Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-09
Religious IS Statistics, 1879.

Il pr6aC0eI8, 1O0J uuulucT o1 tDelupeIS, 90,
I 900 ;svalue of church property, 81 40,
900 cpntributions during lS76 for gen
eral religious purposes, 500, 800 paid TO
4 fminisseriar support inls78} local preach
Iers receive no salary,) s$l48, 900; number
\ of parsonages, 102 value Of parsonages
$l75, 900; humber Of 'Snnday.schoo
scholars, IS, ,000.A t--s-s-@si- NA~i's- 81
II N. b. The above summary does moi
Finclude Protestant sMethodists, North.
ern Methodists, or colored Methodists.
MISSIONARY BAprIsrs IN VIRGINIA.
From the last Baptist ."Y ear Bookn
we compile the following statistics of the
Baptists in Virginia; Number Of church.
es, !, 40; number of ordained ministers,
49s; hnmber Of baptisms. during the
1 yaer q os4t total enbeSshlp, 17S. $50 /;
and lfeacheEs, 1894; scholars In the
schools; 81, 1898 bsptisms of scholars, q
0S7. .-.,-t, ,,.,.-@r',-.rr q > ,e.,r-Tr
The above includes colored as we'll as
white Baptists, The. peculiar form of
church government, Of this denomina-
ttion gives US no summary Of the contri-
buttons of all the churches but in the
single item Of missionary contributions
we notice that the treasurer Of the Bap-
[tist General Association received $40, 1888
during the last fiscal year. : -
PREsRyTERIANs SYNOD oFs.yIRGIr1A.
Phe following statistics of tho Synod
LOT yirginial are complied from the
minutes of the General Assembly Of
1876: Numbersef-churches, 27O; minis
terss A205 mem bers, 2l;sl2; Sunday
school scholars, l6. 9qe b contributions to
tons to bensvofehs @ obiscts, bees $i4S.sso. stt1''
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The diocese Of the PROTESTANT Episco-
pal Church In Virginia. includes West
Virginia. Number OF lohurches, l73
number of bishops, I |; numberso clergy
men, 14O. Number of baptisms-AduIt,
382 infant, ,152; total 1884; increase,
lS8. Combinations, 800; increase, TO-
Communicates added, 1.4a7; totah num-
school teachers, 1,435; Scholars, .9,570;
increase, 149. Parochiaf-school. teachers,
40; scholars, 1856. Contributions in dio.
cese, l$l07 ,6S2.94 ye@s IS - -cs,. -
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN. CHURCH IN
4. =
Number OF, churches, 49,; number of
ministers, 80; number of members. 12,-
100; Sunday-schUoI teachers and schol-
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA.
The annual record gives the following
figures in relation to the entire diocese:
Churches, 81; chapels and stations,
~ nrIoStc n tho .v,,iS .1lo ovso
students, IL; female religious institu-
tons, s., female academies, g.; male pa
rochial schools. 13; male pupils, 971 fe-
male parochiai schools, 13; female pu.
pills, ,263 orphans asylums, 2;number
of orphan, l07 benevolent and charita-
BILE institutionsy4. a. Of thescharitable in.
stitutions in the diocese Richmond pos-
sesses 2-St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum,
81 orphans, and st. Sophia's Home for
the Aged, under the care of the Little
Sisters of the Poor, having 81 inmates
and sisters. Norfolk has the other two
an orphan asylum and hospital
both under the care Of the Sisters of
Charity.
Catholic population, II, 600; commu-
mons during the year, sc, 922; children
attending Sunday-schools, 2,543; parish
schools, 1925; academies, $50; baptisms
adults, So (nearly all converts infants,
1856; combinations, 372; marriages, no;
membership of confraternities, 2,255 of
societies, 1,344 burials, 297.
The total number of religious and
other societies in the diocese is SO, locat-
ed as follows: Richmond, IS; Alexan-
dria, 81; fredericksburg, q; Harper's
Ferry, 4; Lynchburg, 2; Martinsburg,
4 f; Norfolk, 3; Old Point, 2 +; Petersburg,
4; Portsmouth, 3; Staunton, 2; Warren
ton, 8; Winchester, 3. Aggregate MEM
bership, 1896.
DISCIPLES.
The reports made to the district mis-
sionary meetings last fall, though i'm
perfect, justify the following statistics
I1deWater district-members, 2,4OO;
Piedmont district, 2,20O; Southeastern
district, $50; Valley district, 900; South
Piedmont district, 1000; Southwest
Virginia district, 5000; Virginia and
East Tennessee district, 2,lOO. Total,
1850. Number of churches, 125.
Five ofthe districts have now an evan
gelist, besides one general State evan
gelist. ...4.. ,-..-.
The Virginia State Missionary Society,
lately organized, co operates specially In
establishing and assisting weak church,
es at central points.
VIRGINIA BIBLE SOCIETY.
This Society is sustained by all the
evangelical denominations in Virginia.
From the very abe report of Rev. M.
w. Staples, the energetic corresponding
secretary, we gather the following facts
in regard to the operations of the Society
the past year:
In the years work 15,446 volumes
have been issued, at a cost for collecting,
distributing, &C., of 81, 264 26-averaging
per volume ~ cents, for placing the
scriptures in the hands of the people.
"Ten thousand four hundred and rline-
ty-one families have been visited by our
missionaries during the year, many of
them conversed with on Bible truth,
prayed with, and comforted-2, l49 of the
above number were found destitute of
the Bible; l, ,4S0 were furnished with the
same, besides 343 individuals; 144 Sab
bath schools, white and colored, have
been supplied with the Bible or Testa-
ment gratuitously; 3,007 volumes have
been distributed by the Society at Rich
mond; ,7l9 volumes by its colporteurs /;
LIS volumes by auxiliaries; All ad-
- INSSSS nesv " oSSA AA4uC III tuC IIIIeTGStS
Of the Society, and about 10000 miles
travelled In the great work of dissemi-
mating the Bible.
1--WE have received from all the
churches and individuals on donation
account, Sl,9S9 03; we have given in
| Bibles and Testaments to the poor and
destitute, $3.50 more than we have re-
ceived on donation account from all the
State.''
The following are the officers and man.
ayers of the Society: Rev. M. d. Hoge,
u. D., president Rev. Charles H. Read,
D. D., first vice president; Rev. Charles
Minnigerode, d. D., second vice presi-
dent; Right Rev. d. s. Doggett. d. D.,
third vice president Rev. J. B. Jeter,
ID: D., fourth vice President; Rev. NJ.
w. Staples, corresponding secretary ;
Mr.. William Willis. Jr., treasurer
Other managers: Rev. William Brown,
ID. D.; Rev. L. L. Preston, d. D; Rev
w. ". Bennett. d. D.; Rev. J. E. Ed.
wards. ID. D.; Rev. ]. Peterkin, d. D..
Rev. j. w: Jones; Rev. George Wood.
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