The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-11-06
Churches of the United States

Churches of the United States.
The Report on the State of X .ligion in
the United States of America, prepared
10y Rev. Henry s. Smith ID. D., of the
UmOn Theological Seminary, AMI pre-
srnied To the General Conference Of the
Evangelical Alliance recently in session, al
Amsteritm, s "a document of great inter.
est and value, containing wihln small
compass vast amount of information in
regard To the state and progress Of religion
III this country. IL is published in the
American Presbyterian AMI Theological
Review, and repuhlished in pamphlet
form We copy from it the follow inu
statistics, which our rca lers will he .lad
TO have for information and reference:
METIODIsTS
Foremost IN numbers AMI zeal is the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Last year
It celebrated the centenary OF its Iiroduc
l'n into this country Propusing to raise
thank oil 'rlng o n million, its receipts
have actually come near to four millions.
a large part Of which is To be devoted to
he Interests of e INC ,tion. The Northern
Church reports Ga annual Conferences
l3.ll2 preachers 1,u3D. ISL church
m'm;"'rs Gan increase during a year of
LIZ, 92]): 81 92j bapti-ms OF adults and
clnl'lrn. lO.4 2 church buildings. Of the
value OF tnrtv millions of dollars; %
colleges and Theological scho,ls Il Book
Com "rn with II capital of 1887. 0 10. and
% official p'riodcaIS with "A cirrul,ti
oi "A million month. The Methodist
Church South, separate in 1914. with
l3i5 ministers, 4J5, 2S2 members. nov
has aboul 20 1000 rummunira, Il Other
hran'hrS are: Methodist Protestants.
lO3. .uOD; African M-thnisl<. annut III.
UOI; the ErruI-lici Assuciaior, (Al-
hr2h'sE 55.734: We,levan M.tho llsrs.
900; Ere" VI thnlI>t-. (Sinr. 1860 J
~ PrluiIiv' Mlhui-t-, 1875
The total NJ MlhnlI>t Church mrmnrr,hIp
Is "v 'w" m'lllon". In CanaI. there
are o1,"O) Al thus Is the growth uf a
ccninry IN 1926 rhcr,. were 36 IS %
IN mbrrS No church in the country Is
lng on ward with a more definite aim
or larger plans Among the German
population II has 334 preachers and 81 =
~ church memh r. In German, i
h's "a preachers anI $50 members: IN
Frame, lI9 preachers and ,S5S mem
hrrS IT. appropriations for foreign AMI
d1m"-t'" missions for 1867, amount to
81, 3O,97I. Some of the sub div. on.
may son b. :runited with the main
branch oi thus Church but the Southern
churches sill sIanl uloot.
BAPrIsrs
Next IL number are the Baptis-s. Their
total church membership is given at |,
GS9. .Sl5. with l7,22I churches VIZ.
krg'liar Bnpi-ls, l0lD. 303; Campb.l
ltrS, Di>'rplrs.) 3l90OO; Free Will
I''pt'@ts' 56 25S; Seventh Day B,plists,
7,oli Nix>prinriple Baprisls, UIeb.
W. 3)3 00); Wrnrbrennarins. Church
oi G"i,) 23 800; Arlimission Bapii-ts,
3O,OO); Christians, q uitarians. )lSO. OOO;
Dnnkers, (rankrrs), 90 000 The North
ern and Southern Bapis,s act in lepend
emily ; the S'urhern number 645, ,55l
The d"nomn ,tion has % colleges, III
theological schools and % periodicals..
The Northern Baptist HON, Mission 81
cietv, 1867, reports its receipts at Sl76,
$50, (:7O.0OO larger than last vear.)
The Missionary Union Sl9l 714; the
Publication Sori"ty, Sl90.727; the Bible
Society, Sol 4jT The Southern Bap
fists report. 1867, S4i 900 for domestic
missions; S22,000 for foreign missions,
with 10 missionaries. The Baptisis have
nnmuer of churches of Germans. and
2oo missionaries in Germany and Scans
dinavia Large subscriptions, amounting
TO more than million of dollars. have
been recently made for their colleges and
Theological s"m'nari"S. Tie M,ninn,.c,.
numbering tlooo) ITO churches and SO,
$50 members; the Reformed Mennunites
5,oOO members, and the HonEer (Amish)
Menn"nltes, are also Baptists. An ut.
tempt TO unite the Complexities with the
regular Southern l}aptists has failed. In
Canada ana The West Indies the Baptists
numb'r 1875 churches and 79,507 mem
bers
PREsBYTERIANs.
Outside Of New England, where Con-
gregitionallsm has the ground, the Pres
hylerian Churches extend, in various sub
divisions throughout the country. The
main branch of the Church WAS divided
|" 1888, ON divers qne'tons of doctrine
AMI pol'ty. The two main divisions are
popularity. not enthusiastically, known as
Old S"hoo and New School The Oli
School. 1867 reports 35 synpds. l76
p'shN lei 1922 churches, 2 3 y MN.
listers, 2t6, 800 commandments, and con-