Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook for 1908

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1908
YEAR BOOK
of the
Seventh-day Adventist
Denomination
Che Official Directories
rublizbed by
Review 4 Herald Publishing Association
Takoma. Park Station. Washington. D. C.
PRICE. 25 CENTS
GREAT RESULTS
from Small Beginnings
••t ioE1. who prepares his work through ages, ac-
complishes it by the weakest instritt:Ients, when his
tin-,e 'has corn:. To effect great resuts hr the small-
et-t (cid:9) such is the law of (cid:9) iY.Nubigne.
Th,. progress of the Seventh-day Adventists is a
record of the work of the Spirit o! (--;rod through a
s•rript: and almost penness people. The story of
this progress makes an inspiring volume, especially
when written hr out. who has been in the work. and
part of 7t,(cid:9) 'Le war a'trg.
ln " The Great Advent Movement," 'Elder J.
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portrays the progress of the denomination
smce 11- inception. NI ou v i:1 appreciate the sciii(!it‘
of the whole foundation of this message as never
tit fore when you read of the experience,. trials, dis-
apFnuteri.ris, ard final victories of those who gave
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1908
YEAR BOOK
OF THE
Seventh-day Adventist Denomination
Comprising a Complete Directory of the General Conference, Union and
Local Conferences and Mission Fields, Educational Institutions,
Publishing Houses, Periodicals, Sanitariums, and Benev-
olent Institutions, together with a Historical
Summary of the Denomination for
the Year 1907
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THE YEARS.
They are floating away, these swift, sweet years,
Adown the river of time,
Bearing their burdens of smiles and tears,
In a monody sublime.
With never a break in their rapid flow,
They drift to the peaceful past,
With smiling summers or drifted snow,
Like leaves in the current cast.
Those beautiful years are gliding fast,
Like the flying thread of a dream;
They were ours • while passing, but soon were past,
And we catch but their fading gleam;
Soundless is ever their solemn tread
Down the dim-lighted past
In the steps of the seasons long since dead,
Too beautiful to last.
They are floating away, these swift, sweet years,
Like the seasons gone before;
They bear on their bosoms our hopes and fears,
But return to us nevermore.
Each after each, do they come and go,
' With their burdens of joy and pain,
And the stream of- time, in its ceaseless flow,
Brings them never back again.
They are floating away, these swift, sweet years;
But we look for the life above,
With no bleak winter, or blur of tears,
In the beautiful realm of love;
For when in the clouds is the King sublime,
To the raptured soul will be given,
In place of the fleeting years of time,
The numberless years of heaven.
Chicago.(cid:9) — L. D. Santee.
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PREFACE.
This is the seventeenth issue of the Year Book of the Seventh-day
Adventist denomination. Revised reports from every Union and local
conference, from every mission field and institution connected with
the denomination throughout the world, are to be found herein. The
changes in organization, and the rapid advancement made in various
lines, renders necessary the publication of such a directory, in order
that there may be a ready means of communicating with proper officers
in charge of conferences and departments of work.
Outline maps have been introduced in this issue of the Year Book,
thus making the directories more valuable for reference. This feature
is especially desirable at this time, in view of the number of changes
in Union Conference boundary lines in the recent past.
Instead of following the plan heretofore pursued in arranging
Union Conferences by territory in each general field, they are now
grouped in each general field in alphabetical order. This is necessary
because of the greater number, making it difficult for those unac-
quainted with the arrangement always readily to find the desired
matter. 'The present arrangement places each Union Conference in
alphabetical order in the general division, and each local conference in
the Union alphabetically arranged in that Union, with mission fields
following the local conferences, alphabetically.
The following table giving population, area, membership, and
churches, is presented in the order in which the directory matter is
arranged in the body of this work, and may therefore be used as a
table of contents if desired: —
Population Area sq. mi. Membership Churches
District of Columbia 332,091 69 475 4
Atlantic Union
Central New England 3,860,320 17,692 1,170 34
Greater New York 5,000,000 6,031 775 16
Maine 694,466 29,000 420 21
New York(cid:9) . 1,674,499 30,765 906 35
Southern New England 1,336,976 6,140 455 18
Vermont 343,641 9,565 402 15
Western New York 1,500,000 12,901 800 37
Total 14,409,902 112,094 4,928 176
Canadian Union
Maritime 930,341 50,800. 240 12
Ontario 2,659,484 222,000 612 24
Quebec 1,716,281 347,350 223 9
Newfoundland 225,000 42,734 35 1
Total 5,531,106 662,884 1,100 46
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4 PREFACE.
