Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1882 — Seventh-Day Adventism. [ARTICLE]

Seventh-Day Adventism.

In the course of the history of the Christian church many sects have arisen by whom the speedy coming of Christ to set up a visible empire has been proclaimed. The Seventh-day Adventists, says Professor, Schem, originated as early as 1844, and one of tire first organizers of the movement was Elder James White. Their headquarters we at Battle Creek, Mich., where they Lave a flourishing publishing house, eta., and they have • several denominational papers in various languages. The same writer addp that they hold strict temperance views, including 4he* prohibition of the use of tobacco*, anefe abstinence from pork, tea, and is recommended. t They have about 350 churches and a membership in ‘the. neighborhood of !),- 000. They set no time for the coming of Christ. “Know thvself”.may be an excellent sort of proverb, but some people wouldn’t know very much if they obeyed if plicitly. — Lampton.