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John Lemprière.

The World almanac and encyclopedia

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James F. Downer, Chicago, 111. ; Supreme Record Keeper, N. S. Boynton; Supreme Finance Keeper,
C. D. Thompson. All officers are located at Port Huron, Mich. , except Lieutenant Commander.

Mystic Circle, the Fratex'nal.— Founded 1884; subordinate rulings, 307; members, 10,355;
benefits disbursed since organization, $731,788; benefits disbursed last fiscal year, $203,460; Supreme
Mj'stic Ruler, D. E. Stevens, Philadelphia. Pa. ; Supreme Vice- Ruler, JohnF. Follett, Cincinnati, O. ;
Recorder, Charles E. Rowley, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Treasurer, JohnG. Reinhard, Columbus, Ohio.

National Provident Union.— Founded 1883; executive department, 1 ; congress, 1; sub-coun-
cils, 87; members. 6,500; benefits disbursed since organization. $1,137,950; benefits disbursed last
fiscal year, $145,000; President, Edward S. Peck, New York City; Vice-President, George W.
Marter, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Secretary of the Union, William J. Gorsuch, Times Building, New York
City ; Secretary of the Treasury, William Nagle, Brooklyn, N. Y. _

National Union.— Founded 1881; grand assemblies, 34; sub-councils, 728; members, 47,625;
benefits disbursed since organization, $5,875,000; benefits disbursed last fiscal year, $1,154,000;
President, F. Fairmau, Chicago; Vice-President, H. H. Cabaniss, Atlanta, Ga. ; Secretary, J. W.
Myers, Toledo, Ohio; Treasurer, Charles O. Evarts, Cleveland, Ohio.

NeTV England Oriler of Protection.— Founded 1887; grandlodges, 6; sub-lodges, 250; mem-
bers, 18 429; benefits disbursed since organization, $97O,O0O; benefits disbursed last fiscal year,
$202,000; Supreme Warden, George H. Howard, Boston; Supreme Secretary, D. M. Frye, Boston;
Supreme Treasurer, John P. Sanborn, Newport, R. I.

Pilgrim Fathers, United Order ol.— Founded 1879; number of colonies, 156; members,
18,100; benefits disbursed since organization, $1,602,000; benefits disbursed last fiscal year, $262,000;
Supreme (iovemor, JohnL. Bates, Boston, Mass. ; Supreme Secretary, James E. Shepard, Lawrence,
Mass. This report is for year 1894.

Rechabites, Independent Order of.— Founded 1835 (in England), 1842 fin America); num-
ber ol tents in America, 5; sub-tents, 74; members in America, 3,161; in world, 179,000; High Chief
Ruler, John R. Mahoney, WiiShiugton,D. C. ; High Deputy Ruler, J. A. Cunningham,Lonaconing,Md. ;
High Secretary, James H. Dony, Auacostia, D. C. ; High Treasurer, James L. Belote, Norfolk, Va.

Reil 3Ien, Improved Order of.— Founded 1771 and 1834; great councils, 37; tribes, 2,097;
members, 161,4. 8; benefits disbursed since organization, $11,500,081; benefits disbursed last fiscal
year, $441, 3o5; (ireat Chiefs of the Great Council of the United States: Great Incohonee, Andrew
H. Paton, Danvei-s, Mass. ; Great Senior Sagamore, Robert T. Daniel, Griffin, Ga ; Great Junior
Sagamore, George E. Green, Binghamton, N. Y. ; Great Chief of Records, Charles C. Conley, Phila-
delphia; Great Keeper of Wampum, Joseph Pyle, Wilmington, Del.

Itoyal Templars of Temperance.— Founded 1870; grand councils, 7; select councils, 511;
members, 19,210; benefits disbni-sed since organization, $6,258,642; benefits disbui-sed last fiscal
year, $324,211; Supreme Councilor, L. R. Sanborn, Butlalo, N. Y. ; Supreme Vice- Councilor,
Charles Bradley, Fairbury, 111. ; Supreme Treasurer, Merchants' Bank, BuflFalo, N. Y. ; Supreme
Secretary, E. B. Rew, Buffalo, N. Y.

Scottish Clans, Order of.— Founded 1878; grand clans, 2; subordinate clans, 84; members,
3,227; benefits disbursed since organization, $450,000; benefits disbursed last fiscal year, $65,000;
Royal Chief, W. H. Steen, Braidwood, 111. ; Royal Secretary, Peter Kerr, Boston, Mass. ; Royal
Treasurer, Arcliibald McLaren, Cleveland^ Ohio.

Uniteil American
695; members, 55,689;
J. Dittess, Philadelphia,
National Secretary, John i




Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo. 301



STATISTICS OF THE PRINCIPAL FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS— Qmf^7l^:€C^.



x^^\taA AmoiHnnn lUprhfLnics. Junior Order of.— Founded 1853; grand councils, 32; sub-
cou?c^ 2 WW^^TembeS iSi^be "efits d"bursed.since organization, §2 010,576; benefits dis-
hn^pdlkst fecal year llde" 431; Nktional Councilor, C. W. Tyler, Kichmonciya ; National Vice-
rScilor PA sSr Pittsburgh, Pa. ; National Secretary, E. S Deemer, Philadelphia.

