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General Conference Bulletin, vol. 7

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FOURTH MEETING

W. A. Spicer, C. P. Bollman, C. C. Crisler, T. E. Bowen, H. E. Rogers, J. N. Anderson

May 16, 2:30 P. M.

L. R. Conradi in the chair. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.6

Elder Allen Moon offered prayer. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.7

The chairman called upon N. Z. Town, secretary of the General Conference Publishing Department, to present the report of this department. The report showed the wonderful growth of this branch of the cause during recent years. The figures testifying to the blessing of the Lord upon this department greatly cheered the delegates as Elder Town presented the report. This report will be printed in full in a future number. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.8

Following this review of the publishing work, the chairman called upon W. W. Prescott, secretary of the Religious Liberty Department, to report. He reviewed the outlook in the general field, and spoke of the activities of workers and people in various parts in meeting the religious-legislation issue. Incidents were cited showing that those who are pushing Sunday-law interests, and men connected with legislative affairs, recognize clearly the fact that it is Seventh-day Adventists who have been standing in the way of the passage of the desired legislation. Never before were so many bills relating to the Sunday question being brought before the various legislatures. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.9

The report also dealt with the Roman Catholic phase of the religious liberty issue—the efforts of the Roman Church to “make America Catholic.” This advent movement, the speaker said, will stand as God’s witness against the Roman Papacy to the end. It is the privilege and the duty of this people to lead in lifting the standard against Rome. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.10

Elder Prescott emphasized the importance of accuracy and carefulness in the controversy with Roman Catholicism. Over the country many faked documents and unreliable statements are set afloat, and only help Rome in its fight against Protestant truth. We Seventh-day Adventists should set ourselves determinedly not to weaken our cause by use of unreliable evidence, but take great care to know the reliability of the facts asserted. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.11

This report will be printed in full in a future number. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.12

Following the report of the Religious Liberty Department, the chairman called for the report of the General Conference Committee on the standing committees for the session. The report was presented and adopted, as follows:— GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.13

Committee on Nominations: O. A. Olsen, H. F. Schuberth, L. P. Tieche, W. J. Fitzgerald, J. C. Raft, F. B. Armitage, F. H. Westphal, F. H. Devinney, A. H. Piper, H. C. Menkel, G. A. Irwin, Allen Moon, U. Bender, H. S. Shaw, W. B. White. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.14

Committee on Plans: I. H. Evans, Guy Dail, O. A. Olsen, J. F. Huenergardt, O. E. Reinke, R. C. Porter, J. E. Fulton, J. W. Westphal, W. A. Spicer, C. W. Flaiz, J. L. Shaw, W. C. White, W. W. Prescott, C. H. Jones, N. Z. Town, M. E. Kern, John Christian, H. R. Salisbury, W. A. Ruble, B. G. Wilkinson. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.15

Committee on Finance: W. T. Knox, R. A. Underwood, W. C. Sisley, J. T. Boettcher, L. R. Conradi, J. G. Oblander, F. W. Spies, A. W. Anderson, J. S. James, L. V. Finster, M. M. Campbell, Charles Thompson, E. E. Andross, L. M. Bowen. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.16

Committee on Constitution: L. R. Conradi, W. T. Bartlett, H. W. Cottrell, E. R. Palmer, A. G. Daniells. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.17

Committee on Licenses and Credentials: W. A. Spicer, C. B. Stephenson, E. T. Russell, G. F. Watson, G. B. Thompson. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.18

Committee on Distribution of Labor: W. T. Knox, L. R. Conradi, I. H. Evans, the presidents of union conferences, and the superintendents of union missions. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.19

The meeting adjourned. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.20

L. R. Conradi, Chairman, GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.21

W. A. Spicer, Secretary. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.22

All our deliberations upon matters of vital interest to the cause should be with much earnest prayer and due caution. But the vastness of the work and the providence of God evidently opening our way, and inviting us out into the field of labor, demands broader plans, and energy in their execution. Let earnest prayer go up to the God of all grace for divine guidance. And may the servants of the Lord have faith, hope, courage, and well-tempered energy in their labors to urge on the work and build up the cause.—Editorial by James White, in The Signs of the Times, May 6, 1875. GCB May 18, 1913, page 22.23

THE GENERAL CONFERENCE TREASURER’S QUADRENNIAL TREASURER’S QUADRENNIAL REPORT

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Jan. 1, 1909, to Dec. 31, 1912

In submitting the quadrennial report of the Treasury Department of the General Conference, it is recognized that, to a very large extent, it will indicate the spiritual condition of the people, the degree of their devotion and self-sacrifice, and their love of the truth. It will be a telling index of their attitude to that cardinal feature of their faith, the second coming of Christ. In this report we may also expect to find material evidence of the degree of prosperity the Lord may have given to his cause and people during the time covered. It is with great satisfaction, therefore, that this financial statement of the operations of the General Conference is submitted, for it certainly reveals a remarkable growth in our mission work. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.1

