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

RECEIPTS DISBURS’TS 1909 $377,972.79 $357,532.56 1910 374,639.37 410,611.48 1911 427,861.98 404,922.53 1912 653,458.28 495,361.92 (Continued on page thirty)

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 Offering 18,789.68 Midsummer Offering 19,960.03 General mission fund 136,457.72 Sabbath-school donations 81,911.65 Second tithe 2,631.96 Thanksgiving fund 30,835.77 Harvest Ingathering fund 10,347.69 Tithe 12,103.04 Colored work 5,859.32 Religious Liberty Association 4,490.75 Total $350,453.90 CONFERENCES AND INDIVIDUALS TO SUPPORT LABORERS IN VARIOUS FIELDS:— California Conference 436.75 Southern California Conference 35.00 East Colorado Conference 48.00 West Colorado Conference 24.00 Iowa Conference 3,006.68 Greater New York Conference 71.45 Kansas Conference 50.60 East Michigan Conference 28.74 Minnesota Conference 40.00 Nebraska Conference 775.60 New Jersey Conference 111.00 Ontario Conference 301.00 Ohio Conference 400.70 South Dakota Conference 309.57 Individuals 10.00 Total 5,649.09 From miscellaneous sources 5,468.05 General Conference session and “Bulletin”account 16,401.75 Grand total 377,972.79

Disbursements MISSION FIELDS:— Australasian Union Conference 8,500.00 China Mission 30,672.81 Canadian Union Conference 7,650.66 Chesapeake Conference 750.00 European General Conference 8,089.87 Greater New York Conference 4,311.19 Hawaiian Mission 400.00 India Mission 29,579.96 Japan Mission 9,638.75 Korean Mission 9,121.49 Jewish appropriation 713.00 Mexico Mission 9,942.70 South African Union Conference 23,783.27 South American Union Conference 26,541.84 Southern Union Conference 5,175.50 Southeastern Union Conference 7,613.64 Southwestern Union Conference 4,300.00 Scandinavian appropriation 1,404.88 Virginia Conference 1,200.00 West Virginia Conference 500.00 West African Mission 4,038.41 West Indian Union Conference 24,819.91 West Canadian Union Conference 6,970.73 Russian school appropriation 1,161.24 Special appropriation 5,211.94 Total 232,091.79 HOME FIELDS:— To General Conference laborers in field on 1909 account 28,568.30 To General Conference laborers in field on 1908 audit 2,163.59 Total 30,731.89 To General Conference employees on 1908 audit 4,368.53 4,368.53 DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSE Educational Department 2,725.67 Executive Department 15,435.11 Medical Department 3,029.07 Missionary Volunteer Department 1,603.58 North American Foreign Department 1,155.82 Publishing Department 3,199.93 Sabbath School Department 2,268.19 Negro Department 2,476.50 Religious Liberty Department 3,641.45 Total 35,535.32 SUNDRY ITEMS:— Fifteen-percent Fund 13,684.81 General Conference session 17,702.48 Harvest Ingathering campaign 14,754.03 Miscellaneous 8,663.71 Total 54,805.03 Grand total 357,532.56 Total receipts 377,972.79 Total disbursements 357,532.56 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 Offering 15,921.30 Midsummer Offering 16,480.36 Missions $72,227.96 Less sundry items 150.46 72,077.50 Sabbath-school 99,779.95 Harvest Ingathering, 1909 31,595.48 Harvest Ingathering, 1910 10,048.44 Total $300,277.11 OTHER FUNDS TO MISSONS:— Tithe from union conferences 13,725.74 Surplus tithe from conferences 47,570.94 Religious Liberty donations 1,623.19 Negro Department donations 10,720.71 Total 73,640.58 Miscellaneous sources 721.68 Grand total 374,639.37 Disbursements FOREIGN MISSION FIELDS:— Australian Union Conference 8,500.33 China Mission 40,084.14 European appropriation 7,957.19 Hawaiian Mission 100.00 India Mission 30,031.75 Korea Mission 9,421.59 Mexico Mission 9,565.24 Philippine Mission 2,549.98 Russian school appropriation 2,876.53 South African Union Conference 27,536.09 South American Union Conference 26,001.22 Straits Settlement 701.23 Scandinavian appropriation 50.92 Singapore Mission 2,895.90 Japan Mission 10,047.44 West Africa Mission 6,337.73 West Indian Union Conference 20,883.31 West Indian school 1,350.00 Asiatic Division 741.22 Total 207,631.81 HOME MISSION FIELDS:— Central New England Conference 310.43 Canadian Union Conference 7,920.84 Chesapeake Conference 888.00 East Pennsylvania Conference 1,200.00 Greater New York Conference 9,999.52 Maine Conference 1,090.57 New Jersey Conference 3,861.79 Virginia Conference 1,311.00 Southeastern Union Conference 8,964.14 Southern Union Conference 9,986.07 Southwestern Union Conference 6,531.23 West Canadian Union Conference 2,930.00 Western New York Conference 582.57 West Pennsylvania Conference 600.00 West Virginia Conference 1,260.00 Total 57,436.15

