Sabbath-School Summary by Mrs. L. Flora Plummer

Sabbath-School Summary

By Mrs. L. Flora Plummer

First Quarter of 1911

ONE of the interesting features of the Sabbath-school summary is the membership. It is the largest ever reported. We lack only 183 of having one hundred thousand Sabbath-school members.

Number of Conversions

Each quarter the blank asks for the number of members converted or baptized during the three months. This time 827 were counted. Consecration services have been held in many schools, with very encouraging results.

Gifts to Missions

The following comparison shows at a glance the increase in the gifts over those reported for one year ago:—

TOTAL GIFTS TO CONTRIB'NS MISSIONS 1911, First quarter, $35,223.80 $34,007.80 1910, First quarter, 30,320.11 29,483.90 Increase $ 4,903.69 $ 4,523.90

The Honor Roll Growing

The list of conferences giving all their regular Sabbath-school contributions to missions is growing. Five new conferences appear on the Honor Roll for the first time. These are among the largest and most substantial conferences in the United States. The five new ones are: Western Oregon, Eastern Pennsylvania, Minnesota, North Missouri, West Michigan. The entire list, sixty-one names long, follows:—

The Honor Roll

N. New England Wyoming Alberta W. Colorado Saskatchewan New Jersey Quebec S. New England W. New York Mississippi Texas New Mexico North Dakota South Texas Louisiana S. Union Mission Iowa Newfoundland Southern Idaho Indiana Montana Tennessee River Massachusetts Ontario Chesapeake Maritime Georgia South Missouri Gr. New York W. Washington British Columbia Arizona Florida South Carolina Maine Southern Oregon Manitoba Virginia W. Pennsylvania St. Louis Mission West Texas West Kansas Alabama Ohio New York East Kansas South Dakota Upper Columbia Dist. of Columbia Western Oregon Cumberland E. Pennsylvania Oklahoma Minnesota Arkansas Southern Illinois North Carolina North Missouri Kentucky West Michigan West Virginia

Only ten conferences in this country are not yet on the Honor Roll. A study of the quarterly summary on page 159 of the Sabbath School Worker for August will show that only $164.38 of the offerings have been used for expenses by schools in this country.

We extend a most urgent invitation to the ten conferences not on the Honor Roll to add their names to this list as soon as possible. We usually ask, Who will be the first? Now we say, Who will be the last?

Union Conference Honor Roll

Atlantic Canadian Columbia West Canadian Southwestern Southeastern North Pacific Northern

Honor Roll of Foreign Fields

Australasian South American Levant India West German Philippine China Bahama Mission Japan East Africa Singapore Natal-Transvaal Bermuda African Mission schools British Guiana Ireland Cuba South England East Caribbean Jamaica Haitian Scottish Mission East German Porto Rico Russian

All parts of the field are gradually but steadily falling into line.

We rejoice greatly for the evidence of progress during this first quarter of 1911.

MRS. L. FLORA PLUMMER, Cor. Sec. Sabbath-School Department.