Population Area Membership Churches
Central Union
Colorado 539,700 104,040 2,460 51
Kansas 1,611,460 82,080 2,490 97
Missouri 3,106,665 69,415 1,550 52
Nebraska 1,033,801 62,968 2,085 43
Wyoming 200,000 129,378 300 13
Total 6,491,626 447,881 8,885 256
Columbia Union
Chesapeake 1,419,586 14,760 578 14
Eastern Pennsylvania 4,000,000 21,881 1,014 27
Ohio 4,157,545 41,060 2,236 78
New Jersey 1,883,669 7,815 490 18
Virginia 1,854,184 45,000 434 21
West Pennsylvania 2,521,055 23,104 838 36
West Virginia 958,800 24,170 220 11
Total 16,794,839 177,790 5,810 205
Lake Union
East Michigan 1,170,029 14,506 1,780 56
Indiana 2,778,491 35,910 2,009 71
Northern Illinois 2,932,033 20,517 1,270 29
North Michigan 558,027 31,183 807 32
Southern Illinois 1,878,149 35,483 635 27
West Michigan 692,928 11,741 4,000 76
Wisconsin 2,069,042 54,451 3,083 95
Total 12,078,699 203,791 13,584 386
Northern Union
Iowa 2,231,853 56,025 3,370 115
Minnesota 1,979,912 79,205 2,107 79
North Dakota 436,070 70,795 765 26
South Dakota 450,000 59,234 956 32
Total 5,097,835 265,259 7,198 252
North Pacific Union
Montana 243,329 146,080 500 15
Southern Idaho 142,994 76,143 486 15
Upper Columbia 369,851 120,036 1,475 31
Western Oregon 417,450 32,840 1,618 45
Western Washington 531,250 24,052 1,443 35
Alaska 100,000 599,446 25 1
Hawaiian Islands 154,000 6,449 22 1
Total 1,958,874 1,005,046 5,569 143
Pacific Union
Arizona 170,000 113,020 179 6
California 1,230,716 220,606 4,396 71
Southern California 400,000 46,074 2,000 28
Utah 346,000 84,970 170 5
Total 2,146,716 464,670 6,745 110
PREFACE.(cid:9) 5
(cid:9) Population(cid:9) Area(cid:9) Membership Churches
Southeastern Union
Cumberland 796,931 17,383 550 12
Florida 434,165 50,990 400 18
Georgia 2,216,331 59,436 141 5
North Carolina 1;976,571 52,250 300 11
South Carolina 1,340,316 30,170• 100 4
Total 6,764,314 210,229 1,491 50
Southern Union
Alabama 1,923,074 59,010 321 15
-Kentucky 2,009,665 37,688 263 14
Louisiana 1,381,625 48,720 322 9
Mississippi 1,551,207 46,340 247 15
Tennessee River 1,361,194 26,719 408 15
Total 8,226,765 218,477 1,561 68
Southwestern Union
Arkansas 1,311,564 53,045 556 22
Oklahoma 1,500,000 69,830 1,844 70
Texas 3,048,710 265,780 1,452 35
West Texas .... ..
New Mexico 195,310 122,460 90 5
Total 6,055,584 511,115 3,942 132
Western Canadian Union
Alberta 190,000 253,540 226 8
British Columbia 260,000 383,300 167 10
Manitoba 650,000 249,000 241 10
Saskatchewan 260,000 240,000 100 2
Total 1,360,000 1,125,840 734 30
Totals, N. Amer. Unions 87,248,351 5,405,145 62,022 1,858
Australasian Union
New South Wales 1,473,973 310,700 997 22
New Zealand 857,533 106,259 603 15
Queensland 526,366 688,497 324 6
South Australia 381,148 904,600 373 10
Tasmania 178,906 26,215 273 6
Victoria 1,210,304 87,884 769 16
West Australia 259,029 975,920 393 12
Fiji 121,000 8,000 138 10
Java 32,000,000. 50,500 9 ..
Norfolk 700 21 40 1
Philippines 7,635,426 115,026 3 ..
Pitcairn 173 6 90 1
Raratonga (Cook) 13,500 200 30 1
Samoa 3,600 1,701 6 ..
Singapore 300,000 226 52 1
Sumatra 3,000,000 161,612 13 ..
