The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-07-21
DENOMINATTONAL STATISTICS

d'st churches Is not reported in tho ta,lIas
from which these statistic are COMPLIED
The number of ministers in the EpiscopaI
portion Of thus body, is 5000.
The Baptists, including the Regular An
ti.mission. Free-will, and others, have Ill.
266 churches, 6,59S ministers, and sl3, ,92l
members
The Presbyteriaes, Old School and New,
have 4,o27 churches, 1912 ministers, and
334 453 members.
The Unitarians have 244 churches The
number of ministers and me embers are not
reported, but the number of ministers is
doubtless as large as the number Of church.
es, If not larger. 1.-THE churches contain,
on an averages, as Smauysaas the Orthodox
Congregational churches, she aggregate
number would be 27, ,532.
The Cengregationaiists have 1866 chur-
ches, 1912 ministers, and 1896 mem.
bers.
The Episcoralians have 1892 churches,
! 4O4 ministers, and 67,55Q members.-
Here afe 2l2 more ministers than church.
es.
The I.niherans have l,425 churches, 500
ministers and i49,625 members
The Associate, Reformed. Cumberland
and other Presbyterians, together with Re.
formed Dutch and German Returned 'chur.
sches, have c5a'church ess1 -..-'s'
and 26l T4O n.bers. = -. 7f77r,<s-
The Roman Catholics la ~a 9c7, church.
es, 9l7 ministers and I Il 90, 700 members.
The number of churches Of these several
denominations, exclusive of Methodis,s,
which are moi reported is 2SS,SSsa:.. Allow
ing the Methodis,s 10000 churches, the
whole number would be about So, s.; ,0CO. ~:
The whole number of minister's iHsfhese
denominations is 23,20S; and ,tts.sss whole
number of members Of fchurchs4 ,Io7,74l.
Supposing the populations ge the United
States to be 20 00O, 900, lwould give one
professor Of religion, asEfy five Of the po-
pnlation-nots sinrssalng children, one 10 8
and fraction. How many Of these sprofes-
sors OF religion are not possessors, we may
no! presume 10 sny, out undoubtedly Inc Gnl.
niscient One would make a very material
deduction.
The Bapiis,s have the largest number, Of
churches and ministers. The Catholics
have the largest number ofmembers. The
Methodists have the largest humber among
the Protestant. denominations. The @. s.
Presbyterians have 724 more churches than
the New School Presbyterians together. have
2l60 more churches than the congregation.
alists, 1862 more ministers, and Il a $50
more members. PTesbyteyian Adroeote.
Coop sADvIcE.-John H.. Prentice, 10
his recen. vaiedlctory on reliring from the
editorialchair, which he had filed for! forty
two years, has the following:
"No man should be without . well.con-
Quoted newspaper. He Is far behlod the
spirit Of th3 age unless hefeads one. is not
upon an equal fooling with his isllosv men
who enjoys such advaniafe and 3is disre-
gardful ofshis duty TO h,s lssnily, in not af
fording them an opportunity pf acquiring
knowledge of wha, is passing u the world,
at the cheapest possible tsachfhg, Show
me a family without q newspapas, and l
venture TO say that there will basna1iaest in
that family want of amenify Of manners
and indications Of ignorance most striking.
ly 10 contrast with the neighbor who allows
himself such rational indulgence. Young
men, especially, should read newspapers.
If / were . boy, even Of twelve years,
wonld read q negEsnaper weekly. though /
pay 6ss il. The boyswho reads well will
learn TO think and analyze and, 1t % he
will bealmost snre 70 makes man OF him
self, hating vicious indulgence, which rea-
ding is calculated 10 begst q distsste for"
AWFUL SCENE AT, AN ExncurIoNEA
correspondent, Of the Jackson Tsnn sVhis
thus notices scene, a. the exeeuti06 Of Jno
M Riley. near that place, on lsS Bib ult.
for the murder Of William Willis, whicl
seems to have stricken terrofI ths stopses
hearts: ;s.3;ss.s3 z.5Eas,s.
"on arfisins q. ,hs gsll6vs j dark ciou
: : which had rrSvionsty sfose I'D The wes
overspread tho entire ftnainSnt with j
nurky folds, and cansed eonttssn snatie
around. Every thing ~ nov ~ ponft
. sion. al ,hs thick nsa 81 e9solds III
;. cred Sir folds dsepef ma dssps oysfheA.
j the crowd beiow passool of ihs chxfaets
. Of the asscfiptiys eismS Snfi Eboss gatiil
9 seemed In conJaIsionH b qIll sass IsssS
! confusion, and CONT efnIis6n ssA
! blaze Of iighsning, d 10 lions
S a sres nss sllesy 3!