NEGRO DEPARTMENT:— Southeastern Union Conference 5,567.75 Southwestern Union Conference 2,533.75 Southern Union Conference 14,183.50 Huntsville 15,687.50 Virginia Conference 995.25 Chesapeake Conference 995.25 Total 39,963.00 Hillcrest school 299.00 Haysmer’s office expense 278.67 Haysmer’s salary and traveling expense 2,598.65 Loma Linda College 987.81 Total 4,164.13 LABORERS:— General Conference laborers in field, 1909 audit 4,671.92 General Conference laborers in field, 1910 audit 21,939.71 Total 26,611.63 General Conference Office laborers, 1909 audit 2,507.83 Superannuated laborers in field, 1910 1910 audit 4,852.39 Total 7,360.22 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:— Educational Department 3,174.14 Less receipts 251.95 2,922.19 Executive Department 17,517.66 Medical Department 3,763.17 Less receipts 669.033, 094.14 Missionary Volunteer Dept 3,848.96 Less receipts 1,044.78 2,804.18 North American Foreign Department 2,312.14 Publishing Department 5,860.41 Less receipts 167.33 5,693.08 Religious Liberty Association 4,576.93 Sabbath School Department 3,817.94 Less receipts 1,728.61 2,089.61 Total 41,009.93 MISCELLANEOUS:— Special appropriations 6,424.58 Christian education 474.18 Improvements and repairs 289.44 General Conference history 942.68 Missionary appointees’ salaries 3,001.09 Harvest Ingathering expense, 1909 1,002.90 Harvest Ingathering expense, 1910 10,048.44 Sundry accounts 2,981.48 Sundry expenses 1,269.81 Total 26,434.48 Grand total 410,611.48 Total disbursements for year 1910 410,611.48 Total receipts 374,639.37 Disbursements over receipts 35,972.11 Mission Board credit balance, Jan. 1, Jan. 1, 1910 26,737.39 Jan. 1, 1911, net insolvency 9,234.72 Jan. 1, 1910, a credit for operating Mission Board 26,737.39 Jan.1, 1911, a net insolvency in operations 9,234.72 Total shortage in operating for 1910 $ 35,972.11

RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT STATEMENT OF MISSION FUNDS

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Receipts TEN-CENT-A-WEEK FUND:— Annual Offering $48,676.47 First-day Offering 17,908.06 Midsummer Offering 17,975.28 Missions 71,856.45 Sabbath-school offerings 115,651.65 Harvest Ingathering 32,654.45 Colored donations 6,559.76 Total $311,282.12 OTHER FUNDS TO MISSIONS:— Surplus tithe 99,157.83 Tithe 12,780.45 Religious Liberty donations 1,143.39 Sabbath School Department royalties 3,045.62 Miscellaneous sources 452.57 Total 116,579.86 Grand total 427,861.98 Disbursements FOREIGN MISSION FIELDS:— Asiatic Division 3,553.43 Australasian Union Conference 9,000.00 Brazilian Union Conference 6,157.18 Bahama Mission 213.71 China Mission 39,050.31 European appropriation 1,250.00 Hawaiian Mission 300.00 India Mission 33,390.58 Japan Mission 12,549.87 Korean Mission 11,201.36 Mexico Mission 8,090.25 Philippine Mission 3,106.65 Singapore Mission 2,276.01 South African Union Conference 29,111.16 South American Union Conference 16,000.00 West African Mission 6,698.27 West Indian Union Conference 17,837.19 Total 199,785.97

