Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-01
RELIGIOUS FACTS.
PROGRESS OF RELIGION IN The CITY
AND STATE.
Interesting and Reliable figures About
the Leading Religious 0rgspiaa-
tions--Their Work and Workers.


We present below = summary Of the Stats
&c, for 1855 Of the principal denominations
IN Virginia, complied IRON the highes. Official
sources for the Depaieh:
srATH sEATIsTECa
nsshodIss Episcopal church. secfb,
Ga virginia.
Numhe. Of churches. 1885; number Of
f,s;,srant preachers, $50; local preachers.
<35; men.bers. i25 900; value OF church
prensrfv. 1858 coo; contributions during
.SssS for general religious purposes, $780,
eB7i; paid FOR miuisieriai support 10 1855 TO-
Zeal preachers receiving 10 salary, S2SS, $50;
number OF pars0asgcs. 900; value OF parson.
ares. S22j, 0C0; number OF Sunday'school
scholars, 10000.
nor members ~ the Methodist Protestant
or Methodist Episcopal NORTH Churches,
Of whom there are ia the aggregate many
thousands.
Missionary BRptists Ina virginia.
From thc Bap'isi Year. Book for 1883 we
compile The following statistics OF The Bap-
t.ts i'm Virginia: Number Of associations,
a.. number 81 churcacs, l,lO6; number OF
ordaincd ministers, 9S9; number OF bap'
tisms during the year. 1854; total menu
bsr.bip In tho state, 2ij.l G3. These Deures
include cOiored rs we'll az white Bsptsts.
Contributions 10 the General AssocNtlon'
S47.280.-5: 70 ministerial support, church
building, education. and general religious
objects. S30Sf 30 -
hynoa of virginia. Presbyterian
Cnurcb in ahe GATED states.
The following are the statistics Of the synod
for the year ISIS: Presbyteres, 10; minls-
tiers, 23i; iiccntiates. II; candidates, 00'
churches 900; elders, 1,lS0; deacons, I,Oll;
added on examination, 1907; added on GER
tifcates, $40: total Of communicates, "O,5A9;
adults bspiizcd. 7l3; infants baptized 92J;
number Of scholars in sunday schools, 24,332.
Contributions: To sustentatiOG. Si1,O94 10
eyangslisiie fund, a., 02j; 10 Invalid fund,
f8.1hg: 60 foreign missions. Sl9,jA; 10 edu-
cation, SG,j1S; to publication. SAT-; 70
colored education and eyangeiizauon, 900;
10 presbyterisl fund, S2,7M; 70 pastors
salaries. Sl22.S74; 10 congregational uses,
RlO8,j75; ~ miscellaneous, 81, l42i grand
total contributions, S3lOS15.
ProtsStant Episcopal Church.
From the reports to the last annual Council
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church in Nir-
GINA we c0ndeDse the following: Bishops,
3; clergy, l52; lay-readers, %; conirma-
tons reported by bishops) l,3o2; communi-
cants, 1922. sunday schOOls-Teschers
l.Se0; scholars, 140l3; baptisms Infants,
I.lG6; ADULTS, 624; contributions, S24l'-
87l.S6
Evangelical Lutheran Church In Vir-
Etnfa.
Number OF district synods, number OF
churches. 10; number Of communicates,
about $4,000; number Of Sunday-school
teachers, officers. and scholars. 5000.
Catholic Diocese of Richmond.
Churches, A.: chapcis aud stations, 80;
priest on the mission, 81; clerical students,
is: female religious institutions, IA; female
academies. 6; male parochial schools, Il;
male pupils, COB; iemale parochial schools,
Il; female pupils, 1,Q22; orphan asylums, 2;
orphans, 90; benevolent aud charitable in
stltutiOns, 4; 81. J0seph's asylum, 60 or
phans; Norfolk asylum, 80; Little Sisters OF
the Poor Inmates, 100; sisters, 10.
Catholic population, $4,000, cOmmunions
during the year, 49, children attending
Sunday schools, 2,32l; parish schools, 2ll5i
tcadcmics. 800; baptisms-adults, l4l IN
iants. GCi; combinations. 432; marriages,
I42; membership Of coniraterniues and So
cieties, 1000; burials. i37.
Church OF Christ (DiscipIesl I'm Wiz
gfDsn.
There are eleven district corporations 10
the state; churches, $50; number OF mcm-
bers, 1900; value of church property,
5000 900: amount raised for local church
work, $4,000; amount raised Tor missions,
s., 1000; number OF preachers. -; number
Of sunday schools, 100; number OF pupils,
1000
There are two corporations OF colOred
people, embracing five preachers and 400
members.
virginia bible Society.
Iorganized Isl3.) OAce S27 east Main street.
President. Rev. G. II. Read, ID. d. Secretary,
T. l.. -. N'aiOrd; Treasurer, T.. r. Minor.
Its object = TO circulate the Word OF God
without note or comment Throughout the
entire state. The Bible Is furnished to all at
cost Of publication. and given TO the poor
without money and without price. Last year
Il circulated 12,0S5 yolumcs-cost value,
sI.0iG. II has no vested fund, aud Is en-
iirey dependent on contributions OF Chris
tians OF the Protestant Churches to enable 1t
10 do It's work.
virginia state Sunday-SchsOI Union
Of All Denominations.
This undenominatIonai state Sunday
School Union was organized by the Virginia
State Sunday.SchOol Convention OF all de-
nominations held in the city OF Petersburg
October 10, 1892. IL has its headquarters in
the city OF Richmond. Officers: President,
Judge II. II. Fitzhugh, RlchmOnd; Record
ING Secretary, William EllYson, Richmond;
Corresponding Secretary, Charles i. Rady,
Rchmond; Treasurer, Thomas Potts, Rich
moud.
The Society IL composed Of all the white
evangelical sunday schools I'm the state OF
all denominations, represented by city aud
county sunday 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 through
out the Commonwealth. The state Union
now numbers sixty-four city aud county
unions. and has sixty.siX county superln-
tendents.
This state Union Is auxiliary 20 the "ln-
ternationa Sunday-SchOol Union" and
meets In convention when convened by the
Executive Committee. The conventions are
composed Of the officers OF the Union, the
Executive Committee OF the city and county
superintendents, the presidents Of the city
and county Unions. and two delegates from
each cit, and county union.
During the yesr 1888 there was held Sc
RES OF grand mass meetings, which the ln-
ternatioual Lesson Committee" attended.
MIR. b. A. Jacobs, chairman Of the Execu'
tive Committee, and Hon. William Rev.
nolds, president OF The state Sunday-School
Union OF Illinois, gave valuable aid.
THIS society will probably bold grand
State Convention in Richmond early In The
spring. The international Lesson Com
miitee" will be in attendance.
CITY STATISTICS.
Young Men's Christian AssociHttou'