Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1909

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1909
YEAR BOOK
of the
Seventh-day Adventist
Denomination
The Official Directories
Published by
Review and Herald Publishing Association
Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.
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The Great Advent
Movement
A Brief History of the Rise and
Progress of the S. D. A.
Denomination
Undoubtedly there is no more fascinating narrative
than the story of the rise and progress of the Seventh-
day Adventist denomination. The work done by this .
people, who started in a simple and almost penniless
way, shows the direct workings of the Spirit of God.
Elder J. N. Loughborough, the author of "The Great
Advent Movement," was one of the first Seventh-day
Adventists. In addition to this, his extensive travels
and access to all the papers and documents concerning
the rise of this great movement, make him well quali-
fied to write a history of this people.
In " The Great Advent Movement " a chapter is de-
voted to each of the different lines of work attempted
by the denomination, such as the publishing work, the
sanitarium work, and the educational work, showing the
growth and development of each. A section is also de-
voted to the spirit of prophecy, answering many of the
charges which have been made against it, and showing
the direct fulfilment of over twenty predictions made
by Mrs. White./
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THE YEARS.
QUICKLY and silently steal they away,
Moment by moment, and day by day;
Like a swift flowing river glide they along,
Like a fair, fleeting vision, a beautiful song.
Like the glittering dewdrops Which sparkle a while,
Like the fair flush of morn, or an infant's first smile;
Like the snow in the sunlight, evanishing fast,
They come; ere we sense it, alas! they are past.
Now the blossoming Spring-time, then Summer comes on;
We reach out to grasp her, and lo! she is gone;
And swift in her wake the Autumn days go,
And Winter is here with his cold winds and snow.
So the years hurry on to the realms of the past,
And sunshine and shade but a moment will last.
Our life's but a span from youth to old age —
A small, fading flower, a brief, blotted page.
But a few fleeting years, and this life will be o'er,
And the places that know us will know us no more.
Be watchful, be prayerful, that when time is past,
Eternity's years may be ours at the last.
MAY WAKEHAM.
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PREFACE.
This, the eighteenth issue of the Year Book of the Seventh-day
Adventist denomination, records an excellent growth in all lines of
work for the year 1908.(cid:9) This growth may be summarized thus: —
Increase(cid:9) Total
during 1908(cid:9) Jan. 1, 1909
Union Conferences (cid:9) 1 22
Local Conferences (cid:9) 9 102
Foreign mission fields (cid:9) ... 67
Laborers sent to foreign fields in 1908 (cid:9) 134 ...
Churches (cid:9) 65 2,569
Membership of churches (cid:9) 54.9.7. 094
Other communicants (approximately) 1846,0 00
Total Sabbath-keepers (cid:9) .... 100,094
Educational Institutions of advanced grades(cid:9) 14 81
Assets (cid:9) $162,912.35 $1,333,828.18
Buildings (cid:9) -(cid:9) 83 291
Acres (cid:9) 1,772 8,691
Capacity in number of students (cid:9) 1,012 7344
Enrolment (cid:9) 439 5,729
Number of teachers (cid:9) 68 469
Number of Publishing Rouses (cid:9) 4 26
Assets (cid:9) (cid:9) $93,208.98 $971,562.01
Buildings (cid:9) .... .43
Employees (cid:9) 36 494
Number of different books, pamphlets,
and tracts issued (approximately) (cid:9) 1,19004
Number of periodicals (cid:9) 4 113
Number of languages in which period-
icals are issued (cid:9) 1 25
Combined annual subscription price (cid:9) $31.8340 $56.00.
Total pages of one copy, of each (cid:9) 1,430
Number of languages in which all kinds
of publications are issued (cid:9) 9 61
Value of publications sold in 1907 (cid:9) .. $1,035,565.62
(A large increase will be reported
later for 1908)
Number of Sanitariums (cid:9) 11 79
Assets (cid:9) (cid:9) $524,262.75 $2,639,229.49
Buildings (cid:9) 52 229. •
Acres (cid:9) 595 2,188
Capacity in patients (cid:9) .428 2,885
Patients treated in year (cid:9) 7,333 21,731
Total employees (cid:9) 260 1,786
Value of charity work in 1908 (reported
incompletely) (cid:9) $67,260.91-
Grand total assets of (cid:9) the(cid:9) 81(cid:9) educational
institutions, 26(cid:9) publishing(cid:9) houses, and
79 sanitariums (cid:9) $780,384.08 $4,944,619.68
The returns show a large increase in church membership. From
the fact that some Conferences reported total Sabbath-keepers for the
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4(cid:9) PREFACE.