ADMINISTRATION EXPENSE:— Executive Department salary 11,399.81 Traveling expenses 1,744.36 Office expenses 3,569.55 16,713.72 Educational Dept. salary 1,492.86 Traveling expenses 761.36 Office expenses 278.24 2,532.46 Miss Vol. Dept. salary 2,074.40 Traveling expenses 88.07 Office expenses 282.05 2,444.52 Medical Department salary 1,484.27 Traveling expenses 1,672.70 Office expenses 39.33 3,196.30 Publishing Department salary 2,983.76 Traveling expenses 813.90 Office expenses 252.78 4,050.44 Sabbath School Dept. salary 2,165.36 Traveling expenses 761.85 Office expenses 1,061.63 3,988.84 Religious Liberty salary 2,875.23 Traveling expenses 373.99 Office expenses 1,272.71 4,521.93 North Amer. For. Dept. salary 5,272.15 Traveling expenses 2,887.74 Office expenses 190.17 8,350.06 Negro Department salary 1,309.53 Traveling expenses 302.60 Other expenses 416.63 2,028.76 Jewish Department salary 891.55 Traveling expenses 317.28 Office expenses 900.00 2,108.83 Total 49,935.86

MISCELLANEOUS:— Missionary appointees’ salaries 5,517.14 Harvest Ingathering expense, 1911 12,242.82 Harvest Ingathering expense, 1910 1,278.39 Transfers to $300,00 Fund, 1910 acct.2,712.14 European General Conference 1909 and 1910 appropriation balance 3,542.80 Gen. Conf. history salary and expense 981.51 Special appropriations 20,080.91 Rental of office building three years 3,446.15 Sundry items 4,865.03 Total 54,666.89

HOME MISSION FIELDS:— Atlantic Union Conference 13,250.00 Canadian Union Conference 7,224.70 Columbia Union Conference 13,300.00 Southeastern Union Conference 7,543.68 Southern Union Conference 7,695.69 Southwestern Union Conference 7,301.00 Virginia Conference, 1910 appropriation 500.00 West Canadian Union Conference 2,500.00 Total 59,315.07 NEGRO DEPARTMENT:— Southeastern Union Conference 5,498.31 Southern Union Conference 11,498.31 Southwestern Union Conference 3,000.00 Columbia Union Conference 1,999.62 Huntsville 5,475.00 Total 27,471.24 LABORERS:— General Field laborer’s salaries and expenses, 1910 2,911.91 Department laborers’ salaries and expenses, 1910 548.00 Total 3,459.91 General field laborers’ salaries, 1911 8,532.00 General field laborers’ expenses, 1911 1,755.59 Total 10,287.59 Grand total 404,922.53 Total receipts for year 1911 427,861.98 Total disbursements for year 1911 404,922.53 Net surplus for 1911 22,939.45 Deficit, Jan. 1, 1911 9,234.72 Net surplus, Jan. 1, 1912 $13,704.73

