General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6

Statistical Report of Conferences, Missions, and Institutions

W. A. Spicer, C. P. Bollman, I. H. Evans, C. M. Snow, T. E. Bowen

The Statistical Report for 1908. H. E. ROGERS, STATISTICAL SECRETARY.

There is submitted in the following pages the statistical report of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination for the year 1908. This report is presented under four tables: Table No. 1 presents statistics regarding Conferences and missions, arranged by departments, and grouped by Union Conferences; Table No. 2 gives the statistics of our various educational institutions, publishing houses, and sanitariums; Table No. 3 exhibits the leading features of our statistical reports from the organization of the General Conference in 1863 to the present time; Table No. 4 presents information regarding our denominational publications, a similar table having been last issued nine years ago. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.1

Table No. 3 illustrates the progress of this cause as fully perhaps as is possible by figures. The small numbers and their feeble strength at the beginning, the slow but steady growth of after years, and the more rapid progress and wider extent of later years are all clearly indicated in the figures presented. The year 1863, when the General Conference was organized, was the eighteenth year of effort in behalf of this work on the part of the pioneers who led out its promulgation; for it was in 1845-46 that the Sabbath truth was connected with the advent doctrine, and the new message began to make for itself a place in the hearts and lives of God’s professed people. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.2

Publishing Work

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Almost simultaneously with the promulgation of this truth by the preached word was its heralding begun by the circulation of the printed word. A small paper, called The Present Truth, first issued in 1849, at Middletown, Conn., but later changed to the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, formed the nucleus of a work which was carried on for nearly three years, at Rochester, N. Y., and was in 1855 removed to Battle Creek, Mich., where but one small office continued for twenty-one years to supply all the literature, mostly in the English language, used by the denomination. In 1876, however, a second office of publication was opened at Oakland, Cal., and the sales of both houses for that year amounted to $20,000. By the year 1888 six publishing houses in various parts of the world had been opened, and the sales for that year were $250,000; the year 1898 saw twelve such establishments in operation, with literature issued in thirty languages; in 1908 there were twenty-six offices of publication valued at $1,038,215.26; having 515 employees with sales amounting to $1,286,981.24, and literature issued in fifty-seven languages, in the form of 333 books, 287 pamphlets, 118 periodicals, and 1096 tracts, or a total of 1834 publications one copy of each being valued at $488. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.3

Establishment of Sanitariums

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In order of development, the establishment of sanitariums came next. The first one was established in Battle Creek, Mich., in 1866, for the rational treatment of disease and the dissemination of the principles of temperance and healthful living. This was the only institution opened by the denomination until 1882, when the second was opened in St. Helena, Cal. The third one was established in 1888, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Ten years later, 1898, there were sixteen such institutions in operation in various parts of the world, and at the close of 1908, there were eighty, having a total valuation of $2,766,346.50, with 1843 employees, and treating, in 1908, 22,762 patients, and expending in charity work $75,000. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.4

Educational Institutions

WASe

The third step in establishing auxiliary facilities for the extension of this work was the opening of schools for the training of workers. In 1872 the first school was opened in Battle Creek, Mich. This school was incorporated as a college in 1874, and was the only denominational training-school until 1881, when a similar school was opened in Healdsburg, Cal. The following year a school of like character was opened in South Lancaster, Mass. A larger college was opened in 1891 at Lincoln, Neb. By 1898 there were twenty-one educational institutions of higher grades, and ten years later, at the close of 1908, there were eighty-three institutions, having a total valuation of $1,625,670.56, an enrollment of 6,521, and employing 476 teachers. In addition there were 535 schools of lower grades, having 625 teachers, an enrollment of 10,487, and an equipment valued at $147,749.05. The work offered in these two classes of institutions together constitutes an educational graded system requiring sixteen years’ work, with the special object of preparing workers for the prosecution of this work in all parts of the world. These schools are located in twenty-two different countries. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.5

Foreign Work

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Work outside the United States was not undertaken until 1874. Ten years later the six conferences and missions outside the United States reported 906 members. By 1894 the sixteen conferences and missions outside this country had a membership of 5,120. At the close of 1904, just thirty years from the time foreign work was entered upon, there were eighty-one conferences and missions, with 21,682 communicants. At the close of 1908 there were, in 78 countries, 110 conferences and missions, with 32,505 communicants. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.6

Sabbath-School Work

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Sabbath-school work was begun early in connection with this work, and has steadily grown in interest and membership, until at the close of 1908 there were 3,825 schools, 91,230 members, who contributed during the year $104,620.77. Of this sum $95,280.90 was given for foreign missions. The local Sabbath-schools in the United States retained for their own expenses during 1908, $7,352.64, a per capita, for the 58,383 members, of 0126 cents. The 32,847 members outside the United States retained for the expenses of their local Sabbath-schools $1,987.23, a per capital of .0061 cents. The contributions for missions for the entire world averaged $1.04 per member for the year. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.7

Missionary Volunteer Department

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The Missionary Volunteer Department, organized in 1907, now has 539 local societies, 10,148 members, with total contributions amounting to $16,282.52 for the year, $9,469.38 of which was for foreign work. The entire contributions averaged $1.60 per member for the year. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.8

Doctrine

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Seventh-day Adventists have no formal or written creed, but take the Bible as their rule of faith and practise. The chief points of their belief, upon which there is entire unanimity throughout the body, are as follows:— GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.9

That the law of God is the divine standard of righteousness, binding upon all men; that Christ, taking on him the nature of the seed of Abraham, lived our example, died our sacrifice, was raised for our justification, and is now the only mediator for us in the heavenly sanctuary, where, through the merits of his shed blood, he ministers pardon and forgiveness of sins to all who come to God through him; that the seventh day of the week is the Sabbath; that the personal, visible coming of Christ is near at hand, and is to precede the millennium; that immersion is the proper form of baptism; that man is not by nature immortal, but receives eternal life only by faith in Christ; that the state to which man is reduced by death is one of unconsciousness; that the investigative judgment now in progress in heaven decides the eternal destiny of all men; that at the coming of Christ the living righteous will be translated, and the righteous dead resurrected, and taken to heaven, where they will remain during the millennium, during which the punishment of the wicked is determined, and that at its close Christ, with his people, returns to this earth, the wicked are resurrected, and Satan, the originator of all sin, and his followers meet their final destruction; that the earth is then to be made the fit abode of the people of God throughout the ceaseless ages, where the righteous shall evermore dwell, and sin never again mar the universe of God. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.10

The use of intoxicants or tobacco in any form is made a test of church fellowship; “higher criticism” finds no place in their ranks; they advocate the complete separation of church and state, and oppose all religious legislation; the payment of the tithe, or one tenth of the income, supplemented by offerings, is the accepted method of gospel support. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.11

Polity

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From the local church upward the form of organization may be stated thus: The local church elects officers annually to look after its interests; the churches in a State form a local conference, holding annual sessions, with one delegate for every fifteen members; five or six local conferences form a Union Conference, holding biennial sessions, with one delegate for every 200 members; the Union Conferences compose the General Conference, holding quadrennial sessions, with one delegate for every 1,000 members. The presidents of local conferences are ex-officio members of the Union Conference committees, and the presidents of Union Conferences are ex-officio members of the General Conference. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.12

Attention may be directed to the decrease reported by a few of the Union Conferences in the United States. This decrease comes from a more thorough revision of church records in some of the conferences than has been undertaken for a number of years, and should have been attended to each year, and thus not have been brought into one year. The decrease in these Unions is therefore not an actual loss. GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.13

The financial summary on page 265 presents some of the leading items in connection with the various tables:— GCB June 1, 1909, page 253.14

