Show A TALK WIT THEIR conference BROKEN UP BY SMALLPOX SCARE rev alway says 21 persons were baptized by immersion in ogden river from fridays standard the annual camp meeting of the seventh day adventists at which also convened their state conference would have been the most pleasant as well as the most successful meeting of the character ever held in the state by the denomination had it ont been for unfortunate interruption of the meeting at its most interesting stage by an evidently unwarranted scare from the supposed presence on the ground of a case of tho dread disessa smallpox tit Is desired by the campers to have stated in justice to the city authorities that no blama Is attached to their action in establishing a temporary quarantine as responsibility apparently rests with a practicing physician of salt lake who was himself a camper on the grounds what Is your reason for following these simple rustic methods in yearly gatherings was asked the simplicity said mr alway manifested in cheso yearly gatherings Is characteristic of the organic life of the denomination if for no other reason tha people I 1 represent have a just claim to the attention of thoughtful people in view of the tact that for sixty years past during a period of the most pronounced tendency in so sial and religious life to the artificial man being measured by his orna ments rather than what he Is and money counting for more than character this people have fought the battle on behalf of simplicity simple truth simple healthfulness simple food simple methods of treatment of disease utilizing natures remedies pure air pure food simple outdoor exercise and sunlight methods of education they have built up large institutions in various parts of the united states and foreign countries consecrated to the development of these great principles an army of young men and women is receiving a practical training to do service for needy humanity how do you account tor the gen oral criticism of your practice in tho observance of saturday as the sabbath as in conflict with the general custom of other religious creeds well I 1 am strongly inclined to the opinion that much of the criticism Is due to the misunderstanding of the real issue by our critics it it were a controversy between tho respective claims of one day ith another there might be some force in the criticism but from the adventists standpoint the real issue involved is whether the word of god Is to stand of fall as the authoritative standard of religious faith it tor my own convenience or tor the sake of harmany I 1 can set aside or ignore the divine statement tha seventh day la the sabbath do I 1 not by this concession lay the foundation for the impeachment of every other statement 0 the nord of god and still further do I 1 not at the same time repudiate the historic issues of tho which has claimed tor more than three centuries that tha bible alone was the foundation of re belief but this of course la not the place for an extended discussion of this interesting bible topic are you making any gains in mem in this section well of course in view of the fact that only those aiho are willing to sacrifice much of this worlds prospects will champion the cause of unpopular our accessions are necessarily not large yet at the close of our pres ent conte 21 were baptized in the ogdan river by immersion which we hold cism to be the only bible amodei of ban |