The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-17

In New York City. IN recent canvass in twenty
two wards, containing 4. 726 families. 1925 families
were found proisssedy attending evangelical
church-s, :. ~ attending uaeyangelieal churches
while Gs9 families, by their own confession, at
tended no church whatever.
New York city has population OF about tn00.-
nOO IL las 315 Protestant churches, with sittings
for zoo 0l0 and total membership of 5000. ~
has 400 churches, chanels and missions ~ all
kinds. with accommodations for 800 900, leaving
ABOUT 70O 900 Ia New York city on the Sahhith
who could not attend religious services in the
churches II they desired, an yet these churches
are seldom all fully occupied.
The population of Cleveland, Ohio, u G927s
The number OF 81 tings In all the churches, Pro-
testant Romanist and Jewish, IL ~ 200. leaving
f2,OIS persons in the city on the Sabbath Tor
whom there Is no room ia the house OF God. ana
yet these churches show many vacant seats.
There are IN that city 10 600 persons over iiye
years OF age who are never found in any place OF
public Worship ,23l families, no member Of
which attends any church.
Nj. Amasa Walker, OF Massachusetts,. has taken
the trouble to ascertain the salaries or 1000
preachers OF yarious denominations, living IN
IL different States. They vary in amount from
$500 to 50 900 year. The salaries paid IN 1860
and N 1865 were taken by him for the purpose OF
comparison.
or the returns, 450 were sufficiently definite and
full to enable him to give the following RESULT
Average salaries in lsG0, s772 81; average saia-
ries IN 1860. s987 Is; average gratutes per year,
S23 n; average advance in salaries for 1860 to
1863, ia per cent; average advance ia saiaries
and gratuties, 2l.7 per cent
IL IL nearly one hundred years since the rise or
Univcrsalism in America. II ia probable 3 at its
Centenary will be cele brated in 1870, which year
VIII complete century from the landing IN this
country OF John Murr'y. the father OF the denomi'
nation. II now comprises about seven hundred
ministers and about five hundred organized .socie-
ties. OF these considerably more than two thirds
are found in New England and New York. THO
states IN which they seem to be strongest arr, IN
Maine, Vermont and Illinois. In New Jersey
which claims the honor of "lhe landing there aro
but four societies and ihree preachers. More than
million OF dollars was raised by them the last
year for educational and missionary purposes and
Tor The erection OF church editlees. seven news
papers and three magazines are published in the
interest OF Uniyersalism, and the society has eleven
educational institutions in this country some OF
them well endowed.
The whole number of ministers connected with
the Reformed Dutch Church N this country is 49,
OF whom l07 are without pastoral charges. The
whole number OF persons added TO the Al churches
Of this order during the past year is 23i, or an
average oil about 10 10 a church The sum con-
trbuted Tor purposes Of general Christian bene-
violence during the year is $277 900.
The receipts of the American Board for June
were s2l JOB. Last year, Tor the same month,
they were s300o3. This shows an unpleasant
falling on OF about 1000 for the month. For The
ten months OF the year up TO July /, the receipts
have been S309,a60, Last year, for the same
period, they were 1912 9ll The donations, how
ever have fallen of s22 ,S33, while there has been
gain Of $l9,S42 in legac .es. We learn that The
receipts for the month Of july put no more favora-
BILE aspect upon the matter.