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7
NAME OF CONFERENCE OR MISSION (a)	Organized	Population	Number of Churches	Membership	Number of Companies	Membership
Atlantic Union Conference	1901
Central New England	1903	3,216,934	35	1,133	4	23
Greater New York	1902	5,000,000	23	920	1	13
Maine	1867	694,466	21	429	1	17
New York	1906	1,875,000	36	782	20	98
Southern New England	1903	1,500,000	20	496	4	22
Vermont	1863	343,644	15	412	2	16
Western New York	1906	1,500,000	36	803	1	22
Totals for 1908		14,130,044	186	4,975	33	211
Totals for 1907		13,089,563	183	4,658	27	165
Gain for 1908		1,040,481	3	317	6	46
Central Union Conference	1902
Eastern Colorado (e) 1908	500,000	33	1,700	8	40
Kansas	1875	1,656,799	90	2,589	25	250
Nebraska	1878	1,036,090	51	2,207	17	202
North Missouri (e)	1908	1,209,365	13	538	1	10
Southern Missouri (e)	1908	1,897,300	35	807	6	42
Western Colorado (e)	1908	268,320	15	390
Wyoming	1907	225,000	19	390	3	22
Totals for 1908		6,792,874	256	8,621	60	566
Totals for 1907		6,714,225	262	8,635	52	600
Gain for 1908		78,649			8
Columbia Union Conference	1907
Chesapeake	1899	1,475,000	15	566
District of Columbia	1909	339,403	5	548	1	10
Eastern Pennsylvania	1903	4,000,000	28	1,135	5	80
Ohio	1863	4,157,545	78	2,036
New Jersey	1902	2,144,134	19	562	4	46
Virginia	1883	1,854,184	25	509	1	10
West Pennsylvania	1903	3,000,000	33	787	7	26
West Virginia	1887	958,800	12	233	3	22
Totals for 1908		17,929,066	215	6,376	21	194
Totals for 1907		17,668,601	211	6,199	23	188
Gain for 1908		260,465	4	177		6
Lake Union Conference	1901
East Michigan	1902	1,170,029	53	1,822	9	36
Indiana	1872	2,516,462	70	1,878
Northern Illinois	1902	2,932,033	31	1,315
North Michigan	1902	558,027	30	806	10	85
Southern Illinois	1902	1,889,519	23	599
West Michigan	1902	692,928	77	3,205	1	56
Wisconsin	1871	2,069,942	98	2,848	9	100
Totals for 1908		11,828,940	382	12,473	29	277
Totals for 1907		11,828,038	388	12,914	45	369
Gain for 1908		902
Northern Union Conference	1902
Iowa	1863	2,231,853	116	2,428
Minnesota	1862	1,979,912	79	1,650
North Dakota	1902	672,671	28	917
South Dakota	1879	473,250	33	985
Totals for 1908	5,357,686	256	5,980
Totals for 1907	5,050,835	256	6,708	19	292
Gain for 1908		306,851
North Pacific Union Conf	1906
Montana	1898	243,329	16	448	1	4
Southern Idaho	1907	150,000	18	527	1	15
Upper Columbia	1880	425,000	30	1,550	6	106
Western Oregon	1902	530,000	40	1,658	3	35
Western Washington	1902	536,251	39	1,541	19	173
Alaska Mission		60,000
Totals for 1908		1,944,580	143	5,724	30	333
Totals for 1907		1,897,649	147	5,712	13	107
Gain for 1908		46,931		12	17	226
Pacific Union Conference	1901
Arizona	1902	200,000	7	242	3	19
California	1873	1,465,000	75	4,643	5	40
Southern California	1901	600,000	30	2,350	11	92
Utah	1902	355,000	5	205	3	30
Totals for 1908		2,620,000	117	7,440	22	181
Totals for 1907		2,567,000	106	6,878	15	142
Gain for 1908		53,000	11	562	7	39
Southeastern Union Conf.(f)	1907
Cumberland	1900	796,931	13	530	5	12
Florida	1893	434,165	20	460
Georgia	1901	2,323,635	5	191	4	33
North Carolina	1901	2,100,000	13	277	10	50
South Carolina	1907	1,474,735	9	174	8	51
Totals for 1908		7,129,466	60	1,632	27	146
Totals for 1907		8,645,183	56	1,424	36	244
Gain for 1908			4	208
The letters (a) to (f) refer to accompanying foot-notes.

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				Sabbath
21	22	23	24	25
Amount of Tithe appropriated to Fields outside of Conference	Total Offerings to Foreign Missions (except as noted under 28 and 36)	Total Contributions for Home Mission Work	Total Contributions for Local Church Work	Number of Sabbat Schools
	$ 5,727 40	$ 3,530 19	$ 2,733 60	34
	3,572 37	1,822 00	5,169 43	22
	604 13	228 77	1,496 83	23
	529 70	700 00	550 00	43
	1,317 48	1,214 71	1,083 96	22
700 00	954 11	719 27	508 96	21
1,000 00	1,457 83	265 62	1,776 30	36
1,700 00	14,163 02	8,480 56	13,319 08	201
2,244 34	12,251 29	11,965 36	6,793 67	181
	1,911 73		6,525 41	20
100 00		500 00
8,256 90	5,059 36			47
3,724 24	8,911 74	6,164 12	1,856 12	95
5,000 00	14,543 47	7,787 82	10,739 22	82
1,125 88	1,768 04	1,144 71		17
	697 10	16 90	240 10	38
30 00	918 03	213 35	197 76	17
	1,122 32	393 27		24
18,237 02	33,020 06	16,220 41	13,033 20	320
28,466 31	32,970 29	28,489 28	9,542 99	333
	49 77		3,490 21
	626 56	139 32		19
5,917 97	2,297 71	467 76	2,358 75	6
	3,297 78	1,404 17	3,612 13	50
4,065 98	4,518 46	805 13	3,607 59	76
	2,800 00	890 83	942 66	19
	1,099 32	132 43	612 18	28
	2,056 07	405 22	1,419 61	41
	375 80	34 66	100 00	18
9,983 95	17,071 70	4,279 52	12,652 92	257
9,655 34	9,749 47	7,087 65	8,461 50	261
328 61	7,322 23		4,191 42
624 00	6,529 85	2,475 00	2,365 00	66
2,855 75	2,821 51	912 03	980 28	70
	2,476 52	4,490 55	3,990 64	36
	1,223 77	251 42	263 59	56
	1,855 76	796 78	710 15	24
5,844 10	6,068 49	4,127 37	3,962 95	81
2,944 42	5,068 73	1,188 74	2,709 20	120
12,268 27	26,044 63	14,241 89	14,981 81	453
17,590 21	42,189 45	26,815 45	13,995 46	450
			986 35	3
10,309 67	6,013 15	9,072 67	3,600 00	150
4,209 20	5,566 28	684 63	2,206 67	158
2,040 60	6,547 82	3,464 69	214 95	41
6,610 34	5,045 26	3,089 69	1,000 00	46
23,169 81	23,172 51	16,311 68	7,021 62	395
24,647 97	18,840 58	24,795 48	5,149 29	336
	4,331 93		1,872 33	59
4,150 00	3,356 01	1,424 35	355 63	39
500 00	1,187 45	296 46	537 76	23
3,517 31	4,879 70	2,788 16	1,207 63	58
1,075 00	3,987 84	4,210 92	1,306 68	51
7,439 26	4,320 07	1,826 15	1,345 50	60
16,681 57	17,731 07	10,546 04	4,753 20	231
9,203 53	15,978 65	9,702 36	7,994 35	194
7,478 04	1,752 42	843 68		37
478 20	392 58	94 27	378 14	15
15,619 87	9,909 98	6,354 43	8,572 85	98
2,050 00	8,500 00	4,726 28	6,800 00	41
569 20	310 67	164 65	516 56	8
18,717 27	19,113 23	11,339 63	16,267 55	162
22,176 69	11,144 66	15,239 66	20,248 79	148
	7,968 57			14
	1,186 04	580 69	500 00	18
	904 96	247 22	1,285 57	29
	722 93	247 08	510 30	13
	353 78	381 13	62 50	22
	311 27	103 14	312 15	17
	3,478 98	1,559 26	2,670 52	99
1,407 45	2,718 55	2,628 80	2,344 78	92
	760 43		325 74	9

