Summary of Statistical Reports, 1863 to 1911 — Table 3
YEAR
Union Conferences
Local Conferences
Missions
Ministers
Licentiates
Licensed Missionaries
Canvassers
Total Laborers
Churches
Membership
Sabbath-keepers
Tithe
Per Capita
Book and Periodical Sales
1863*
6
22
8
125
3,500
$8,000 00
$2 29
*$3,000 00
1864*
7
1
24
10
130
3,800
10,000 00
2 63
*3,500 00
1865*
7
1
25
10
140
4,000
12,000 00
3 00
*4,000 00
1866*
7
1
27
10
150
4,250
15,000 00
3 53
*4,500 00
1867
7
1
28
10
160
4,320
18,661 39
4 32
*5,000 00
1868
8
1
32
19
159
4,475
23,366 57
5 22
*6,000 00
1869
8
2
33
24
167
4,900
18,952 77
3 87
*6,500 00
1870
8
3
37
35
179
5,440
21,822 46
4 01
*7,000 00
1871
11
2
35
48
185
4,550
23,066 42
5 07
*8,000 00
1872
12
1
41
47
205
4,936
25,956 42
5 28
*8,500 00
Total, 10 yrs.
176,826 03
56,000 00
1873
13
1
51
83
239
5,875
30,687 49
5 22
10,578 40
1874
13
3
60
70
300
7,000
31,000 00
4 43
*14,000 00
1875
13
2
69
76
339
8,022
32,618 62
4 06
*18,000 00
1876
14
2
96
70
398
10,044
43,998 47
4 38
*20,000 00
1877
15
3
106
97
478
11,708
47,176 56
4 03
*25,000 00
1878
16
6
117
154
549
13,077
47,637 29
3 64
*27,000 00
1879
20
6
144
151
599
14,141
51,714 38
3 65
31,780 66
1880
24
8
144
116
640
15,570
61,856 88
3 98
*40,000 00
1881
24
7
148
126
640
16,916
74,185 66
4 39
*45,000 00
1882
26
6
167
134
660
17,169
84,261 36
4 91
*47,000 00
Total, 10 yrs.
505,136 60
278,359 06
1883
26
3
165
135
680
17,436
96,418 62
5 53
*55,000 00
1884
28
3
176
145
705
18,702
105,543 41
5 64
62,409 12
1885
28
3
186
151
741
20,547
122,641 69
5 97
41,692 36
1886
28
3
213
166
798
23,111
146,936 78
6 31
76,219 52
1887
30
8
227
182
889
25,841
193,720 99
7 44
113,795 00
1888
32
7
232
168
901
26,112
163,129 23
6 26
250,000 00
1889
34
7
239
183
972
28,324
224,743 78
7 93
500,000 00
1890
34
8
227
184
411
1,016
29,711
235,433 88
7 26
1891
34
8
230
166
396
1,066
31,665
258,037 27
8 11
1892
34
11
244
156
403
1,102
33,778
302,310 19
8 94
Total, 10 yrs.
1,837,915 94
3,359,912 39
1893
35
11
267
193
460
1,151
37,404
350,690 56
9 37
416,044 52
1894
1
35
12
301
214
515
1,225
42,763
321,517 06
7 51
310,434 55
1895
1
36
22
326
227
583
1,331
47,680
309,142 76
6 45
*250,000 00
1896
1
37
27
336
237
573
1,439
52,202
341,978 37
6 55
*250,000 00
1897
1
37
24
407
249
656
1,574
56,436
363,415 16
6 43
*250,000 00
1898
2
39
27
446
260
706
1,654
59,447
432,158 08
7 26
*200,000 00
1899
2
44
41
490
331
543
1,386
1,785
64,003
490,656 16
7 66
*300,000 00
1900
2
45
43
510
337
571
1,500
1,800
66,547
75,767
510,238 97
8 73
*250,000 00
1901
3
67
41
553
349
611
1,591
2,011
69,350
78,188
579,628 13
7 40
*300,000 00
1902
13
72
42
553
323
826
2,278
2,077
67,150
75,522
643,747 88
8 75
430,027 71
Total, 10 yrs.