RECEIPT AND DISBURSEMENT STATEMENT OF MISSION FUNDS

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FIFTEEN-CENT-A-WEEK FUND:— Sabbath-school donations $188,421.82 Missions 102,477.45 Annual Offering 71,676.46 Harvest Ingathering 50,164.45 First-day Offering 25,236.14 Midsummer Offering 17,528.57 $300,000 Fund 9,242.12 Colored donations 6,560.19 Religious liberty donations 1,303.67 Total 472,610.87 Surplus tithe 157,688.38 Tithe 16,768.01 Less 5% Sustention Fund 1,477.41 15,150.60 Total 172,838.98 MISCELLANEOUS:— Sabbath-school royalties 1,706.16 Interest 1,647.73 New York Conference refund appro. 1,500.00 East Pennsylvania Conf. refund appro. 1,700.00 Department gains 715.96 Miscellaneous sources 738.58 Total 8,008.43 Grand Total 653,458.28 Disbursements FOREIGN MISSION FIELDS:— Asiatic Division 2,511.77 Brazil Union Conference 8,946.61 Bahama Mission 417.34 Canary Islands 1,566.55 China Mission 46,936.28 Hawaiian Mission 330.00 India Mission 32,865.07 Japan Mission 11,896.77 Korean Mission 14,565.70 Malay Mission 8,941.04 Mexico Mission 8,230.68 Philippine Mission 4,394.48 South African Union Conference 32,485.80 South American Union Conference 16,169.02 West African Mission 7,132.38 West Indian Union Conference 16,761.96 Total 214,151.45 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE:— Executive Department:— Salary 11,541.09 Traveling expenses 2,326.50 Office expenses 3,939.14 17,806.73 Educational Department:— Salary 1,686.50 Traveling expenses 717.91 Office expenses 288.07 2,692.48 Missionary Volunteer Department:— Salary 2,628.41 Traveling expenses 466.20 Office expenses 576.38 3,670.99 Medical Department:— Salary 127.00 Traveling expenses 116.95 Office expenses 86.33 330.28 Publishing Department:— Salary 1,930.78 Traveling expenses 311.11 Office expenses 327.52 2,569.41 Sabbath School Department:— Salary 2,682.05 Traveling expenses 761.93 Office expenses 1,500.97 4,944.95 Religious Liberty Department:— Salary 2,444.55 Traveling expenses 388.81 Office expenses 559.50 3,392.86 Negro Department:— Salary 1,307.10 Traveling expenses 406.20 1,713.30 Press Bureau:— Salary 1,369.35 Traveling expenses 473.19 Office expenses 290.68 2,133.22 MISCELLANEOUS:— Five-per-cent Fund 32,352.47 Special appropriation 23,016.23 Harvest Ingathering 14,131.41 Foreign field special appropriation 10,037.61 Missionary appointees’ salaries and expenses 7,833.70 “Christian Record” appropriation 5,363.63 General Conference history 1,099.82 “Christian Education” 655.08 Sundry items 7,033.23 Total 101,523.18 HOME MISSION FIELDS:— Atlantic Union Conference 25,500.00 Canadian Union Conference 9,700.00 Columbia Union Conference 20,600.00 Southeastern Union Conference 6,400.00 Southern Union Conference 6,800.00 Southwestern Union Conference 6,938.00 West Canadian Union Conference 1,000.00 Total 76,938.00 NEGRO DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS:— Southeastern Union Conference 6,000.00 Southern Union Conference 12,998.00 Southwestern Union Conference 3,196.00 Columbia Union Conference 3,397.00 Huntsville 5,891.00 Total 31,482.00 NORTH AMERICAN FOREIGN DEPARTMENT:— Salary 6,349.08 Traveling expenses 2,775.24 Office expenses 157.25 Department appropriations 3,331.16 Total 12,612.73