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					Statistical Report of
1	2	3	4	5	6
NAME OF CONFERENCE OR MISSION	Organized	Population	Number of Churches	Membership	Number of Compainies
Southern Union Conference (f)	1901
Alabama	1901	1,923,074	16	309
Kentucky	1908	2,009,665	8	259
Louisiana	1901	1,381,625	11	275
Mississippi	1901	1,551,207	15	221
Tennessee River	1886	2,020,616	16	500
Totals for 1908		8,886,187	66	1,564	1
Totals for 1907		8,672,066	66	1,560
Gain for 1908		214,121		4
Southwestern Union Conf.	1902
Arkansas	1888	1,311,564	20	533
Oklahoma	1894	1,525,000	71	1,889
Texas	1878	2,798,476	34	1,475	1
New Mexico Mission	1908	425,000	8	285
West Texas Mission	1908	500,000	3	171
Totals for 1908		6,560,040	136	4,353	2
Totals for 1907		6,110,274	132	3,869	1
Gain for 1908		449,766	4	484	1
Canadian Union Conference	1901
Maratime	1902	930,341	9	234
Ontario	1899	2,182,942	22	414
Quebec	1880	1,853,416	7	160
Newfoundland	1902	225,000	1	43
Totals for 1908		5,191,699	39	851
Totals for 1907		5,059,609	40	941
Gain for 1908		132,090
West. Canadian Union Conf.	1907
Alberta	1906	225,000	10	284
British Columbia	1902	300,000	12	230
Manitoba	1903	675,000	9	220
Saskatchewan Mission	1907	260,000	3	84
Totals for 1908		1,460,000	34	818
Totals for 1907		1,360,000	32	777
Gain for 1908		100,000	2	41
Australian Union Conf.	1894		1	4
New South Wales	1895	1,596,569	23	935
New Zealand	1889	928,978	16	458	1
Queensland	1899	550,404	7	257
South Australia	1899	381,148	10	323
Tasmania	1901	177,213	5	251
Victoria	1888	1,210,304	17	794
West Australia	1902	263,846	16	362
Cook Islands	1894	12,250	1	13
Fiji	1889	8,000	13	172
Friendly Islands	1895	22,000	1	10
Java	1906	32,000,000
New Guinea	1908	350,000
Norfolk Island	1895	700	1	25
Philippine Islands	1906	8,000,000
Pitcairn Island	1890	155	1	68
Samoa	1895	36,755	1	6
Singapore	1904	300,000
Society Islands	1892	12,800	4	72
Sumatra	1899	3,000,000
Totals for 1908		48,851,122	117	3,750	4
Totals for 1907		50,377,544	109	3,525	4
Gain for 1908			8	225
British Union Conference	1902
North England	1902	16,392,364	21	575
South England	1902	16,400,000	15	595
Ireland	1902	4,500,000	3	59
Scotland	1902	4,676,603	7	147
Wales	1902	1,864,696	6	153
Totals for 1908		43,833,663	52	1,529	1
Totals for 1907		47,833,663	47	1,560	1
Gain for 1908			5
German Union Conference	1901
German Union District	1905	1,145,000	3	593
East German	1901	7,256,380	19	836	1
German-Swiss	1901	2,500,000	14	477
Hungarian	1907	17,876,189	5	100	2
North German	1907	5,162,498	7	248	1
Prussian	1903	3,671,922	24	570	1
Rhenish	1903	6,436,337	13	606	1
Saxon	1908	4,508,601	8	382
Silesia	1907	6,929,248	10	273	1
South German	1902	13,771,167	13	624	2
West German	1898	12,006,580	15	568	2
Austrian Mission		29,168,332	1	27
Balkan Mission		13,698,603	2	127

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						For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1908
				Sabbath-School Dept.
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Amount of Tithe appropriated to Fields outside of Conference	Total Offerings to Foreign Missions (except as noted under 28 and 36)	Total Contributions for Home Mission Work	Total Contributions for Local Church Work	Number of SabbathSchools	Membership	Total Sabbath-School Contributions
	571 22	166 57	238 51	25	498	479 90
	82 66			10	231	266 82
	794 29	989 36	355 41	12	304	425 78
	309 29	268 99	400 00	24	425	323 73
	575 50	1,200 00	1,500 00	16	412	388 52
	2,332 96	2,624 92	2,493 92	87	1,870	1,884 75
	1,184 22	1,027 29	1,162 03	92	1,932	1,188 97
	1,148 74	1,597 63	1,331 89			695 78
	627 50	455 39	588 78	29	633	483 71
4,398 30	3,830 27	3,553 44	527 41	94	2,306	2,895 58
550 00	2,128 50	1,601 25	1,001 50	53	1,369	1,509 24
	91 15	13 56		15	341	278 43
	60 82	17 53		10	207	79 08
4,948 30	6,738 24	5,641 17	2,117 69	201	4,856	5,246 04
3,000 00	2,416 81	6,537 48	1,731 38	178	3,825	2,955 64
1,948 30	4,321 43		386 31	23	1,031	2,290 40
	321 03	189 60	104 68	9	218	237 88
	855 10	603 48	1,191 65	25	519	575 17
	83 30			17	182	160 43
				3	52	39 78
	1,259 43	793 08	1,296 33	54	971	1,013 26
	1,547 37	1,920 82	821 27	44	958	934 41
			475 06	10	13	78 85
	708 60	1,714 78	18 85	20	448	647 53
	643 88	205 77	125 86	16	323	441 67
474 34	355 76	413 01	200 00	14	322	358 35
	569 50	356 90		8	140	356 70
474 34	2,277 74	2,690 46	344 71	58	1,233	1,804 25
	2,125 52	5,237 66	472 85	61	1,137	1,414 65
474 34	152 22				96	389 60
759 72	1,790 10	685 39	854 86	38	1,283	1,801 09
	1,263 95	149 50		27	783	1,322 63
	452 42	272 25	78 89	9	268	434 26
	670 89	909 27	369 57	18	412	763 45
	245 99	186 30	251 72	13	291	367 28
759 72	1,205 79	220 23	1,956 12	32	947	1,553 65
	828 12	1,158 92	676 06	28	548	1,263 74
	8 52	1 10		1	27	27 74
				23	300	129 77
				2	23	84 15
	15 42			1	18	76 62
				1	3	18 14
	41 39	15 34	21 91	1	39	34 13
				1	3	15 18
				1	128	7 93
	5 40	3 77	1 83	1	12	71 77
	125 02	4 44	33 44	2	54	85 96
				9	139	65 24
	5 48			1	5	13 76
	438 78		2,078 53		583	937 90
	22 63					39 94
1,717 93	664 17	1,304 24	39 95	33	742	558 92
1,957 12	956 06	1,657 89	1,657 55	23	752	522 16
	172 32	882 91	38 35	6	77	145 76
	177 48	158 96	417 50	8	185	169 72
	206 91	213 14	60 98	11	259	126 31
3,675 05	2,199 57	4,349 14	2,214 33	81	2,015	1,562 81
1,641 55	2,070 77	1,306 44	105 75	77	1,871	1,457 55
2,033 50	128 80	3,042 70	2,108 58	4	144	105 26
	1,320 77	10,536 63
1,600 14	826 67	866 70		3	530	741 22
2,895 57	1,146 21	2,803 24		33	996	757 68
932 56	736 56	1,474 60		14	378	387 20
644 79	164 38	444 47		28	423	227 95
1,343 94	584 71	1,028 36		27	391	486 16
1,106 11	518 93	1,169 55		40	773	679 13
2,515 76	783 16	2,177 93		24	927	739 76
1,457 15	688 77	1,261 27		12	347	519 05
1,377 00	773 27	1,016 26		28	622	538 48
2,140 68	1,318 90	3,606 14		34	930	930 72
2,459 89	1,395 65	2,581 97		36	1,059	883 65
28 84	102 69	292 33		8	109	129 59
54 09	95 37	81 22		5	139	116 37