The operations of the General Conference Treasury Department may be segregated into four divisions: first, the administrative and departmental work of the General Conference; second, those large cities of North America where conferences have not sufficient financial strength to properly care for them, the many foreign nationalities settling in the East and Middle West of the United States, and the Negroes of the Southern States; third, those organized fields other than North America, such as Europe, Australia, South Africa, South America, and the West Indies; fourth, those great divisions of the world designated under the general term of heathen lands, such as India, China, Korea, Japan, the Malay Peninsula and islands, the great island territory of the South Seas, and the scattered mission fields, such as West Africa and Mexico. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.2

With the ever-expanding work of the denomination, and the resulting increased demands made upon the General Conference, we should expect to see an increased expenditure of funds upon the first of these divisions. Additional helpers and expense in administrative and departmental work are unavoidable in an increasing work. A study of this report in detail, however, is most gratifying, in that it shows but very slight increase in cost to the denomination. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.3

In the second division, pertaining to the large cities of America, the foreign populations of the United States, and the North American Negro Department, increased appropriations have been granted in the years 1910, 1911, and 1912 to some of the union conferences of the East and South, due chiefly to the fact that some of these conferences, formerly barely self-supporting, by adopting the general policy of a liberal division of their tithe with the General Conference, have required corresponding assistance to enable them to care for their fields. One union conference, the Western Canadian, that has been receiving aid from the treasury, has become self-supporting, and is, according to its membership, one of the most helpful in securing funds for the mission treasury. Others give promise of soon being able to do likewise. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.4

The rapidly increasing foreign populations have necessitated increased expenditures for the North American Foreign Department also. It is with much satisfaction, however, that attention is called to the fact that notwithstanding that much of the expense involved in these first two divisions is for the support of work entirely devoted to the general features of the denomination, the results of which contribute in a very large measure to the gathering of mission funds and the recruiting of laborers for foreign fields, yet the entire outlay for them is met without encroaching upon the gifts of the people to foreign fields; the tithe of the General Conference, the division of tithe from the local conferences, and special gifts being ample to meet all the expense involved, and leave a handsome surplus for foreign mission work. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.5

In the third division referred to, the European Division and Australia, which formerly made large demands upon the mission treasury, have not only become self-supporting, but are now, by the blessing of God, able fully to relieve the General Conference of all financial responsibility in sending the gospel message to large portions of the earth. A glance at the map of the world will reveal what this means to the General Conference treasury. To all the European nations, Iceland, Siberia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, German and British East Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Sea islands, the message is now being carried independent of our treasury, leaving us free to devote greater energy and more attention to the great, needy fields of heathendom. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.6

South Africa gives encouragement that it will soon be able to care for its own territory. Two mission stations that in the past have received a large portion of the South African appropriations, are now financially independent. South America, while forging ahead and making a most gratifying record, will probably require our assistance for some time, as will also the West Indian Union Conference. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.7

Of the fourth division specified—the dark heathen lands of the Far East—the most encouraging word that can be said, is that the Lord is most wonderfully opening doors before us, and from them are coming many Macedonian cries. Their millions are reaching out their hands to us, calling for the best of our young men and women, for our means, and for our prayers,—calls that evidence that the Lord is rapidly preparing the way for the coming of his Son and the termination of this long reign of sin. This financial report is some evidence of how the Lord’s people are relating themselves to his final work of mercy in behalf of those who have so long been in darkness and ignorance concerning him. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.8

In the body of the report are given the different sources from which we have drawn our funds, and the amounts received from them each year during the quadrennial period, a marked increase being almost always shown each year, with the exception of the Religious Liberty Offerings and the second tithe, there being nothing received from the latter source since 1909, the surplus or percent of tithe from local conferences taking its place. The same is also the case with conferences that in the past have undertaken the support of laborers in other fields. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.9

Special attention is called to the Annual Offerings, which amounted in 1909 to $27,066.29, in 1910 to $54,374.08, in 1911 to $48,676.47, and in 1912 to $71,676.46. The First-day Offerings increased from $18,789.68 in 1909 to $25,236.14 in 1912; the general mission fund from $87,832.92 in 1909 to $102,477.45 in 1912. The Harvest Ingathering Fund, beginning with $41,183.46, reached the sum of $50,164.45 in 1912. The most remarkable showing, however, is found in the Sabbath-school Offerings, which in 1909 contributed to the treasury $81,911.65; in 1910, $99,779.95; in 1911, $115,651.65; and in 1912, $188,421.82; the Sabbath-schools thus contributing to our funds during 1912, $8,000 in excess of the entire mission offerings to the General Conference in 1906. It is evident that we can learn valuable lessons in raising mission funds from the Sabbath-schools. Their constant education concerning our mission efforts, their catchy devices and their special features to maintain a live interest in the fields and their weekly appeals for contributions, without doubt, have largely contributed to the remarkable success made in this line of work by our Sabbath School Department. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.10

