The District of Columbia
By K. C. Russell
Some of the visiting ministers who were attending the General Conference Council spoke in the churches of the District of Columbia on Sabbath, April 7. Elder Geo. I. Butler at the Memorial church preached from the familiar words of the fourteenth chapter of Revelation. The following is a brief synopsis of his sermon:— The eighth verse of this chapter, compared with the seventeenth verse of the twelfth chapter of Revelation, proves that just before the coming of Christ a great message will go to the world, having for its three principal truths the commandments of God, the faith of Jesus, and the spirit of prophecy. Elder Butler spoke of the varied experiences through which he had passed in connection with the great work of the message since its beginning, and of the conflict which is just before us, the last great crisis which we have already entered. He then traced God's work from the time when sin entered into the world. God gave the world a special message in the time of the flood, when all but eight had become so wicked that he could permit them to live no longer. With these eight he started the world again; but in Abraham's time there seemed to be but one lone man who held the truth. Then God wrought with him. And again, at the time of Elijah, when it seemed to the prophet that he alone of all Israel was true to God, the Lord revived his work. Elder Butler then spoke of the crisis in the days of John the Baptist and when Jesus was on earth in person, and next of the great conflict in the time of the Reformation, and of the termination of the conflict of the ages. With this just before us, victory is as sure as the life of God, who has pledged himself to give victory to those who are loyal and true to him. Coming from one of such long and varied experience in the work of the message, Elder Butler's talk was an inspiration to all who heard it, to be faithful and earnest and loyal to the message until the soon-coming day when eternal victory shall be given to the faithful. Elder C. Santee spoke at the People's church, Elder R. A. Underwood spoke at the Eighth Street church, and Elder E. W. Farnsworth spoke to the church at Takoma Park. K. C. RUSSELL.