The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-05-28
ADVENTISTS TO
CONVENE 18th
meet TONIGHT
Carolina Conference and
Camp Meeting at Lake
Kanuga This Year
700 EXPECTED TO
ATTEND GATHERING

"Prcparc to Meet Thy God" is
the subject of the address to be
given by President II. +. Lysin-
ger of Charlotte, who will open
the fifteenth annual Bible confer
ence and campmeeting of the Car
DINA conference of Sevcnth-day
Adventists in the big pavilion on
the grounds at Kanuga Lake to-
night at 8 o'clock. Delegates are
pouring in today from all parts
of the Carolinas, and large dele
cations will be present from Adj
ventiSt churches il ASheville,
Charlotte, Winsron-Salem, RAJ
! e ig h, Columbia, Charleston,
Greenvilie, Spartanburg and 9TH
er parts of this territory. Advance
indicate that the at
tendance will tax the accommoda-
tions of the commodious Kanuga
Lake inn, as well as the cottages
which nestle in the groves about
the lake. Between 600 and 700
people are expected to be at Ka-
nuga for the conference.
Professor j. E. Whelpley of the
faculty of the Pisgah Industrial
institute at Asheville. is camp SUI
perintendent. A large corps of
workers is prepared to welcome
the delegates as they arrive. Mr..
+. r. Boggs of Charlotte has
charge of locating the delegates,
and Mr.. L. F. Pierce of Asheville
is presiding over the cafeteria.
Evangelist r. l.. Winders of
Thomasville will put on strong
program for the young people
and junior workers at the camp.
Evangelist Donald +. Haynes of
Lansing, Mich, has been secured
to act as choir director, and he
will make the music program a
strong feature of all the services.
Leading church officials from
the world Seventh-day Adventist
conference, with headquarters in
Washington, d. c., will attend this
Among these are Elder
Steen Rasmussen, who has charge
of the home missionary activities
of the denomination which in
cludes a large program in well +.
fare and relief work. Professor
A. w. Peterson, who leads the .
young people and educational .
work of the church, is now in |
preparing for a meet
ng of leading educators which .
will be held early in the summer.
He is expected to present a strong
appeal to the young people along
he lines of evangelistic and edu-
,ational work. Elder j. X. Jones
Of Atlanta, Ga, the president of
he Southern Union conference
which includes practically all the
popularity known as Dix
G, will carry a heavy part in the
laily program.
Tomorrow will be "A day Of spc-
.ial Importance, for, according to
he Adventist belief, it is to be OBJ
erved as the Sabbath. All the
amp will attend the special devo-
iOnal meeting at 6 a. m. Sabbath
school, under the direction of
Professor J. +. Whelpley, will
at 9:30. At II o'clock,
Cider j. K. Jones of Atlanta will
peak, and it is expected that
Professor Peterson will occupy
he 3 p. m. hour. Tomorrow even
ne, Elder H. F. Kirk will present
stereopticon lecture which will
how in detail some Of the thrill
ng experiences of the men who
re acting as advance agents in
.ospel work by placing Bibles and
eligious literature in the homes
f the people. He states that "the
christian people Of Carolina are
lad to get this kind of literature
instead of the trash which seems
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