Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-31
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Inc colofed Catholic population OF tho
United States is estimated at 100, 900.
The societies for the propagation OF
the Protestant faith are numerous IN
France aud are doing good work.
The lay element Is coming more and
more TO TO front ia the Epi, copal church.
Nearly 700 lny readers were licensed last
year,
Tho missionary congregation at
Autyum in the New lIebridos group, has
just sent 10. Scotland 22s5 pounds OF
arrowroot a. IT'S annual contribution %
the funds of the Free church.
While the average proportion Of
churches TO the population Ia the United
States Is one church 70 every bic people,
II rs Ia Boston one o. 1000, IN New York
one To 200, in 81. Louis one TO $500,
while In some cities IL is but one 70 every
5000.
The Presbyterian church follows Scots.
men wherever they 90. Ia Victoria,
Australia whore there isa large Scottish
and north of Ireland representation Il
has been stroug from the Grst, and Mel.
bourne Is a powerful Presbyterian center
The Denver churches rave adopted a
rule by which, Instead Of having their an
nOuncemems printed in the Sunday
papers, as has been their custom, they
supply standing advertisements for the
weekdays, which they pay for The
papers appear 70 Ike the change.
Philadelphia Is Justly entitled 10 the
proud distinction Of being the leading
city IN the United States for Sunday
school work, There are IN that city 555
Sunday schools, with l55,8i8 scholars
aud 1885 teachers, constituting IN all
nearly ouc-hlth Of the population.
Bishop Warren, Of the Methodist Epis-
cDpal church says I rah Is the hardest
missionary neld the church has. "Ee
have had hity missionaries who hive from
time 10 time gone there fun Of zeal, full
Of faith and the Holy Ghost. One by one
they have been discouraged But the new
day has dawned the governments assert
lug rs power"
The sale Of bib'cs, religious books, and
magazines through the cOiporteurs Of Mr.
Surgeons church amounted during tie
past year 10 nearly $4,000 Seventy
eight men were employed IN the work,
and 800 towns and Villages were visited.
AZ n late meeting Of the Presbyterian
synod Of Dakota the Indian women re-
ported having raised $500 for missionary
work among their own people the past
year. This was more than all the money
raised by their white sisters In three So
cleties.
Rev. 6. II. jenkins Of Lcayenwortb
has adopted d novel way Of interesting
the boys who are beyond the reach Of
church aud Sunday-school His plan Is
20 organize them into a military company.
The music and dril VIII hold them
together, the discipline win teach them
order, and they become responsible for
each other by their mutual pledges.
II Is shown by the statistics Of Iowa
that that state has d greater percentage Of
women ministers IN active work than any
other, aud also that II has a large percen-
tage Of young men connected with us
churches, This would seem % answer
the question 50 often asked "liow "
reach the young men" but u will be .
long time before women VIII snpefsede
The "clolh," In the pulpit,
The growth o. Presbj teranism IN Cas-
ada Is d special and remarkable feature 10
the general progress u that country, a. Is
shown by recently published compar-
son between the church as Il WAS m 1871
aud as II Is to-day. ia that period The
Prcsbyterians have increased slx-fold, and
IN New Brunswick the increase has been
seyen-lOld.
/ The following statistics, showing tie
growth ~ the Catholic church IN the
( United States tor the past year, have been
complied from a recently printed directory
of The church, and may be regarded as
authentic There are now CI56 churches,
an increase Of lg0 during the year, 1911
chapcis, gain Of iGB, and 1898 stations,
against 1875 last year. OF colleges there
I are no fewer then s5, an increase Of p
and Of academies Gls, an Increase Of 81,
Z The parOchial schools number 2G2i
against 2lCi, last year, and the total 81
pupils Il f92,Df9, indicating d gaia u
about 300. The column u charitable ~.
stltutlons now fOOts up 40, an increase
Of %. The number Of priests returned
this year Is 729G, showing an increase Of
253; and there are 1921 ecclesiastical stu
dents, az against ] 597 last year. OF SEMI
narles ADD houses where candidates are
prepared for the ministry there are ~.
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