The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-01-19

80 phia Presbytcrianism last |
81 year contributed 10 benevo-
" lence of all kinds in connec-
tion with church organization tnc
handsome sum OF s99O,069. When 1t is
considered that this sum is four times
as large as the total cost OF malnteh-
ance of Presbytcrianism throughout
America in 1900. and more than ono
twelfth of the entire cost OF suCh
maintenance one hundred years later
the showing of Philadelphia Is cer-
tainly entitled to credit.
In 1900. says the Ledger, 1t cost NOT
to exceed s2J0.000 year to mainta,n
all the Presbyterian churches III
America. TO run all of them last veaE
took sI1 100000. The contributions Tor
missionary purposes in 1900 were ABOUT
$500. In 1900 the eight boards OF the
PRESBYTERIAN church North received
Ss,627. .536. and there was given to mis-
cellaneous causes, S176320, making
total benevolence of this one Presby-
terian body of $i.i03,S56. And there are
three other important Presbyterian
bodies-namcly, the South. the united
and the Cumberland. one hundred
wears ago presbyterians gave 10 ms
sions an average of a little more tnah
II cents each. Now they give an aV-
erage Of Si37. Here is a growth that
compares with the increase in national
wealth. There are four times as many
PRESBYTERIAN churches and three and
one-half times as many Presbyterian
ministers in 1900 as there were church,
es and ministers of all religious bodies
in America in 1900. The two Presby-
teries OF Philadelphia contain more
ministers than there We're Presbyterian
\ ministers in America 100 years ago.
and Presbyterian churches in the
Synod of Pennsylvania gave more last
year to miscellaneous causes-mere
odds and ends of benevoence-than
was spent in maintaining all Presby-
tcrian churches in the United states
In the year 1900.
There are almost 5000, 900 Presbyter-
ians in all the world, not quite one
half of them in the United States.
This figure does not include those who
call themselves by some other name,
but govern their churches by the pres
bytcrial system. In all of Europe
there are almost 100000 outside the
United Kingdom. In Scotland, the
stronghold of Calvinism, the income of
the three principal bodies, or OF the
three last reporting, for two have late
~ united, was $S1O5, $50. So Scotch
Presbytcrians give an average of
about IS each. Irish Prcsbyterians
give an average of only So each, and
English Presbyterians, who are far
better TO 10, an average of $3.50.
American Presbytcrians give ain aver
age of sli.9i each per year.
But there are vast number of ex-
penses falling upon the member of n
church that do not get tabulated in
ia1 shy-
tcrians buy, Of their standard hymn
hooks, 10000 copies year. and pay for
them at least $125,OO0. The hymn book
trade of the whole country is worth
100000 n year. and that apart from
the vast absorption of Gospel hymn
books which every song evangelist
seems to think it his duty to publish.
AS for Bibles, somebody in America
pays $1,000 900 n year for them, Pres
hyterians paying quite their share, ii
is safo TO say. Then there are the
sunday school children. There are
1.l0O,000 of them in Presbyterian
schools Il costs, so the experts say,
80 cents II pupil year to keep sunday
school children in lesson helps. There
is $780, 900 a year. 1t costs $4,000 Il
year to keep the young people socie-
ties of Philadelphia alone going, and
lIllS iullt apart llblil lll' t'Sl VI an
nual conventions. The Christian En-
deavor goes to Cincinnati next July
for a twentieth anniversary ceebra-
tion. There will be 1000 delegates 60
from Pennsylvania. Their combined
expenses will not fall short of $4,000
Some Christian Endeavor conventions
have cost as much as 50, 000, 900 These
church figures ought to have ut least
10 per cent. added to them for mons
reporting one in ten churches never
send in reports Presbyterian mem-
bership growth during the century in
creased four times as fast as popula-
tion growth of the country, and finan-
cial expansion good deal more than
kept pace with the financial growth OF
the country, itself the wonder OF the
world.
The winter session OF the Arch
deaconry of scranton and Of the We
mans Auxiliary will be held on Tues
day and Wednesday next. The pre-
liminary service will begin Monday
night. The ladies of 81. Lukes par.
ish will serve "a luncheon on Tuesday
The following is the order Of services
MONDAY, JAN. ~.
7.i5-ESening prIyer
Addresses: subject. "Ihc Relationship q
God TO the individual Man"
l. The Father
The Rev d. ", Coke, D. D., Arch
deacon.
Q The Sen.
The Rev. f. z. Harrington Rector
Trinity church, West Pitt.ton.
5 The Holy Ghost.
The Rev. n. s. Radcliffe. Genera
Missionary.
Hymns, 6j, 3ss, l43, a77, 80.
a, NJ TUESDAY, JAN %.
I?o-Hoy communion.
300 Business meeting in Parish house.
Woodworking prayer.
lOSO-ljoy communion Sermon by the Re,
CIV Boot, Christ church. Susquchanni
Hymns, 80, 2Ss. 2sl.
r, NJ
2.So-Business meeting in Parish house.
S.So-Archdoacon's report
i.0o-Execess. Psalms Xsiii;l.
The Rev. Geo r. Bishop, Grace clurci
Great Bend.
5,U1-Creed and collects.
GENERAL MISSIONARY MEETING, as T.. y
Archdeaconry and Womans Auxiliary.
Speakers; Bishop Talbot, the Rev. T.
Grine, the Rev. i. Il. Bateman.
Hymns. 2j7, $50, S23, 9j?, %
p NJ TUESDAY, JAN. %.
2.00-iiusncss meeting in the Parish liuu
Auditorium.
|. Service and address ...... The Bisl,
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