The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-01
RELIGIOUS STATISTICa 1876.
We present below a summarize the sta
fistics of the principal denominachs in Vir-
cinia compiled from the hight official
sources for the Dispatch: "a r,,.
STATE STATISTIC
Methodi,, Episcopal ChurctSsuth.

preachers, $50; number of memess, $4,000;
value Of church property. 81 $4,000; con.
tr,butions during 1876 for geneal religious
purposes. $4,000: paid for msssterialsup-
mort in 1876 (local preachers reeve no sal
arvl. S14S,Oo0: number OF parsaages. l02;
yshle OF parSonages, S175,000; aumber OF
Sundav-scho8 scholars, $4,000.
n. Y. The above summary oes not in
cl,ae Protestant Methodists, Nothern Meth
odisfS. Of colored Methodists. ~
Missionary Baptists in Niginia.
From the, last Baptist Yearbook we
compile the following statisticsof the Bap-
fists in Virginia: Number o churches,
ITO: number Of ordafned minister's. 49S';
number Of baptisms during the year, Il, OSt;
total membership, 1I3,960; numbered Sun
day schools. 6S2; officers and teachers, 81
3S4; scholars in the schools, %G,70:; bap-
tisms Of scholars. 2.0S7.
The above includes colored as well as
white BaptistS. The peculiar form Of
church government OF this denomination
gives us no summary Of the contributions
Of ali the churches, but in the single item OF
missionary contributions we motto: that the
treasurer OF Che Baptist Generat AsSocia-
ton received $20.l63 during the last fiscal
year.
Presbyterian Synod Of Virginia.
The following statistics OF the Synod OF
Virginia are compiled from the sninutes OF
the General Assembly of 1876: Number Of
churches, 20: ministers, POS: members,
ol.Sl2: Supdav-School scholars, 1906 !;
contributions to ministerial support, SIG,
Ole: contributions to benevolent objects.
S1i2.990.
Protestant Episcopal Church.
The diocese Of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Virginia includes West Virginia.
Number OF churches, 113; number OF
bishops. l.; number Of clergymen. 14o.
Number OF baptisms-Adult. 49,; infant,
1,l52: total. 1,J3i; increase, 1S6. Con-
hrmations, $50; increase, 10. Commune
cant> added, 1897: total number OF COM
municantS, II, e54. Sunday-schooltcac
1,455; scholars. 1910; increase, l49. Pa
rochial-school teachers, 30; scholars. $50.
Contributions IN diocese, Sl0i ,6S294.
Evangclical Lutheran Church i'll Virginia.
Number OF churches, 1871: number OF
ministers, 90; number Of members, l2.10O;
Sunday->chool teachers and scholars. i,000
Catholic Diocese of Virginia. g.
The annual record gives the following
figures in relation TO the entire diocese:
Churches. 81; chapclS and stations, %;
priests on the mission, %; clerical students,
L.: female religious institutions, s.; female
academies. &: male parochial schools, IS;
male pupils, i9.l: female parochial schools:
-: female pupils. 1868; orphan asylums,
.: number OF orphans, 101 beneTolent and
charitable institutions, 4. Or tie charlta-
Die institutions in the diocese Richmond pos
scsscs two-St. .Joseph's Orphan Asylum,
e. orphans. and st. Sophia's Home for the
Aged, under the care Of the Little Sisters OF
the Poor, having - inmates and 6 sisters.
Norfolk has the other two-an orphan asy-
lum and hospital-botb under the care OF
the Sisters OF Charity.
Catholic population. 1900; cOmmunlons
during the year, 50,922; children attending
Sunday 2,543; parish schools, 1925;
academies, $50 baptisms-adultS. 9S (nearly
all converts); infants, 1876; combinations,
372: marriages. 10; membership OF con-
fraterntieS, 2,2j5: OF societies, 1911; bl-
rials, 29I.
The total number OF religious and other
societies in the diocese is 80, located as fol-
lows: Richmond, 1G; Alexandria, 5; Fred
erickSburg. .: Harper's Ferry, 4; Lynch
Point. ,: Petersburg. 4 Portsmouth. 3;
Staunton, ,; Warrenton, s; Winchester 3.
Aggregate membership, 1886
Disciples.
The REPORTS made TO the district mission
arv meetings last fall, though imperfect, JUS
tifv the following statistics: Underwater dis
trict-mcmbcrs. 2.400; Piedmont district,
1900: southeastern district, $50; Valley
district. 900; South Piedmont district,
1000; Southwest Virginia district, 5000;
Virginia and East Tennessee district,
2,l0O. Total, 1850. Number OF churches,
125.
Five OF the districts have now an evan
oelist, besides one general State evangelist.
The Virginia State Missionary Society,
lately organized, co0perates specially IN es-
tablshing and assisting weak churches at
central points.
Virginia Bible Society.
This Society is sustained by all the evan
gelical denominations in Virginia. From
the Very able report Of Rev. NJ. 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 10, 44G volumes have
been issued, at q cost for collecting, distri-
buting, &c, OF s., .26-ayeraging per
volume u cents, for placing the Scriptures
in the hands OF the people.
"Ten thousand four hundred and ninety
one families have been visited by our mis-
sionaries during the year, many OF them
conyerSed with on Bible truth, prayed with,
and comforted-2, 149 OF the above number
were found destitute OF the Bible; 1,4S0
were furnished with the same, besides 343
individuals 144 Sabbath schools, white and
colored. have been supplied with the Bible
or Testament gratuitously; 3,OO7 volumes
have been distributed by the Society at
Richmond; 1.719 volumes by its colpor-.
teurs: LIPS volumes by auXillarieS; Ill
addresses have been made in the Interests
~ the Society, and about 10000 miles traV-
elled in the great work OF disseminating the
Bible. ts...- ...... q.
eve have received from all the churches
and individuals on donation account,
SI,9S9.O3; we have given In Bibles ana
Testaments to the poor and DESTITUTE,
SSl. SO more than we have received on dona-
ton account from all the State"
The following are the officers and man
ayers OF the Society: Rev. Nj. d. Hoge, ID.
D., president; Rev. Charles II. Read, ID. d.,
first vice president; Rev. Charles Minnige-
rode, D D., second vicc-presdent; Right
Rev. u. S. Doggett, d. d., third vice-presl-
dent: Rev. j. B. Jeter, D. D., fourth vice
president; Rev. NJ. w. Staples, correspond
;np secretary; Mr.. William Willis, Dr.,
treasurer. Other managers: Rev. William
brown. D. D.; Rev. T. L. Preston, D. D.;I
Rev ". w. Bennett, q. D.. Rev. j. e. Ed
wards, D. d.; Rev. y. Peterkin, ID. d.;
Rev. J. w. Jones; Rev. George Wood
bricge. d. D., Mr.. A. Y. Stokes, Mr."W.
Il. Taylor, Mr.. John l.. Williams, Mr.. 4.
II. Meade; Rev. j. l.. III. Curry, u. ";
Mr.. r. Branch; Mr.. George y. Fisher, Mr..
p. +. Howard, Mr. $ Putney, Judge ko-
bert Ould, Mr.. Asa sDyd der, ;Mr. u: .. w DOL