Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-24

would be called revival services The indefaa-
gable mernbers OF the Society Of Jesus. Jesuits
engage IN all kinds OF religious work. Thsy
are divided into three provinces" ooveriag
the United states. Aad severally report 70
their provincial The provInoe which Ia.
its headquarters at New Orleans forwards 10
reports, through its provincial. 90 France. sRd
these DO not appear IN the tabulated work q
the order N The United s,atesL In addition 20
the male orders are the numerous Catholic
sisterhoods. whose self-sacrihcing ministry ~
the SICK, destitute and fallen wins for then iAs
respect and gratitude o. AL olAssss
%.
The Evangelical Lutheran church numbers IN
the United States 400, 900 20 5000 600 Of baI,-
TIED members aud 4. 250. 600 Communicated
Owing 10 the fact that the general bodies asd
the various independent synods Of she Lutheran
church carry on their mission work separates
their is common source OF information ana
no way to secure absolutely accurate figures.
Last year the general council employed 20
missionaries, serving S69 congregations an
thirty-four states; the general synod. lOl mis-
sions, employing li4 missionaries. the United
Norwegian church, 1872 missions and thirty-tso
missionaries. and the German Iowa synod.
tweniy-one missionaries. serving etghty-two
congregations Much work was done by the
synodical conference among the freedmen IN
the south and among the jews and lndiaus-
The organizations named and various miner
ones expended during the year s299. O5a.5s.
The Cniyersaiist general convention 10 .
corporation representing the UuiVersalist
church In the United States and elsewhere. u
LAS FUNDS amounting 70 more than S200. Ou0,
the Income Of which ~ used for the aid q
theological students and for the aid and sun
port OF missions. This Is supplemented by cos,-
uioutlons from individuals and parishes for
the same purposes
Besides the work Of the general convention
the state conventions, representing the Uia-
versalists IN the several states, are al of them
missionary bodies with funds and doing active
service within their bounds. The gitts to al
the conventions for the purposes Indicated for
the last fiscal year exceeded SS5 oa0 ,n;..res, ,s
included. The number OF families an ORGANIZED
parishes was 81 sos.
The American Unitarian convention say The.
in no period OF the history of their church 10
II been 50 jealous and active OF had 80 many
demands made upon u from without. Ihar
add that there Is a very large number Of pee
pie IN the United States whom they better then
Others can reach, aud that without interfering
with the work OF other denominations. Mithln
the last ten or hfteen years the circulation u
their tracts has increased at least tMenty-foId
and is steadily growing. Since lss6 the nuIl,-
per OF their societies has increased 80 per cet.t
All over the country they have calls for tie
formation OF new churches and are confsert
that the number OF their churches will increase
quite as rapidly in the next i've wears a. an the
last I'VE. They are much encouraged by tl,e
unanimity, Zeal and hope OF usefulness that
characterized the session OF their national cos-
ference recently beid at Saratoga, \. y.
The American Bible Society. which has issued
in the seyentyive wears of its history "a 23s 7Ig
copies OF the SCRIPTURES sent out from the Bibse
house, New York, Tor home distribution during
the year s13, 54l Bibles and Testaments
-.
The Reformed church in America reports re-
marhaoie progress. year ago 2,G06 famili.s
ana !, 5A communicates comprised their wesl-
ern mission churches. Now their churches
represent S,O63 families and z.2ls communal
cants The Sunday schools of those churches
have o,51l pupils, as against 4. s6s a year age.
The board Of domestic missions AIDS "a nlissioi,-
airy pastors and supplies, exclusive of students.
ministers to lS7 churches. Their work q
largely among Hollanders in the west. The
sum collected from all sources Tor missions
during the last fiscal year was sol. 9s5.Os, -
which the womans executive committee. an
auxiliary of the board. contributed sI2 81
IN addition TO Quantities Of clothing and books
the value Of which is not included In the nsoal
report