Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-12

DECLINING tiikishlNNiAhs
In Theos5phlcai magazine pub
nshed IN New York some lnicrcFiini
e,atlstics are given. which are mad
the foundation Tor iho conclusion tha
orthodox Christianity o. go Che wira
und that IN 100 years morn tina, fUu
of religion win banrg only 20 history
Figures ~ course. can ba made D.
prove ovcry.hinH, and arguments lnf''
on staiir.ics. rs a general rule. are no
accepted without close fcfutny su
the figures prtentcd on ihIH fnni c'
ar highly interfering. a summary OF
the article appciu in fho Literary p.'
Etrt VI Nov o. from which che follow
Ing o. borrowed.
"The American almanac for 1873 'f-
timated fhc population lf thr W.r.l l'
Cia00o.O1l. The number Of hullhHia
M thc world 40 that slime, according u
Maiic-nrun and GrberE. Nus 10000 -
600. Hfahmanllit o1.o00.n0o M1himlnr
dams ii0.Q11 600 Jews i.0l0.0no fo b,Vlp.
900 MaNc-Irun gave the number 20
Chririlars 90 this time AZ 22k.oll,vll.
Ora berg. plnkert0n. iiaasell, and Babe
gave the number from 100000 o. 49,
NNNaN"N MAMWNNH NN NMNNNW|N 700 ~ AHNNT
ems. ihnt H.. ~ thale outside tha great
religions. WIS pui down hy thcH1 au.
thortioa at i000O0000. 81 shat out NJ
she Gi1 100000 population W che world
IN isl3, % per cent were Christians.
Robert Baird. iu the thsttIlu
Retrospect and Register. puhliHhtd hy
D1dd. New York. 1861. put d1N1 che
population - the world Tor 1850 40
i.o00.0o0,Q00 ~ which 3i2 100000 were
Christians and csS00o.OoO nln-Chrls-
,aas. which shows the Christian p1pu.
laii0n 30 be- rather more than 30 10 per
cent decline VI nclrly 1 20 per cent
since 1854.
"in schar and Hers1g's Eacycio.
pedia % Religious Kulwlcdgc f0r issl.
liolizmann ~ Ioepffel gives the nR.
urta tur isS2 as nuddhlsi1. Gg5 300 00n.
isi.iOo.o00; JOYS. 100000 90 100000.
soial. i.ois.goo 900 nln-ChrlFtiana. The
number % Christians h. estimates al
900. 30 900, ana the plpuiatlnu " tho
world az i,i2i,ii0O00 Thus in iss2, the
number ~ ChriHiia1H in the world had
declined 90 asa per cent ~ the whole
population.
''Harptr's nook o. Facts Or 1895
gives the population 81 the world Tor
1880 ~ 100 .0000 900 or this numitrr
4gO,oop0Oo were Christians, p0lnE 10
show shat IN eiEls. ysara the proportion
OF me christian population had DE-.
olined per cent"
Thae u. In ihc period from iS11 90 is9.
"A ilHle mnre than hair century
aierc was a decline IN the number of
nomlna, Christians from 20 per cent of
The ionl population - the world d
Nv per cent Ana this, d "a asserted
u shc be-, showing possible. naiwiih.
sanding che mipana spent yearly on
missionary cfiueta at home ana abiuid
j; IL suggested that "a combination of
oaunes y responsible or thla decline
lnndehiy has been aFgrcHayc in thr
ceH'ury o. never before. appealing nd
LONGER only 90 scholars but 60 "a,
Hirtcs. L. toU o. have been preached
fhNuEh aaemlnr trt1tlacs ana 'nuf.
p'Wufully am through tho rp-cliIeI
religious novel ii4loal criticism v.i
81 reckless disregard ~ fict has had
ON ,afucuce fr evil. ana then n arm.
rcsptcia science bias run against orihl
doN Christianity
no CHE reiiea " ghe "NcRa' q wl
be - spec al niertst 60 r1te aha
modern Cntlrulaily, according go thD
hgurc' prescu.l, reached ia h.sh
aide max about the time of enc ea
'abNahmeri % che Church 80 J-su
tnitrt " Lattcr-diy Saints. The stats
ttt commence with the year 1854. A
shat time the Church NJ uld. raare,
upon the divine fuun,htlun hal com
menctd eo show Hs heasy and mifula
ceat proportions co tho world. a. IA.
received the pru,se that thr "koy
o. tae kingdom" should never bs talk,
away That was the bright dlWa ~
new day upon the earth. ?. wis an 100
dioItun "a fhc near fulnlImcut uf ih
promise, "uehoid ! make au shnr
now"
Many ra.rug ryr.ems hlve live
ana fuvcumh.l with the civilization
With which they wen, Issot..eI
Chr.Ftanliy conquered jhe rc'lF niH cd
Rome. Oreecu. tho sgaailulyIlu ln
o.hr countries CturHtGsy Dr. sH
drFtncd 90 $50 nm until the sIrh uHr
ships l, the feet of o. Radr.mer hu
the Christianity that viii lc,om1. q
this work VIII Doc .he religion 90 90
son Of Gvl. not uu limitation thersl'
Modern Christianity. ocih1lov ChrH
tauty may ha wuuIng. lg- gu
chEsinnHy gu.iciNy he rght % rsy
cagluh and upheld boy che power 90 90
Almighty Wul remain. The con H
world-rollgNn T. neither an ,clgcti
Fys.em % doctrines and ohes, ulr an
Old system reformed, but the Gospel ,
jesus preached ny authority fram o.
hIuh