JEWISH DEPARTMENT:— Salary 948.81 Traveling expenses 386.61 Department appropriations 2,466.00 Total 3,801.42 LABORERS:— General field laborers’ salaries and expenses, 1911 account 3,695.87 Department laborers’ salaries and expenses, 1911 account 1,423.15 Total 5,119.02 General field laborers’ salaries, 1912 9,028.81 General field laborers’ expenses, 1912 1,451.09 Total 10,479.90 Grand total 495,361.92 Total receipts for 1912 653,458.28 Total disbursements for 1912 495,361.92 Excess receipts over disbursements 158,096.36 Surplus from last year 13,704.73 Surplus Jan. 18, 1913 171,801.09 Less deferred charges 11,517.48 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 1909 Annual Offering 27,066.29 1910 Annual Offering 54,374.08 1911 Annual Offering 48,676.47 1912 Annual Offering 71,676.46 Total 201,793.30 1909 First-day Offering 18,789.68 1910 First-day Offering 15,921.30 1911 First-day Offering 17,908.06 1912 First-day Offering 25,236.14 Total 79,855.18 1909 Midsummer Offering 19,960.03 1910 Midsummer Offering 16,480.36 1911 Midsummer Offering 17,975.28 1912 Midsummer Offering 17,528.57 Total 71,944.24 1909 General mission fund 87,832.92 1910 General mission fund 72,077.50 1911 General mission fund 71,856.45 1912 General mission fund 102,477.45 Total 334,244.32 1909 Sabbath-school offering 81,911.65 1910 Sabbath-school offering 99,779.95 1911 Sabbath-school offering 115,651.65 1912 Sabbath-school offering 188,421.82 Total 485,765.07 1909 Harvest Ingathering donation 41,183.46 1910 Harvest Ingathering donation 41,643.92 1911 Harvest Ingathering donation 32,654.45 1912 Harvest Ingathering donation 50,164.45 Total 165,646.28 1909 Colored donation 5,859.32 1910 Colored donation 10,720.71 1911 Colored donation 6,559.76 1912 Colored donation 6,560.19 Total 27,699.98 1909 Religious liberty donation 4,490.75 1910 Religious liberty donation 1,623.19 1911 Religious liberty donation 1,143.39 1912 Religious liberty donation 1,303.67 Total 8,561.00 1912 $300.000 Fund 9,242.12 9,242.12 1909 Second tithe 2,631.96 2,631.96 1909 Tithe 12,103.04 1910 Tithe 13,725.74 1911 Tithe 12,780.45 1912 Tithe 15,150.60 Total 53,759.83 1909 Surplus tithe 40,063.23 1910 Surplus tithe 47,570.94 1911 Surplus tithe 99,157.83 1912 Surplus tithe 157,688.38 Total 344,480.38 1909 Legacies 8,561.57 8,561.57 1909 From conferences and individuals for laborers’ support 5,649.09 5,649.09 1909 From miscellaneous sources 5,468.05 1910 From miscellaneous sources 721.68 1911 From miscellaneous sources 3,498.19 1912 From miscellaneous sources 8,008.43 Total 17,696.35 1909 General Conference session 16,401.75 16,401.75 Grand Total 1,840,229.58 Disbursements 1910 Asiatic division 741.22 1911 Asiatic division 3,553.43 1912 Asiatic division 2,511.77 Total 6,806.42 1909 Australasian field 8,500.00 1910 Australasian field 8,500.33 1911 Australasian field 9,000.00 Total 26,000.33 1909 China Mission 30,672.81 1910 China Mission 40,084.14 1911 China Mission 39,050.31 1912 China Mission 46,936.28 Total 156,743.54 1911 Brazilian field 6,157.18 1912 Brazilian field 8,946.61 Total 15,103.79 1911 Bahama Mission 213.71 1912 Bahama Mission 417.34 Total 631.05 1912 Canary Island 1,566.55 1,566.55 1909 European General Conference 8,089.87 1910 European General Conference 7,957.19 1911 European General Conference 1,250.00 Total 17,297.06 1909 Hawaiian Mission 400.00 1910 Hawaiian Mission 100.00 1911 Hawaiian Mission 300.00 1912 Hawaiian Mission 330.00 Total 1,130.00 1909 India Mission 29,579.96 1910 India Mission 30,031.75 1911 India Mission 33,390.58 1912 India Mission 32,865.07 Total 125,867.36 1909 Japan Mission 9,638.75 1910 Japan Mission 10,047.44 1911 Japan Mission 12,549.87 1912 Japan Mission 11,896.77 Total 44,132.83 1909 Korean Mission 9,121.49 1910 Korean Mission 9,421.59 1911 Korean Mission 11,201.36 1912 Korean Mission 14,565.70 Total 44,310.14 1909 Mexico Mission 9,942.70 1910 Mexico Mission 9,565.24 1911 Mexico Mission 8,090.25 1912 Mexico Mission 8,230.68 Total 35,828.87 1912 Malay Mission 8,941.04 8,941.04 1910 Philippine Mission 2,549.98 1911 Philippine Mission 3,106.65 1912 Philippine Mission 4,394.48 Total 10,051.11 1909 Russian school appropriation 1,161.24 1910 Russian school appropriation 2,876.53 Total 4,037.77