1908 Year Book, while for this issue only the figures indicating amen
membership were called for, there is an apparent decrease in some
instances. Absolutely accurate figures in every case are not available,
however, until the close of the year, so that the figures indicating
the number of churches and their membership as shown herein should
not be considered in preference to those which will be given in the
statistical report, which is prepared later from returns secured after
the close of the year.
The above figures show a total of 22 Union and 102 local Confer-
ences, 67 missions, and 186 institutions, or a grand total of 377 organ-
izations and institutions which have been organized and established
for the purpose of extending this work throughout the world. This is
truly a wonderful growth, when one considers that only a few years
ago the number of organizations and institutions representing this
work was not one-tenth of those 'existing to-day. In addition there
are now many auxiliary departments, societies, and facilities. Con-
nected with the entire number of conferences and institutions there is,
as shown by the statistical report for 1907 (and during 1908 consider-
ably increased), a total of 6,570 laborers, which number, as related to
the entire membership of the denomination, stands as one to fifteen.
The statistical report for 1907 shows that the total contributions
by the entire denomination for all purposes during that year were
$1,704,718.12, a per capita of $18.13. From the fact that this was a
net increase of $310,356.19 over the amount for the preceding year, it
is safe to conclude that the contributioni for all lines of evangelical
work during 1908 will approximate $2,000,000, or a per capita of $20.
The progress this work is making may be readily understood by
calling attention to a few items showing the standing of ten and
twenty years ago compared with the standing for 1908: —
y `43 :a e{,.. ..T. 1111 N '4.r, (cid:9) g(cid:9) ..
Ts grji. .4E. ..gV. 1 -5.4, .g N1 '4,i' ii g(cid:9) T. m '•S^•'
..) C.) Z G.) z iL", 0 A. 67:4 a 6r3 624
1888 32 7 901 26,112 $(cid:9) 212,597.59 $8.15 8 6 3 17
1898 39 27 1,654 59,447 502,328.45 8.45 21 12 16 49
1908 102 67 2,569 86,094 2,000,000.00 20.00 81 26 79 186
At this date the tithes and offerings for 1908 can only be approx-
imated. In addition to the membership of churches there are about
14,000 other communicants, most of whom are members of companies
not yet organized into churches, thus bringing the grand total Sab-
bath-keepers to over 100,000. Since this entire number assist in making
up the grand total of tithes and offerings, the per capita for 1908, as
shown above, is reckoned as including the highest number connected
with the denomination, rather than the membership of churches alone.
The following pages giving population, area, membership, and
churches, indicate also the order in which the directories appear in
the body of this work.
PREPACK. 5
Area in Member-
Population sq. miles ship(cid:9) Churches
District of Columbia (cid:9) 332,091 6g 482 5
Atlantic(cid:9) Union(cid:9) . . . . ....... 14,572,926 112,094 5,255 186.
Central New England . . 3,860,320 17,692 1,207 35
Greater New York . . . . 5,000,000 6,031 944 23
Maine (cid:9) 694,466 29,000 429 21
New York (cid:9) 1,674,499 30,765 906 35
Southern New England 1,500,000 6,140 497 20
Vermont (cid:9) 343,641 9,565 407 15
Western New York . . . (cid:9) 1,500,000 12,901 865 37
Canadian Union (cid:9) 5,629,004 660,884 1,117 44
Maritime (cid:9) 930,341 50,800 260 12
Ontario (cid:9) 2,659,484 220,000 612 24
Quebec (cid:9) 1,814,179 347,350 210 7
Newfoundland . . . (cid:9) 225,000 42,734 35 1
Central Union (cid:9) 6,720,246 462,864 8,827 268
Eastern Colorado (cid:9) 500,000 75,000 2,000 30
Kansas 1,611,460 82,080 2,490 101
Nebraska 1,033,801 62,968 2,122 52
North Missouri (cid:9) 1,209,365 35,315 538 13
Southern Missouri 1,897,300 34,100 997 3S
Western Colorado 268,320 44,023 300 15
Wyoming 200,000 129,378 380 19
Columbia Union (cid:9) 17,055,304 177,790 6,109 213
Chesapeake (cid:9) 1,4].9,586 14,760 640 15
Eastern Pennsylvania 4,000,000 21,881 1,135 29
New Jersey • (cid:9) 2,144,134 7,815 538 19
Ohio (cid:9) 4,157,545 41,060 2,236 78
Virginia (cid:9) 1,854,184 45,000 481 25
West Pennsylvania 2,521,055 23,104 764 35
West Virginia (cid:9) 958,800 24,170 315 12
Lake Union (cid:9) 11,828,040 203,791 12,887 392
East Michigan (cid:9) 1,170,029 14,506 1,800 57
Indiana (cid:9) 2,516,462 35,910 1,879 70
Northern Illinois (cid:9) 2,932,033 20,517 1,270 29
North Michigan (cid:9) 558,027 31,183 807 32
Soulhern Illinois (cid:9) 1,889,519 35,483 635 23
West Michigan (cid:9) 692,928 11,741 3,475 81
Wisconsin (cid:9) •2 ,069,042 54,451 3,021 100
Northern Union (cid:9) 5,334,436 265,259 6,691 255
Iowa (cid:9) 2,231,853 56,025 2,906 115
Minnesota (cid:9) 1,979,912 79,205 1,700 79
PREFACE.
