The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-23
WORLDS WORK
TOLD in REPORT
Secretary Of General Confer
ence Of Seventh-day Ad-
ventists Gives Statistics.
GROWTH Is REMARKABLE
Believers Now Number More Than
ll4,206, Scattered Over
the Globe.

covering the progress OF the denomlna-
| TONS work in all its departments and
in all lands, the statistical secretary of
| the general conference submitted his an
nual report yesterday at the world con-
ference OF Seventh-day Adventists at Ia
koma Park. This report will become q
part Of the United States census report
on religious bodies.
The statistical secretary. II. E. Rogers,
of Takoma Park, said that this was the
fiftieth annual statistical report of the
Seventh-day Adventist denomination
since the organization of the general con-
ference, May y. 1868.
There is now a body of believers num-
bering I4.20S with many and varied IA
cilities for proclaiming the message, Mr..
Rogers said.
The year 1912 realized the largest
amount of funds ever raised by the de-
nomination. as we'll as the highest
amount per capita. Mr.. Rogers reported.
The amount contributed for all purposes
was s.. I0s, .o2. and the amount per capita
was S23.sS. The total amount of funds
raised by the denomination for all lines
of work since this cause was organized
fifty years ago. amount to the sum of
aS,Ils,6s2.56. OF this amount SO. 200 81
was raised in the United States, or 1854
per cent, and $5,517sT.A was raised out
Instit ations Number PSI.
The total number OF institutions is
given as 81. with total assets OF Ss,leo,-
4l3.0S. The total number of persons con-
nected with these institutions is 1874.
The number OF evangelistic laborers is
5.l01: of primary teachers, ga, a grand
total of s4i9. The value of buildings
and equipment of the ninety schools
teaching grades one to sixteen is placed
at s., 81. 1S.12- The income received by
these schools during the preceding year
was 542s.l24.59. The total enrolment was
s.2f5. The total number reported as en-
tering some branch of evangelistic labor
was $50.
Actions involving a change in the form
of the organization of the denomination
by the formation of an entirely new or
ganization between the union conference
and the general conference. were passed
at the morning session, creating a
new conference including Europe. the
Russian ard Turkish possessions in
Asia, Persia, Arabia, Afghanistan, and
that part OF Africa not included in
Rhodesia, British Central Africa, and
South Africa, to be called the European
division conference of Seventh-day Ad-
ventists.
While the European division conference
was the only one created. the conference
adopted this form OF organization as a
permanent one by passing a resolution
submitted by a special committee to
adopt the general form of organizing
important territories and groups of
union conferences into general confer
ence divisions. and that this form of
divisional organization be effected in the
various fields as the conditions Of the
work require"
Reports from Europe.
In addition to the creation Of this new
conference, the reports of several union
conferences in Europe were presented to
the conference. The report of the British
union conference, which includes Eng
land ireland. Scotland, and Wales, was
presented by Elder W. ]. Fitzgerald. of
London, the president
The report of the Scandinavian union
conference. which is composed of Nor
way, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland. and
Finland. was presented by its president,
Elder ]. C. Raft, of Copenhagen.
The report of the Latin union con-
ference. which includes France. French
Switzerland, Italy, Spain. and Portugal,
was presented by its president, Elder L.
p. Tieche, of Paris
Reports were also received from Elder
"
Elder c. E. Rentfro. of Porto, Portugal,
for the Spanish and Portuguese mis-
sions. They gave interesting accounts
of the difficulties in their fields
The most interesting report of the day
was that of the Levant union conference.
which includes Crete. Greece, and the
Turkish Empire. This was presented by
Elder Guy Dali. of Hamburg. Germany.
the secretary of the European general
conference. The report was written by
Elder E. E. Frauchuger, the president
of the mission. who lives in CONSTANT
nopIe. and who is still in the far East.
not being able to attend this conference.
The report dealt largely with the con-
ditions prevailing in the Turkish Empire
as the result of the war with the Balkan
states. He declared that II CONSTANT |
nople fell into the hands of the
Europeans, there would be a fearful |
sla lighter of Christians. |