk in the light o
- the Lord. nrist recommended us t.
the prophet o., fools, and slow o
heart to b,eye all that the prophet
have spoke he SAID.
cit aplars that this proposal o
unity on he part of the nations fol
lowed a reat war for two reasons
FIRST. somhing has made the nation
sick of ar producing q genuine pre-
posal noto learn war any more, an
s+ooadl, they have plenty of weapon
which .ey wish to forge back agai
into iplements of agriculture. Int
los' +be e4ression THE last DAYS som
- - wish read the peculiar and incidental
80 and , make certainty unattainab'I
. 80 Brt believe that the Bible is not til
con diing but the revealing of the wi
ave Of ID The centuries have witnesse
emit. ma alliances to maferwar, at last W
reryl zoe to a time when the league pr,
KY, ped is to prevent war, as the propht
nations.
But the prophecy plainly ndcat,
r. 20 fundamental weaknesses. First,
Oe ys that the house of Jacob is from IL
last and are become like the Philistine
n n Dear friends, | speak very plainly
= you when | call your attention to Il
> serious fact that no Christianity is i
J. Tvading the orient; oriental philosopl
is invading America. / am alarme
q / see the colorless speculations of t
u East. Secondly, they have false 9
surance of there being war no MOI
4 Joel the prophet, who spoke of the sar
time and same events, says the eontr
II rv. Proclaim We this among the Gre
= tiles he said. Prepare war; wake
the mighty men. Beat your ploug
shares into swords and your prunil