Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-08-29
PRESIDENT A. r. OGDEN REPORTS
GROWTH At FIRST susi.
NESS SESSION.
TiTHEs or CONFERENCE
DOUBLE IN SIX YEARS
Gifts For Foreign Missions Increase
Nearly $50 Per Cent in Six Year
Period, 1912 TO 1stsHcenfsrsno
Opens Thursday Night With Close to
1000 Pressnt--Saturday's Program.

nearly l,Ooo present when the nrs'
meeting Of the annual conference Of
the Iowa Seventh-Day Adventists at
which Bishop Charles Thompson, Of
Minneapolis spoke, opened in the pavil-
ion in Riverview park Thursday night.
The first business meeting of the con-
! ference was held al o'clock this fore
noon.
! In his review of the work of the
| conference the last year, President A.
| r. Ogden reported that the tithes OF
! the conference had grown from $4s.-
| 1924 in 1912 to $4,000 last year, an
| increase of s20.S3S.S6 over 1917. Gifts
| for foreign missions, he said had more
| than doubled in the six year period,
tfai2 to 1918. and the harvest ingath-
! ering fund had mounted to s1l,4s422
| in 1918.
| Pastor William Ostrander, Of Dies
Moines. preached at IL this forenoon
and Evangelist E. E. Farnsworth, OF
California. is to address the conference
at 3 o'clock tonight.
! Conference is Prosperous.
| President A. r. ogden, of Nevada,
gave his annual report this morning
at o'clock at the first business meet
| ing of the session. President Ogden
| showed that his conference had been
! in a very prosperous condition fnan-
cially during the past year The Ad-
ventist ministry is supported by the
tithing system. Mr.. Ogden calls at
| tention to the fact that the 1.-THE OF the
Iowa Conference had Increased from
| s4S,662.94 in 1912 to nearly $4,000 in
1918 He further stated: THE 1.-THE
! OF 1918 showed an increase of 800
| S3S. SIS over that of 1917. The 1.-THE per
! capita for the entire church member
ship was sss.3S. The foreign mission
| funds in. 1912 amounted to &20.263.13
and in 1918 was S4s,541.17. There was
a gain over 1917 Of 39,65s.i giving
| s14.117.17 above a quota OF "a cents per
week per member for the foreign mis-
sion work, or per capita gift to mis-
sions for the year Of 1888 making it
35.2 cents per week per member in
stead of %.
inaatherins Fund Grows.
THE two principal items which en-
tered into this missions fund was that
of our Sabbath school offerings which
| for the year contributed 31S.199.25; and
the harvest ingathering amounted to
S11,4S422" The Adventist people year
" launch a campaign, called the har-
vest ingathering campaign. for the
purpose of giving those not of their
faith the privilege Of contributing to
mission work Mr.. Ogden continued:
I'VE were glad to be able to pass our
goal Of $4,000 from the harvest in
gathering work for the year, and am
sure that all Of our people will enter
enthusia sticaly into the effort that we
are making to raise $4,000 from this
source during the 1919 campaign"
The president showed that the Iowa
Conference institutions,-Oak Park
Academy and Iowa Sanitarium, both
| at Nevada. and the Iowa Conference
Association were all in a prosperous
| condition He stated that the Iowa
| Tract Society, which operates at
Nevada. selling bibles and other
Christian literature. has sold upwarus
~ s:s,1 oa31 worth Of such literature dur
ing the year.
Program For Saturday.
Directly following the business
meeting Pastor William Ostrander OF
Des Moines, spoke the II o'clock hour,
and the afternoon 3 o'clock service was
| in charge of Pastor A. L. Miller, OF
| Ottumwa Evangelist e. w. Farms
| worth, of California, will speak at 8
o'clock this evening.
The program for Saturday will be
somewhat different from the usuai
order, and the business session VIII be
omitted, owing to the fact that the
campers abserve the seventh day OF
the week as the Sabbath. The pro-
pram will be as follows: Devotional
service at S o'clock in the large pavil-
ion and childrens' and youths tents
Sabbath school at o'clock conducted
in the large pavilion and several OF
the other large tents. Preaching SER
vice at II o'clock by Evangelist =. W.
Farnsworth, of California. Preaching
at clock by Bishop Charles Thomp-
son. of Minneapolis. The regular eve
ming address at s o'clock will be given
by Evangelist ". B. Watts, Of Water
! loo. who held an evanSelistic effort IL
this city several years ago.
Bishop Thompson Opens Conference
In the opening address Of the con.
ference Thursday night at o'cloci
Bishop Charles Thompson. Of Min
neapolis. spoke on the purpose OF the
meeting and the program for attainins
that purpose. The speaker contendet
that this large gathering mad peer
brought about because OF the arm
foundation on which his church stands
Mr.. Thompson said that the "HeYie"
and Herald" which Is the oldest de-
nominational publication, has Just col
ebrated its roth birthday. The speak
er continued:
1--WE are now carrying on work IN a.
many cnun;.i.-s al ~. "a ner "a SOLO
This people has never gone 70 an!
place and there established the sospe
banner and tflen-taken backward step
History does not record any SIGH thins
There never has been a war or co.li
motion which has caused this peopi
to beat retreat"
Work in Europe Encouraging.
He spoke of the encouraging report
of the progress Of the work that ar
now coming from war swept Durope
showing tina. the soul saving Wor.
went constantly onward even durin
the time when the war clouds nun
thick upon the country.
Using the scripture iiiustT !. 9
building on firm foundation, IN
speaker further showed his conndenc
n the fundamental doctrines Of -
4 denomination by asserting that tne
Hare MOI here in this meeting 10 set An
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