New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-17

wears requiring the service of force Of from eight
TO twelve clerks and costing moro than any pfN"V
purse could well spare .
After explaining the aim OF tho censns OF three
years AGO and the mrtlId oil securing tue s''"H"s'
Dr.. Carroll said In part
The first inpcsson conveyed bv the long list Of clo-
rate denominations is that have variety IN onr ~
igon our citizens free to choose c>iuehe h any
one OF the ny and Territories ana to move ir'"
one to another often as they have nhhu 10 i"'f
o, wider ,ancc for choice and change In religion one
NAV be a PAGAN a jew Christian or each III tiIh'
II he r q Pagan he vUi'hlp IN the numerous ""i
devoted Buddha IL Jew. h. NAV be O. the o'u"u> "
,efor1red variety; II Christian he may select any ON '"
90 AN ,9o ain ,.n, Kinds or join OF them IN
Turn He may DC sin kinds OF an Adventist seven N'
Of a Catholic twelve kinds Of MchnoAlt'' OF i'o"'
terrain thir,c, kinds OF BAPTIST sixteen KihuS Oh
Lutheran or seventeen kinds OF Methodist lie INA, ~
member Of any one OF 143 denominations. or OF oil III
succession. II OF these suit him he Sui h'> '
among $50 separate and independent coneie2aUoh7' VIM"
have no denomn0 tiona name, creed or c"'he'"on' -
resident Of the United States Is perfectly nee 10 HIM
,,sl, ., homo with any Of these religious companies.
and to stay each long as short time a. he VIII
We sometimes SPEAK a. though there were ho' sum"
freedom Of thought Here are many phases VI 'no"."
and any man may pas, without hindrance through 'c"
all. .,
4 closer scrutiny Of the list however shows '"'
many Of these 1913 denominations diner Only III h''n''
without n single change in doctrine or poy. inc
seventeen Methodist bodies could be reduced I" t VI
four. the twelve PRESBYTERIAN u three The Twelve Men
MONTE to two. and on. The difference III many vas
ale only sectional or historical Inc saVrfy q's"V"
vat the cause few divisions ana matters o'
d,.cipllnc were responsible for lare" number y ~"
,ber examination q the denoTinauonal list reveals inc
significant fact that Of the ii3 denominations 90 VI
more than half very small. no one ol 'nc" "''''1
more than GOO members Thitty't"o oil inc a'N."''
Ave have less than thousand each. The DENOMINATIONS
having as many a. 5000 and upward are ioty In mum
| her These forty denominations represent more TIA"
| ninety.six per cent Of the aggregate OF nemo'f'
Among the denominations. the Roman Catholic s'ahu'
first a. Z, commandments having G22sS5i the Method
a., rnisro,al second with 24O i25 the regular Bap
| list fcolocd third with 13liA2O the regular b'pl''
south) fourth. with 127i 0o2 and the Methodist Epsco
pal (South) fifth, with l,2Ooo6.
| The grand total for all denominations j. as ioloWs
o,o.n,,,tons 1s,7s7 church edinces. 1882, with a
seating cap,ctv Of AZ GS2,040 halls schoohouse' anu
private occupied as places OF worship 500 N
| Of church property Including only chufch 'u'n''' al"
their sites and furniture. $3.50 75375G; COMMITMENTS OF
nembes 90 4ss 1917 or total OF communicates con
adorable more than onehird found in the I'VE States
| Of NewYork Pennsylvania, ohio, Illinois and MASH
Ichusetts, Ia the order named
COMPARING returns Of 1870 with snch s'a
,istics as can be got from UNCONVENTIONAL sources ma
that in tho decade Protestant Episcopal Church has
net gain OF 1e5 600 members or ~ pr cent the 'onVre
gational OF 1913 900 80 per cent the regular Bst
North South and coorcd SGs 900. 81 cent the
ntheraus all branches OF 4s7 600 GS per cent the
Prestvterans all branches. OF $4,000 or 80 per cent
the Methodist Episcopal OF $1,000 or 30 per cent the
Methodist Episcopal South, OF $4,000, or % per cent
These denominations represented Ia 1890 aggregate o
10 2lO 600 communicates against 12O2OOO In 1850, show
ing net gain IN years Of 100000, or nearly ~
per cent As the growth Of the population OF the country
in the sane period less than % per cent these
have gained II cent In excess OF the Increase
Of the population
After Dr. CAROLS address. Scott Foster who pre-
sided. called upon DR.. II. NJ Field. Of The Evanec
| list: Dr. John Hall and DR.. G.. W. +. Birch. for
bref speeches. Refreshments were then served