The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-08
.ADvENT|STS MAKE
GOOD PROGRESS
RESOURCES OF VARIOUS lNSTI
TUTIoNs MORE THAN $500, 900
Gain or $4,000. -.


-. -. ..:ts. a"s.$ : ~: :
! Statistics which. have been prepared
| by the recording secretary of the
North Pacific Union conference. in sesv
sion at College Place this week. show
the resources of the same to be as
follows: Churches. 146; membership,
$3.50: believers, but not members, 3s1:
total. 60s1; 1.-THE, $s3.1s775: Sabbath
school members, 5.746: Sabbath-schooi
offerings given to foreign missions IN
two years. $7,213.a7; total offerings to
missions in all lines. $3s.243.s2: books
and periodicals sold. $35.292.so.
The total value of resources repre-
scented by the various institutions, in
the North Pacific Union conference is
more than 100000. and the gain In
assets for the biennial period is more
than $4,000.
The first item of business Of yester-
day mornings program, was the finan-
cial statement of the standing of the
Portland branch Of the Pacific Press
Publishing, Co., of Mountain View, CAL.
which shows a gain for the past year
of $3O9.70. This business is not or
ganically connected with the North
Pacific Union conference but was es-
tablished as wholesale book deposit
tory for the convenience of the Tract
society Offices in the several local con-
ferences as a supply house, in order to
secure shipments of books upon short
notice. The volume of business for the
year was more than $25.000.0o.
H. H. Hall representing the main Of
flee of the same company. stated thai
the results Of the year. 1907. were the
most satisfactory of any for several
years. The volume of business in the
output of books alone amounted to
$l44,0 00.08 as against $74.000.00 in
1906 and the net gain for the entire
company including that of branch
lat Kansas City similar to the one in
Portland was over 100000.
The fire in July, 1906. which wiped
out the entire plant accounts largely
for the vast difference in the value Of
books issued during the two years.
A resolution touching the increasing
Of the 1.-THE was made the special or
der of business for yesterday after
noon and consideration of the subject
was led by Elder A. G. Daniels. By a
conservative estimate of the income of
! Seventh Day Adventists, he found that
! the 1.-THE could be doubled if faithfully
| This large extra amount above what
| is now received would relieve all per-
! plexity concerning the sustaining of
the foreign missionaries, and send
many more.
He also suggested the plan of using
the 1.-THE for these missionaries in
stead Of leaving them to depend on Of
! ferings. Some of the necessities of in
dividuals in foreign lands were related
which illustrated the need of placing
the support of foreign missionaries on
a substantial basis.
Prof. Frederick addressed a large
audience in the College auditorium at
7:15 p. m.. upon the openings there are
in foreign lands for. young people as
missionaries, and how they are best
adapted to. fill these opportunities. :,
+ AS Illustrations he cited the careers
of Carey, Livingston and others who
began their work while young in the
early part of the nineteenth century.
| The press Of business and the few
days now left for the conference neces-
STATED two sessions being held Friday
morning. The disposition Of resolu-
tons referring, to the appointing OF
special missionary secretaries in Local
and union conferences. and others u
a similar character occupied the tins
of the first meeting.
The second one was used principally
in considering the financial report OF