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					Statistical
1	2	3	4	5	6
NAME OF CONFERENCE OR MISSION (a)	Organized	Population	Number of Churches	Membership	Number of Compainies
Crotian Mission		2,592,968			1
Holland and Flemish
Belgium Mission		9,287,253	6	135	10
Totals for 1908		136,011,078	140	5,566	171
Totals for 1907		142,421,790	122	4,733	150
Gain for 1908			18	833	21
Latin Union Conference	1907
French	1907	39,252,267	8	176	9
Roman-Swiss	1884	1,025,256	14	548
Algeria-Tunis	1902	7,060,745			1
French-Belgium	1902	3,623,606	1	21	1
Italy	1901	33,640,710	1	26	1
Portugal	1903	5,423,132			2
Spain	1903	19,565,903			2
Totals for 1908		109,591,619	24	771	16
Totals for 1907		107,894,374	24	706	15
Gain for 1908		1,697,245	65	1
Levant Union Mission
Egypt (Inc. Sudan)		14,518,274	1	10
Syria (Inc. Mesopotamia
and Arabia)		6,288,600	2	19
Turkey		17,999,956	5	127	10
Greece		2,631,952			1
Persia (unentered)		9,500,000
Totals for 1908		50,938,782	8	156	11
Totals for 1907		50,740,636	23	253
Gain for 1908		198,146			11
Russian Union Conference	1908
Baltic	1908	6,362,300	4	323	10
Caucasia	1901	12,022,200	15	624	17
South Russia	1908	14,410,000	5	141	14
East Russia Mission		29,433,300	8	206	15
Middle Russia Mission		63,821,600	1	62	10
West Russia Mission		22,392,700	7	178	8
Totals for 1908		148,442,100	40	1,534	74
Totals for 1907		145,980,100	41	1,432	57
Gain for 1908		2,462,000	102	17
Scandinavian Union Conf	1903
Denmark	1880	2,588,919	19	896
Norway	1887	2,052,221	21	800
Sweden	1882	4,751,046	33	786
Finland	1897	2,816,500	3	88	5
Iceland and Greenland	1897	93,000	1	40
Northland	1906	845,315	4	81
Totals for 1908		13,147,001	81	2,691	5
Totals for 1907		21,147,001	81	2,586	4
Gain for 1908				105	1
South African Union Conf.	1902
Cape Colony	1892	2,794,849	12	471	3
Natal-Transvaal	1902	2,658,107	4	79	5
Barotseland (Rhodesia)	1905	350,000	1	19
Basutoland (Kolo)	1899	218,903	1	3
Malamulo (Nyasaland)	1902	850,705	1	17
Maranatha (Kaffir)	1906				1
Mkupuvula (Rhodesia)
Solusi (Bulawayo)	1894	605,764	1	60
Somabula (Gwelo)	1901		1	30
Totals for 1908		7,598,328	21	679	9
Totals for 1907		7,370,437	20	673	8
Gains for 1908		227,891	1	6	1
South American Union Conf	1906
Four Confs., Seven Miss.(g)		41,964,550	61	2,210	28
West Indian Union Conference
British Guiana	1906	387,086	9	329	6
Central America	1908	3,433,842	7	183	5
East Caribbean	1906	900,000	7	195	11
Jamaica	1903	806,690	29	1,164	24
South Caribbean	1906	386,947	9	450	4
West Carribbean	1906	1,069 297	8	314	7
Cuba Mission	1905	2,058,000	3	53
Hayti Mission	1905	900,000	1	40	6
North Caribbean Mission	1907	1,650,000	3	58	3
Totals for 1908		11,591,862	76	2,786	66
Totals for 1907		10,767,807	74	2,693	66
Gain for 1908		824,055	2	93
East African Missions
Abyssinia	1907	8,280,000	1	4
British East Africa (h)	1906	4,038,250	1	4
German East Africa	1903	6,703,000	1	15
Totals for 1908		19,021,250	3	23

[CD-ROM Editor’s Note: Table incomplete - will be completed in future edition of CD-ROM]

				Sabbath-Schoool Dept.
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Amount of Tithe appropriated to outside of Conference	Total Offerings to Foreign Missions (except as noted under 28 and 36)	Total Contributions for Home Mission Work	Total Contributions for Local Church Work	Number of SabbathSchools	Membership	Total SabbathSchool Contribution
48 08	12 80			1	3	1 43
38 46	425 76	326 14		16	253	161 20
18,643 06	10,894 60	29,666 81		309	7,880	7,299 59
6,299 69	9,043 37	11,812 65	4,660 90	284	6,917	5,971,53
12,343 37	1,851 23	17,854 16		25	963	1,328 06
		550 30
264 81	444 05	67 00	316 00	20	264	210 93
1,059 56	996 57		1,424 00	17	436	539 35
	17 20			1	7	10 45
	13 98			2	41	41 15
	8 95		70 00	1	12	15 48
	20 12			2	17	24 76
	9 07			1	17	39 90
1,324 37	1,509 94	617 30	1,810 00	44	794	882 02
184 21	1,371 84	896 13	1,841 64	43	785	845 22
	138 10			1	9	36 80
	47 30			2	10	10 29
	73 89			3	20	38 35
	56 61			13	224	24 69
				1	3
	177 80			19	257	73 33
	256 39	11 52		17	228	73 60
				2	29
		1,436 81
341 42	328 89			15	494	397 75
229 29	112 20			33	1,125	295 43
229 46	118 55			20	597	322 77
	115 22			24	599	184 41
	80 42			12	356	134 67
	70 44			16	375	93 68
800 17	825 72	1,436 81		120	3,546	1,428 71
	605 33	133 83	115 14	108	2,864	1,042 57
800 17	220 39	1,302 98		12	682	386 14
1,629 07	2,008 35	260 43	496 49	29	787	573 30
1,268 89	661 10	93 16		23	567	429 04
518 32	593 55	128 50		64	497	385 33
	413 24	2,230 70		11	118	166 14
	32 02		100 00	1	20	17 57
	111 57			7	72	24 44
3,416 28	3,819 83	2,712 79	596 49	135	2,061	1,595 82
731 02	2,750 39	405 60	323 08	115	2,026	1,486 01
2,685 26	1,069 44	2,307 19	273 41	20	35	109 81
523 36	178 55	262 68		21	343	419 12
	250 50	615 67	1,134 69	12	166	350 13
		3 65		3	111	10 41
				1	25
		5 68		8	382
		12 76		1	22	21 21
						14 26
		54 06		3	150	33 18
		9 74		1	75	16 99
523 36	429 05	964 24	1,134 69	50	1,274	865 30
965 30	798 46	78 47	669 32	33	823	1,167 30
		885 77	465 37	17	451
	810 18	919 30	1,119 67	132	2,583	2,044 97
	156 35			17	440	110 55
	237 94	241 01	306 50	10	312	179 03
				17	400	123 85
	271 73	46 63	500 00	56	1,627	745 11
	195 63	16 73	272 53	13	492	215 55
				17	342	243 90
	32 06			5	59	33 26
	11 00			8	80	15 00
			328 18	7	107	53 83
	904 71	304 37	1,407 21	150	3,859	1,720 08
	921 46	612 56	1,780 98	134	3,571	1,403 20
				16	288	316 88
					1	4
					1	4
	88 30			3	9	21 80
	88 30			5	17	21 80

