The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-25
ABOUT THEBAPTIST Church
Strength and Location of That
Religious Sect.
FIGURES FROM THE CENSUS.
The Number of Church Ediaces in Che
Territories.
Also the Seating Capacity of the Several
Structures and the Value OF Prop
erty-Information Contained in
the Census Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, June 24.-ISpecial. l.
The census bureau has issued an inter-
esting bulletin, showing the strength
and location of the Baptist church of the
United States. In Utah the number of
church edifices is three, with seating
capacity of zoo, besides which there are
two halls with q seating capacity OF loO-
The value of the church property in Utah
is estimated at 500, 600, and the number OF
communicates or members is 327.
The figures for Idaho are: Number OF
organizations, twenty; church edlilces,
ten, with seating capacity of 2,lSo;
halls, ten, with seating capacity OF 9S5;
value of church property, 5000; num-
Der of communicates or members, 656.
There are nine organizations and only
three church edifices in Wyoming, with
a seating capacity of SIS, and six halls
that segt $50 persons; value OF church
property, 81, $40: communicates or MEM
bers, 262.
In Arizona there are six organizations
and four church edifices with seating
capacity of S75, two small halls, and the
value OF the property is 81, 2OO; NUMBER
of members or communicates, 1sI.
The figures for New Mexico are: Fl1-
teen organizations and four church edl-
fees with seating capacity OF LOU,
eleven halls with capacity of $50; value
of the property, $50, 900; number OF mem
bers or communicates, 800.
Explanatory of the bulletin the census
bureau makes a long statement, rom
which the following is extracted:
There are three bodies Of regular Baptists,
the northern, southern and colored. They are
not separate by virtue OF doctrinal or ecciesi-
sstical differences; but each, nevertheless ha5
its own associations. state conventions anu
general missionary and other organizations
The question of slavery was the cause OF tne
separation between the Baptsts OF the nortE
ern and the Baptists OF the sonlnern STATES. -
1874 the controversy which had been gong on
for some time, entered upon the decisive btase
The Alabama state convention. representing
the Baptists of that state adopted IN that year
a series of resolutions demanding from Ing
proper authorities IN all these oooles 20 Nnose
funds we have contributed the oisllnce
explicit aToHal that Shareholders arc eilglpie
and entitled equally with non-slaveholders TO
all the privileges aud -immunities OF their sew
eral unions. and Especially 10 receive Any
agency or mission or other appointment MLic y.
may run with the scope OF their operations OF
duties y The board OF foreign missions, winch
had its headquarters in Boston, ana Ieoetfeu
contributions from the whole oenomlnauon,
convention saving: "If any one should oHer
himself as q missionary, having slaves ana IN
sisting on retaining them rs MS properly, We
could not appoint him. One thing Is CERTAIN. .
we can never be party 10 any arrangement
which would imply appreciation of slavery.
The Baptist churches in the northern states,
after the division OF 1915, continued 10 support,
on an anti-slavery basis. the Home MISSION
society and the Baptist Union, The latter TAX
ing the place Of the board OF foreign missions,
In 1879 the question of the organic union OF
northern and southern Baptlsts came UP. but
nothing was accomplished The southern
BAPTIST convention OF That year. IN appointing
five delegates to the anniversaries OF the
northern Baptist societies, expressed IT'S ira
ternal regard; but insisted on the WISDOM
and policy of preserving our separate organ
izations." On the part OF tne northern pap %
fists leading denomin ational Journal said they
were generally agreed that II would De whoHy
unadVisabie TO try to bring about Organic union
between the Baptists OF the north ana south.
The northern Baptists have churches in all
the states north Of the Nlrglnias. kentucky.
Missouri, and Texas. including the District OF
Columbia. some churches on the oorcer al
vide their contributions for the general benevo-
lences between the northern and southern
Baptist bodies, and one educational society
represents both.
There are 4l4 associations of northern Bap-
lists who are strongest in the states OF New
York (l29, I'D, Illinois (95 237l, ana Pennsyiva
mia $50 1922. In three other states they nave
oVer 81 900 communlcanls 3 MaSsaehuSei1s
20 $50 Ohio 81 ,6S5 and ala 40 0. There
are in all S00cs5 comm lcauts, raIonglng !.
7902 organizations wiz 1906 30 e1'fces, val
ned at SAC, 524 504. Th average Va ue OF the
edifces is ,7U0S and the average seating capaci'
" 3g4
There is a considerable number of German
churches among those returned > regular Bap
fists most OF which are IN the northern anC
western states. The earliest OF these German
churches were organized in Pennsylvania II
1870 and 1871. They are reported in the varou:
associations within whose bounds they are sit
uated but they also have conferences of theil
own. There are tive OF these conferences, The
Eastern. Central, Southwestern. Northwestern
and Texas and they meet annually. There Il
also general conference in which they are al
represented. This conference meets once II
three wears. There are in all upward OF 70
German churches with about 1909 members
There are also some 900 Swedish churches viii
about l7OO0 members, few Danish churche
and q number OF Welsh churches.