Area in Member-
Population sq. miles ship Churches
North Dakota (cid:9) 672,671 70,795 1,116 28
South Dakota (cid:9) 450,000 59,234 969 33
North Pacific Union (cid:9) 1,804,874 998,597 5,763 147
Montana (cid:9) 243,329 146,080 500 15
Southern Idaho (cid:9) 142,994 76,143 568 21
Upper Columbia (cid:9) 369,851 120,036 1,550 33
Western Oregon (cid:9) 417,450 32,840 .1,618 41
Western Washington 531,250 24,052 1,516 37
Alaska (cid:9) 100,000 599,446 11 0
Pacific Union (cid:9) • 2,246,716 464,670 7,067 III
Arizona (cid:9) 170,000 113,020 242 7.
California (cid:9) 1,230,716 220,606 4,396 71
Southern California . . . 500,000 46,074 2,217 28
Utah (cid:9) 346,000• 84,970 212 5
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Southeastern Union (cid:9) 6,898,733 211,048 1,613 59
Cumberland (cid:9) 796,931 17,383 510 12
Florida (cid:9) 434,165 50,990 460 20
Georgia (cid:9) 2,216,331 59,436 180 5
North Carolina (cid:9) 1,976,571 52,250 296 13
South Carolina (cid:9) 1,474,735 30,989 167 9
Southern Union (cid:9) 8,226,765 218,477 1,556 7o
Alabama (cid:9) 1,923,074 59,010 321 15
Kentucky (cid:9) 2,009,665 37,688 282 14
Louisiana (cid:9) 1,381,625 48,720 280 11
Mississippi (cid:9) 1,551,207 46,340 265 15
Tennessee River (cid:9) 1,361,194 26,719 408 15
Southwestern Union (cid:9) 6,430,350 530,689 4,196 132
Arkansas (cid:9) 1,311,564 53,045 553 21
Oklahoma (cid:9) 1,625,000 69,830 1,889 69
Texas (cid:9) 2,798,476 163,778 1,494 34
New Mexico (cid:9) 195,310 122,460 90 5
West Texas (cid:9) 500,000 121,576 170 3
Western Canadian Union 1,120,688 947,200 817 .., 35
Alberta (cid:9) 195,000 251,000 283 10
British Columbia (cid:9) 300,000(cid:9) . 383,300 230 12
Manitoba (cid:9) 365,688 72,900 220 10
Saskatchewan 260,000 .240,000 84 3
Australasian. Union (cid:9) 48,823,085 3,438,383 3,712 114 .
New South Wales . . 1,526,697 310,700 921 22
PREFACE. 7
Area in Member-
Population SQ. miles ship(cid:9) Churches
New Zealand (cid:9) 857,533 106,259 447 16
Queensland (cid:9) 550,404 688,497 258 6
South Australia (cid:9) 381,148 904,600 318 10
Tasmania (cid:9) 177,213 26,215 206 5
Victoria (cid:9) 1,210,304 87,884 758 17
West Australia (cid:9) 263,864 975,920 374 16
Cook Islands 12,500 200 18 1
Fiji (cid:9) 125,000 8,000 170 13
Friendly Islands (cid:9) 18,000 374 12 1
Java (cid:9) 32,000,000 50,500 6 0
New Guinea (cid:9) 350,000 3 ..
Norfolk Island (cid:9) 700 21 24• 1
Philippine Islands... 8,000,000 115,026 3 ..
