West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-09-22
SEVENTH DAY ADV ENTISrS
Annual Conference and State Camp.
Meeting at Grafton,
special to the Argus.

Special TO the Argus.
GRAFTON, W. VA. Sept Isth-The
Eleventh annual conference and State
Campaigning of the Seventh Day Ad.
~ventists closed its session hero to-day.
IL had been in camp on the old fair
grounds for ten days. Twenty. five or
thirty tents were pitched, Including a
large assembly pavilion. children's
tent boarding tent aud office of the
w. Va. Tract Society. i'm charge of
Elder L. T. Bowen, OF N~ewburg, Pres.
ton county. About las people were
encamped os the grounds. aud visitors
from the city and county made up
good cong regations who listened at.
tentively 10 able and eloquent sxposi-
tions of tho Holy Scriptures as inter
preted oy this denomination. Some ~
their aolest men from all parts of the
U~nitedStstes were here including Elder
in. Loughborough, who has travelled
all over the world aud preached the
gospel To people of sixteen national,-
ties In all parts of Europe, Asia and
Africa.
Other distinguished mon Ia attend
ance were elders Il. l.. Underwood
district superintendent of conferences
for the Eastern States II. l.. Mead, OF
Nsw York City l.. Il. Wheeler, of
Pennsylvania; aud DR. A. h Olsen, OF
the Battle Creek Sanatarium, Michigan.
The statistics of this latter institu-
tion is n revelation to the people OF
this part OF the country. and entities
the Seventh Day Adventists to respect
even had they lone nothing else than
create this modern wonder. II was
opened Sept 9. 1868 Incorporated April
D 1857, and now occupies three large
brick buildings, twenty-thrse cottages
of its own. and sixty hired cottages
aud dormitories, or e~ighty-six build
ings in all. These buildings are occu-
pied by a family of guests. manager
physicians and nurses, mum boring
moro than 1000 persons. The medical
staff embraces twenty-four physicians.
intercollegiate. chemists and other
specialists, and there are oyer four
hundred trained nurses connected with
the institutions. Nor is this all. The
work undertaken here has spread 10
other parts of opr own and foreign
countries, until in 1895 the following
afilia ted institutions are under the
same management; St Helena San
tarium, st. Helena, CAL; Nebraska
Sasi:arium, Lincoln. Neb; Portland
Sanitarium. Portland. Ore, Colorado
Sanitarinm, Boulder. Col; Staten
Island Sanitarium. New York Chicago
Sanitarium. Chicago, Ill; and sani-
tariums at Guadalajara. Mexico Basal.
Switzerland Cape Town, South Afri-
ca Honolulu, Hawaiian islands Apia,
Samoa Sidney, Australia and
Skodsborg. Denmark.
The physicians, nurses and guests OF
these allied institutions now number
nearly 5000 persons.
will give a few more. The denomina-
ton sow has fourteen publishing
houses. with City steam power presses,
and prints papers, pamphlets and
books in thirty-two languages. They
publish forty-tvo papers. twenty-three
in English, and ninteen in foreign
languages. IL would cost over $500 to
take one copy each of the papers and
books now published. From 1854 to
1898 oyer nine million dollars worth Of
these publications have been sold in
America.
Your correspondent found 'Brother
Gardner" the book man OF Newburg,
among those encaInpsd on the grounds.
anc also several other Prestonians
from the vicinity Of Kingwood and
Newburg. They were having a royal
good time. and seemed wonderfully
enthused over the success OF the cam D.
meeting. During our stay In camp we
heard several fine sermons. earnest.
able and eloquent.
w. s. G..