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non, Ohio, OF which Prof. u. q. vii.
Sinson is the President OF the Board
Of Trustees, the Foreign Mission Sem.
mary, located at Takoma Park, Md,
where the majority OF foreign mis-
sionaries sent by the denomination are
given their training; and the Shenan-
doah Valley Training Academy, locat-
ed at New Market, Va There Is also
the Review & Herald Publishing AS
ISOLATION located at Takoma Park, ID.
c., where several hundred thousand
dollars worth of UNCONVENTIONAL lit
erature Is sent out each year, and the
Washington Sanitarjum at Tacoma
Park, Md.
While Seventh-day Aventists have
had an organized existence for only a
little over so years, beginning about
1S45 with only handful of believers
and but few ministers, with practical
ly no institutions or organization Of
any kind, they have, nevertheless,
had remarkable growth. Today they
are a united, organized body of over
100 900 believers, supporting 4346 evan
gelistic laborers, and contributing an
nually for evangelistic work, the sum
of $2,00O,000; are operating 1873 col
leges, publishing houses, and sani-
tariums, and 564 primary schools, with
total UNCONVENTIONAL assets of over
10000, 900; employing 3,91S institu-
tional helpers: selling annually over
s1,50O,O00 worth Of denominational lit
erature, which is issued IN 81 differ.
ent languages In the form OF 1873
books, pamphlets, or tracts, and 126
periodicals.
The total value of church buildings
and primary or church schools
amounts to $1,S96,7O1. The total
amount of all funds. raised per capita
was $21.27. Seventh-day Adventists
are now preaching the gospel in 81
different countries of the world. The
government census report on religious
bodies says that they have 2S4 Ameri
can missionaries, and 110S native help
ers, or total of 1892 laborers in for
eign fields.
There will be business sessions hello
in connection with the coming confer
ence. Officers will be elected for the
next two years, the presidents of the
local conferences will make their re
ports, as will other officers, and many
resolutions for the advancement of the
denomination will be passed.
The Executive Committee of the Co
lumbia Union Conference is composed
of Presidents of eight local conferenc
es as follows:
Pastors E. e. Slade OF the Ohio Con
ference, B. F. Kneeland, of Pittsburg
Pa, of the. West Pennsylvania Confer
ence, w. Fl. Hickman Of Philadelphia
of the East Pennsylvania Conference
A. r. Sanborn, of Trenton. N. j., 0
the New Jersey Conference, r. I
Baer, of Baltimore, Md, Of the Chesa
peake Conference, J. l.. McElhany, q
Tacoma Park, d. c., of the District
| Columbia Conference, w. ]. Stone, @
Richmond, Va, of the Virginia Confer
ence, and f. H. Robbins, of Morgan
town, W.. Va, of the West Virgini
Conference, and five other member
representing the department work
the Union.
The delegates will be entertaine
by the West Pennsylvania Conferen
es, of which Pastor B. F. Kneelan'
7049 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburg,
the President.
The Conference session will be pr
ceded by a meeting of the We'
Pennsylvania Conference, which wi
be held April Z to 10. Another fe
ture in connection with these tW
meetings will be series Of evange
istic services in which F. c. Gilbert,
converted Jew, of South Lancaste
Mass, will take leading part.
church officers convention will be he
in conjunction with the West Penns!
yania conference meeting.