Pitcairn Island (cid:9) 167 6 67 1
Samoa 36,755 1,701 5 0
Singapore Mission 300,000 226 44 1
Society Islands (cid:9) 12,800 642 74 -4
Sumatra (cid:9) 3,000,000 161,612 4 0
British Union , . 43,722,074 121,000 1,765 51
North England (cid:9) 16,392,364 27,510 674 19
South England (cid:9) 16,400,000 23,652 648 15
South Scotland (cid:9) 3,009,000 15,000 140 7
Wales (cid:9) 1,865,000 7,470 208 7
Ireland (cid:9) 4,388,107 32,583 88 3
North Scotland 1,667,603 14,785 7 0
German Union (cid:9) 136,011,078 611,00o 5,352 131
German Union Dist (cid:9) 1,145,000 560 3
East German (cid:9) 7,256,380 794 18
German-Swiss (cid:9) 2,500,000 428 12
Hungarian (cid:9) 17,876,189 96 4
North German (cid:9) 5,162,498 254 7
Prussian (cid:9) 3,671,922 551 22
Rhenish-Prussian (cid:9) 6,436,337 579 13
Saxon (cid:9) 4,508,601 375 7
Silesian (cid:9) 6,929,248 269 '9
South German (cid:9) 13,771,167 586 13
West German (cid:9) 12,006,580 572 15
Austrian (cid:9) 29,168,332 24 1
Balkan (cid:9) 13,698,603 129 2
Croatian (cid:9) 2,592,968 8
Holland & Fl. Belgium 9,287,253 127 5.
Latin Union (cid:9) 109,591,619 790,812 937 24
France (cid:9) 16,391,486 104,589 210 7
Roman-Swiss 1,025,256 5,000 545 14
Algeria (cid:9) 7,060,745 235,474 6 ..
French-Belgium ... 3,623,606 6,373 41 1
Italy (cid:9) 33,640,710 110,550 45 1
(cid:9)(cid:9)(cid:9)
PREFACE.
Area in Member-
Population sq. miles ship(cid:9) Churches
Northern France . (cid:9) 22,860,781 102,465 44(cid:9) 1
Portugal (cid:9) 5,423,132 36,038 11(cid:9) . .
Spain (cid:9) 19,565,903 190,050 35
Levant Union Mission ... .(cid:9) 50,938,782 3,493,000 314 23
Syrian-Egyptian (cid:9) 20,806,874 32 2
Turkish (cid:9) 17,999,956 279 21
Grecian (cid:9) 2,631,952 3
Persian (cid:9) 9,500,000
Russian Union (cid:9) 148,442,100 2,250,782 1,612 47
Baltic (cid:9) 6,362,300 446 8
Caucasian (cid:9) 12,022,200 610 18
South Russian (cid:9) 14,410,000 73 5
East Russia (cid:9) 22,692,700 160 9
Middle Russia(cid:9) 63,821,600 73 2
West Russia (cid:9) 22,392,700 206 5
Siberia 6,740,600 44
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Scandinavian Union (cid:9) 13,144,364 494,389 2,779 81
Denmark(cid:9) . .(cid:9) . (cid:9) 2,588,919 .(cid:9) .(cid:9) ., •(cid:9) • 872 19
Norway (cid:9) 2,052,221 809 21
Sweden (cid:9) 4,751,046 861 33
Finland (cid:9) - (cid:9) 2,816,500 116 3
Iceland & Greenland(cid:9) 90,363 40 1
Northland(cid:9) 845,315 81 4
South African Union (cid:9) 7,370,437 814,-083 837 20
Cape Colony (cid:9) 2,794,849 327,101 504 11
Natal-Transvaal (cid:9) 2,480,216 147,870 156 4
Barotseland (cid:9) - 300,000 140,000 19 1
Basutoland (cid:9) 218,903 10,293 13 1
Maranatha Mission(cid:9) 120,000 2,602 ..
Nyasaland (cid:9) 850,705 42,217 43 1
Somabula - Solusi(cid:9) 605,764 144,000 1 50 1
1 Area of Southern Rhodesia.
South American Union ... (cid:9) 41,964,550 5,825,561 2,210 61
Argentine (cid:9) 6,000,000 953,849 547 16
Chile (cid:9) 4,000,000 307,620 260 9
Rio Grande (cid:9) 1,370,000 134,391 325 7
Santa Catharina & Parana(cid:9) 800,000 126.858 580 12
Bolivia (cid:9) 2,235,000 600,000 3 -
Ecuador (cid:9) 1,400,000 115,700 6 .(cid:9) .
North Brazil (cid:9) 17,356,000 2,545,095 230 5
Peru (cid:9) 4,559,550 600,000 20 1
Sao Paulo (cid:9) 2,570,000 209,876 33 1
Upper Parana (cid:9) 669,000 160,000 146 6
Uruguay (cid:9) 978,000 72,172 60 4