Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-16

an thn rUdHiOuH uudiea iu AmeflcA /
a. thia dme Ia 29UuoUu0 or 40 10. |
crease last yesr. OF about 100000 !
nvon aFures muat DO given. since re-
urious statistics are oollntcd in a
most aupshod fashion. and I'm some
hndIoa are little more than Enca
worE The basis of membership dii'
fara. Some reckon actual communal
cauts. come hnpt'amn some adhorcnia
and q very large proportion OF
ekureh omclals 40 not reckon at at,
bat Jump AZ estimates 30 the donomi
rational statiaucian. Gho occleaiaaioai
voars IN diHerent 0ooios are not the
sane. and hence q d Impossible %
cav that particular body Increased
IA mamborahip 90 many hundreds or
thousands last year. Roughly speak
inr IA appears that Christianity is
inst about Keeping pace with popuia
tlou in matter vi H0wtn. Certainly "
rev moro on enc population last
year. Always Do prosperoua hnan-
otal timca. religious interests suhof
m some extent THO Present timoa
ura no exception. sud returns Tor the
rear iuei ended shoe ss far % they
uaow anything with certainty. that
the world - paying marked atten'
tea b worldly afiaira.
Hard 20 Get "a Facts.
whres bodies about which much
has baou heard during tho year 1908
arc the Dowictoa, che Christian
Rrloatlaia kud che jews. The hrut
aamed have been credited BY the ~
Heioua stafiaticiana with a momher-
ahip uf 10000. They themselves admit
thai they know Of only $500. The
atntiaiiolana have uniformly given
membefshlp ngures OF christian
scientists. Vet officials ~ Christian
scientist churches anlrm that no roc.
orda are complied. and that they
themselves 40 not know their nun.
h~r. d 10 clear. from the growih of
eheae bodies. that people are, aa not
ID ether times. reaching out toward
that Which they think % spiritual
nud supernatural Vagarcs ln roli.
ri8u ana prolific soil 10 the racial
nHrture OF America ln tho Htoedier
conditions obtaining in Europe new
religions aourIsh less vigorously, al.
though during the asst few years the
isfectloa has spread on the continent
10 some extent The Influx OF jews
late America 90 enormous % thir
time. and Il 81 out OF the question
ovon b estimate their total. u 10
sald that the number OF Jews who
are recorded az belonging 90 con
creation rs roc 900. n this be- accur
ats. which ~ doubtful Il 10 maa than
ouaeQuarter OF an the Jews resident
h. New York city alone. At present
tbs great center OF Jewish popu
iatisa In tho world
How me Churches Grew.
A few years since h was true that
ne largest religious bodies were
ErsWiug larger, and The small ones
smaller Last year. if the statistics
Ras 10 be accepted tho small bodies
grew quite 10 proportion 90 the large
Unharlana have been az a standsiil
Scr come years. Last year thoY claim
q growth of about 1000. uuiyoraa.
iats have barely held their o0u, bu
last year they claim a growth OF 59i
other small bodies. like the WAN
rallenl the variOuG branches @
Alcoholism. almost an OF the divia
ioaa OF Prcshyteuanlsm, and thl
small synoda Of LuthCrans. these an'
athora show propOrtiOnate growth
ca the other hand some OF the large
bodies made showings OF which thei
have ittle reason 90 boast For ex
amblol the Protestant uplacopa
church increased in mombersh.I
oaly $500. and Is steadily deoreas
ing In tho proportion o. Infant bap
usna. aa Presbyterian bodies grew
bat st.B52. which 10 an average v
mot 90 many az one m0mbQr 20
church. and MUthodisis North. viii
ae,1ig churches grew only 2s.26
momh0ru. They passed tho g,0O0,OOl
mark and are the largest single ~
dgious body IN America. which base
~ number upon actual communI
canta. and noe upon population, as q
ths case of the Roman Catholi'
chuFch.
Best Figures obtalnable.
0mciai Baptist and Roman Catholl
aEares Cor the year iust ended havl
Eot yet been collnted Any hgurc
gives now would be- ostlmateg anl
tha data unnn which they rpet In 81