Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-25
Task Set for Themselves by
Seventh-Day Advzentists.
PLANS ARE DISCUSSED
Fund to Be Devoted to Sanatoriums
Throughout the World.
DISBURSEMENTS
REPORTED
Arrival of . Large Number of Ad-
ditional Observation-Disclosures
Department Considered.

To raise 100000 for charitable work Is
the task Seventh-Day Adventists have
set for themselves. Tentative plans for
this campaign, which were adopted las
night by the general conference, received
thorough discussion this morning and will
be put into execution Immediately.
This money will be disbursed to the
eiGhty-four sanatoriums which Seventh
Day Adventists are operating in all parts
OF the world. This fund Is necessary ID
order to permit them to continue TO dr.
the large amount of work that they hive
been doing and to enable them TO con-
tinue to conduct ella ses for the traininc
O. missionary nurses.
1t is planned that each Seventh Day
Adventist all ever the country sell six
copies of the book, Ministry OF Heal
ing" which was dedicated by its author.
Mrs. r.. G.. White. for the relief OF suf-
fering. Seventy thousand of these books
have already been sent out by a local
publishing house and are being disposed
of in all parts of North America for the
benefit Of charity. This plan was adopted
only after long discussion.
Disbursements Reported.
Elder \. G. Daniels president of t.e
General conference, presided in the bust
ness session this morning. The first mat
ter taken UP was the report OF the treas
urer of the General Conference, Elder w.
T. Knox Of Takoma Park.
The report showed that $4,000 has
been disbursed from the treasury exc u
sively for missions. This was n add
tor 20 the $11OO,0OO which has been
| a1 hn in aarfr
and also i'm addition to the 500 600 raised
by the European and Australian diyis on
of the general conference for the ms
sions which they are supporting in Africa
and the East Indies IT was reported that
S42,OO0 has been sbursed TO China: $25-
600 to Japan and Korea: s15 0On to the
Philippines, the Malay Peninsula and
the East Indies: $4,000 to South and
West Africa: $4,000 to India and Burma.
The report revealed that there was con-
tributed by each of the cOmmunica hts I'm
the United States, during 1910 for foreign
missions. $6.5S. and for home missions.
S2.11. thus making total per capita for
Seventh Day Adventists in the United
States of $3.50.
Additional Delegates Arrive.
A large number OF additional delegates
came in last night and this morning from
different parts of the country. Among
| them were H. II. Hall OF California, rep
| resenting the publishing work I'm the
| west; Elder ]. w. Lair. president Of the
New York Conference: Elder H. W. Carr.
president of the Western>New York Con-
ference; Elder w. II. Hickman, presi-
dent of the East Pennsylvania Confer
the Western Pennsylvania Confer
dent of the chesapeake Conference !;
Elder r.. ID. Quinn. president Of the
r. Sandborn. president Of the New Jersey
Conference; Elder ]. L. McElhaney. pres
ident of the District OF Columbia Confer
ence: Elder z. X. Slade. president of the
Ohio Conference: Elder II. c. Hartwell.
president Of the Massachusetts, Confer
ence: Elder c. H. Edwards. president OF
the Southern New England Conference:
Elder w. ]. Stone. president of the Vir-
ginia Conference; Prof. Frederick Griggs.
president OF Union College. Lincoln. Neb.
Vernon College. Mount Vernon, Ohio: FL
der G. F. Haffner of Oklahoma. superin-
tendent of the German work in the
west: Mr.. r. Hook. jr.. manager OF the
vile. Tenn. and F. +. Bytngton. manager
of the International Publishing Associa-
ton, College View. Nebraska.
Work Of Publishing Department.
This afternoon the council is con-
sidering the work in the publishing de-
partment OF the General Conference.
Tonight the General Conference COM
mittee will hold an executive session.
DR.. George Thomson Of Cape Town,
South Africa. was selected to occupy
the position Of secretary Of the medi
cal missionary department Of the Gem
eral Conference and was asked to re-
main in this country and make his
headquarters in Takoma Park. He has
accepted this call, and Will settle in
Takoma Park as quickly as possible.
Elder X. 7. Baer OF Baltimore, the
president Of the Chesapeake Confer
ence of the Seventh Day Adventists,
which comprises the states of Mary
land and Delaware. has been asked by
the council to accept a call to India.
and he will proceed TO the far east
early in 1912.