Another institution of the same character is in operation in South Africa.
4. Educational Institutions. — The first school was founded in the early history of the work, in Battle Creek, Mich. True religion is educational. The S. D. A. Educational Society was incorporated in Battle Creek, March, 1874. The first college built by them was opened for students in 1875. Now the denomination has five colleges, as follows: Battle Creek, Mich.; Union College, at College View, Neb.; Walla Walla College, at College Place, Wash.; Healdsburg College, at Healdsburg, Cal.; Claremont College, at Claremont, South Africa. Besides these institutions there are schools doing work of academic grades at South Lancaster, Mass.; Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Keene, Texas; Graysville, Tenn.; Frederikshavn, Denmark;
and a preparatory school in West Virginia, a Bible school in Australasia, a school in Guadalajara, Mexico, two schools in the islands of the Pacific for natives, one in the Bay Islands of the Carribean Sea, and fifteen different church schools, two General Conference Bible schools, and other schools not regularly organized.
The enrollment of students for the present year in this country is as follows: Battle Creek College, 628; Union College, 436; South Lancaster Academy, 170; Walla Walla College, 162; Texas Academy, 160; Healdsburg College, 130; Mt. Vernon Academy, 122; Graysville Academy, 102; West Virginia school, 64; Bible schools, 386. Total, 2,360. The total reported in all schools, 2,835. A safe estimate places over 3,000 pupils in Seventh-day Adventist schools, while many pupils are found in public schools and other institutions of learning. The real basis of education in all these schools is the word of God, and yet thorough instruction is given in other lines. With some of these institutions manual training is connected, and steps will be taken as rapidly as possible to make each school a manual training school, giving the student healthful exercise, and a useful
HELPERS' DORMITORY OF SANITARIUM.
SANITARIUM HOSPITAL, 1894.
trade, enabling the poor to pay in part or in whole their way, and conserving youthful human energy for a noble purpose. While doing this it is in no way designed to lower the grade of intellectual work. In these schools many of the youth of the denomination have been soundly converted to Christ, and from them many noble workers have gone out in the great Gospel field.
As we look back over the past, we can but exclaim, "What hath God wrought!" It is all of him. He it is who has given the word. His is the message. Through evil report, contumely, falsehood, poverty, outward discouragement, false brethren, and various obstacles and difficulties, God has given success. Our boast is in his cross; our glory, in his name. There are and have been more rapid movements; there are none stronger. This is founded not on the word of man, but the word of God. In the words of one of old, we say to all, "Come thou with us, and we will do thee good; for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel." This is the time of sacrifice; the glorious future lies just on before.
BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE, 1875.
BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE, 1894.
HASKELL HOME FOR ORPHANS, BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
MAIN BUILDING, SANITARIUM (RURAL HEALTH RETREAT), ST. HELENA, CAL.