4,342,193 08
2,956,506 58
1903
13
78
48
616
324
662
1,032
2,704
2,120
69,072
77,554
684,030 54
8 82
477,714 98
1904
13
78
52
625
335
713
1,053
2,750
2,243
71,891
81,721
691,819 33
9 47
436,600 68
1905
13
80
56
647
339
719
1,068
2,797
2,340
71,443
87,311
858,014 91
9 83
548,067 03
1906
16
86
66
693
408
948
1,218
3,502
2,416
70,402
91,581
998,278 82
10 91
824,027 69
1907
21
93
68
712
394
1,013
1,382
3,587
2,504
80,897
94,048
1,064,753 43
11 32
1,035,565 62
1908
21
104
66
779
427
1,017
1,593
4,007
2,537
83,145
97,579
1,101,396 47
13 29
1,286,981 24
1909
21
104
72
787
425
1,107
1,660
4,104
2,691
86,303
100,931
1,218,248 46
13 07
1,402,444 00
1910
23
106
87
828
438
1,234
1,697
4,346
2,769
90,808
104,526
1,338,689 65
12 81
1,560,610 58
1911
23
116
93
852
475
1,358
2,006
4,877
2,799
93,378
108,975
1,477,590 26
13 56
1,627,657 83
Total, 9 yrs.
9,432,813 87
9,199,569 65
Grand Totals
$16,294,886 52
$15,850,347 68
Estimated.
Institutional Recapitulation — Summary 10
1
2
3
4
5
6
Institutions
Number
Assets
Per Cent of Grand Total
Employees
Per Cent of Grand Total
Educational
89
$2,155,767.73
17.38
640
6.63
Publishing
37
1,651,943.86
13.33
645
6.68
Sanitariums & Tr. Rooms
102
3,792,421.35
30.59
2,404
24.89
Health Food Factories & Cafés
16
196,019.77
1.58
300
3.11
Primary Schools
613
157,382.92
1.27
790
8.18
Totals
857
$7,953,535.63
64.15
4,779
49.49
Evangelistic Summary
Church Buildings
1,318
$1,892,824.92
15.27
Confs., Assns., Tract Soc., etc.
2,552,644.16
20.58
4,877
50.51
Totals
1,318
$4,445,469.08
35.85
4,877
50.51
Grand Totals
2,175
12,399,004.71
100.00
9,656
100.00
Per Capita
$113.78
Summary 11
Year
Confs.
Institutions
Value
Sabbath-
Keepers
Annual
Contributions
Per Cent
of Gain
Per
Capita
1865
7
1
$38,712.53
4,000
$ 12,000.00
· · · ·
$3.00
1875
13
5
282,179.55
8,022
33,155.19
176.28
4.13
1885
28
11
885,382.97
20,547
151,190.28
356.02
7.36
1895
36
29
2,858,725.82
47,680
407,293.70
169.39
8.55
1905
80
126
a 4,799,419.51
87,311
1,180,917.64
189.99
13.52
1911
116
244
a 12,399,004.71
108,975
2,363,088.29
b 100.11
21.68
News and Miscellany
Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press
World’s Greatest Eating-House Opens
— The greatest eating-house in the world was opened in Berlin recently. It is the new zoological garden restaurant, in which 10,000 persons can dine at the same time beneath the roof, while the open-air terraces, for use in summer, can accommodate another 10,000 diners.
American Sailors Landed in Nicaragua
— Several hundred bluejackets from United States gunboats have been landed in Nicaragua for the purpose of affording protection to American life and property. The men were landed at the request of the Nicaraguan government after it had confessed its inability to give the protection demanded by United States Minister Weitzel against the rebels.
Prize-Fight Films Prohibited
— On July 19 prize-fight moving pictures became a thing of the past in the United States when the House passed the Senate bill prohibiting the transportation of such moving-picture films between the various States and Territories or from foreign countries. Heavy fines for violation of the proposed law are fixed by the bill. Southern members of Congress were especially interested in the proposed law because of the race feeling stirred up by the exhibition of the Jeffries-Johnson moving pictures in their section of the country.