Tahiti (Society) 12,800 642 71 4
Tonga (Friendly) 22,500 374 34 1
Total 47,996,958 3,438,383 4,218 106
6 PREFACE.
Population Area Membership Churches
British Union
North England 16,392,364 27,510 669 19
South England 16,400,000 23,652 664 12
British East African 4,000,00 1,000,000
Ireland 4,388,107 32,583 100 3
Scotland 4,676,603 29,785 163 5
Wales 1,865,000 7,470 201 6
Total 47,722,074 1,121,000 1,797 45
German Union
German Union District 7,848,000 491 4
East German 11,764,981 1,189 19
German-Swiss 2,473,284 427 10
Hungary 20,256,669 372 3
North German 5,162,498 480 6
Prussian 3,671,922 727 22
Rhenish Prussian 6,436,337 739 13
Silesian 6,929,248 463 9
South German 13,771,167 742 13
West German 12,206,846 744 11
Austrian 29,168,332 83 1
Balkan 13,564,827 139 2
Holland & Fl. Belg. 9,167,679 178 5
Total 142,421,790 7,389,105 6,774 118
Latin Union
French 38,961,945 207,054 232 7
Roman-Swiss 952,099 5,000 509 14
Algeria 6,621,475 235,474 4
French-Belgium 3,584,569 6,373 28 1
Italy 33,733,198 110,550 43 1
Portugal 5,423,132 36,038 19
Spain 18,617,956 .190,050 28
Total 107,894,374 790,539 863 23
Levant Mission
Egypt 14,518,274 10 1
Syria 6,288,600 21 1
Turkey 17,999,956 263 4
Greece 2,433,806 3
Persia 9,500,000
Total 50,740,636 3,493,000 297 6
Russian Union
Baltic Conference 6,296,300 383 3
Caucasian Conference 11,759,600 706 16
South Russian Conf. 14,201,000 474 5
East Russian Miss. 28,848,100 469 7
Middle Russ. Miss, 62,793,900 •2 56 2
West Russian Miss. 22,091,200 270 5
Total 145,990,100 2,250,782 2,558 38
PREFACE. 7
Population Area Membership Churches
Scandinavian Union
Denmark(cid:9) 2,588,919 11,200 750 20
Norway(cid:9) 2,052,221 124,445 855 22
Sweden(cid:9) 4,751,046 170,644 880 32
Abyssinia(cid:9) 8,280,000 150,000 ... ..
Finland(cid:9) 2,816,500 144,255 166 3
Iceland & Greenland(cid:9) 90,363 86,740 25 1
Northland(cid:9) 845,315 .... 101 4
Total(cid:9) 21,424,364 687,284 2,727 82
Totals, European Unions 516,193,338 15,731,710 15,016 312
South African Union
Cape Colony(cid:9) 2,791,768 327,101 423 11
Natal(cid:9) 2,480,216 147,870 132 4
Barotselan'd(cid:9) 300,000 140,000 10 1
Basutoland(cid:9) 275,561 10,293 13 - 1
Maranatha(cid:9) 23,268 2,602 ..
Nyasaland(cid:9) 850,705 340,000 34 1
Somabula .... 25 1
Solusi(cid:9) 603,820 144,000 1 52 1
Total(cid:9) ' 7,325,338 1,111,866 689 20
South American Union
Argentine(cid:9). 6,000,000 953,849 522 15
Chile(cid:9) 4,000,000 307,620 217 9
Rio Grande(cid:9) 1,370,000 134,391 444 6
Santa Catherina(cid:9) 800,000 126,858 549 12
Bolivia(cid:9) 2,235,000 600,000 3 ..
Ecuador (cid:9) 1,400,000 115,700 6 ..
North Brazil(cid:9) 17,356,000 2,545,095 200. 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) 696,000 160,000 146 6
Uruguay(cid:9) 978,000 72,172 60 2
Total(cid:9) 41,964,550 5,825,561 2,200 57
West Indian Union
British Guiana(cid:9) 387,086 210,910 350 12
East Caribbean(cid:9) 900,000 2,471 375 7
Jamaica(cid:9) 760,000 4,207 1,300 26
South Caribbean(cid:9) 375,000 2,001 385 9
West Caribbean(cid:9) 1,000,000 164,268 375 8
Central America(cid:9) 3,433,842 159,634 200 5
Cuba(cid:9) 2,000,000 47,288 35 2
Hayti(cid:9) 900,000 28,249 70 1
North Caribbean(cid:9) 953,243 3,606 20 2
Total(cid:9) 10,709,171 622,634 3,110 72
1Area of Southern Rhodesia.
8 PREFACE.
Population Area Membership Churches
Miscellaneous Missions
Bermuda 18,000 20 50 1
British W. African 50,000,000 1,300,000 24 1
China 426,000,000 1,336,841 111 3
India 297,970,499 1,584,935 230 3
Japan 60,000,000 223,000 252 11
Mexico 13,607,259 757,005 63 2
Total 847,595,758 3,616,866 730 21
Grand Totals 1,5591033)464 35)752,165 87,985 2,446
The figures indicating membership and churches, as reported above,
are based, not on accurate returns by the secretaries of the various
conferences, but are estimates which they have made. These figures,
therefore, can in no case take precedence of the regular annual statis-
tical report, which is compiled from accurate returns submitted from
all parts of the world. The above figures are presented simply as a
matter of convenience in this form, and should only be considered con-
servative estimates. By comparing the returns in the statistical report
for 1906 with the figures given ab9ve for Europe and Australia, it
would seem that the latter include the total number of Sabbath-keepers,
rather than the church membership, whereas in all other Unions the
estimates represent church membership only.