Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-27
ANNUAL REPORTS At STATE CON.
FERENCE At BOONE INDICATE
EXPANSION.
WORK NOW EXTENDS TO
NEARLY EVERY COUNTRY
Foreign Missions in Many Hsathsn
lands-ssrmons in Several Lam
euaess at campmsstino Now in Pro.
srsss-Majo rity Of Old Officers Re.
elected.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Boone. Aug. 27.-The white city is
enjoying pleasant weather and happy
tent life. At the 3 O'clock meeting Of
the forty ninth session Of Seventh Day
Adventists of the state of Iowa, now
in session at Boone. the regular cleo
| ton Of officers took place with the fol-
lowing result:
President-Elder NJ. N. Campbell.
Nevada :,
Secretary-Mrs. Flora v. Dorcas. Ne
yada.
Treasurer-Mr. A. L. Bayley. Ne
vada.
Executive committee-M. N. Camp
bell, Nevada; w. D. Parkhurst. Des
A. p. Hansen. Extra; J. w. Dorcas.
Nevada: J. w. McComas, Creston; D.
A. Wolcott. Nevada.
The managing board of Oak Park
| Academy is the foregoing together
with J. C. Lamson. principal Of the
academy.
Conference association board-M. N
Campbell, Nevada; J. NJ. Whitney, Ne
vada: A. l.. Bayley, Nevada; Jacob
Shively, WOODBURY.; P. E. Jensen, Ne
vada: A. P. Hansen, Extra; ]. w. Dor
cas- Nevada.
Sabbath school secretary-Mrs. Flora
v. Dorcas. Nevada.
Assistant secretary-Miss Meta L.
Peterson. Stuart.
Educational and young peoples sec
retary-George r. E. McNay. Nevada.
Medical secretary-C. w. Head, NJ
o. ct the Iowa Sanatorium.
Religious liberty secretary-J. G.
] Lamson. Nevada.
Field secretary-Glenn Shelton, Ne
| vada.
Tract society secretary and treasurer
| "A. L. Bayley. Nevada.
Assistant-R E. Bowles, Nevada.
Society 10 Growing.
Elder A. G. Daniels, Of Washington
D. c.. president Of the general con-
ference Of the denomination. has been
in attendance and gave q very inter
estin9 missionary talk Sunday fore
noon. describing the growth OF the de-
| nomination especially In foreign lands
| TheAdventists have regularly organ
lied conferences now in all the states
OF North America, all the provinces OF
| Canada and nearly all the countries OF
Europe. besides Australia, South
America and South Africa They are
carrying on their foreign mission en-
terprises in nearly every heather land
in the world. The alphabetical list OF
the countries in which they are op-
Grating gives eighty-seven divisions
IDenominational literature is now being
printed in seventy-one languages and
dialects and the denomination has ap-
proximately l0s.975 believers and com
municantA
Forty mine years ago the denomina-
ton began work as conference IN
this state. the first beginnings beine
| made at Waukon. For q long time the
Headquarters were at .Des Moines
where they conducted tract society op.
erations and q health institution known
| as the Iowa Sanatorium. They had
one educational institution at Stuart
Iowa. Three years ago the Iowa San
atorium was moved to Nevada and last
year the Stuart Academy was reor.
ganized under the name Of Oak Park
Academy and moved to Nevada, where
they have erected q fine brick building
for the services of the school.
Their educational institution believe.
and practices the principle that the
body should be educated as we'll as the
brain and several Industrial lines arr
connected with the school. In fact. theil
new building was finished by student
labor almost entirely and the entire
operation Of the school Is carried or
with no other hired help except thu
students and teachers. Twelve grades
10 IL, <ov$ 1inoo aro ofYoPad
Financial Report.
The treasurer in his annual report a.
| this session announces the receipt o.
over $4,000 1.-THE since the first o.
January with various other Offering!
amounting to $27.9S9.S2. for work II
foreign lands and has contributed no
only large sums Of money but has sen
out hundreds Of missionaries to man!
foreign lands China, Japan. India, thu
Islands Of the Sea. Africa, Contra
America, South American and some O
the scandinavian countries each con-
tain representatives who are busily en-
gagged in advancing the beliefs Of thu
Adventist denomination In the fields t.
which they have been assigned.
Elder w. T. Knox treasurer Of thu
general conference. and Prof. w. w
Ruble, president Of the Iona Linda
California, Medical college, which is no
operated exclusively by the Adventist
are among the speakers and workers a
the camp.
The large pavilion capable Of seating
1000 and the large book tent in which
practically all Of the publications o
the denomination may be found on sale
o.,