Show SEYE5TII DAY ADYEXTISTS RemnrUaljle Sureiul oC tho Very Peculiar Pe-culiar Doctrine Battle Creek Blob Feb 15Tha general gen-eral congress of the Seventh Day Adventists Ad-ventists convened at the tabernacle today to-day the president 0 A Olsen presiding Ono hundred and twentyfive delegates are present representing more than forty state conferences and mission fields President Olsens address states that since the last general conference two years ago sixty state and local camp meetings have been held sixtytwo persons per-sons have been ordained to the ministry and the membership of the denomination has increased over 5000 while ninety seven church buildings have been constructed con-structed In various countries including the organization of five churches In Melbourne Mel-bourne Australia and its suburbs Mora than a dozen schools and academies have been established by the general conference confer-ence in the past two years besides more than as many more state and church schools The publishing interests were reported In a substantial condition and many tons of the literature of the society had been printed and distributed President Olson thinks that mucK nvi should be done in the line of met Mi il missionary work in the future Mores been Accomplished In this line the past two years than during all the time previous pre-vious At present eighteen persons are under appointment for different fields in this line of work He recommended larger plans for the work among the colored people of the south The conference con-ference of Oklahoma with seventeen churches and 500 members and Florida with seven churches and ISO members were admitted to the conference and their delegates seated Committees were appointed ap-pointed and the meeting adjourned to Sunday kt the present time there are 257 ministers min-isters engaged in adventist work There are 1151 churches with a total membership member-ship of 140000 and the tithes amountUo 250700 1 |