The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-01-01
RELIGIOUS STATISTICS, 1877
We present below a summary OF the sta
,ist;cs OF the principal denominations in
VIRGINIA. complied from the highest ot'icia,
snnrces for The, Dispatch:
STATE STATISTICS.
Methods, Episcopal Church, South.

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Number Of churches, $50; NUMBER
;,;ncrant preachers, 30I; number OF ioca
.,rnochers' $50: number Of members, 103,
Zoo. yslne Of church property, Si.410,e00
con,y;hutions during 1877 for general re
Eg;o,,s PURPOSES. $500; paid for minis
.%r;aI s,1pport in 1877 local preachers re
ne;yr no salary. Sl4S,0oo; number OF par
So,occs. ll9; value OF parsonages. S1S0,000
s,,n,bnr of Sunday-school scholars, $4,000.
X E-The above summary does not in
ida Protestant MethodiStS, Northern
Nc,hoiists, or colorcd MethodiSts.
Missionary Baptists in Virginia.
From The last Baptist " Yearbook We
comnj,e the following statistics Of the Bap
t;s,s in Virginia: Number OF churches
12I5: number OF ordained ministers, SO:
number Of haptiSms during the year, 1850
total membership, l,8,2S6.
The above includes colored as we'll as
white BaptiSts. The peculiar form oil
church government OF this denomination
gives us no summary o! the contributions
~ all the churches, but in The single item Of
missionary contributions we notice that the
treasurer OF the Baptist General Associa.
lion received S2l.i2S during the last tiSca
year.
Presbyterian synod of Virginia.
The following statistics Of the Synod oil
VIRGINIA are complied from the minutes OF
the General Assembly OF 1877: Number
Of churches, 27G: ministers, POS; members,
ooo25: Sunday-sctlool scholars, 1850
contributions 10 ministerial support, Sll3,-
42S: contributions to benevolent objects,
Sl4s.51G.
new Presbytery. called the PreSbytery
OF MARYLAND, was formed during the last
wear, making II Prcsbytcrics in the Synod
OF Virginia.
Protestant Episcopal Church.
The statistics of this Church in Virginia
must OF necessity include West Virginia.
The latter State has been set off rs an indie
pendent diocese, and has elected bishop
fRcy. |. II. Ecclcston, d. D., OF New Jer-
sew: but until their bishop is consccratcd
the diocese will not be in operation. The
statistics are is follows: Bishop, l. Clergy,
IA. Bauts.ns-atluit. 334: infant, LIS
total. 1.49a. Combinations, 900. Commu-
nicants added. l,GlS: whole number,
l2.f47. Sundav-School teachers, 1,542 };
scholars, 10,430--total, 1872. Parochial-
school teachers, 80: scholars, 61G. Contri-
buttons. S9S.Ji4.15.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Virginia.
Number OF district Synods, 81 number
cants, $4,000; number OF Sunday-school
teachers and scholars, 1,40O.
Catholic Diocese OF Richmond.
The annual record gives the following
figures IN relation TO the entire diocese:
Churches. 30; chapels and stations, % ;
priests on the mission, %: clerical students,
II: female religious institutions. 8; female
academies, ): male parochal schools, II /;
M, ,I IL,
IA: female pupils, 1,2S6; orphan asylums,
9; number OF orphans, 107; benevolent and
charitable institutions, 4. OF the charta-
bic institutions in the diocese Richmond
possesses two-St. JoSeph's Orphan Asylum,
o. orphans, and st. Sopha'S Home for the
Aged, under the care OF the Little Sisters
of the Poor. having 90 inmates and Sis
tiers. Norfolk has the other lwo-an orphan
asylum and Il hospital-both under the care
OF the Sisters of Charity.
Catholic population, 1000; communions
during the year. 52.SSG; children attending
sunday schools. 2,59S; parish schools, 2,0l2;
academies, 23l; baptisms- adults, 81; in
ians, $50; combinations, $50; marriages,
ll2; membership OF confraternitieS, 1928 !;
OF societies, 1928; burlals, 292.
Disciples.
The Disciples have in this State 40 Or
ganized churches and 1I9 church buildings,
capable OF seating 10000 people, and esti-
mated to be worth in the aggregate S179,-
900. During the year nine new churches
have been organized A new house has
been completed in Lynchburg, one at Stat
louisville, and one at Hamburg. A church
and parsonage have been purchased in Win
chester.
The membership Of the State, according
TO reports ut their last State Convention, is
a follows: Underwater, 2,G90; Piedmont,
80; Valley, LIS; Southeastern, 743 !;
South Piedmont, ST.; Allegheny, SCI; New
River, 200; Bluestonc, 1,S00-total, II, 602.
There have been reported 1,1G2 additions
during the year.
There are 80 Sunday schools, 527 teach
crs, and 4,SG5 scholars. They have raised
and expended for church purposes Sal ,247.
This amounts to something over three dol
lars per capita.
Virginia Bible Society.
During a part OF the year the Virgins,
Bible Society has had eighteen colporteurS
in the employment OF the Society. They
have travelled over 1900 miles in search
OF families destitute OF the Word OF Life {;
li,60G families were visited; 2,64S families
were found destitute OF the Bible; 1878
families were supplied; 800 destitute indi-
vidtrllS not connected with these families
We're also supplied. These families COM
pose a population Of not far from 10, 900
souls. Ninety-four Sabbath schools, white
and colored, were furnished, mostly graz
tuitouSy.
Eleven thousand four hundred and ninety
volumes were issued from the depository in
Richmond, valued at So, T20.02; S2,717.62
OF this amount was given by the American
Bible Society," S2,S15.2l OF the receipts
were the proceeds OF the sales of the Bibles
given by the American Bible Society; ST.
42S.2l were contributed by the churches in
the State; and $500 were received from a
legacy OF an unknown Presbyterian lady.
The Society distributed gratuitously
through its missionaries, the depository, and
auXiliares, $3.50 volumes, valued ut ST.
S3S.5S- making their gratuitous work
Sil0.3l more than the entire contributions
TO the cause in this State. The Society has
accomplished as much in the supply OF the
restitution and the distribution OF the
Scriptures during the last six years as was
accomplished during q period Of about
twenty-seyen years in its early history.
Officers Rev. NJ. -. Hoge, D. D., presi-
dent; Rev. Charles Ell. Read, d. D., first
vice-president; Rev. Charles Mlnniserode.
u. d., second yice-presideat; Rt. Rev. D.
S. Doggett, d. D., third vice-president
Rev. w. L. Hatcher, D. D., fourth vice.
president; Rev. n. w. Staples, correspond
ing secretary. -
CITY STATISTICS.
Young Mems Christian Association,
Association Hall, in the Grant building
Sl9 and 81 Main street. OffcerS-Presi