The Bible Pushed Into the Background
— Two striking illustrations of the extent to which the Bible is being pushed to the background at the present day are cited by the bishop of Durham, England: “Recently, in a great northern town, a coroner suddenly wanted a Bible, so I am told, and forty houses had to be visited before one could be found. Not very long ago, a young man was powerfully stirred by a mission address on the cross. It transpired that he had literally never heard of the crucifixion of our Lord before. This was in a Durham town, and the man was a prosperous artisan.”
London Dock Strike Ends
the man was a prosperous artisan.
— London dock men in large numbers, it is claimed 45,000, have for three months been on strike. Recently it was decided that the struggle should close. It is understood that the men are to resume work on the terms in force before the strike started. The majority of the employers consented to make new agreements with the separate unions, but positively refused to recognize or deal with the Transport Workers’ Federation. Starvation brought the strikers to terms. Over $7,500,000 has been lost in wages since the strike began, on May 20, and because the loss to employers exceeds $2,500,000.
Harvest Hands Needed
the loss to employers exceeds $2,500,000.
— Midsummer is here, and the golden grain, from which comes the “staff of life,” is once more ripe in the fields, with not enough labor to harvest it. The usual appeal is out for thousands of harvest hands to help with the crops in the North and Northwest. Circulars are being issued by the Great Northern and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways, giving a list of towns in Minnesota and North Dakota that need harvest hands, together with the number required and the approximate wages, which vary from $1.75 to $3.50 a day. In addition, an appeal has been sent out for 27,500 men to come to the harvest-fields in States other than those named. Telegrams are being sent by the farmers, asking help in moving their crops.
The Height of Shooting Stars
— According to Cosmos, the mean height at which shooting stars first become visible is eighty-one miles. The mean height of their disappearance is about fifty-eight miles. The mean length of their visible path is forty-five miles.
Pension Appropriation Deficit
of their visible path is forty-five miles.
— A deficit of $30,000,000 in the appropriation available for the payment of pensions to veterans of the Mexican and civil wars exists at the present time. This is due to the delay of Congress in passing on the pension appropriation bill.
Agricultural Lecture Funding Ends
— The federal government will no longer pay the expenses of officers or employees of the Department of Agriculture to deliver lectures or impart information on agriculture to assembled farmers, students of universities, summer schools, or boys’ camps, as has been the custom of the past.
The Roosevelt Sold at Auction
— “The Roosevelt,” the steamer on which Rear-Admiral Robert Peary sailed into the arctic seas on his successful trip to the north pole, was sold at auction in New York City recently for $35,200. Her original cost was more than $100,000, owing to the construction of the hull to meet ice pressure.
Fewer Fatalities in the Mines
— Figures just issued by the United States Bureau of Mines show that 2,517 men were killed in the mines last year, as against 2,834 in 1910. This shows a reduction in the number of lives lost of 317 in one year’s time. The death-rate in 1910 was 3.91 men in every 1,000 employed. The rate in 1911 was 3.74.
Adulterated Wine Kills Fish
— The Paris customs authorities recently seized 3,000,000 liters of adulterated wine, and threw it into the Canal du Midi. As a result, thousands of dead fish have been floating about the canal and the Port de Cette. These fish can not be sold in the market. It is estimated that the canal and port have been depopulated of fish for two years at least.
Glasgow’s Water Supply System
— The city of Glasgow, Scotland, gets its main supply of water from Loch Katrine. To draw water from that beautiful lake, it was necessary to tunnel a mountain 600 feet below the summit for 2,325 yards. This tunnel was 8 feet in diameter. It was the first of a series of 70 tunnels, measuring in the aggregate 13 miles. The bogs were traversed by nearly four miles of vast iron pipes, and the rivers and valleys crossed by nine and a quarter miles of aqueducts. The total cost was $7,500,000, and the daily supply thus obtained was 50,000,000 gallons. These works were opened by Queen Victoria in 1859.