1909 South African Union Conference 23,783.27 1910 South African Union Conference 27,536.09 1911 South African Union Conference 29,111.16 1912 South African Union Conference 32,485.80 Total 112,916.32 1909 South American Union Conference 26,541.84 1910 South American Union Conference 26,001.22 1911 South American Union Conference 16,000.00 1912 South American Union Conference 16,169.02 Total 84,712.08 1910 Straits Settlement 701.23 701.23 1909 Scandinavian appropriation 1,404.88 1910 Scandinavian appropriation 50.92 Total 1,455.80 1910 Singapore Mission 2,895.90 1911 Singapore Mission 2,276.01 Total 5,171.91 1909 West African Mission 4,038.41 1910 West African Mission 6,337.73 1911 West African Mission 6,698.27 1912 West African Mission 7,132.38 Total 24,206.79 1909 West Indian Union Conference 24,819.91 1910 West Indian Union Conference 22,233.31 1911 West Indian Union Conference 17,837.19 1912 West Indian Union Conference 16,761.96 Total 81,652.37 Home Fields 1909 Canadian Union Conference 7,650.66 1910 Canadian Union Conference 7,920.84 1911 Canadian Union Conference 7,224.70 1912 Canadian Union Conference 9,700.00 Total 32,496.20 1909 Atlantic Union Conference 4,311.19 1910 Atlantic Union Conference 11,983.09 1911 Atlantic Union Conference 13,250.00 1912 Atlantic Union Conference 25,500.00 Total 55,044.28 1909 Columbia Union Conference 2,450.00 1910 Columbia Union Conference 9,120.79 1911 Columbia Union Conference 13,800.00 1912 Columbia Union Conference 20,600.00 Total 45,970.79 1909 Southeastern Union Conference 7,613.64 1910 Southeastern Union Conference 8,964.14 1911 Southeastern Union Conference 7,543.68 1912 Southeastern Union Conference 6,400.00 Total 30,521.46 1909 Southern Union Conference 5,175.50 1910 Southern Union Conference 9,986.07 1911 Southern Union Conference 7,695.69 1912 Southern Union Conference 6,800.00 Total 29,657.26 1909 Southwestern Union Conference 4,300.00 1910 Southwestern Union Conference 6,531.23 1911 Southwestern Union Conference 7,301.00 1912 Southwestern Union Conference 6,938.00 Total 25,070.23 1909 Gen. Conf. employees, 1908 audit 4,368.53 1910 Gen. Conf. employees, 1909 audit 2,507.83 1911 Gen. Conf. employees, 1910 audit 548.00 1912 Gen. Conf. employees, 1911 audit 1,423.15 Total 8,847.51 1909 Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1908 audit 2,163.59 1910 Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1909 audit 4,671.92 1911 Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1910 audit 2,911.91 1912 Gen.Conf.laborers,field,1911 audit 3,695.87 Total 13,443.29 1909 General Conf. laborers, field, 1909 28,568.30 1910 General Conf. laborers, field, 1910 21,939.71 1911 General Conf. laborers, field, 1911 10,287.59 1912 General Conf. laborers, field, 1912 10,479.90 Total 71,275.50 1910 Superannuated, 1910 4,852.39 4,852.39 1909 Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,725.67 1910 Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,922.19 1911 Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,532.46 1912 Educ. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,692.48 Total 10,872.80 1909 Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses 15,435.11 1910 Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses 17,517.66 1911 Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses 16,713.72 1912 Execut. Dept. salaries and expenses 17,806.73 Total 67,473.22 1909 Medical Dept. salaries and expenses 3,029.07 1910 Medical Dept. salaries and expenses 3,094.14 1911 Medical Dept. salaries and expenses 3,196.30 1912 Medical Dept. salaries and expenses 330.28 Total 9,649.79 1909 M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses 1,603.58 1910 M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,804.18 1911 M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,444.52 1912 M. V. Dept. salaries and expenses 3,670.99 Total 10,523.27 1909 N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp. 1,155.82 1910 N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp. 2,312.14 1911 N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp. 8,350.06 1912 N. Am. For. Dept. salaries and exp. 12,612.73 Total 24,430.75 1909 Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses 3,199.93 1910 Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses 5,693.08 1911 Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses 4,050.44 1912 Pub. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,569.41 Total 15,512.86 1912 Press Bureau salaries and expenses 2,133.22 2,133.22 1909 Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp. 3,641.45 1910 Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp. 4,576.93 1911 Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp. 4,521.93 1912 Relig. Lib. Dept. salaries and exp. 3,392.86 Total 16,133.17 1909 S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,268.19 1910 S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses 2,089.61 1911 S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses 3,988.84 1912 S. S. Dept. salaries and expenses 4,944.95 Total 13,291.59 1911 Jewish Dept. salaries and expenses 2,108.83 1912 Jewish Dept. salaries and expenses 3,801.42 Total 5,910.25 1909 Special appropriations 5,211.94 1910 Special appropriations 6,424.58 1911 Special appropriations 20,080.91 1912 Special appropriations 23,016.23 Total 54,733.66 1909 Fifteen-per-cent fund 13,684.81 13,684.81 1909 General Conference session 17,702.48 17,702.48 1909 Harvest Ingathering expenses 14,754.03 1010 Harvest Ingathering expenses 11,051.34 1911 Harvest Ingathering expenses 13,521.21 1912 Harvest Ingathering expenses 14,131.41 Total 53,457.99 1910 Missionary appointees’ salaries 3,001.09 1911 Missionary appointees’ salaries 5,517.14 1912 Missionary appointees’ salaries 7,833.70 Total 16,351.93 1909 Negro Dept. salaries and expenses 2,476.50 1910 Negro Dept. salaries and expenses 2,877.32 1911 Negro Dept. salaries and expenses 2,028.76 1912 Negro Dept. salaries and expneses 1,713.30 Total 9,095.88 1910 Negro Dept. appropriations 39,963.00 1911 Negro Dept. appropriations 27,471.24 1912 Negro Dept. appropriations 31,482.00 Total 98,916.24 1909 Western Canadian Union Conf. 6,970.73 1910 Western Canadian Union Conf. 2,930.00 1911 Western Canadian Union Conf. 2,500.00 1912 Western Canadian Union Conf. 1,000.00 Total 13,400.73

