The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-30
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"SntnS eofsS fy't 40 ~ osa f-e''T1&s$
fore thousands iief representatives
from all parts OF the earth as
sembled at the thirty-ninth session
of the general conference of Seventh
Day Adventists here in a twenty
four-day meeting, the Northern Union
Conference Nof Seventh-day Adven-
lists, composed of the states of Iowa,
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
delivered its report today through
its president Elder Charles Thomp-
son of Minneapolis.
The meetings of the conference
are being held in a great city of
tents in which the delegates are
living and which is pitched on the
grounds of the Foreign Mission SEM
mary. ass
Elder Thompson had the attention
of his vast audience throughout his
entire report. The report covered
the four years intervening since the
last session of the general confer
ence in 1909. The report stated that
there were seventy-nine ministers
and forty-six licensed missionaries
laboring in the territor of the union
conference in addition to 107 evan
gelistic colporteurs.
Some Interesting Statistics.
During the quadrennial period, as
a result of the evangelistic work
done, 400 had been made and bap-
tiled into the faith.
The total 1.-THE for the same period
had amounted to $413,969.92, an aver
age per capita of $3.50. From this
amount the union conference had
given to- other fields the sum of
$73,216.27. 81
The donations for missions during
the four years had amounted to
s160, 929.S4, which was an average
per capita of 12A cents week per
member. q
There are at present 1923 Sabbath
schools in the union territory which
have given for missions during the
four years the sum of $52,674!51.
Gospel Literature Sold.
During the same period the evan
gelistic colporteurs have sold in the
union conference $1S2,61434 worth
of gospel literature.
There are thirty-four church
schools in the territory, four we'll
equipped academies, in which there
are S22 students. In addition to
this there is the Danish-Norwegian
Seminary at Hutchinson, Mimi, with
an excellent attendance.
There are thirty-seven young PEG
pies societies with a membership
of SS5. They, have raised $2,0769s
for foreign missions and $352.00 fol
home missions.
Four sanitariIIms are doing medi
cal missionary work in the territory
of the union. Sixty-one nurses have
been graduated from them and there
are now thirty in training.
His Closing Words.
In closing his report Elder Thomp
son said: 1.-THE enemy of civil and
religious liberty has neither slum
bered or slept since the last genera
conference. In every state in the
union conference during the las
winter some form of legislation ha!
been evoked recognizing the institu
ton of Sunday-keeping. So far n.
drastic measure has been enacted
into law. But we need ito besti
ourselves. - -
I'm closing my report | desire t.
express our gratitude to God for Hi
protecting care over His work ant
workers in our union during thu
past year. While floods, tornadoes
earthquakes, and fire have deyastat
ed many places, lives have beer
lost, homes wrecked, want and pen
ury have taken the place of comfort
plenty and prosperity; yet with tn
exception of slight damages from
the Omaha tornado, our field has es
capped No epidemics have visite
us, aside from the natural results o
mortality, our work and worker
have gone forward unhindered."