The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
Presbyterianism in North Care
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articles comprising the history OF his
denomination in the State. Orange
Presbytery, the first of the record, met
at Hawfields church in May, 100,
with eve Ministers present they
representing however, a score or more
of churches. In 1901, the Presbyterians
i'm North Carolina numbered about
1000; in 1873 they number several
hundreds above 1G 600. The ratio of
increase is thus stated in 1900. one
Presbyterian to every AS of the popu-
1880 one to every 1874 ; i'll 1860, one to
every &c and in 1870, one to every Sc
of the population-quite a gain. In
1900 the total population was 41S.103
in 1870, it was l : 1851.
From Rev. j. Rumple's history of
Presbyterianism in North Carolina,
we take the following extracts
cit has been alleged hat the Pres
byterian Church has not extended
itself fifty miles IN one hundred years.
Two considerations will show that this
is a serious mistake. First of all. in
many directions it was less than fifty
miles from the old churches to the
borders of II State, or to the ocean.
ID the text place, Concord and Neck
lenburg PreSbyteries have pushed
westward across the Catawba, into the
mountains, across the Blue Ridge. and
westward almost to Tennessee. Their
churches and preaching places are
along the New River, the Watauga,
the Toe. the Swannanoa, the French
Broad, Pigeon River, Iuckasege. Ten
nessee and Nantahala, even until they
have met the brethren from Tennessee
and Georgia, Orange, Fayetteville and
Wilmington pushing on within the
parallel lines of the South Carolina
and Virginia border, have gone on
until their churches at Topsail, New
bern, Washington, etc, are on the
tidewater, or further still, where the
waves of the Atlantic mingle their
mighty monotone with the solemn
songs of their sanctuaries.
Adding 4, $50 colored communicates
not now in our church, but the OFT
shoot of it, we have, in 1870, l,O11,36l
population and 20,241 reported COM
IlulllC6IllS, VI Il IL CNClJ cO4. AAho
it be true, as estimates will show, that
each church member represents -four
others, who are more or less in eccle-
siastical sympathy with him, then Jul
Presbyterian population is about one
tenth of the whole population OF the
State, or about 100000.
But there are other PresbyterianS In
the State, besides those connected with
the North Carolina Synod and the col
Ored members in connection with the
Northern Assembly. These are genu-
inc PresbyterianS, descendants OF the
old Scotch Irish stock that settled be
tween the Yadkin and Catawba, and
who have a dozen or more churches
and between one and two thousand
communicates in Iredell, Cabarrus,
Mecklenburg, Lincoln and CASTOR
counties. These are the Associate Re-
formed Presbyterians, who are sepa-
rated from us by a line that seems to
us small enough to justify their step
ping over to us-brethren beloved In
the Lord.
Besides these we have a dozen or
more churches of the German Re
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the Cont
mental type-holding the Heidelberg
Catechism and the Canons of b Synod
Of bort, whose Preshyterianism and
Calvinism ought 10 be beyond ques-
ton.
Gathering up our figures from all
sides, taking the computations which
each denomination makes for itself,
and having reference to numbers
merely, we have:
Baptists all kinds. white and
cO!Ofe0 llO,o~O
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Protes-
tant. white and colored... 49,. 12O, 900
Presbyterians-white, cOlored,
Assoc, Ref. and Ger. Ref. $4,000
Lu'herans-Evan. and Tenn.
Or. Dernheim' sestimate). 49,. 5000
Fpiscopalians 400
Friends. 1000
Morayians (eStimated). ....... 1000
Unknown Catholics, Jews,
ond Adyentisfs .. 5000
Total church members in 1876. PSI, 12o
The population of the State being at
that date about LOO, 900, Or more,
there are about four non-church
members to every member. Allowing
half of these to be children, there still
remains the astounding fact that to
every church member in North Caro-
! lima, there are two adults who profess
no religion in an form-Jewism, Cath
Ollie or Protestant.
Raleigh Ners Nathan Waters. who
murdered a Mr.. Johnson, in Rich
mond county, some time since, has
been captured in Georgia, and is now
H. 400, ,icifiNn of thn Gov