Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-01-01
STATE STATISTICS

of.t:ustsnt preachers. 52j: number o.:
lo<rl preachers. 500; namhcr Of msni-
hers. li2.0o0s value Of church proper
~. al.s(,0.oo0; contributions daring
1884 for sncsnl religious Purposes,
1915, eco; Pa cor ministerial s'ippo.'
In 1884 tlc0aI ,,rcae.icrs receive no SAL
sry,. eos. GO: num5er OF parsoaascs,
IGl; vliec - parsonagcs. s2OJ,WW;
member 81 S,,nes5 school scholars, d.
Coo.
\. b. 'iit Above summary does NOT
ilclnse colcrel Me;hoeists.
m.sc,a,y Bsp,sss Da virainss.
Fren. Il. baptist Yearbook for 1884
we eomr.lc he following statistics OF
,hc Baptis,s il Virginia: Number Of
ASSOCIATION, "a. number Of churches,
1857; number Of orlainci minister's,
5g, rtmbcr Of bsp,isIns during the
yerr. $3.50; total membership in the
State. 215. Goa. These figures include
coloroa as wen as white Bap.ists. Con-
trilntions 10 the General Association,
AL 5000: TO ministerial support,
ebarch-i,nil6ina, and general religious
objects, s3S9,Tl3.
P,,,b,,,rtsn srxod 81 yiraisis.
The following are the statistics OF
the synod for 1884 Prcsbyteries, 10;
ministers. 2o7 licentiates, 10; candi-
dates, IS churches. 33G; cldcrs, LID;
deacors, sea added on examination,
l..l4: ADDED on certificate. 122; total
COMMITMENTS. 25.45S; adults baptized,
3l5; infants baptized, ST3; number
in Snnday-school and Bible classes,
1917. Contributions as follows Sus-
Iteration. sl1 ,2e3; eyangelistic, s6,l37;
invsbd furd. 1851; foreign missions,
sl5,523; education, si.Si9: publica-
ton. 81. 443; prcsbytcrial. s2.5l7 pas
tors salaries actuslly paid, sliS,20l +;
congregational purposes, 1850; mis-
ccllancous. sI3,32l. Total contribu-
tors, s2Gl go.
Prossssfus Episcopal chnreh.
From the reports to the last annual
Council of The Protestant Episcopal
Church in Virginia we condcnse the fol-
lowing: Bishops, 2; clergy. 1873; lay
readers, 95; infants, 500;
adults, 305; total. LII; commnni-
eants, 1860; Sunday -School teachers,
l.440; scholars, l0.G94-total, IL, l43;
confrmstions, 1899; contributions,
s24l, 1921.
I,nnFciir0i Intherpn Church In virginia.
Number of district synods. 4; num-
her OF churches. 10; number of COM
municants, about 1900; number Of
Sunday teachers, officers, and
scholars, 5000.
atbo.in Diocese or Rishmond.
The annual record gives the follow
ing figures in relation to the entire do
cosc:
Churches, 35; chapels and stations,
%; priests on the mission, q clerical
students, IL 4; fomslo religious institu-
tons. 10; female academies, 6; male
parochial schools, 10; male pupils,
l.2G0; female parochial schools, II;
female pupils, ,G25 orphan asylums,
9; number Of orphans, 100; benevo-
lent and charitable institutions, 4. Of
the charitable institutions in the diocese
Richmond possesses two--St. Joseph's
Orphan Asylum, SIS orphans, and st.
Sophia's Homo for the Aged, under the
care of the Little Sisters Of the Poor,
having 50 inmates and 10 Sisters. Nor
folk has the other two-an orphan asy-
lum and hospital-both under the
care of tho Sisters of Charity.
Catholic population, 1920; COM
munions during the year, 63,597 chill
dren attending Sunday schools, 1906
parish school, 1859; academies, l72;
bsptisms--a adults, l46; infants, 500;
combinations, Gel; marriages, l42
membership of confrsternitios, 1899
of societies, l,02S; burials, 3l4.
DiSCipLgs.
Eleven district corporations, embrac-
ing 10 churches; Total membership,
1880; value Of Church property,
elGl .000; paid for local Church work
1854, s2l ,0O0;. paid for missions
QSS4), 1890; number of preachers,
Is.
Two corporations Of colOred people,
embracing about five preachers and $50
members.
The Disciples have an organization
known a. Tho Virginia Christian Mis-
sionary Society," nov in the ninth
year Of its existence. which is enlaTg-
ing It's power and influence and useful
ness annually. Its special mission is to
have =" the Word" preached within the
limits Of Virginia.
Vusnia Il bile Society tOrsanized 1871
0n.ce Of the secretary, S2l east Main
street; dopoSitary. West, Johnston &
Co., 81 east Main street; President,
Rev. Charles Minnigerode, ID. d.. Sec
rotary, Richard lrby; Treasurer,
Thomas Branch. The especial work Of
the Society is to put Bible without
note or comment in the home of every
citizen of the State. IL is supported by
donations made by the several ProteS-
tart denominations of the State, and its
work Of distribution is now mainly
dcnc through the ministers ana coll
porteurs OF these churches.
NfSipla Stsse Suodsy-sehOoI union OF All
psnsminnuoBs.
! his undonominaiional State Sunday
School Union was organized by the Vir-
glnia State Sunday-School Convention
Of Al Denominations held in ths city
OF Petersburg October 10, 1882. II
has its headquarters in the city fRieh-
mond. Officers; President, Judge Il.
II. fitzhugh, Richmond; Recording
Secretary, William Ellyson, Richmond;
Corresponding Secretary, Charles p.
Rsdy, Richmond; Treasurer, Thomas
Potts, Richmond.
This Society is composed Of all the
white evangelical Sunday schools in the
State OF all denominations, represented
by city and county Sunday-School
unions in every city and county 10 the
State, auxiliary TO the State organiza-
ten. The object of the State Union is
to improve the quality and increase the
quantity Of ay-scSOol work
throughout the Commonwealth. The
State Union now numbers 60 city aud
county unions, and Us county saperin-
I