[CD-ROM Editors note: Table incomplete - will be completed in future edition of CD-ROM]Statistical Report of Seventh-day Adventist Conferences and Missions Church and Confe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NAME OF CONFERENCE Organized Population Number of Membership Number of Membership Number OR MISSION (a) Churches Companies Sabbat Miscellaneous Missions Bermuda 1903 17,000 1 39 9 British West Africa 1894 50,000,000 1 31 3 24 5 China(h) 1903 435,000,000 5 128 Hawaii 1895 170,000 1 24 India (Inc. Burma and Ceylon) 1895 297,970,499 6 132 4 25 50 Japan 1897 50,000,000 4 119 33 Korea 1904 12,000,000 4 100 8 105 Mexico 1893 13,607,259 2 70 4 65 7 Totals for 1908 858,764,758 24 643 19 219 104 Totals for 1907 847,597,758 21 535 26 228 153 Gain for 1908 11,167,000 3 108 Recapitulati 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NAME OF CONFERENCE Organized Population Number of Membership Number of Membership Number OR MISSION (A) Churches Companies Sabbath Union Confs. in United States General Conference (i) 1863 Atlantic Union 1901 14,130,044 186 4,975 33 211 348 Central Union 1902 6,792,874 256 8,621 60 566 849 Columbia Union 1907 17,929,066 215 6,376 21 194 430 Lake Union 1901 11,828,940 382 12,473 29 277 352 Northern Union 1902 5,357,686 256 5,980 545 North Pacific Union 1906 1,944,580 143 5,724 30 333 339 Pacific Union 1901 2,620,000 117 7,440 22 181 108 Southeastern Union 1907 7,129,466 60 1,632 27 146 145 Southern Union 1901 8,886,187 66 1,564 15 143 211 Southwestern Union 1902 6,560,040 136 4,353 24 238 320 Totals for 1908 83,178,883 1,817 59,138 261 2,289 3,647 Totals for 1907 82,243,434 1,807 58,557 251 2,256 3,702 Gain for 1908 935,449 10 581 10 33 Union Conferences in Canada Canadian Union 1902 5,191,699 39 851 5 31 88 West. Canadian Union 1907 1,460,000 34 818 2 21 320 Totals for 1908 6,651,699 73 1,669 7 52 408 Totals for 1907 6,419,609 72 1,718 11 116 260 Gain for 1908 232,090 1 148 Australasian Union for 1908 1894 48,851,122 117 3,750 47 368 374 Totals for 1907 50,377,544 109 3,525 42 362 312 Gain for 1908 8 225 5 6 62 European Union Conferences British Union 1902 43,833,663 52 1,529 15 139 6 German Union 1901 136,011,078 140 5,566 171 2,955 Latin Union 1907 109,591,619 24 771 16 176 16 Levant Union Mission 50,938,782 8 156 11 93 16 Russian Union 1908 148,442,100 40 1,534 74 1,473 70 Scandinavian Union 1903 13,147,001 81 2,691 5 33 115 Totals for 1908 501,964,243 345 12,247 292 4,869 223 Totals for 1907 516,294,927 338 11,270 243 3,495 569 Gain for 1908 7 977 49 1,374 Miscellaneous Union Conf. South African Union 1902 7,598,328 21 679 9 88 135 South American Union 1906 41,964,550 61 2,210 28 271 80 West Indian Union 1906 11,591,862 76 2,786 66 1,014 293 East African and Miscella- neous Mission Fields 877,786,008 27 666 19 219 104 Totals for 1908 938,940,748 185 6,341 122 1,592 612 Totals for 1907 905,916,952 178 5,827 128 1,389 690 Gain for 1908 33,023,796 7 514 203 Totals by Groups United States 83,178,883 1,817 59,138 261 2,289 3,647 Canada 6,651,699 73 1,669 7 52 408 Australasia 48,851,122 117 3,750 47 368 374 Europe 501,964,243 345 12,247 292 4,869 223 Miscellaneous 938,940,748 185 6,341 122 1,592 612 United States 83,178,883 1,817 59,138 261 2,289 3,647 All other countries 1,496,407,812 720 24,007 468 6,881 1,617 Grand total for 1908 1,579,586,695 2,537 83,145 729 9,170 5,264 Totals for 1907 1,561,252,466 2,504 80,897 675 7,618 5,533 Gain for 1908 18,334,229 33 2,248 54 1,552 Per Cent of Gain 1908 1.17 1.32 2.78 8.00 20.37 Totals for 1904 1,414,694,654 2,243 71,891 552 5,432 4,298 Gain for four years 164,892,041 294 11,254 177 3,638 966

[CD-ROM Editor’s Note: Table incomplete - will be completed in future edition of CD-ROM]

					For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1
					Sabbath-School
21	22	23	24	25	26
Amount of Tithe appropriated to Fields outside of Conference	Total Offerings to Foreign Missions Foreign Missions (except as noted under 28 and 36)	Total Contributions for Home Mission Work	Total Contributions for Local Church Work	Number of Sabbath-Schools	Membe
	67 64		187 92	6
				3
	39 05	135 00	16 81	8	1
	81 45	22 55	237 80	1
	201 50	157 56	12	2
	123 00			5	1
				12	2
	52 00	32 50	106 91	6	1
	564 64	347 61	549 44	53	1,0
	246 68	4,083 47	175 81	48	1,0
	317 96		373 63	5

21	22	23	24	25	26
Amount of Tithe appropriated to Fields outside of Conference	Total Offerings to Foreign Missions Foreign Missions (except as noted under 28 and 36)	Total Contributions for Home Mission Work	Total Contributions for Local Church Work	Number of Sabbath-Schools	Membe
	8,000 00
1,700 00	14,163 02	8,480 56	13,319 08	201	4
18,237 02	33,020 06	16,220 41	13,033 20	320	8
9,983 95	17,071 70	4,279 52	12,652 92	257	6
12,268 27	26,044 63	14,241 89	14,981 81	453	10
23,169 81	23,172 51	16,311 68	7,021 62	395	7
16,681 57	17,731 07	10,546 04	4,753 20	231	6
18,717 27	19,113 23	11,339 63	16,267 55	162	6
	3,478 98	1,559 26	2,670 52	99	2
	2,332 96	2,624 92	2,493 92	87	1
4,948 30	6,738 24	5,641 17	2,117 69	201	4
105,706 19	170,866 40	91,245 08	89,311 51	2,406	58
118,391 84	156,943 88	134,289 33	77,424 24	2,265	55
	13,922 52		11,887 27	141	3
	1,259 43	793 08	1,296 33	54
474 34	2,277 74	2,690 46	344 71	58	1
474 34	3,537 17	3,483 54	1,641 04	112	2
	3,672 89	7,158 48	1,294 12	105	2
474 34			346 92	7
1,519 44	6,667 49	3,606 51	4,244 40	209	5
2,783 55	6,228 71	5,241 87	2,165 87	210	4
	438 78		2,078 53
3,675 05	2,199 57	2,349 14	2,214 33	81	2
18,643 06	10,894 60	29,666 81		309	7
1,324 37	1,509 94	617 30	1,810 00	44
	177 80			19
800 17	825 72	1,436 81		120	3
3,416 28	3,819 83	2,712 79	596 49	135	2
27,858 93	19,427 46	38,782 85	4,620 82	708	16
8,856 47	16,098 09	14,566 17	7,046 51	644	14
19,002 46	3,329 37	24,216 68		64	1
523 36	429 05	964 24	1,134 69	50	1
	810 18	919 30	1,119 67	132	2
	904 71	304 37	1,407 21	150	3
	652 94	347 61	549 44	58	1
523 36	2,796 88	2,535 52	4,211 09	390	8
965 30	2,776 78	5,693 80	3,745 78	349	7
	20 10		465 31	41
105,706 19	170,866 40	91,245 08	89,311 51	2,406	58
474 34	3,537 17	3,483 54	1,641 04	112	2
1,519 44	6,667 49	3,606 51	4,244 40	209	5
27,858 93	19,427 46	38,782 85	4,620 82	708	16
523 36	2,796 88	2,535 52	4,211 09	390	8
105,706 19	170,866 40	91,245 08	89,311 51	2,406	58
30,376 07	32,429 00	48,408 42	14,717 35	1,419	32
136,082 26	203,295 40	139,653 50	104,028 86	3,825	91
130,997 16	185,720 35	166,949 65	91,676 52	3,573	84
5,085 10	17,575 05		12,352 34	252	6
3.88	9.46		13.47	7.05
83,031 11	104,434 15			3,064	71
53,051 15	98,861 25			761	19

