Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-21
NEW YoRK's RELIGIONS.

lac religious complexion Of q great
city like New York, presents very in
teresling subject for contemplation.
Rev. Walter Laldlow has studied the
matter and he finds that In all proba.
billiy the world has never known the
like Of New york's roster OF religions
A single block, he says has Roman
Catholics, Greek Catholics, Armenlans,
Jews and ten Protestant communIons,
while Ethical Culturists. Orthodox Rus.
SLAMS, Splritnallsts, Christian Scientists
and fourteen other species Of Profess
tants are found on adjacent blocks. Ii
speaks well for the growth of tolerance,
that all these religious professors can
live together trapsact business, and
be good neighbors without conflict. In
the Mohammedan world, "Chris.ians"
sometimes engage In fatal eombats be-
fore the very affairs OF their sanctu-
aries.
An interesting phase of the situation
In New York Is this. that the growth OF
Roman Catholicism and non-"Chris-
tlan" societies seems to be more
marked than that OF Professionalism.
Throughout Greater New York, II is
said, the Roman church claims s54 .eO2
persons, while the Protestant communal
cant membership is 232, GAG. OF the en-
tire population OF New York at the time
of the federal census, viz, 3,i37, 2O2 per-
sons, the Federation OF Churches esti-
mates that l,206,955 were practical or
hereditary Roman Catholics; 5OS,Oie
Hebrews, the balance actual or "po.
tential'' Protestants. making 'poten-
tial" Protestant population OF 1,6S2, 1856
persons. The actual Protestant COM
munlcants Of the city represent about
one million persons.
The Jews are estimated at about $780,.
600. an increase Of about 100 per cent
In ten years, BY continued immigra-
tion and on account OF the high birth
rate among the Hebrew people. It Is
supposed that before long New York
Will have one million OF that race with
In its borders. Every immigrant ship
is said to bring It's contingent; 6e,l72
Hebrew jargon-spcaking immigrants
landed al Ellis Island between June 80,
1900, and April l, 1902. in addition to
10000 other Jews speaking Polish. slo-
yak. or other dialects.
The growth OF other Christian" con-
tingents is also very rapid. Chinese,
Japanese, Hlndus. Turks and miscel-
laneous Aslatlcs have increased, Il is
said 1875 per cent. during the last ten
years, and the growth is not due en-.
tirely 10 immigration. Hinduism and
other Asiatlc "isms" sometimes obtain
accesslons from the ranks OF Chris.
tan" worshipers.
New York City Is In every sense Of
the word a cosmopolitan city, and the
conditions noted may be regarded as
world conditions. Were the matter ex-
haustively studied. we believe It
would be found true that as general
rule. Romanism is steadily advancing:
that non-"Christian systems are
slowly regaining strength. while Pro-
testantlsm Is making much less progress
than formerly.
In this connection. kind OF proela-
nation issued by Mohammsdan.
through Paris newspaper. and quoted
in Public Opinion is not without Inter-
est II says;
For us In the world there are only
believers and unbelieyers: love, charity.
fraternity towards believers, disgust
hatred and war against unbelieyers.
Amongst unbelieyers the most hateful
and criminal are those who. while re-
oognlzing God, attribute 10 Him earth
ly relationships, give Him a son, a
mother. Learn then. European observ-
ers, that a Christian Of no matter