Morning journal and courier., 1889-01-12

It will be noticed that the smallest per cent. of most church goers is 3 per cent. in ward one, and the largest is 24 per cent. in ward three. The average per cent. in the en- tire ten words being 16 per cent. This rep resents the minimum, that is, those persons any church; the actual proportion of non- church goers must be considerably larger.
 The following is more special report of the status of each ward: CThe sentences quoted are from the reports of the ward chRirmen)
 Ward one-Twelve Protestant churches Three per cent. non-church goers.
 Ward two-Six Protestant churches; seven per cent. non-church goers. "Many church members without church homes."
 Ward three-Two Protestant churches German Baptist and Universelist); twenty four per cent. non-church goers. Majority of people are Catholics. Decided need of pastoral work, and an excellent field for it. Such efforts, it is thought, would in most cases be well received"
 Ward four-Three churches, one mission Calvary Baptist); twenty per cent. non- chureh-goers. "Many boys, from fifteen to twenty years not connected with either Sun day school or church. This is true also in families where parents are church members or attendants. Many strangers have not. as yet, found church homes. In one word, there is need of more personal work on the part of Christians" This is probably equal ly true and even more so, in other words.
 Ward fve-Three Protestant churches; twenty-two per cent. non-church-goeTs; ''non- n-attendant population is, as rule, fair ly intelligent, too much so to accept cant and decidedly indifferent to the claims of re- ligion. They will not come to church, haven't any time to waste in such frivoli- ties. But if earnest, pleasant spoken, sym pathetic men will bring to their homes rraofiaa1 raliuOn fhau will recieve it gladly. Many who expressed preference could be reached if the pastor would place the case in the hands of some energetic members of his church, who happen to live in the neighborhood."
 Ward six-Four churches; twentysone per cent. non-church goers; here are Catholics, Germans and many whose church connec- tion is very loose.
 Ward eight-Three churches and Hope chapel (First Baptist.) "This tract offers abundant opportunity for evangelist work, especially among the numerous German and Swedish families. There is great. need of pastoral work. One speaking German fuen- ly and one speaking Swedish could be of the greatest use in this district"
 Ward nine-Seven churches -four of which are colored), B per cent. are non-church goers. "The largest ward in the city, ex- tends from the heart of the city to Hamden. It comprises all classes. There is large negro 0t6u10uL ! Ho duu COlOTGC classes can be reached by personal house to house work"
 There may be, for the present, sufficient churches and mission stations. The Oak street mission of the Church of the Redeem CT, the missions of the Calvary and First Baptist churches, the Goffe street mission, the Lebanon mission of the Center church the missions of the Episcopal church all oc- cupy important points, and are accomplish ing valuable results. It remains to make them even more effective than they are by the application of push and vigorous force.
 Ward ten-Two churches. Nine per cent. non-church goers. "On the Goffe street side who take least interest in church work The colored people for the most part attend church."
 The object of this report is to state facts and not offer suggestions. In summarizing the results shown by the canvas it may be said that the churches are doing good work, but that there is need of grater. The pas tors time is completely occupied; their full strength is required by the various duties i'm posed by their own parish. Much work is being done by individual church members; more might be done. There are large classes of people yet untouched by the church Very many persons might be easily reached by earnest personal work and sympathetic ef- fort.
 The problem of the non-churchgoing class here, as in other cities, is yet to be solved. In New Haven the problem is comparatively simple. In the first place, the present relig- ious state is vastly better than that of most of our large cities. There exists in New Ha, ven, too, peculiar conditions which render speedy solution of the problem possible. Properly applied, there is sufficient power to effect tolerably complete evangelization.
 The canvass has demonstrated two facts: First, there is great need, speaking absolute- ly and not comparatively, of active and ag- gressive religious work. Second, the requi- site energy and power for accomplishing this work are latent in Yale Divinity school. The question now is can, and how can, this power be utiliz