Great relief has also been brought to the treasury by the liberal attitude of the local conferences in sharing their tithe with the General Conference. Without this aid, the Mission Board would not only not have been able to make an increase in its mission work, but it would have continued in the dire distress prevailing in 1910, during which year a heavy deficit was created. This division of tithe gave the treasury in 1912 the sum of $157,688.38, and has placed the General Conference where, if nothing unforeseen occurs, it can carry its work through the trying summer months without embarrassment to the mission fields or itself. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.11

For a number of years we have been endeavoring to educate the denomination to a systematic giving to missions that would equal ten cents a week per member. At one time it was thought that the amount thus raised would be ample for all the needs of the Mission Board. Some advancement has been made in this effort each year, as shown in the reports from the Treasury Department; but the rapidly advancing movement of the message has, in the past two or three years, made it very evident that our ideas and plans concerning mission work and offerings must be enlarged. At the Friedensau meeting in 1911, with some trepidation and misgivings, it was decided to appeal to the churches of America to increase their offerings to equal an average amount of fifteen cents a week per member, the necessities of such a request being placed before them. The result has been most gratifying, the offering for 1912 amounting to $472,610.87, or a weekly basis of only a fraction of a cent less than fifteen cents a week per member. GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.12

The summary of the report gives the total receipts and disbursements of mission funds in a way that all can see the growth of the work during the period under consideration. There were in— GCB May 18, 1913, page 23.13

RECEIPTSDISBURS’TS
1909$377,972.79$357,532.56
1910374,639.37410,611.48
1911427,861.98404,922.53
1912653,458.28495,361.92
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RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT STATEMENT OF MISSION FUNDS

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For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1909

Receipts
GENERAL FUNDS:—
Annual Offering$ 27,066.29
First-day Offering18,789.68
Midsummer Offering19,960.03
General mission fund136,457.72
Sabbath-school donations81,911.65
Second tithe2,631.96
Thanksgiving fund30,835.77
Harvest Ingathering fund10,347.69
Tithe12,103.04
Colored work5,859.32
Religious Liberty Association4,490.75
     Total$350,453.90
CONFERENCES AND INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT LABORERS IN VARIOUS FIELDS:—
California Conference436.75
Southern California Conference35.00
East Colorado Conference48.00
West Colorado Conference24.00
Iowa Conference3,006.68
Greater New York Conference71.45
Kansas Conference50.60
East Michigan Conference28.74
Minnesota Conference40.00
Nebraska Conference775.60
New Jersey Conference111.00
Ontario Conference301.00
Ohio Conference400.70
South Dakota Conference309.57
Individuals10.00
   Total5,649.09
From miscellaneous sources5,468.05
General Conference session and “Bulletin”account16,401.75
   Grand total377,972.79
Disbursements
MISSION FIELDS:—
Australasian Union Conference8,500.00
China Mission30,672.81
Canadian Union Conference7,650.66
Chesapeake Conference750.00
European General Conference8,089.87
Greater New York Conference4,311.19
Hawaiian Mission400.00
India Mission29,579.96
Japan Mission9,638.75
Korean Mission9,121.49
Jewish appropriation713.00
Mexico Mission9,942.70
South African Union Conference23,783.27
South American Union Conference26,541.84
Southern Union Conference5,175.50
Southeastern Union Conference7,613.64
Southwestern Union Conference4,300.00
Scandinavian appropriation1,404.88
Virginia Conference1,200.00
West Virginia Conference500.00
West African Mission4,038.41
West Indian Union Conference24,819.91
West Canadian Union Conference6,970.73
Russian school appropriation1,161.24
Special appropriation5,211.94
    Total232,091.79
HOME FIELDS:—
To General Conference laborers in field
    on 1909 account28,568.30
To General Conference laborers in field
    on 1908 audit2,163.59
    Total30,731.89
To General Conference employees on
  1908 audit4,368.534,368.53
DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSE
Educational Department2,725.67
Executive Department15,435.11
Medical Department3,029.07
Missionary Volunteer Department1,603.58
North American Foreign Department1,155.82
Publishing Department3,199.93
Sabbath School Department2,268.19
Negro Department2,476.50
Religious Liberty Department3,641.45
    Total35,535.32
SUNDRY ITEMS:—
Fifteen-percent Fund13,684.81
General Conference session17,702.48
Harvest Ingathering campaign14,754.03
Miscellaneous8,663.71
    Total54,805.03
  Grand total357,532.56
Total receipts377,972.79
Total disbursements357,532.56
Receipts over disbursements$20,440.23
RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT STATEMENT OF MISSION FUNDS

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For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1910