1909 Miscellaneous items 9,376.71 1910 Miscellaneous items 7,244.40 1911 Miscellaneous items 15,547.63 1912 Miscellaneous items 18,825.74 Total 50,994.48 1912 Five-per-cent fund 32,352.47 32,352.47 1912 “Christian Record” appropriation 5,363.63 5,363.63 Summary of Mission Receipts and Disbursements Balance Jan. 1, 1909 6,297.16 1909 377,972.79 357,532.56 1910 374,639.37 410,611.48 1911 427,861.98 404,922.53 1912 653,458.28 495,361.92 Balance Jan. 18, 1913 171,801.09 Totals $1,840,229.58 $1,840,229.58

STATEMENT OF SUSTENTATION FUND

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From Beginning to Dec. 31, 1912

DISBURSEMENTS RECEIPTS Receipts, 1911 $ $45,757.59 Receipts, 1912 65,206.01 Disbursements, 1911 41,344.63 Supplies 19.68 Disbursements, 1912 65,974.92 Balance 3,624.37 $110,963.60 $110,963.60 1911 1912 Average monthly receipts 3,813.13 5,433.83 Average monthly disbursements 3,446.39 5,497.91

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 Mission 20,072.18 Paid to Korea Mission 15,577.83 Paid to South America 14,000.00 Paid to European Division 5,072.40 Paid to Mexico Mission 4,500.00 Paid to Brazil Union Conference 4,500.00 Paid to West Indian Union Conference 4,500.00 Paid to Japan Mission 2,121.22 Paid to Montreal church 1,949.89 Paid to West African Mission 1,500.00 Paid to Australasian Union Conference 1,000.00 Paid to Quebec Conference 649.93 Paid to Maritime Conference 348.36 Paid to Canadian Union Conference 500.00 Paid to Cuba 300.00 Expense bill 77.50 Transfers—corrections 156.50 Balance on hand, Jan. 19, 1913 34,423.51 $177,999.30

GENERAL CONFERENCE STATEMENT OF CONDITION AT CLOSE OF YEAR

WASe

Jan 18, 1913

ASSETS:—

Cash on hand and in bank $168,958.21 Accounts receivable 13,348.84 Publishing houses 13,503.93 Conferences and tract societies 1,855.24 Correspondence School 1,733.68 Inventories 2,751.54 Notes receivable 6,226.56 General Conference Corporation 647.38 General Conference library 1,465.43 Mission fields on 1913 appropriation 7,517.48 Loma Linda Sanitarium on 1913 appro. 4,000.00 $222,008.29

LIABILITIES:—

$300,000 Fund 34,423.51 Sustentation Fund 3,624.37 Trust funds in holding 9,499.78 Conferences and tract societies 99.76 Treas,?? credit checks (outstanding) 272.30 Accounts payable 2,287.48 50,207.20 Net worth 171,801.09 1912 excess assets over liabilities 171,801.09 1911 excess assets over liabilities 13,704.73 Gain for year 1912 $158,096.36

Conference Proceedings. THIRD MEETING

Auditor’s Statement