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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 9, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 44.

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Statistics Show Growth

The Record of Christian Work, edited by Mr. D. L. Moody’s son, has the following note concerning the growth of Seventh-day Adventists:—
The statistics of the Seventh-day Adventists are interesting. This church has grown from a body of 5,440 people in 1870 to one (at home and abroad) of 104,526 in 1910. They are tithers, and the result of their faithful giving is worth noting. In 1870 this amounted to $2,182.46; in 1913, to $1,771,989.60. This represents a total per capita gift of $23.42 (in America alone of $28.93). One of the most striking developments in this church has been its ministry through sanitariums. In 1910 Seventh-day Adventists operated seventy-four such with 1,989 employees. Two thirds of these are in the United States. Besides doing a uniquely useful work for the sick, these sanitariums provide employment for the young people of the church, who find the keeping of the Sabbath (Saturday) a bar to employment elsewhere.