Turkish Parliament Dissolved
— The Turkish parliament was dissolved by imperial decree on August 5, because it voted adversely to the sultan’s wishes. The decree sets forth that the duration of the deputies’ mandate as determined by the senate is confined to giving an arbitral decision regarding the constitutional questions at issue. The deputies having completed this task, it became necessary to terminate the existence of the chamber. “I consequently ordain,” concludes the sultan, “the closing of the chamber and fresh elections in conformity with the constitution.” The chamber refused to be dissolved, and passed a vote of want of confidence in the cabinet. The president of the chamber called at the palace to report the action of the chamber, but the sultan declined to receive him. Order prevails, but the troops are held in readiness at important points, and detachments are patrolling the streets.
Army-Worm Ravages Southern States
— The House Committee on Agriculture recently recommended an immediate appropriation of $5,000 to stop the ravages of the army-worm in Southern States. Representative Heflin, of Alabama, stated that the worm was stopping railway trains in his district.
Raising Perry’s Flagship Niagara
— The flag-ship “Niagara,” which led the American fleet under Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to victory in the battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813, after the first flag-ship, “Lawrence,” had been shot to pieces and abandoned, will be raised and rebuilt. The hull of the vessel now lies in twenty feet of water in Misery Bay, better known as Erie harbor.
War and Its Alleged Benefits
— The following statistics are given in a recent book on “War and Its Alleged Benefits,” by J. Novikov: “From the year 1496 B. C. to A. D. 1861, in 3,358 years, there were 227 years of peace and 3,130 years of war, or thirteen years of war to every year of peace. Within the last three centuries there have been 286 wars in Europe. Mr. Valbert says: ‘From the year 1500 B. C. to A. D. 1860, more than 8,000 treaties of peace, meant to remain in force forever, were concluded. The average time they remained in force is two years.’”
A Million-Dollar Lawn Party
— On August 16, Henry C. Frick, a millionaire steel magnate of Boston, Mass., is to give a “million-dollar lawn party.” With the exception of President Taft, who is to be the guest of honor, every man present will be a millionaire. A contracting firm has signed a contract which obliges it to lay a smooth and perfect dancing floor on the Frick lawn between the hours of seven and nine on the evening of August 16, and to take it up again between the hours of one and three on the morning following. The grounds are to be transformed into a veritable fairy-land, regardless of expense.
New Rules for General Delivery
— The United States Postmaster-General has issued judicious instructions with regard to the use of the “general delivery.” The new rule authorizes postmasters to require in writing the name and address of any person wishing to use the general delivery window, and a statement of reasons for wishing to use it. There has been wide-spread use of this method of having mail delivered in which dishonest or immoral practises and schemes were promoted. It is said to have been common for youths to carry on correspondence of a compromising character in this way.
Railroad Wage Arbitration
— For two weeks or more there has been in session near New York City a company of men who were agreed upon jointly by the railroad managers and engineers to arbitrate the pending demand for an increase in wages. The employees have submitted their side of the question, and the managers have about concluded theirs. Both parties to the controversy, of course, have made strong representations in support of their respective sides. After the public and formal hearing is concluded, there is to be an analysis of a great mass of statistics and arguments by experts. They will submit their findings to the arbiters, and these will deliberate on them and arrive at their decision. Both parties have agreed that whatever the decision may be, it will be accepted in good faith and abided by. There are 30,000 engineers involved in the arbitration, and fifty or more Eastern railroads.