Denominational Institutions—Table No. 2
Section 1—Educational Institutions(a)
Name	Address	Assets	Buildings	Acres
Adelphian Academy	Holly, Michigan	$ 22,633 76	3	77
Alberta Industrial Academy	Leduc, Alberta	11,525 00	2	160
Arizona Intermediate School	Phoenix, Arizona	200 00	1
Avondale School for Chr. Workers	Cooranbong, N. S. W., Australia	76,492 72	20	1,110
Battle Creek Academy	Battle Creek, Mich.	8,000 00	1	2
Beechwood Manual Tr. Academy	Fairland, Ind.	3,096 07	3	13
Berean Industrial School	Malaga, Wash.	2,000 00	1	55
Bethel Academy	Bethel, Wis.	27,710 41	10	195
Bethel School	Canton, China	1,637 52	1
Cedar Lake Academy	Cedar Lake, Michigan	11,977 83	5	82
Central California Inter. School	Armona, Cal.	2,500 00	2	5
Claremont Union College	Kenilworth, Cape, South Africa	33,766 45	4	22
Clearwater Industrial School	Clearwater Lake, Wis.	4,348 00	2	65
Colorado Western Slope Academy	Palisades, Colo.	4,000 00	1	2
Cumberland Industrial School	Daylight, Tenn.	1,500 00	3	100
Darling Range School	Heidelberg, West Australia	7,958 34	2	100
Diamante School	Diamante, Argentina, South America	5,000 00	2	120
DuQuoin Intermediate School	DuQuoin, Ill.	2,200 00	1	7
Eastern Colorado Academy	Loveland, Colo.	8,550 00	2	6
Elk Point Industrial Academy	Elk Point, S. Dak.	14,553 94	4	40
Emmanuel Missionary College	Berrien Springs, Mich.	93,680 51	25	264
Eufola Academy	Eufola, N. C.	4,500 00	5	23
Fernando Academy	San Fernando, Cal.	26,997 21	5	12
Fiji Training School	Buresala, Ovalau, Fiji, Pacific Ocean	3,512 00	1	270
Forest Home Industrial Academy	Mt. Vernon, Wash.	6,793 64	3	40
Fort Ogden School	Fort Ogden, Florida	1,300 00	2	42
Fox River Academy	Sheridan, Ill.	14,000 91	5	43
Friedensau Industrial School	Friedensau, Germany	44,063 52	1	45
Goldsberry Intermediate School	Goldsberry, Mo.	2,500 00	2	1
Gravel Ford Academy	Gravel Ford, Oregon	4,000 00	3	3
Guatemala English School	Guatemala, Central America	1,000 00	3
Haapal School	Haapal, Tonga, Pacific Ocean	300 00	1
Hazel Industrial Academy	Hazel, Ky.	6,000 00	3	52
Hildebran Industrial Academy	Hildebran, N. C.	6,000 00	4	275
Hillcrest School	near Nashville, Tenn.	3,750 00	2	93
Iowa Industrial Academy	Stuart, Iowa	24,585 39	6	100
Keene Industrial Academy	Keene, Texas	45,970 71	12	144
Korean School	Soonan, Korea	200 00	2	50
Latin Union School	Gland, Switzerland	1,359 20	1	30
Laurelwood Industrial Academy	Gaston, Oregon	7,383 30	2	58
Loma Linda College (c)	Loma Linda, Cal.
Lornedale Academy	Lorne Park, Ontario	17,191 60	5	50
Manson Industrial Academy	Port Hammond, British Columbia	15,288 91	2	214
Maplewood Academy	Maple Plain, Minn.	19,876 02	2	94
Meadow Glade Intermediate School	Manor, Wash.	8,618 07	3	20
Mt. Ellis Academy	Bozeman, Mont.	1,768 05	3	20
Mt. Vernon College	Mt. Vernon, Ohio	39,918 66	4	25
Nashville Agr. and Nor. Institute	Madison, Tenn.	31,000 00	12	414
Northern California Int. School	Chico, Cal.	2,500 00	3	4
Oakwood Manual Training School	Huntsville, Ala.	31,223 32	11	358
Otsego Academy	Otsego, Mich.	20,500 00	6	232
Pacific Educational Association	Sonoma, Cal.	60,122 90
Petoskey Intermediate School	Petoskey, Mich.	500 00	1
Pine Grove Industrial School	Amory, Miss.	4,000 00	1	60
Portage Plains Academy	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba	7,840 82	1	130
Pua Training School	Pua, Chile, South America	2,936 40	2	50
Pukekura Training School	Cambridge, New Zealand	27,185 07	3	170
Rome Mission School	Rome, Italy	200 00	1
Royal Intermediate School	Cottage Grove, Oregon	2,000 00	2	4
Scandinavian Union School	Skodsborg, Denmark	500 00	1
Shenandoah Val. Training Acad.	New Market, Va.	9,500 00	1	42
Sheyenne River Academy	Harvey, N. Dak.	27,229 97	3	400
Singapore School	Singapore, East Indies	2,056 11	1
Society Islands School	Raiatea, Society Islands, Pacific Ocean	5,736 86	2	200
South Lancaster Academy	South Lancaster, Mass.	61,371 22	8	12
Southern Training School	Graysville, Tenn.	35,460 14	3	250
Stanborough Park Miss. College	Watford, England	6,474 07	2	55
Strode Industrial Academy	Oswego, Kans.	5,300 00	4	18
Swedish Mission School	Nyhyttan, Sweden	15,504 72	3	500
Takoma Park School	Takoma Park, D. C.	5,000 00	1
Taquary Training School	Taquary, Brazil, South America	4,000 00	1	12
Toluca Industrial School	Toluca, N. C.	2,500 00	2	6
Tonga School	Nukualofa, Tonga, Pacific Ocean	600 00	1
Tunesassa School	Tunesassa, N. Y.	4,802 30	3	202
Union College	College View, Nebr.	354,320 51	9	125
Walderly School	Hawthorne, Wis.	6,212 40	3	390
Walla Walla College	College Place, Wash.	83,951 76	4	60
Washington Foreign Miss. Seminary	Takoma Park, D. C.	92,762 29	6	14
West African Training School	Freetown, Sierre Leone, West Africa	2,500 00	1
West Indian Training School	Riversdale, Jamaica, West Indies	11,472 40	4	507
Western Normal Institute	Lodi, Cal.	35,000 00	5	20
Williamsdale Academy	Williamsdale, Nova Scotia	10,199 56	5	200
Wyoming Intermediate School	Hemingford, Neb.	3,000 00	2	40
Totals for 1908	83	$1,625,670 56	295	8,604
Totals for 1907	67	1,226,746 15	215	6,945
Gain for 1908	16	$ 398,924 41	80	1,659

Section 2—Publishing Houses
Name	Address	Assets	Buildings	Empl
Advocate Publishing Company	Berrien Springs, Mich.	$ 6,242,38	1
Avondale Press	Cooranbong, N. S. W., Australia	10,542 33	2
Brazil Publishing House	Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America	17,129 09	1
British Publishing House	Watford, England	56,514 85	1
Buenos Ayres Publishing House	Buenos Ayres, Argentina, South America	5,000 00	1
Canadian Publishing Association	Ottawa, Ontario	10,558 27	1
Chile Publishing House	Santiago, Chile, South America	3,847 62	1
China S. D. A. Mission Press	Shanghai, China	3,100 00	1
Christiania Publishing House	Christiania, Norway	35,900 53	2
Denmark Publishing House	Copenhagen, Denmark	7,731 05	1
Fijian Press	Fiji, Pacific Ocean	1,500 00	1
Finland Publishing House	Helsingfors, Finland	9,027 53	1
Hamburg Publishing House	Hamburg, Germany	63,250 06	4
India Publishing House	Lucknow, India	2,200 00	1
International Publishing Association	College View, Nebr.	40,692 90	3
Latin Union Publishing House	Geneva, Switzerland	6,616 74	1
Mexican Publishing House	Mexico City, Mexico	2,681 77	1
Pacific Press Publishing Association	Mountain View, California	248,384 59	7	1
Review and Herald Publishing Assn	Takoma Park, D. C.	248,764 85	2
Signs Publishing Association	Warburton, Victoria, Australia	105,326 17	1
Singapore Press	Singapore, East Indies	974 00	1
South African Publishing House	Cape Town, South Africa	15,123 98	1
South Lancaster Printing Company	South Lancaster, Mass.	6,679 10	1
Southern Publishing Association	Nashville, Tenn.	108,074 82	3
Stockholm Publishing House	Stockholm, Sweden	14,319 40	1
Watchman Publishing Company	Cristobal, Panama	8,033 23	1
Totals for 1908	26	$1,038,215 26	42	5
Totals fro 1907	23	978,894 14	37	4
Gain for 1908	3	59,321 12	5