Receipts
TEN-CENT-A-WEEK FUND:—
Annual Offering$54,374.08
First-day Offering15,921.30
Midsummer Offering16,480.36
Missions          $72,227.96
    Less sundry items      150.4672,077.50
Sabbath-school99,779.95
Harvest Ingathering,1909 31,595.48
Harvest Ingathering,1910 10,048.44
   Total$300,277.11
OTHER FUNDS TO MISSONS:—
Tithe from union conferences13,725.74
Surplus tithe from conferences47,570.94
Religious Liberty donations1,623.19
Negro Department donations10,720.71
    Total73,640.58
Miscellaneous sources721.68
   Grand total374,639.37
Disbursements
FOREIGN MISSION FIELDS:—
Australian Union Conference8,500.33
China Mission40,084.14
European appropriation7,957.19
Hawaiian Mission100.00
India Mission30,031.75
Korea Mission9,421.59
Mexico Mission9,565.24
Philippine Mission2,549.98
Russian school appropriation2,876.53
South African Union Conference27,536.09
South American Union Conference26,001.22
Straits Settlement701.23
Scandinavian appropriation50.92
Singapore Mission2,895.90
Japan Mission10,047.44
West Africa Mission6,337.73
West Indian Union Conference20,883.31
West Indian school1,350.00
Asiatic Division741.22
     Total207,631.81
HOME MISSION FIELDS:—
Central New England Conference310.43
Canadian Union Conference7,920.84
Chesapeake Conference888.00
East Pennsylvania Conference1,200.00
Greater New York Conference9,999.52
Maine Conference1,090.57
New Jersey Conference3,861.79
Virginia Conference1,311.00
Southeastern Union Conference8,964.14
Southern Union Conference9,986.07
Southwestern Union Conference6,531.23
West Canadian Union Conference2,930.00
Western New York Conference582.57
West Pennsylvania Conference600.00
West Virginia Conference1,260.00
     Total57,436.15
NEGRO DEPARTMENT:—
Southeastern Union Conference5,567.75
Southwestern Union Conference2,533.75
Southern Union Conference14,183.50
Huntsville15,687.50
Virginia Conference995.25
Chesapeake Conference995.25
     Total39,963.00
Hillcrest school299.00
Haysmer’s office expense278.67
Haysmer’s salary and traveling expense2,598.65
Loma Linda College987.81
    Total4,164.13
LABORERS:—
General Conference laborers in field,
  1909 audit4,671.92
General Conference laborers in field,
  1910 audit21,939.71
    Total26,611.63
General Conference Office laborers,
  1909 audit2,507.83
Superannuated laborers in field, 1910
  1910 audit4,852.39
    Total7,360.22
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:—
Educational Department       3,174.14
   Less receipts                251.952,922.19
Executive Department17,517.66
Medical Department           3,763.17
   Less receipts                669.033,094.14
Missionary Volunteer Dept    3,848.96
   Less receipts              1,044.782,804.18
North American Foreign Department2,312.14
Publishing Department        5,860.41
   Less receipts                167.335,693.08
Religious Liberty Association4,576.93
Sabbath School Department    3,817.94
   Less receipts               1,728.612,089.61
     Total41,009.93
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Special appropriations6,424.58
Christian education474.18
Improvements and repairs289.44
General Conference history942.68
Missionary appointees’ salaries3,001.09
Harvest Ingathering expense, 19091,002.90
Harvest Ingathering expense, 191010,048.44
Sundry accounts2,981.48
Sundry expenses1,269.81
     Total26,434.48
  Grand total410,611.48
Total disbursements for year 1910410,611.48
Total receipts374,639.37
  Disbursements over receipts35,972.11
Mission Board credit balance, Jan. 1,
  Jan. 1, 191026,737.39
Jan. 1, 1911, net insolvency9,234.72
Jan. 1, 1910, a credit for operating
  Mission Board26,737.39
Jan.1, 1911, a net insolvency in
  operations9,234.72
  Total shortage in operating for 1910$ 35,972.11
RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT STATEMENT OF MISSION FUNDS

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For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1911

