S. B. WHITNEY by S. B. Whitney

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 16, 1875

S. B. WHITNEY

By S. B. Whitney

Last-Day Tokens.—No. 1.

“For men shall be . . . covetous, . . . lovers of pleasure.”

On one of the far-famed thousand islands of the St. Lawrence River has been fitted up, by an international association formed for that purpose, a camp-ground on which to hold meetings for the promotion of holiness and salvation, and a meeting has been held there the present season for the ostensible object. But judging from reports emanating from the ground and brought by those returning, it has more the character of a place of resort for pleasure and pastime than anything else.

The covetous tendency of those having control of the ground is well illustrated by an incident of recent occurrence. A union Sunday-School excursion and picnic was gotten up in this section, and as a boat was employed that had an agreement with the association to land its S. S. parties on the ground free of charge, when the meeting was not in session, it was advertised that they would visit the ground. But when the steamer rode up to the landing with about six hundred on board, the temptation was too strong, and they were refused admission without paying a fee. After a brief consultation, as the party controlling the ground was inexorable, they hauled in their lines and left in disgust.