The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-05-02


tsecms by dispatch III another column
that ll0,.iiS people attended church in St.
Louis on Sunday last. Or rather, It seems
that that number were counted ut the
morning and evening services OF the
churches. This may NEAR, and no doubt
does mean, that very large number oil
persons were counted twice. The people
who 20 TO church In the morning are those
most likely to 20 again in the evening, MS
everybody conveisant with such matters Is
well aware. but how to divide tho ll9,iiS,
In view OF this well known fact, isa dill.
Guilty that perhaps few, even in ST. Louis,
can solve. The population of that ci.yis,
or WIS in 1850, 3j0,5222, and OF this number
lly,4lS Is about one-thirl. But of course
after ,deduc,ing young children, and very
old people, and sick and iufrm people,
and making due allowance for the strangers
in the city who went to church, there could
scarcely be more than li0,liS who could be
expected TO attend church. So that rs the
dispatch reads Il woul.! seen that large
portion OF the population Of s.. Louis, OF
church going years, were In attendance on
service last Sunday.
Without desiring to dctract from such a
good record on the part Of the people OF
that city, yet, rs matter OF fact, every.
body knows that there must be large du.
plica,ion in the figures given. The statistics
OF large cities show that nothing like one.
third Of the whole population go to church
on Sundays. II We remember correctly,
the New York figures show that the
seating capacity OF tho churches Of
that city does not exceed over one
sixth Of the population, and very
many OF the churches are not full. st.
Louis may be very much more Of church
going city than New York, but We opine
that the New Workers would want 10 see
definite figures before admitting any such
discrepancy MS this dispatch would indi-
cate. II 100000 people attend church on
an average in st. Louis she has n lar higher
record than most OF the great
cities OF this country or OF Eu.
rope. But inasmuch rs one OF
the papers there has started this sort OF in.
vesiiyation, we suggest that it would be n
good subject to follow it up in all the large
cities. 1t will be IN interesting addition
t. the statistics OF the day, even though it
Gin not come under the head OF accurate
statistics. OF course the Chicago papers
will follow it up Immediately, and in the
spirit OF constant rivalry that exists be.
tween these two cities We may be sure tina.
Chicago will not come out behind, even ii
an extraordinary pressure Of some kind
has to be resorted TO. Something unique
in its Characteristic, for the instance, that
Colonel in the war, who having heard thnt
revival Of religion had set in in rival
regiment Immediately ordered detail to
be made OF so many candidates for bap-
tlsm. The Chicago papers will soon show
that st. Louis is very heathcnish sort Of
4 place rs compared with their own. They
will get out ut least 100000 OF the 100000
that are credited to their city by the
census. Then, OF course, the New York
papers will in their turn become enterpris-
ing, and astonish the world with an exhibit
rs to the number of church.uoers in that