Receipts
TEN-CENT-A-WEEK FUND:—
Annual Offering$48,676.47
First-day Offering17,908.06
Midsummer Offering17,975.28
Missions71,856.45
Sabbath-school offerings115,651.65
Harvest Ingathering32,654.45
Colored donations6,559.76
    Total$311,282.12
OTHER FUNDS TO MISSIONS:—
Surplus tithe99,157.83
Tithe12,780.45
Religious Liberty donations1,143.39
Sabbath School Department royalties3,045.62
Miscellaneous sources452.57
    Total116,579.86
Grand total427,861.98
Disbursements
FOREIGN MISSION FIELDS:—
Asiatic Division3,553.43
Australasian Union Conference9,000.00
Brazilian Union Conference6,157.18
Bahama Mission213.71
China Mission39,050.31
European appropriation1,250.00
Hawaiian Mission300.00
India Mission33,390.58
Japan Mission12,549.87
Korean Mission11,201.36
Mexico Mission8,090.25
Philippine Mission3,106.65
Singapore Mission2,276.01
South African Union Conference29,111.16
South American Union Conference16,000.00
West African Mission6,698.27
West Indian Union Conference17,837.19
    Total199,785.97
ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE:—
Executive Department salary11,399.81
Traveling expenses1,744.36
Office expenses3,569.55
16,713.72
Educational Dept. salary1,492.86
Traveling expenses761.36
Office expenses278.24
2,532.46
Miss Vol. Dept. salary2,074.40
Traveling expenses88.07
Office expenses282.05
2,444.52
Medical Department salary1,484.27
Traveling expenses1,672.70
Office expenses39.33
3,196.30
Publishing Department salary2,983.76
Traveling expenses813.90
Office expenses252.78
4,050.44
Sabbath School Dept. salary2,165.36
Traveling expenses761.85
Office expenses1,061.63
3,988.84
Religious Liberty salary2,875.23
Traveling expenses373.99
Office expenses1,272.71
4,521.93
North Amer. For. Dept. salary5,272.15
Traveling expenses2,887.74
Office expenses190.17
8,350.06
Negro Department salary1,309.53
Traveling expenses302.60
Other expenses416.63
2,028.76
Jewish Department salary891.55
Traveling expenses317.28
Office expenses900.00
2,108.83
     Total49,935.86
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Missionary appointees’ salaries5,517.14
Harvest Ingathering expense, 191112,242.82
Harvest Ingathering expense, 19101,278.39
Transfers to $300,00 Fund, 1910acct.2,712.14
European General Conference 1909 and
1910 appropriation balance3,542.80
Gen. Conf. history salary and expense981.51
Special appropriations20,080.91
Rental of office building three years3,446.15
Sundry items4,865.03
   Total54,666.89
HOME MISSION FIELDS:—
Atlantic Union Conference13,250.00
Canadian Union Conference7,224.70
Columbia Union Conference13,300.00
Southeastern Union Conference7,543.68
Southern Union Conference7,695.69
Southwestern Union Conference7,301.00
Virginia Conference, 1910 appropriation500.00
West Canadian Union Conference2,500.00
   Total59,315.07
NEGRO DEPARTMENT:—
Southeastern Union Conference5,498.31
Southern Union Conference11,498.31
Southwestern Union Conference3,000.00
Columbia Union Conference1,999.62
Huntsville5,475.00
   Total27,471.24
LABORERS:—
General Field laborer’s salaries and
  expenses, 19102,911.91
Department laborers’ salaries and
  expenses, 1910548.00
    Total3,459.91
General field laborers’ salaries, 19118,532.00
General field laborers’ expenses, 19111,755.59
    Total10,287.59
  Grand total404,922.53
Total receipts for year 1911427,861.98
Total disbursements for year 1911404,922.53
Net surplus for 191122,939.45
Deficit, Jan. 1, 19119,234.72
Net surplus, Jan. 1, 1912$13,704.73
RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT STATEMENT OF MISSION FUNDS

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For Year Ending Jan. 18, 1913Receipts