Section 3—Sanitariums
A. Under Conference Supervision
Name	Address	Assets	Buildings	Acres	Capac
Adelaide Sanitarium	Adelaide, South Austrialia	$ 8,721 69	2	2	1
Atlanta Sanitarium	243 South Boulevard, Atlanta, Ga.	15,460 11	1	4	1
Avondale Health Retreat	Cooranbong, N. S. W., Austrialia	10,315 88	2	10	2
Boulder Sanitarium	Boulder, Colo.	138,807 55	12	90	10
Calcutta Bath Rooms	50 Park St., Calcutta, India	4,018 07	1
Cape Sanitarium	Plumstead, Cape, South Africa	30,686 24	2	5	2
Caterham Sanitarium	Caterham, Surrey, England	23,376 00	2	3	4
Christchurch Sanitarium	Christchurch, New Zealand	20,002 07	2	7	1
Christiana Health Home	Christiania, Norway	2,136 11	1
College Springs Sanitarium	Mt. Vernon, Ohio	2,000 00	2	1
Fayetteville Sanitarium	Fayetteville, Ark.	6,000 00	2	1
Friedensau Sanitarium	Friedensau, Germany	108,461 00	2	45	6
Frydenstrand Sanatorium	Frederikshavn, Denmark	20,569 00	1	8	5
Glendale Sanitarium	Glendale, Cal.	56,960 99	3	5	5
Graysville, Sanitarium	Graysville, Tenn.	27,474 79	4	65	3
Hydropathic Institute	Adelaide, South Australia	3,572 63	1		1
Iowa Sanitarium	603 E. 12th St., Des Moines, Iowa	37,034 67	2		3
Iowa Sanitarium (e)	Nevada, Iowa	21,597 24	1	55
Jerusalem Treatment Rooms	Jerusalem, Palestine	1,000 00	1
Kansas Sanitarium	Wichita, Kans.	44,640 85	4	20	7
Kimberley Baths	Kimberley, South Africa	19,324 99	2	1
Kobe Sanitarium	Kobe, Japan	3,000 00	1		3
Lake Geneva Sanitarium	Gland, Switzerland	15,114 88	4	70	5
Leicester Sanitarium	Leicester, England	3,165 50	1		1
Loma Linda Sanitarium	Loma Linda, Cal.	123,861 43	14	112	10
Madison Sanitarium	Madison, Wis.	87,823 74	5	5	6
Mussoorie Sanitarium	Mussoorie, India	1,391 02	1	8	1
Nashville Sanitarium	Nashville, Tenn.	46,578 39	1	10	3
Nashville Rural Sanitarium	Madison, Tenn.	2,000 00	4		2
Nebraska Sanitarium	College View, Nebr.	87,676 66	4	5	10
Nebraska Sanitarium (f)	Hastings, Nebr.	11,929 00	1	1	4
New England Sanitarium	Melrose, Mass.	128,468 07	6	41	10
Pennsylvania Sanitarium	Philadelphia, Pa.	61,168 62	3		3
Portland Sanitarium	Portland, Oregon	69,839 89	2	2	7
Rock City Sanitarium	Nashville, Tenn.	4,000 00	4		2
Rostrevor Hills Hydro	Rostrevor, Ireland	7,597 20	4	130	1
Skodsborg Sanitarium	Skodsborg, Denmark	160,830 35	7	3	20
St. Helena Santarium	Sanitarium, Cal.	216,762 85	20	535	20
Sydney Sanitarium	Wahroonga, N. S. W., Australia	80,367 66	5	80	7
Tri-City Sanitarium	Moline, Ill.	43,379 90	2		2
Wabash Valley Sanitarium	La Fayette, Ind.	50,198 24	4	25	3
Walla Walla Sanitarium	College Place, Wash.	16,147 65	2	1	2
Washington Sanitarium	Takoma Park, D. C.	183,329 78	4	33	7
Washington Branch Sanitarium	1 and 2 Iowa Circle, Wash., D. C.	12,906 75	1		2
Number of sanitariums 1908, 44	Totals for 1908	$2,019,697 46	150	1,382	1,92
Number of sanitariums 1907, 40	Totals for 1907	1,866,811 97	140	1,459	1,90
Gain for 1908      4	Gain for 1908	152,885 49	10		2

		Under Private Supervision
Acushnet Sanitarium	New Bedford, Mass.	2,000 00	1		1
Adirondack Sanitarium (g)	Lake George, N. Y.	6,000 00	4	12	5
Arizona Sanitarium	Phoenix, Ariz.	15,000 00	3	56	3
Belair Hydropathic	near Durban, Natal, South Africa	500 00	2	3	1
Black River Valley Sanitarium	Watertown, N. Y.	4,000 00	2		1
Boise Sanatorium	Boise, Idaho	3,000 00	1		1
Chamberlain Sanitarium	Chamberlain, S. Dak.	105,000 00	8	30	7
Colorado Springs Sanitarium	Colorado Springs, Colo.	3,000 00	1		2
Fayette Sanitarium	Connersville, Ind.	1,000 00	3		2
Florida Sanitarium	Orlando, Fla.	15,618 57	7	67	2
Fort Worth Sanitarium	Fort Worth, Tex.	2,500 00	1		1
Garden City Sanitarium	San Jose, Cal.	65,000 00	4	10	5
Grampian Hills Hydropathic	Crieff, Scotland	500 00	1	1	2
Hastings Hydropathic	Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies	800 00	1
Hinsdale Sanitarium	Hinsdale, Ill.	75,000 00	7	10	10
Home Sanitarium	St. Peter, Minn.	28,000 00	3	300	1
Japanese Sanitarium	Kobe, Japan	3,000 00	1		2
Lindsay Sanitarium	Lindsay, Ontario	1,000 00		1	1
Little Rock Sanitarium	Little Rock, Ark.	26,000 00	2	3	3
Logansport Sanitarium	Logansport, Ind.	3,000 00	1		1
Long Beach Sanitarium	Long Beach, Cal.	75,000 00	2	3	7
Middletown Sanitarium	Middletown, N. Y.	15,000 00	2		1
Mill Val. and Mt. Tamalpais San.	Mill Valley, Cal.	30,000 00	1	6	5
Montrose Sanitarium	Montrose, Minn.	7,000 00	2	1
Mountain Springs Sanitarium	Botzum, Ohio	20,000 00	3	130
Natal Health Institute	Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa	681 80	1	1
Nauheim Sanatorium	Oakland, Cal.	75,000 00	3	1	4
Nauheim Sanitarium	Springfield, Mass.	3,000 00	1	1
Northwestern Sanitarium	Port Townsend, Wash.	44,315 00	2	19	10
North Yakima Sanitarium	North Yakima, Wash.	30,000 00	2	6	4
Otter Lake Sanitarium	Otter Lake, Mich.	20,000 00	1	6	3
Paradise Valley Sanitarium	National City, Cal.	45,733 67	2	30	5
Santa Barbara Sanitarium	Santa Barbara, Cal.	13,500 00	3	40
South Bend Treatment Parlors	South Bend, Ind.	1,500 00	1		2
Weatherford Sanitarium	Weatherford, Okla.	4,000 00	1		1
Willamette Sanitarium	Salem, Oregon	2,000 00	1	10	1
Number of sanitariums 1908, 36	Totals for 1908	$746,649 04	82	745	1,06
Number of sanitariums 1907, 24	Totals for 1907	477,471 68	49	651	61
Gain for 1908  12	Gain for 1908	269,177 36	33	94	45

Number of all sanitariums
1908	80	Grand totals of all sanitari-
Number of sanitariums 1907,		ums for 1908		$ 2,766,346 50	232	2,127	2,98
	64	Totals for 1907		2,344,283 65	189	2,110	2,51
Gain for 1908	16	Gain for 1908		$ 22,062 85	43	17	47
Grand Total of all Institutions
Educational		83	$1,625,670 56	295	8,604	7,52
Publishing		26	1,038,215 26	42
Sanitariums		80	2,766,346 50	232	2,127	2,98
Totals for 1908		189	5,430,232 32	569	10,731	10,50
Totals for 1907		154	4,549,923 94	441	9,055	9,07
Net Gain for 1908		35	880,308 38	128	1,676	1,43

[a The system of educational work outlined by the Educational Department of the General Conference in 1906, comprising sixteen grades, or years of study, is arranged as follows: Church-schools (information concerning which will be found listed under Columns 29 to 33 in Table No. 1), grades 1 to 8; intermediate schools, grades 7 to 10; academies, grades 9 to 12; colleges, grades 13 to 16.]

