The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-12
THE SEVENTH DAY
ADvENT|S7S MEET
Great Gathering of Church
Workers at College View,
Next Week

College View, Neh., Jan. 1.-the
biggest convention Of Seventh Day Adj
Nchtis1s that has ever taken place
i'll this city will v January l6
and continue until January 81, when
the joint biennial sessions of the CEN
tral and northern union conferences
OF that denomination Will be held.
Nine of tho northern aud central
states, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming,
Colorado. Missouri. Iowa, Minnesota,
North Dakcta and South Dakota will
lie 'c~presented. The first five states
are included i'll THE central union con
ference and the last four in tn. nor
tli"rn mic These union conferences
are made up of several local confer
cnces, which are scattered throughout
the different states. Comprising the
central union conference are the Colo
RADIO. cast Kansas, Nebraska, north
Missouri south Missouri. West Colo
RADIO. west Kansas and Wyoming con-
ferences and the St. Louis mission field.
The officers of the central union con-
ference are:
President-T. l.. Russell, College
View, Ncb.
Vice President-A. T. Robinson,
Boulder, Colo.
Secretary-Miss Mettie e. Cornell.
College View.
In the northern union conference
are the Iowa. Minnesota, North Da-
kota and South Dakota conferences
n officers of the northern union are:
President-R. y. Underwood, Min
neapolis.
Vice President-M. n. Campbell. Mel
vada. la.
Secretary and treasurer-T. y. Glib
son. Minneapolis.
Ihere arc about 5000 Seventh Day
in the central union con-
ference IL between 5000 and 1000 in
me northern union conference. There
VIII be o 800 delegates present
lro mthe two conferences.
The coming convention will have n
number of unique meetings in connec-
tion with 1t. Besides the business ses-
sions there will be a bible or minister.
ial institute. a booknen's convention,
several addresses on health reform and
education. and public d~iscourses in the
college tabernacle each evening. These
pubic will be given by some
of the most prominent leaders in the
Seventh Day Adventist denomination
N they will come from differen,
parts of the United States. Among
them will be Elder A. q. Daniels
president of the general conference
or Day ~Adventists, which
controls ali the other conferences in
the denomination in the world. He
VIII come from Washington and will
give a series of studies on the work
OF the gospel ministry. Others who
VIII be present are Prof. w. w. Pres.
colt of Washington, who will talk on
the progress of the work of the de.
nomination.; Elder G..B. Thompson OF
Washington, who will conduct a Sc.
ries OF studies on the office and work
OF the holy spirit; INC Prof. Fl. r
Salisbury of Washington, who will talk
on education.
DenominatiOnal Strongholds
one of the strongholds of the Sew.
enth Day Adventist believers is in the
territory covered by those two con.
~ferences. y number of @educationa
and medical institutions are conduct.
ed by them in different places in the
unions. AT College View is located
Union college, the largest educationa
institution in the denominations; a,
Clinton. Mo-, is the German seminar,
for the education and training Of Ger.
man workers for the United States; a
BOULDER, Colo, is the Boulder-Colo,
RADIO sanitarium, one of the larges
6 nttariums in the denomination. These
are central union conference institu,
ions.
The larger of the local conference
institutions in the central union are
thH Kansas sanitarirm, Wichita, Kan.
Nebraska sanitariums at College View
n Hastings, Nep.: Campion academ,
at Love.and. Colo: Hastings interme
date sciAool at Hastings, Neb.; Strod,
academy at Oswego, Kan, and, Hill
agricultural academy at Downs, Kan
DOctr!nal Beliefs
Three popular poinst in the Seventh
Day Adventist doctrine are the keep
ing Of Saturday for the Sabbath, il
obedience 10 the commands of the hi
bic; the tithing system, which obi
gates every member to pay ole-tenti
of his income into the treasury of tn.
church, and the belief that Christ Il
to come the second time in this gen,
Grafton. Stirring lectures on thes.
three principles will be given by abb,
speakers during the sessions.
In connection with the paying O
tithes it is worthy Of mention to ga,
that the central union conference alone
during the veal 1910 had A tithc O.
s135.431.86 paid in to Il, while $99,,
ion ior the same time. making the to
tai for the two unions S~235,399.66.
another notable feature in con.
nection with the aims and purposes G
this denomination Is the effort hat 4
being put forth to spread the teaching
of the church in foreign fields. Their
arc nearly I,5GO missionaries operat
ing in forty-fve different countries o
the globe. TIE Adventists believe the.
have a message for the entire world
and are working with that end ii
! view.
While the Adventists pay particula
attention to foreign fields. they ar
also quite active in the home land. TIL,
total offerings for home missionar,
work in the central union during 1911
were S~24,76i.sb and in the northern
union. S27.773.25, a total for tho tw,
unions of $52,525.10. The tota
amount paid in the two unions Il
tithes and offerings to missions II
1910 was 1891 .300.76. The amour
paid per member was S25.78. TIL