The Statistical Report for 1905 by H. E. Rogers

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 6, 1906

The Statistical Report for 1905

By H. E. Rogers

Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions For the Year Ending December 31, 1905

The Statistical Report for 1905

The following pages contain the statistical report for 1905, in which is shown the standing of our work in the various fields in detail, by groups, and the grand total. A report of this nature can not be compiled without receiving accurate returns from every field; consequently the publication of this report has been delayed until all these returns are in hand. A few delinquent secretaries have made it impossible to issue this report earlier.

Accurate figures have been secured from the entire world, with the exception of the mission fields of China, Central America, and Cuba. Conservative estimates for these fields are given, so that the entire report is complete, and represents numerically the standing of our work in progress at the close of 1905.

This report shows a great increase in almost every feature, being the largest report ever published by the denomination. The figures indicating this growth will bear careful study by those wishing to become informed regarding the present standing of this cause.

The report is compiled under two tables. Table No. 1 gives the same information that former reports have given, with the addition of some new items, to which reference is made in the foot-notes. The careful reader will observe that the greatest gains for the year have been in the amount of funds given for the support of the work. While it is true that figures can not always be taken as correctly representing the development of the work, yet in this case, the figures indicating the manner in which this cause is being sustained would seem to be a very true index of the way it is regarded by the believers in this message. Never before in the history of this cause has this people, throughout the entire world, exhibited greater loyalty than has been exemplified in the sacrifices made and the offerings given for the support of this work in its various phases. The total funds for 1905 are more than one-third greater than the amount given during 1904. This result will be very gratifying to every lover of this cause.

Table No. 2 shows, for each year, the principal items covered by the statistical reports from the time the General Conference was organized in 1863, to 1905. This table will help one to understand how this work has grown from a very small beginning, and one can not but note the ratio of increase in later years, as well as its present magnitude. As indicated in the table, it has been necessary in some cases, because of a failure to compile reports for certain years, to estimate, but this has always been done in a conservative manner.

In order that the leading features of the financial portion of Table No. 1 may be readily understood, there is given herewith a brief statement showing the total amounts contributed by the denomination for the entire world during 1905, compared with the amounts for 1904.

H. E. ROGERS, Statistical Secretary.