Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-10-17
MEXICO MINISTER'S.
The Yearly Salaries They Receive and
the Number Of Members in
Their Congregations.

Mexico is a city with beautlfui
churches and large congregations, and
the LEDGER thinks the members OF
the various churches will be interest
ed in a few statistics regarding the
salaries paid to the men who have
given up their lives to spreading the
glorious news of the Gospel and
planting deep in the hearts of every
one the truths of Christianity. The
Christian church is perhaps the
strongest in numbers of any church
in the city, therefore it is perfectly
natural that the pastor, Rev. j. S.
Shouse, should receive the largest
salary. Rev. Shouse is paid SLIGO
a year, out of which he pays his house
rent. The number of members be-
longing to the Christian church IS
over 700.
The minister who receives the next
highest salary is Rev. N. r. Pittmali,
of the Baptist church, whose salary ia
$1,000, not including the parsonage,
which is placed at s24o per year, maxi
ing the total sum $1,44O. The Baptist
church has about 260 members and
the Sunday School about 22O scholars,
Mr.. John A. Guthrie being the super
intendent.
Rev. j. I'll. Pritchett, of the Meth
odist church, South, receives a yearly
salary of S1,100 and a parsonage,
which is rated at about 5000 per year,
making in all 81, 300. This church has
nearly 500 members and the Sunday
School has an average attendance of
about $50. Mr.. j. nj. Marmaduke Is
superintendent of the Sunday School.
Rev. A. A. Wallace, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, is paid $1,000 a
year and given a parsonage, the year
ly rent of which would be, about $500,
bringing his salary up to $1,000. The
Presbyterian church has about $50
members.
The Rev. W. M. Sapp, who is the
pastor of the First Methodist Episco-
pal church on Liberty street, receives
an annual salary of 5000 without the
use of the parsonage, which is placed at
S12O per year, making the total salary
$3.50. There are 1856 members in this
church.
The Rev. Father Dempsey, of the
Roman Catholic church, is allowed a
salary of $500 by the Diocese and
the use of the parish house. There
are so families members of the Roman
Catholic church in this city.
The Rev. Leslie F. Potter, of the
Episcopal church, is paid about 5000
per year and is given nc rectory.
There are at present about so COM
municants in this church and the
average attendance in the Sunday
School is about 80.
The Regular Baptist church in this
city has 25 members and although
they have no regular pastor, Rev. VIM.
Huff breaches twice a month and re-
ceives a yearly salary of 500.
In addition to the above mentioned
churches there are two German
Lutheran churches in Mexico, both of
which have large congregations and
are in a prosperous condition.
There are about ten Hebrew fam
lilies living here, but as they have no
Rabbi, services are held only on hell
days.
There are also four colored churches
in Mexico. The M. E. church, of
which Rev. F. H. Small is pastor, the
G. M. E. church, of which Rev. Tires
Is pastor, the A. M. E.. church, of
which Rev. Taylor is pastor, and the
Baptist church, of which Rev. J. B.
Hayes is pastor. All are in a flourish
ing condition and the pastors r paid
good salaries for their work.
1t might be well to add here that a
room has already been rented for the
Salvation Army and they will take
charge about Nov. 1st. =
With its beautiful church buildings,
large congregations and eloquent
preachers, Mexico certainly ranks
high among the religious cities of the
state, and every public spirited citizen
should be proud of this fact, for the
influence of religion is felt in tenn
poral as well as spiritual affairs.