[b The assets of institutions shown in Table No. 2 are not all complied from official annual statements of the institutions represented. In some cases they may be inaccurate, and should only be considered as estimates of the amounts invested in the enterprises specified.]

[c Assets, etc., included in statement for Loma Linda Sanitarium.]

[d The total here would not indicate the number of languages in which denominational publications are issued, since some of the publishing houses issue in the same language, thus duplicating the number. Information regarding denominational literature is presented under Table No. 4, which see.]

[e Not opened at the close of 1908, but will begin operations during 1909. The assets show the standing at the close of 1908.]

[f Began operations Dec. 1, 1908.]

[g Discontinued before the close of 1908.]

Summary of Statistical Reports, 1863 to 1908

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YEAR	Union Conferences	Local Conferences	Missions2	Ministers	Licentiates	Licensed
1863(1)		6		22	8
1864(1)		6	1	24	10
1865(1)		7	1	25	10
1866(1)		7	1	27	10
1867		7	1	28	10
1868		8	1	32	19
1869		8	2	33	24
1870		8	3	37	35
1871		11	2	35	48
1872		12	1	41	47
Total, 10 years
1873		13	1	51	83
1874(1)		13	3	60	70
1875		13	2	69	76
1876		14	2	96	70
1877		15	3	106	97
1878		16	6	117	154
1879		20	9	144	151
1880		24	8	144	116
1881		24	7	148	126
1882		26	6	167	134
Total, 10 years
1883		26	3	165	135
1884		28	3	176	145
1885		28	3	186	151
1886		28	3	213	166
1887		30	8	227	182
1888		32	7	232	168
1889		34	7	229	183
1890		34	8	227	184
1891		34	8	230	166
1892		34	11	244	156
Total, 10 years
1893		35	11	267	193
1894	1	35	12	301	214
1895	1	36	22	326	257
1896	1	37	27	336	237
1897	1	37	24	407	249
1898	2	39	27	446	260
1899	2	44	41	490	331
1900	2	45	42	510	337
1901	9	57	41	553	340
1902	13	72	42	553	323
Total, 10 years
1903	13	78	48	616	324
1904	13	78	52	625	335
1905	13	80	56	647	339
1906	16	86	66	693	408
1907	22	93	68	712	394	1,
1908	21	101	66	779	427	1,
Total, 6 years
Grand Totals

[a Since mission fields are not organized in the way conferences are, the dates in Column 2 do not refer to the time of their organization, as in the case of conferences, but to the time when the field was entered or when information was first separately given in these reports. The distinction between conferences and mission fields is indicated by greater indentation in names of mission fields.]

[b The tithe per capita is based upon the total Sabbath-keepers, and not the membership of churches only.]

[c By total laborers in Column 19 is meant the total number employed in the conference or mission field in evangelistic work, including not only the four classes named in the preceding columns, but all other persons not thus specified. The totals in Column 19 are not always, therefore, the totals of the four preceding columns, but are frequently greater.]

[d Column 20 shows the retail value of both book and periodical sales. Under the line for the General Conference are given the periodical sales of publishing houses in the United States which are made direct to individuals, and not through conferences, thus securing the total, and avoiding duplication.]

[e All financial items for the Colorado Conference are included in the line for the Eastern Colorado Conference up to September 1, when the Colorado Conference was divided into the Eastern and Western Colorado Conferences. Likewise the money received by the Missouri Conference is included in the line for the North Missouri Conference up to September 30, when the Missouri Conference was divided into the North and Southern Missouri Conferences. The tithe receipts of Eastern Colorado and North Missouri Conferences are increased thereby $20,570.44 and $11,258.80, respectively.]

[f The periodical sales of the Southern and Southeastern Union Conferences, as reported by the Southern Publishing Association, are given here, and are not included in the amount shown under the line for the General Conference.]

[g A failure on the part of the Secretary of the South American Union Conference to send any report whatever for that Union, although repeatedly urged to do so, and since last September, is responsible for the lack of definite information for that Union for the year 1908. It has therefore been necessary to omit the figures for the various local Conferences and missions, and to simply give what is supposed to be an approximately correct summary for the Union.]

[h A failure to receive returns from the British West African and Chinese mission fields, makes necessary the compilation of the report on the basis of the one furnished for 1907, with a few changes that are known to be correct. The 30 in Column 18 under China indicates native colporteurs and evangelists.]

[i Under General Conference are included those engaged in general labor as well as the amount of tithes and offerings not accounted for elsewhere. There are also shown the approximate value of book and periodical sales not accounted for in other portions of this report.

Denominational Publications in Various Languages—Table No. 4

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1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Language	No. Speaking Language	Periodicals	Pages Annually	Value	No. of Books	No. of
Arabic	40,000,000
Armenian-Greek	1,000,000
Battak	250,000
Bengali	47,000,000
Bohemian	8,500,000	1	192	50	2	23
Bulgarian	3,000,000				1	16
Cantonese (China)	20,000,000
Chasu	100,000
Danish-Norwegian	7,000,000	5	1648	3 10	26	8,52
Dutch	9,000,000	3	228	1 20	8	3,12
English	136,000,000	70	19,495	33 51	147	49,08
Esthonian	900,000	1	144	50	5	51
Fijian	121,957				3	51
Finnish	6,000,000	1	104	50	4	1,18
French	53,000,000	3	432	1 30	17	6,50
German	83,000,000	8	1,832	3 95	47	17,01
Greek (Modern)	11,000,000
Hawaiian	31,000
Hebrew	11,000,000
Hindi	87,000,000
Hungarian	9,000,000	2	224	1 25	4	50
Icelandic	70,000	1	96	60	4	60
Italian	52,000,000	2	256	60	2	24
Japanese	50,000,000	1	300	50
Java-Malay	35,000,000				2	61
Kafir	500,000
Korean	9,500,000
Laplandish	30,000
Lettonian	2,000,000	1	192	50	2	33
Lithuanian	3,000,000				1	13
Malay (Singapore)	2,500,000	1	16	06	1	21
Mandarin (China)	370,000,000	1	288	50
Manganja	400,000
Maori	50,000	1	48	36	1	14
Polish	14,500,000				2	28
Portuguese	15,000,000	2	240	85	4	59
Raratongan	13,116	1	96	50	2	35
Rumanian	8,500,000	1	144	50	3	43
Russian	85,000,000	1	320	1 25	4	54
Samoan	40,000				1	12
Santhali	2,000,000
Servian	3,500,000
Sesuto	349,000
Slovakian	2,000,000
Spanish	45,000,000	5	864	3 05	6	1,68
Swedish	6,500,000	4	1,312	3 05	27	8,69
Tahitian	30,000	1	96	50	3	25
Tamil	20,000,000
Tongan	21,103				1	15
Turkish-Armenian	1,000,000
Urdu (Roman)	500,000
Urdu (Persian)	25,000,000
Welsh	1,000,000				1	15
Wendish	100,000				1	16
Wen-li (a) (China)	100,000,000	1	288	50
Yiddish	9,000,000
Zulu	500,000				1	18
Totals for 1908		118	28,855	$59 13	333	103,26
Totals for 1900		99			215	69,16