The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-31

eKeommu nication Tor Violations OF the NOR
code but only for lapse from the faith an
refusal to obey ecclesiastical directions
There are many who 20 to make M the Prot
estant population who hsvs been expeils,
from mem bership for offences which the Cath
ollie Church treats By very different method
The Mormons like the Catholics. report I
large church membership IN proportion I,
their population. the percentage OF Latter
| day Saints in Utah being 61.72. In general, 4
may be said that the Catholics are numeri
cally the stronger in thirty-three States snc
Territories. including the New England, the
| Pacific. the newer Northwestern. and vsriou'
| Western and Southern States: the Methodist
In South Carolina. Tennessee. West Virginia
Delaware. Florida. Indiana Indian Terri.
tory. Kansas. and Oklahoma; the Bap-
lists in Alabama. Arkansas. Georgia
Kentucky. Mississippi. North Carolina,
Texas and Virginia. The fact Is also
brought out In this volume that Pennsylvania
IL the stronghold Of the Lutherans the Pres
| byterians. the Moravians. the Mennonites.
and the German Reformed; North Carolina Of
the Methodists: New York Of the Catholics. the
Jews. the Episcopallans. the Universalists.
and the Dutch Reformed; Massachusetts, Of the
ConRreRationalists. UnitarianA swedenbor-
Rians and spiritualists: Georgia Of the Bsp-
lists; Missouri Of the Disciples OF Christ Indi-
ana OF the Friends. and Ohio Of the United
Brethren. II may further be noted that, while
New York Is first am onR the States In number
NJ communiconts ara aI.o In valu. a, cburcb
property. IL does not occupy this position as
resp.cts number Of organizations and Of
church edincss Pennsylvania leads in both
these particulars. and Ohio is second.
III.
Having reviewed the Religious statistics Of
4, CA.A. t.A,, al. a.. a
observance OF religion in the principal cities
and note how these are distributed among the
chief sects There were. at the date OF the last
census. four cities OF the frat class. that IA to
say. cities having 500 900 population and up
ward These cities were New York. with
1916. 3o1 Inhabitants; Chicago. with 1.o9e.-
$50. Philadelphia. with ]. 046. e64, and Brook
lyn with SOL. 343 Considering. first, the num-
Der OF church ediflces, we find that Philadel-
phia has the most to wit 664. OF which 1873
belong to the Presbyterians. 1877 to the Meth
odists. 102 to the Episcopalians. 95 to the Bap-
lists. 81 to the Roman Catholics. and 40 to the
Lutherans. New York came next with 534
church edifces. or these. the Catholics have
100. the Episcopalians oS, the Presbyte-
rians 40. the Methodists CO. the Bap-
lists Al, the Jews Al the Reformed a.
and the Lutherans "a Chicago occupied the
third place. having 500 churches. Of which the
Catholics are credited with no. the Method
lists with SO. the Lutherans with SO. the Con-
gregationalists with AZ, the Baptists with 40.
the Presbyterians with 80, and the Episco-
palians with 81. The number OF church edi-
fees In Brooklyn was 1893. to which the Meth
odists contributed ~, the Catholics 3d. the
Fpiscopalians 90. tho Baptists AZ. the Presby-
terians 81. the Congrega tionalists "a. the
Lutherans %. and the Reformed %. II. on
the other hand. We examine the value OF
church property New York far exceeds any of
the other cities in the United States. Its yalu-
alton was S54670 800. that OF Philadel-
phia s2S. O23 1856, that Of Brooklyn s1S. OS2.-
437, while that OF Chicago was only
SIS. 452 667. or the twenty-four cities
Of the second class, those In other
words which, at the date OF the last census
had population Of 100. 900 to 100000 Balti-
more had 81 church buildings. or upward OF
q hundred more than st Louis. which had but
263. The 235 churches OF Boston put II in the
third place. In the fourth place comes Cleve-
land with 1875 church edlflces. though II has a
mailer population than either San Francis
or Cincinnati Tho fifth rank in respect of
churches must be assigned to Pittsburgh. al
though 1t is only ninth In respect Of popula-
ton. Then comes washing ton. then Cincinnati.
Detroit. Buffalo. and New Orleans in tho or
der named, followed by Louisville. though
this city Is only the sixteenth in population. |
It is a remarkable fact that st. Paul. with |
only 133 1855 inhabitants. has more churches
Boston. although only third in the number OF |
churches 1881. heads the list. her ecclesiasti-
cal ediices being valued at Sl4.07l. 1916. The
OF Baltimore in respect OF church
is s952S. 1898; that OF Pittsburgh. So
9l3.75O; that OF Washington. SO. $40. 575 that
Of Cincinnati. 81, $50; that OF Buffalo. So
969.12o. and that OF st. Louis. S5.S7696
These are the only cities which have a church
valuation OF S50o0.OO0 or over.
Df the ninety-six cities having from o.
100 to 100000 inhabitants. Nashville has
he largest number OF churches. to wit.
100. or 10 more than Charleston. which comes
lext. 1t is noteworthy that these cities rank
'nly tenth and sixteenth, In respect OF popula-
ion. The worst record In the third class is
hat OF Long Island City. which has but IL
churches. Birmingham Ala. which has fewer
Inhabitants. has 40 church edifices 1t is re-
narkable. indeed. how much better supplied
With church sdiHces are the Southern cities
han the Northern. Thus Augusta. Ga with