Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . books and tracts, 43,139,816 copies of periodi-cals. These publications are placed on the marketthrough the agency of the main store in Philadelphia, thedepositories in Chicago and St. Louis, and sixteen branchhouses, twelve of which are in the United States, three inBritish America and one in England. The Business Department does not receive the giftsof the churches, but is itself a contributor to the work ofthe Church. Out of its own earnings it pays all the ex-penses of the Editorial Department and two-thirds of thesalaries of the Secretary
Church at Home and Abroad, The (July - Dec1898) . books and tracts, 43,139,816 copies of periodi-cals. These publications are placed on the marketthrough the agency of the main store in Philadelphia, thedepositories in Chicago and St. Louis, and sixteen branchhouses, twelve of which are in the United States, three inBritish America and one in England. The Business Department does not receive the giftsof the churches, but is itself a contributor to the work ofthe Church. Out of its own earnings it pays all the ex-penses of the Editorial Department and two-thirds of thesalaries of the Secretary and the Treasurer of the saves to other agencies of the Church a sum equal toabout $10,000 every year by supplying them free of costthe rental, heating and care of rooms in the WitherspoonBuilding. It contributes annually two-thirds of its netprofits to the fund of the Sabbath-school and MissionaryDepartment. This sum for last year was $20,, thenet profits having been $31,, an increase of 84, E. R. Craven, , 25: BOARD OF PUBLICATION AND SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK. [September,
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