The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-01-26
rYeHI4 DAY AOVEHTISTS
PROSPER

ruel hpen received from tie statistical
secretary IF the General Conference,
the governing body, which has It's
headquarters IN WASHINGTON, D, {.
There has oeen d large increase IN the
membership to the 'xtent OF more
than eight thousand, a wonderful
growth in tithes ard offerings, a d
the movement itself has penet ated IN
10 a number Of new counties u I'll
the heradrng Of the message telling o
the soon coming of the Saviour, which
is one of the principal beliefs OF the
church, is now being sounded III 80
countries. The report, which was sent
by MIR. II. E. Rogers, Is as fOllO"s.
Funds to the amout of S2,S66,747. ~
two million dollars etc., a per capita
of $23.42 for each communicate were
contributed for eVangellStlC work III
the Seventh day Adventist denomlna
ton during the last fiscal year.
The net increase over the amount
received for the preceding year was
Sl64, $685. the per cent OF increase De-
inc $40. OF the total omount cOntrl
buted, S2.O79, 23S.O7 (72.28 per cent? was
raised i'll North America: S495,4l8'tO
l1728 per cent? IN Europe; $lz,N-IJ
LAS per cent? in Asia; and SSI9,19o Us
1875 per cent III all other countries
There was received in titheS, 81, so9''
gu or 01,8l per cent; IN offerings
S64O, S73. 29, or 1884 per cent; bV Sa0Oath
schools in contributions to I0reigh
missions, S291, ILLS or 1918 per cent
by church schools Tor their mainten
ance, S1S8 ,272.55, or 4,62 per cent; by
Missionary Volunteer Societies.
S24, 5000, or .85 per cent. The per
capita for the 1858 COMMITMENTS Ia
North America was $2895: for $3.50
communicates outside North America
$15,58 an average OF S23.42
Since this denomination was organ
lied ffty.one years ago there has been
contributed for evangeliStlc work alone
a total of SIS, 585, 4O9.86. OF this amount
$19, 72O, 49966 (6S.99 per cent has been
1.-THE; S2OO9, 2O6.65 (703 per cent has
been Sabbath school offerings, OF Will h
5000 per cent has been contributed for
foreign missions; $3.73l, 1S4.6S, 1905 per
cent has been foreign mission offerings;
and So, 124, $40. 90, 1898 per cent has been
home mission offerings. OF that
amount, $22,2l9,O4329, 1894 per cent.
was contributed in North America, and
ST, 3O5, 446,67, 21.O6 per cent was raised
outside this country.
There was a gain of $3.50 in the
membership for the year which is the
largest gain ever recorded in any year
since this work was begun. In North
America there were 1883 commune
cantS; in Europe, 31,772 in Asia, 2,7l3; IN
other countries, 1903, The total bap'
tisms during the year were 1894. The
difference between the number added
by baptism and the net gain is 4,6l4
Deducting the number of deaths, there
is left a relatively small number OF
dpostasies from the faith. 1t is cause
OF great satisfaction to note the large
number of baptiSms during 1913, the
number being the largest ever &C
counted for in any year
1.-The number Of churches at the close
of 1918 was $3.50. This is gain of 716
or 24.87 per cent. The number Of new
church members added In 1913 was
1858. This number is greater than
the entire membership of the denOmi
nation eighteen years after its or9ani
zation. 1t may be explained that the
number of members which was trans
ferred during 1913 from companies to
churches was 1888. Deducting this
amount from 1858, the number of new
church members added during the
year, there Is left the net gain In com
municants members of churches, com
panieS and other Sabbath.keepers
namely. $780,"
The report further says that the de-
nomination is operating in IS different
countries through a force of laborers
comprised as follows: 95S ordained
ministers, 672 licensed ministers, 1906
| licensed missionaries, 1880 colporteurs
| ISL teachers in mission, primary, and
advanced schools, 734 laborerS in de
nominational publishing houses, 1,72i
physicians, nurses and other employees
in sanitariums and treatment rooms
an 30 other persons not included In
these classes, thus making total force
o. 9,l72 laborerS engaged in all lines Of
work, or an average of one laborer fol-
every thirteen members.
The report also tells in an extensive
manner OF the educational system
which the denomination conducts in 9