FIFTEEN-CENT-A-WEEK FUND:—
Sabbath-school donations$188,421.82
Missions102,477.45
Annual Offering71,676.46
Harvest Ingathering50,164.45
First-day Offering25,236.14
Midsummer Offering17,528.57
$300,000 Fund9,242.12
Colored donations6,560.19
Religious liberty donations1,303.67
    Total472,610.87
Surplus tithe157,688.38
Tithe      16,768.01
  Less 5% Sustention Fund  1,477.4115,150.60
    Total172,838.98
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Sabbath-school royalties1,706.16
Interest1,647.73
New York Conference refund appro.1,500.00
East Pennsylvania Conf. refund appro.1,700.00
Department gains715.96
Miscellaneous sources738.58
    Total8,008.43
   Grand Total653,458.28
Disbursements
FOREIGN MISSION FIELDS:—
Asiatic Division2,511.77
Brazil Union Conference8,946.61
Bahama Mission417.34
Canary Islands1,566.55
China Mission46,936.28
Hawaiian Mission330.00
India Mission32,865.07
Japan Mission11,896.77
Korean Mission14,565.70
Malay Mission8,941.04
Mexico Mission8,230.68
Philippine Mission4,394.48
South African Union Conference32,485.80
South American Union Conference16,169.02
West African Mission7,132.38
West Indian Union Conference16,761.96
    Total214,151.45
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE:—
Executive Department:—
Salary11,541.09
Traveling expenses2,326.50
Office expenses3,939.14
17,806.73
Educational Department:—
Salary1,686.50
Traveling expenses717.91
Office expenses288.07
2,692.48
Missionary Volunteer Department:—
Salary2,628.41
Traveling expenses466.20
Office expenses576.38
3,670.99
Medical Department:—
Salary127.00
Traveling expenses116.95
Office expenses86.33
330.28
Publishing Department:—
Salary1,930.78
Traveling expenses311.11
Office expenses327.52
2,569.41
Sabbath School Department:—
Salary2,682.05
Traveling expenses761.93
Office expenses1,500.97
4,944.95
Religious Liberty Department:—
Salary2,444.55
Traveling expenses388.81
Office expenses559.50
3,392.86
Negro Department:—
Salary1,307.10
Traveling expenses406.20
1,713.30
Press Bureau:—
Salary1,369.35
Traveling expenses473.19
Office expenses290.68
2,133.22
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Five-per-cent Fund32,352.47
Special appropriation23,016.23
Harvest Ingathering14,131.41
Foreign field special appropriation10,037.61
Missionary appointees’ salaries and
  expenses7,833.70
“Christian Record” appropriation5,363.63
General Conference history1,099.82
“Christian Education”655.08
Sundry items7,033.23
    Total101,523.18
HOME MISSION FIELDS:—
Atlantic Union Conference25,500.00
Canadian Union Conference9,700.00
Columbia Union Conference20,600.00
Southeastern Union Conference6,400.00
Southern Union Conference6,800.00
Southwestern Union Conference6,938.00
West Canadian Union Conference1,000.00
     Total76,938.00
NEGRO DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS:—
Southeastern Union Conference6,000.00
Southern Union Conference12,998.00
Southwestern Union Conference3,196.00
Columbia Union Conference3,397.00
Huntsville5,891.00
    Total31,482.00
NORTH AMERICAN FOREIGN DEPARTMENT:—
Salary6,349.08
Traveling expenses2,775.24
Office expenses157.25
Department appropriations3,331.16
    Total12,612.73
JEWISH DEPARTMENT:—
Salary948.81
Traveling expenses386.61
Department appropriations2,466.00
  Total3,801.42
LABORERS:—
General field laborers’ salaries and
expenses, 1911 account3,695.87
Department laborers’ salaries and
expenses, 1911 account1,423.15
    Total5,119.02
General field laborers’ salaries, 1912 9,028.81
General field laborers’ expenses, 1912 1,451.09
    Total10,479.90
    Grand total495,361.92
Total receipts for 1912653,458.28
Total disbursements for 1912495,361.92
Excess receipts over disbursements158,096.36
Surplus from last year13,704.73
Surplus Jan. 18, 1913171,801.09
Less deferred charges11,517.48
    Net surplus$160,283.61
QUADRENNIAL COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS TO MISSIONS

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Jan. 1, 1909, to Jan. 18, 1913
Receipts

Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1909$$6,297.16
1909Annual Offering27,066.29
1910Annual Offering54,374.08
1911Annual Offering48,676.47
1912Annual Offering71,676.46
    Total201,793.30
1909First-day Offering18,789.68
1910First-day Offering15,921.30
1911First-day Offering17,908.06
1912First-day Offering25,236.14
    Total79,855.18
1909Midsummer Offering19,960.03
1910Midsummer Offering16,480.36
1911Midsummer Offering17,975.28
1912Midsummer Offering17,528.57
    Total71,944.24
1909General mission fund87,832.92
1910General mission fund72,077.50
1911General mission fund71,856.45
1912General mission fund102,477.45
    Total334,244.32
1909Sabbath-school offering81,911.65
1910Sabbath-school offering99,779.95
1911Sabbath-school offering115,651.65
1912Sabbath-school offering188,421.82
    Total485,765.07
1909Harvest Ingathering donation41,183.46
1910Harvest Ingathering donation41,643.92
1911Harvest Ingathering donation32,654.45
1912Harvest Ingathering donation50,164.45
    Total165,646.28
1909Colored donation5,859.32
1910Colored donation10,720.71
1911Colored donation6,559.76
1912Colored donation6,560.19
    Total27,699.98
1909Religious liberty donation4,490.75
1910Religious liberty donation1,623.19
1911Religious liberty donation1,143.39
1912Religious liberty donation1,303.67
    Total8,561.00
1912$300.000 Fund9,242.129,242.12
1909Second tithe2,631.962,631.96
1909Tithe12,103.04
1910Tithe13,725.74
1911Tithe12,780.45
1912Tithe15,150.60
    Total53,759.83
1909Surplus tithe40,063.23
1910Surplus tithe47,570.94
1911Surplus tithe99,157.83
1912Surplus tithe157,688.38
    Total344,480.38
1909Legacies8,561.578,561.57
1909From conferences and individuals
    for laborers’ support5,649.095,649.09
1909From miscellaneous sources5,468.05
1910From miscellaneous sources721.68
1911From miscellaneous sources3,498.19
1912From miscellaneous sources8,008.43
    Total17,696.35
1909General Conference session16,401.7516,401.75
Grand Total1,840,229.58
Disbursements
1910Asiatic division741.22
1911Asiatic division3,553.43
1912Asiatic division2,511.77
    Total6,806.42
1909Australasian field8,500.00
1910Australasian field8,500.33
1911Australasian field9,000.00
    Total26,000.33
1909China Mission30,672.81
1910China Mission40,084.14
1911China Mission39,050.31
1912China Mission46,936.28
    Total156,743.54
1911Brazilian field6,157.18
1912Brazilian field8,946.61
    Total15,103.79
1911Bahama Mission213.71
1912Bahama Mission417.34
    Total631.05
1912Canary Island1,566.551,566.55
1909European General Conference8,089.87
1910European General Conference7,957.19
1911European General Conference1,250.00
    Total17,297.06
1909Hawaiian Mission400.00
1910Hawaiian Mission100.00
1911Hawaiian Mission300.00
1912Hawaiian Mission330.00
    Total1,130.00
1909India Mission29,579.96
1910India Mission30,031.75
1911India Mission33,390.58
1912India Mission32,865.07
    Total125,867.36
1909Japan Mission9,638.75
1910Japan Mission10,047.44
1911Japan Mission12,549.87
1912Japan Mission11,896.77
    Total44,132.83
1909Korean Mission9,121.49
1910Korean Mission9,421.59
1911Korean Mission11,201.36
1912Korean Mission14,565.70
    Total44,310.14
1909Mexico Mission9,942.70
1910Mexico Mission9,565.24
1911Mexico Mission8,090.25
1912Mexico Mission8,230.68
    Total35,828.87
1912Malay Mission8,941.048,941.04
1910Philippine Mission2,549.98
1911Philippine Mission3,106.65
1912Philippine Mission4,394.48
    Total10,051.11
1909Russian school appropriation1,161.24
1910Russian school appropriation2,876.53
    Total4,037.77
1909South African Union Conference23,783.27
1910South African Union Conference27,536.09
1911South African Union Conference29,111.16
1912South African Union Conference32,485.80
    Total112,916.32
1909South American Union Conference26,541.84
1910South American Union Conference26,001.22
1911South American Union Conference16,000.00
1912South American Union Conference16,169.02
    Total84,712.08
1910Straits Settlement701.23701.23
1909Scandinavian appropriation1,404.88
1910Scandinavian appropriation50.92
    Total1,455.80
1910Singapore Mission2,895.90
1911Singapore Mission2,276.01
    Total5,171.91
1909West African Mission4,038.41
1910West African Mission6,337.73
1911West African Mission6,698.27
1912West African Mission7,132.38
    Total24,206.79
1909West Indian Union Conference24,819.91
1910West Indian Union Conference22,233.31
1911West Indian Union Conference17,837.19
1912West Indian Union Conference16,761.96
    Total81,652.37
Home Fields
1909Canadian Union Conference7,650.66
1910Canadian Union Conference7,920.84
1911Canadian Union Conference7,224.70
1912Canadian Union Conference9,700.00
    Total32,496.20
1909Atlantic Union Conference4,311.19
1910Atlantic Union Conference11,983.09
1911Atlantic Union Conference13,250.00
1912Atlantic Union Conference25,500.00
    Total55,044.28
1909Columbia Union Conference2,450.00
1910Columbia Union Conference9,120.79
1911Columbia Union Conference13,800.00
1912Columbia Union Conference20,600.00
    Total45,970.79
1909Southeastern Union Conference7,613.64
1910Southeastern Union Conference8,964.14
1911Southeastern Union Conference7,543.68
1912Southeastern Union Conference6,400.00
    Total30,521.46
1909Southern Union Conference5,175.50
1910Southern Union Conference9,986.07
1911Southern Union Conference7,695.69
1912Southern Union Conference6,800.00
    Total29,657.26
1909Southwestern Union Conference4,300.00
1910Southwestern Union Conference6,531.23
1911Southwestern Union Conference7,301.00
1912Southwestern Union Conference6,938.00
    Total25,070.23
1909Gen. Conf. employees, 1908 audit4,368.53
1910Gen. Conf. employees, 1909 audit2,507.83
1911Gen. Conf. employees, 1910 audit548.00
1912Gen. Conf. employees, 1911 audit1,423.15
    Total8,847.51
1909Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1908 audit2,163.59
1910Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1909 audit4,671.92
1911Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1910 audit2,911.91
1912Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1911 audit3,695.87
    Total13,443.29
1909General Conf. laborers, field, 190928,568.30
1910General Conf. laborers, field, 191021,939.71
1911General Conf. laborers, field, 191110,287.59
1912General Conf. laborers, field, 191210,479.90
    Total71,275.50
1910Superannuated, 19104,852.394,852.39
1909Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses2,725.67
1910Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses2,922.19
1911Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses2,532.46
1912Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses2,692.48
    Total10,872.80
1909Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses15,435.11
1910Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses17,517.66
1911Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses16,713.72
1912Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses17,806.73
    Total67,473.22
1909Medical Dept. salaries and expenses3,029.07
1910Medical Dept. salaries and expenses3,094.14
1911Medical Dept. salaries and expenses3,196.30
1912Medical Dept. salaries and expenses330.28
    Total9,649.79
1909M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses1,603.58
1910M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses2,804.18
1911M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses2,444.52
1912M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses3,670.99
    Total10,523.27
1909N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp.1,155.82
1910N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp.2,312.14
1911N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp.8,350.06
1912N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp.12,612.73
    Total24,430.75
1909Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses3,199.93
1910Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses5,693.08
1911Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses4,050.44
1912Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses2,569.41
    Total15,512.86
1912Press Bureau salaries and expenses2,133.222,133.22
1909Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp.3,641.45
1910Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp.4,576.93
1911Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp.4,521.93
1912Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp.3,392.86
    Total16,133.17
1909S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses2,268.19
1910S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses2,089.61
1911S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses3,988.84
1912S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses4,944.95
    Total13,291.59
1911Jewish Dept. salaries and expenses2,108.83
1912Jewish Dept. salaries and expenses3,801.42
    Total5,910.25
1909Special appropriations5,211.94
1910Special appropriations6,424.58
1911Special appropriations20,080.91
1912Special appropriations23,016.23
    Total54,733.66
1909Fifteen-per-cent fund13,684.8113,684.81
1909General Conference session17,702.4817,702.48
1909Harvest Ingathering expenses14,754.03
1010Harvest Ingathering expenses11,051.34
1911Harvest Ingathering expenses13,521.21
1912Harvest Ingathering expenses14,131.41
    Total53,457.99
1910Missionary appointees’ salaries3,001.09
1911Missionary appointees’ salaries5,517.14
1912Missionary appointees’ salaries7,833.70
    Total16,351.93
1909Negro Dept. salaries and expenses2,476.50
1910Negro Dept. salaries and expenses2,877.32
1911Negro Dept. salaries and expenses2,028.76
1912Negro Dept. salaries and expneses1,713.30
    Total9,095.88
1910Negro Dept. appropriations39,963.00
1911Negro Dept. appropriations27,471.24
1912Negro Dept. appropriations31,482.00
    Total98,916.24
1909Western Canadian Union Conf.6,970.73
1910Western Canadian Union Conf.2,930.00
1911Western Canadian Union Conf.2,500.00
1912Western Canadian Union Conf.1,000.00
    Total13,400.73
1909Miscellaneous items9,376.71
1910Miscellaneous items7,244.40
1911Miscellaneous items15,547.63
1912Miscellaneous items18,825.74
    Total50,994.48
1912Five-per-cent fund32,352.4732,352.47
1912“Christian Record” appropriation5,363.635,363.63
Summary of Mission Receipts and Disbursements
Balance Jan. 1, 19096,297.16
1909377,972.79357,532.56
1910374,639.37410,611.48
1911427,861.98404,922.53
1912653,458.28495,361.92
Balance Jan. 18, 1913171,801.09
    Totals$1,840,229.58$1,840,229.58
STATEMENT OF SUSTENTATION FUND

