, 1876-01-23
THE METHODIST CHURCH.

ALopdon lotter to tho New York World 91vn
tho following Interesting statistics concerning
tha aiethodiat Church in Great Britain and
throughout tho world:
There are in Great Britain 35s,772 membera
and 27,643 on trial for membership; 23.I0.
class leaders, and 13,787 lay preachers 5,9i1
chape!s conneotionalty settled, 1,16o other
number Of adherents Of Methodism through
out the world is estimated st Il, sou. .0oo- Tue
basis OF circulation appears to be this: Ihesa
a.o 1901. 1888 meu.be1s +; these are multiplied o1
order to get the number OF attendants On Meth
ofa,6t worship. The number OF ministers is
stated to be TOT. It may DO observed tha:
tho number OF members just given does not
ton with English Mathodlsm stand Ireland
| and tho Irish missions, Foreign Mlb-
| 5ions, French Conference, Caoadlan Conference,
| aud the Australian Conferences. The latter ars
| Ner South Wales and Queensland. slctosl2 anu
| Tasmania, South Australia and NeT IealAno:
| Tho Canadian Conference WIS o1Raulzed in 1873
| by uuiop Of tho Wesleyan aud New Conne1lon
| Conferences OF Eastern British America. In nd.
| dit,ou to the Wesieyans there aEe in England
Primitive Meth disls With 169, TO members and
| MO ministers: New Conne1lon, =, SAT mem-
! bors and $50 ministers; United Methodist Fres
| Church, 74,s45 members and 354 mlosters:
Wesleyan Reform Union, s, LAT members aud Il
ministers; Bible Christians, y. 76S members ana
| 1jG Ministers. IL tto oo.'o o1"'I9 ~
| the Methodist Episcopal thuscu nottu At4a
| Methodist Episcopal Chnicn ooutn n2s1 A'oo;
| 8. 3.0u0,0 900 members. the uetnoalss EFlsSopaa
Chuich IN Canada y. LUZ memoers ana ,a Tue SDn-
| Episcopal Methodist Chufcnes 1ts'oo9: IN
weakest Conference Is That OF tfance; "a'cn aaa
only 9, 113 attcndanra on worship. Aue cousa!-
butloua IN England ano oso'4.au lo1 sao s~44os -
Wesleyan ConnsAonA luads "aie ~; ~
last year as tol'o"s h1uss"ooeu X ooe aaNs;, ae,
ETC., E5,4u' Gaapel lunu; .;,s't;a 3,ot1 ~ H..
tute, 472s5 IneoloslcAl tn9t' ~ ~ ~o--.
GLIDING ministers sno7clipttens): n.' 1n;es'o.. "o.
out ministers tana. 1lo,uto 'rIln Iuo ~, Tas.s
926,17o; toseleo Mhs5lona; 1 1o, nt:,.,a 80
STATISTICS nave 10 ~ Gu.5 "..u aao1,sn hy .hca.
the state ot. tho "ofk % Iepse.ea'e1 ~ .nrs.
maT Dc eeen no!o 'i*s..' - s..m:nta -,
| pages on tne 1ou1 ec.e1Ha ..oP~. P's...n - ~.
Methodlsm--1he Aggressive Nv wa.ha1.;s. 1,ts
Body. the Edtca1ionAl o}steu. ~. p1.;ssd ts;r,
atuse aud oqstensat!on ,aa's Nns,a.1 -. -.
| listers and hl1niase1s HHao"s: csot;aa +,
are occupied WIN .ne ."oas,,on.z aTa n.
connection "atn aSs1ess1eo tao. ~ ..s.r,a ~,
Foreign hl!sslohaty oue4e.y3 tno nao D.s ~.
which for lAss Faa1 was Ito4'Vo' Io t.1.,r
sion WoEk Win tne tlou9 4I sI.sa;a-, -" u.nrnaa.
gent Fund, MetroPoAtah Lay Aiss!o4s II neue9G 1f:s
ter and Stafford Lay Aission ana an"en -. aa..a
sion; general chapel building "oFA IN couner ,sc
tloa with which t21.oot "as eApsnasu ~ 10
year. and IN the last t"ens9 Yeas % ~ ny
nations towards pev1o9 ~ LIZ oeo.l' -..I:t
2!3; Nettopoitan CaaPel puuutns e'9s Auoo> sna ~
Tas established IN 1901, aoo "ao'e,.n ~ %" - ~.
I dlet IFuas Aesurance toupAay. .,r.a =.
most interesting pafta Oh sua "o1A 40 touo -. -
! the seventeen pages " tAo ee: .ea;.1
Aothodnm: ano tue ouste@ ~ ~ n;nha., areis.