The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-02
ADVENTIST WORK
AMONG HEATHER
REPORT FROM GENERAL CON-
FERENCE OF DEGENERATION
GIVES STATISTICS.
WORK IN ITS INFANCY
FIRST MISSIONARY NOT SENT OUT
TO FOREIGN LANDS UNTIL
1874 AND DEVELOPMENT
HAS BEEN RAPID,

Elder w. J. Stone, of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church in this city.
has just received report from the
headquarters Of the general confer
ence. the governing body of the de-
the progress that has been made by
the Adventists in non-Christian and
non-Protestant countries
The report was prepared and sent
by ii. u. Rogers, statistical secretary
of the general conference, who tells
in comprehensive way of how the
Adventists are endeayoring to obey
the commission OF the Savious, Go
ye into all the world and preach the
the gospel to every creature"
Facts and Figures.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
denomination did not send out a mis-
sionary to foreign lands until 1874,
the report shows that the denomina-
ton now has a total OF 5S6 foreign
missionaries and s74 native helpers,
total force of 1850. There are i40
main stations. las substations: Ala
churches. with 1866 adherents; Ia
training schools, having an enrolment
OF 72<; 1872 schools and out-schools.
with an enrolment of $3.50 Total
foreign teachers number 1913, and ma
tive teachers. 2e2. The number add
ed In 1s1i was 2,s7s. or a gain of
2z,7+ per cent. The income from
the mission fields for 1911, was xt35,-
234.S7, and the amount added there
to Ivy the home base, was s357,5sZ rs
The statistical secretary states that
this Is the first report issued by the
general conference dealing specifical-
ly with the work Of the denomina-
ton In non-Christian and non Profess
tant lands AS to the progress made
In entering these countries the re-
port further says:
Work Began I'm 1885.
Beginning with 1885, when work
was first undertaken in a non-Pro-
the opening of work in II different
countries. or 25.2s per cent of all the
countries that have been entered;
during the next decade, from 1896
1905, work was begun In 20 countries.
or AS.28 per cent of all: during the
six years following, to the present
time. al other countries have been
entered. or 3I-34 per cen, of all.
Thus work In SO new countries has
been begun during the past sixteen
years, or 74.S2 per cent of all that
have entered since 1886. Therefore
the work in three-fourth Of all the
mission fields by this body Is OF COM
parativeiy recent date"
Tho results of the work for the
year 1911 are very gratifying In
deed. The report shows that the net
gain in baptized members In 2,67s
This Ia gain OF 22sz4 per cent for
the year.
Education Work
Another excellent result shown Ia
the large number OF pupils In vari-
Gus schools. There IL q total OF 72s
who are taking training for various
lines OF work. and 6.730 pupils who
are taking work OF a more element
airy character. and who are thus
brought in touch with workers CIV
ing instruction In Bible doctrines
Many OF these pupils win. II is be-
lteved. later connect with the work
in their respective fields. In Africa
alone there La total of ia schools,
with over 5000 pupils in attendance
from homes which were formerly
heather. Forty nine teachers have
this work In charge. with f5s native
teachers trained to assist In a salts
factory manner.
The Funds Raised.
The total Of all funos raised by the
Seventh Day Adventist denomination
in the United States for evangelistie
purposes In 1911 constituted a per
capita Of $32.s2 for the membership
In that field. The present report in
dicates that the per capita amount OF
funds raised In mission territory con-
stituted 1850 for each of the 1855
adherents in such territory. In ad-
dition there was sent TO the support
Of work In such fields s3sT,5sT.73, or
a per capita of szo.3s FOR each OF the
adherents In those fields, making d
total OF approximately x2s-05 per
capita used for the work In mission
territory. Deducting the amount sen,
outside the home base. leaves the per
capita expended there at S2s.44. thus
indicating something Of an equaliza-
ton of funds expended for the home
feld and the work In mission terri