Camp-Meetings for 1912
ATLANTIC UNION CONFERENCE
Northern New England, Manchester, N. H. ................Aug. 21 to Sept. 1
New York, Utica ................Aug. 23 to Sept. 1
Maine, Norridgewock ............Aug. 29 to Sept. 8
CANADIAN UNION CONFERENCE
Maritime, Scotts Bay, Nova Scotia ........Sept. 3-10
CENTRAL UNION CONFERENCE
East Kansas, Emporia ............Aug. 8-18
Colorado, Denver .................Aug. 15-25
Nebraska, College View ......Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
South Missouri, Clinton ....Aug. 29 to Sept. 9
North Missouri, Hamilton, Aug. 28 to Sept. 8
West Kansas, Salina ..............Sept. 5-15
West Colorado, Delta ........Sept. 26 to Oct. 6
COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE
Ohio, Springfield ................Aug. 15-25
West Pennsylvania, Washington ........Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
Virginia, Richmond ............Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
LAKE UNION CONFERENCE
East Michigan, Bay City ........Aug. 12-18
Northern Illinois, La Grange .....Aug. 19-25
North Michigan, Traverse City ....Aug. 26 to Sept. 1
West Michigan, Kalamazoo ........Sept. 3-11
Wisconsin, Baraboo ...............Sept. 5-11
NORTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Iowa, Boone .................Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
Southern California ............Aug. 5-18
Arizona, Phoenix .................Oct. 17-27
SOUTHEASTERN UNION
Georgia, Savannah (colored) .....Aug. 15-25
North Carolina, Gastonia .......Aug. 15-25
Cumberland Conference, Sweetwater, Tenn. ....Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
Florida, Ocala ..................Oct. 3-14
SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE
Kentucky, Elizabethtown ........Aug. 8-18
Tennessee River, Camden ........Aug. 15-25
Mississippi, Brookhaven (colored) ........Aug. 30 to Sept. 8
Alabama (colored) ................Sept. 27 to Oct. 5
SOUTHWESTERN UNION CONFERENCE
New Mexico, Fort Sumner ........Aug. 15-25
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City ........Aug. 22 to Sept. 1
Shenandoah Valley Training Academy
By W. J. STONE
This academy is located near the village of New Market, in the historic Shenandoah Valley, between the Alleghany and Blue Ridge Mountains. This valley is noted for its fertile soil, genial climate, and industrious people. It is an ideal location for an industrial school.
We have secured the services of Prof. J. H. Smith, of Ohio, as principal; and those who will be associated with him on the faculty bespeak for the school one of the most successful years it has ever had. We earnestly solicit the attendance of students who wish to secure an education at a minimum expense.
The rates of boarding pupils are as follows: Furnished room (two students occupying one room), light, heat, washing, and board (American plan), $13 a month and two hours' work a day.
When three students attend from one family, a reduction will be made. Five per cent is allowed where persons pay for the full term in advance.
For full particulars, write Prof. J. H. Smith,29New Market, Va., and he will send you the present catalogue for the year 1912-13. We invite students who are desirous of securing an education, no matter who they are. A plain, simple people will be found here, but they are up to date on the message and all practical lines of work. Come, and we will do you good. The school begins Sept. 17, 1912.
W. J. STONE.
Bread Riots in Marseilles
— Bread riots on a large scale are reported from Marseilles, France. Many have been injured, both among the police and among the strikers.
Turkey Ultimatum to Montenegro
— Turkey, on August 6, gave Montenegro twenty-four hours to explain the latest Montenegrin violation of the Turkish frontier. Unless instant satisfaction was given, it was announced, the sultan would sever diplomatic relations with King Nicholas. In delivering his ultimatum to King Nicholas the Turkish minister at Cettinge plainly intimated that war would follow a break in the relations of Montenegro and the Ottoman empire.
Uses for Waste Wood in Germany
— In Germany, says the Scientific American, wood is too expensive to be burned, and it is made into artificial silk worth two dollars a pound, and bristles worth four dollars a pound; into paper, yarn, twine, carpet, canvas, and cloth. From sawdust parquet flooring is made. The materials for this may be bought by the pound and then mixed, so that the householder can lay his own hardwood floors according to his individual taste and ingenuity.
New York Conference Association
By W. H. Holden; F. N. Johnson
The annual meeting of the constituents of the New York Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, will convene on the camp-ground at Utica, N. Y., at 9 A. M., Monday, Aug. 26, 1912, for the election of a board of trustees for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the session.
W. H. HOLDEN, President;
F. N. JOHNSON, Secretary.
North Missouri Conference Association
By A. R. Ogden; Jas. Cochran
The North Missouri Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a legal corporation of the State of Missouri, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the annual camp-meeting and conference at Hamilton, Mo., Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, 1912. The first meeting of the association is called for Monday, September 2, at 9 A. M. Association officers will be elected, and such other business attended to as may properly come before the association.