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From Beginning to Dec. 31, 1912

DISBURSEMENTSRECEIPTS
Receipts, 1911$$45,757.59
Receipts, 191265,206.01
Disbursements, 191141,344.63
Supplies19.68
Disbursements, 191265,974.92
Balance3,624.37
$110,963.60$110,963.60
19111912
Average monthly receipts3,813.135,433.83
Average monthly disbursements3,446.395,497.91
STATEMENT OF THE $300,000 FUND

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Jan. 18, 1913

Total receipts from July 1, 1909, to July
   31, 1912$117,999.30
Paid to China Mission$57,749.98
Paid to India Mission20,072.18
Paid to Korea Mission15,577.83
Paid to South America14,000.00
Paid to European Division5,072.40
Paid to Mexico Mission4,500.00
Paid to Brazil Union Conference4,500.00
Paid to West Indian Union Conference4,500.00
Paid to Japan Mission2,121.22
Paid to Montreal church1,949.89
Paid to West African Mission1,500.00
Paid to Australasian Union Conference1,000.00
Paid to Quebec Conference649.93
Paid to Maritime Conference348.36
Paid to Canadian Union Conference500.00
Paid to Cuba300.00
Expense bill77.50
Transfers—corrections156.50
Balance on hand, Jan. 19, 191334,423.51
$177,999.30
GENERAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT OF CONDITION AT CLOSE OF YEAR

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Jan 18, 1913

ASSETS:—

Cash on hand and in bank$168,958.21
Accounts receivable13,348.84
Publishing houses13,503.93
Conferences and tract societies1,855.24
Correspondence School1,733.68
Inventories2,751.54
Notes receivable6,226.56
General Conference Corporation647.38
General Conference library1,465.43
Mission fields on 1913 appropriation7,517.48
Loma Linda Sanitarium on 1913 appro.4,000.00
$222,008.29

LIABILITIES:—

$300,000 Fund34,423.51
Sustentation Fund3,624.37
Trust funds in holding9,499.78
Conferences and tract societies99.76
Treas,?? credit checks (outstanding)272.30
Accounts payable2,287.48
50,207.20
    Net worth171,801.09
1912 excess assets over liabilities171,801.09
1911 excess assets over liabilities13,704.73
    Gain for year 1912$158,096.36