The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-01
STATE STATISTICS.
Methods, episcopal Church, South.

STATE STATS Ills.
Methodist Episcopal Church. >onth'
Number Of churches. i,lSj; number OF
iiincrant preachers, $40; number OF local
nrcschers. 800: number of members, ILL.,
o00 value OF church property, si.500,O0
contributions during 1885 for general rell'
oious PURPOSES. $4,000; paid for minis
terisl support in 1885 local preachers re-
ceiye no salary. $i6a, 600; number OF par
sonaoes. l59: value OF parsonagcs. 500
600; number OF Sunday.school scholars
63.000.
\. B..-.The above summary does not In
clude colored Methodists.
Missionary Baptists in Virginia.
From the Baptist Yearbook for 1881 We
compile the following statistics OF 'ne DAT
tists In Virginia: Number OF Assoc'S.iohs..
"a: number Of churches, 1871 NUMBER OF
ordained ministers, 1872; NUMBER Vi pap
t,sms durjnc the wear. SGD; totai ihehi-
hershin I'm the state. 2f0.0SS. These hgures
inrIude colored aS well as white Baptists'
Contributions 10 the General Associatioil'
sSs547. az: TO ministerial support, church
Suilding. and general religious objects,
!. S3S2, All.
Pr,sbytcrian synod of virginia.
Th. following are the statistics OF the
synod for 1883 Prcsbyteries, 10; minis.
tcrs. ZIG; licentiates, 8; candidates. 81;
churches. 325; elders, 1,16I; deacons.
so. added on examination, LILO; added
ON certificate. 765; total COMMITMENTS,
% All: adults baptized, 342; infants bap.
tized SAY: number in Sunday school ana
Rihlc classes. lg.4il. Contributions as foI'
lows Sustentation. S20,322: eyangellstlc,
sG a42. invalid fund. S2,Sj7; foreign mis-
sions sf5.I59: education, S4.GS1; publica-
zion. -. $50: presbvtcrial S2.I76: pastors
salaries actually paid. Sl24,14S; congrega-
tional rurposes, S69.9l9; miscellaneous,
S11.I4S. Total contributions, s26O.24O.
Protestant Episcopal Church.
From the reports TO the last annual Coun-
Gil Of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
Virginia we condense the following
bishops. .; clergy in charge OF parishes
and missions. 1871; professors and teachers.
4: without charge, 10; ordained since
Council. Q: total clergy. l5l; lay readers,
81. boptisms-infsntS. 1902; adults, 219-
total. 1871: COMMITMENTS, IA. 1888; Sun
dov.scbool teachers, 1921 /; scholars, H.
oli-total. 12.732; combinations reported
by the Bishop. OBS; contributions, 1922.
73L1j.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Virginia
Number OF district synods. 4 number
OF churches. 10: number OF communi.
cants. about $4,000; number OF Sunday
school teachers. officers, and scholars
5000.
Catholic Diocese Of Richmond.
The annual record gives the following
figures IN relation to the entire diocese
Chur hes, 81; chapels and stations, 2S;
priests on the mission, &c; clerical stu
dents. IL: female religious institutions, II ;
female academies, 6: male parOchia schools.
IL: male pupils. 1000; female parochial
schools, II; female pupils. 1923; orphan
asylums. .; number OF orphans, 107; be-
ncyoent and charitable institutions. 4. OF
the charitable institutions in the diocese
Richmond possesses two-St. JOseph's Dr.
phan Asylum. G5 orphans, and st. Sophia's
Home for the Aged. under the care Of the
Little Sisters Of the Poor. having 30 in
mates and 10 Sisters Norfolk has the other
two-an orphan asylum and hospital
both under the care OF The Sisters OF
CHARITY.
Catholic population. $4,000; communiOns
during the year, 63,j97; children attend
ing Sunday schools. 1905; parish school,
1859; academies, 172; baptisms-aduts.
liG: infants, 593: combinations, G6l; mar
riages, 1i2; membership Of coniraternities,
3.j99; OF societies, l,02S; burials, 3l4.
DISCIPLES.
Organized churches, 100; church build
ings, 1870, capable Of seating $4,000. worth
Sl90.OOO; number Of members. $1,000 :;
SUNDAY schools. 100: teachers, 700; schO-
lars, 900. Ministerial ranks are filling up
with strong. efficient men, and the churches
are rising to a higher plane than formerly
in zeal, efficiency, and liberalty.
Virginia Bible Society.
President. Rev. Charles MinniGerode,
ID. D.; Secretary, Rev. NJ. W. Staples !;
Treasurer. Thomas Branch. It's vice-pre-
sidents and Board OF Managers represent
all the Protestant denominations in the
state. Twenty missionaries were in the
service OF the Society during the year.
They Iabored 2.073 days, travelled 26.340
miles. visited 2G,25l families, found 1854
families destitute OF the Bible. They sup
piled 1856; also. 1919 destitute indivld-
nails, aud AS Sabbath schools. They dis
tributed 1871 volumes. valued at
s3.497.96. The Society issued from the
depository 1868 volumes. valued at
S5,299.0s. Since October, 1872, 237 1865
families have been visited, and 21G,214
volumes have been distributed.
Denominations.
This undenominational State Sunday
School Union was organized by the Vir-
ginia State Sunday School Convention OF
All Denominations held in the CITY OF Pc
tersburg October 10, 1892. 1t has its
headquarters in the city OF Richmond.
Officers President, Judge +. ii. Fitz.
hugh, Richmond: Recording Secretary,
William Ellys0n. Richmond; Correspond
ing Secretary, Charles T.. Rady, Rich
mond; Treasurer, Thomas Potts, Rich
mOnd.
This Society is composed of all the white
evangelical Sunday schools in the State OF
all denominations, represented by city and
county Sundav-school unions in every city |
and county in the State, auxiliary to the |
State organization. The object OF the |
State Union is to improve the quality and |
increase the quantity Of Sunday school |
work throughout the Commonwealth. The |
State Union now numbers 81 city and |
county unions and IS county superintend-
ents. The Executive Committee has COM
pleted all arrangements necessary TO the !
vigorous prosecution OF the work next
spring, and confidently believe that before
another year every county in the State will
be organized. The State Union is auxili-
airy TO the International sunday-School
Union"
The State Union meets In convention
every three years, unless oitener convened
by the Executive Committee. The con-
ventions are composed Of the officers OF the
Union, the Executive Committee, the city
and county superintendent, the presi-
dents OF the city and county Unions, and
two delegates from each city and county
union.
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