A. R. OGDEN, President;
JAS. COCHRAN, Secretary.
South Missouri Conference Association
By L. W. TERRY; RALPH RHODES
The regular meeting of the South Missouri Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association will be held in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting of the South Missouri Conference, at Clinton, Mo., Aug. 29 to Sept. 9, 1912. The first meeting of the association will be held at 9 A. M., Monday, September 2, for the transaction of such business as should come before the members. All accredited delegates to the South Missouri Conference are delegates to this association.
L. W. TERRY, President;
RALPH RHODES, Secretary.
Nebraska Conference Association
By J. W. CHRISTIAN; ANNA M. PETERSON
THE annual meeting of the Nebraska Conference Association of the Seventh-day Adventists will convene on the camp-ground at College View, Nebr., Monday, Aug. 26, 1912, at 9:30 A. M., for the purpose of electing its board of trustees and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
J. W. CHRISTIAN, President;
ANNA M. PETERSON, Secretary.
Nebraska Conference
By J. W. Christian; Pearl E. Jones
THE thirty-fifth annual session of the Nebraska Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at College View, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of other conference business. The first meeting of the session will be held at 10:30 A. M., Friday, August 23. Each church is entitled to one delegate without regard to members, and to one additional delegate for each fifteen members. The churches should elect their delegates at once, and send the names to the secretary.
J. W. CHRISTIAN, President;
PEARL E. JONES, Secretary.
The Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association
By LARS NIELSON; H. A. HAHN
THE Nebraska Sanitarium and Benevolent Association, a corporation of the State of Nebraska, will hold its annual meeting in connection with the camp-meeting at College View, Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 1912. The first meeting will be called Monday, August 26, at 10 A. M.
Notice is further given that a change be made in the Articles of Incorporation, that Article IV be so amended that a member of the board of trustees may be elected president of the association without being “in the direct and regular employ of the Nebraska Sanitarium.”
LARS NIELSON, President;
H. A. HAHN, Secretary.
Wisconsin Autumn Camp-Meeting
By W. H. THURSTON
THE Wisconsin Conference fall camp-meeting will be held in Baraboo, Sept. 5-11, 1912. The first service will be held Thursday, at 7:30 P. M., at which all who attend the camp-meeting are requested to be present. There will be a sufficient number of tents pitched, as well as a dining-tent, to accommodate the people. This will be a profitable meeting, and there should be a good attendance from the central and southern parts of the conference. Bring bedding, wraps, Bibles, and hymn-books. Come to help and to be helped.
W. H. THURSTON.
West Kansas Conference Association
By N. T. SUTTON; E. HARRIS
THE next annual meeting of the West Kansas Seventh-day Adventist Conference Association, a legal corporation of the State of Kansas, will be held at Salina, Kans., in connection with the annual conference and camp-meeting, Sept. 5-15, 1912. The first meeting of the association will be held at 10 A. M., Monday, September 9, to elect officers for the ensuing year, and to transact such business as may properly belong to said association. The delegates of this association are the regularly accredited delegates to the West Kansas Conference.
N. T. SUTTON, President;
E. HARRIS, Secretary.
Maine Conference Association
By J. F. PIPER; W. O. HOWE
THE first meeting of the regular annual session of the Maine Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists will be held on the camp-ground in Norridgewock, Maine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1912, at 10 A. M., in connection with the Maine camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventists.
Members of the board of trustees will be elected to fill vacancies on the board, also such other business transacted as may properly come before the association. All the accredited delegates to the regular session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, unincorporated, are members of the corporation.
J. F. PIPER, President;
W. O. HOWE, Clerk.
Maine Conference
By J. F. Piper; A. E. Everett
THE forty-fifth annual session of the Maine Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be held in connection with the camp-meeting at Norridgewock, Maine, Aug. 29 to Sept. 8, 1912, for the election of officers for the ensuing year, and the transaction of other conference business.
The first meeting of the session will be held at 10:30 A. M., Friday, August 30. Each church is entitled to one delegate without regard to members, and to one additional delegate for each ten members. The churches should elect their delegates at once, and send their names to the conference secretary.