United FHeSdsrOrdero^ 1881; grand councils 6; sub-councils, 283; members,

T 7 (Â¥W1. benefits d^ursed since organization, $4, 411, 871 ; benefits disbursed last fiscal year, $4^, 781 ;
^mSe?ikia.unciloi E A S Philadelphia; Vice- Councilor George S. Merrill, Boston,

M^s- Recorder B H Burnham, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; Treasurer, A. A Lamgrey, Lawrence Mass.

fT«it^^Workineiir Ancient Order of.-I'ounded 1868; grand lodges 34; sub-lodges, 4,973;
me£be" 341 371;"enefit disb rs" s^^^ $58,1^6 932; benefets ^isbu^ed last fiscal

^1?^ If il6 808- Master Workman, Joseph E. Biggs, Lawrence, Kan. ; Overseer W. S. Bobson La
J^xl^^^^^^i^oxilx -^l V^. Sackett, MeadviUe, Pa. ; Beceiver, Jno J. N. Acker, Albany, K \

A#t'^:St^on «f Ampripa Fraternity of J»Iodern.-rounded 1883; head camp, 1; local
cam^ 3 i83"mem4"ll?403rbeSs disbursed since organization $8,116 135; benefits dis-
ced la4tfisca?^^r $1 104 5U0 Head consul, William A. Northcott, Greenvil e, in. ; Head Ad-
?fser BeS d! sS; Mankato, Minn. ; Head Clerk, Charles W. Hawes, Fulton, 111. ; Head Banker,

^- w^H]ifi?/'^«¥«le''\V^rfd.-Founded 1890; head camps, 2; local camps, 1,362;, members,
Delverf COL ; C?erkf JQlm T^^^^^^ ^ Banker. Prof. F. F. Boose, Omaha, Neb.

General iFetreration of 2mtimen*s (itX\x%%.

OrFICERS.

i>v.^oM.>«/^ATrK: -pilPn M Hpnrotin Illinois. Corresjjondinflr -SfeC ?/— Mrs. Philip N. Moore, Mo.

^^^^7^^' m\^ Marv E Mumford, Pa. Treasttrer-Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, California.

n^!o^dSxa^ec^^^'-^u7i^^^ ^«ditor-Mrs. Fanny Purdy Palmer, B. I.

The Advisory Board is composed of Mrsf Sarah M. Johnson, New Jersey ; Mrs. Julia Ward
TTowP^fisSohusette- Mrs Jennie C. Croly, New York; Mrs. Virginia J. Berryl^ill, Iowa; Mrs. Etta
Hot-?ofSe;?lVs Lucia Eames Blount, District of Columbia ; Miss May E. Steele, Ohio; Mrs.

^H^i^^a^Ll?ir\nrrlT^^^^^^^

AfPPtiSof the Federation are held biennially, the last meeting having been at Philadelphia m May
1894 Sndedbv 325 delegate from thirty-seven States. Three foreign clubs are members of the
lldtvS-the Pioneer Club ^ L ondon, Woman's Club of Bombay , and Educational Club of Ceylon.

SOROSIS.

c5r,-«Yi«;T<? rne first women's club in the United States, was founded at New York in 1868. The
fniiS^laretheoKrSctedatthe annual meeting held in New York City March 18 1895: â– 

^Sif M?s WmLmTodHem First Vlce-rresMsnt, Jennie de la M. Lozier; .S'econ(^ ^ice-

TV^^rf^^V MarvA Newton- T/iird Vice-Aesident, Bev. Phoebe Hannaford; Motive Committee, E.
Resident, M^ry A. f,f !^ri"'/."T^" Vs Warner Sara Conant Ostrom, T, S. Denison, Laura A.

ZiT^f%,\rnrrpZXiw^^^ Jessie C. Lozier; 2V-ea5«rer Sarah E. Youmans;^xfdjtor, Katharine

r -v^ii-mi^fXiyh^ctm-^^^^^ Demorest; ChairTncm on Beception, Minne E Stimpson; CAair-
G. I^oote, Jii«ic«i xi^jecroy, Au rhodrmnn on Art Adelyn Wesley-Smith; Chair rmin on Drama,

man <w^^f \<^'-«^";^^' J^H^^^pg- g^^ Sniith; Chkirman on Scierwe, Dr

KatSfne^- Townsend'; ^"ai^"^ onSSi^nfs^kn KetchuV Bourne; Chairman on House and
Home, C. Lucia Forest; Chairman on Busi ness, Ellen E. Miles.

etincatnxatetr (BVatv of J^oo J^oa*

SUPREME NINE.

Snarkofthe Universe-James'E. Defebaugh, Chicago, IH
«„^.poJrc«-H. H.*He,n/nway, Tomahawk. SgSt&. 1. Sfe!'Sir!S-a,^"-

Scrivenoter-Geom^ K. Smith, St. Louis, Mo. -^ . ^ .^ .

There are thirty -one Vicegerent Snarks for as many States and Territories. „„/, wiinam i?

The -House of Ancients'^ contains two members, B. A. Johnson, Chicago, 111., and William E.

^^The^mSe??f Horrors' ' is composed of Past Vicegerent Snarks, and they alone are eligible to

^^^ Thll'i^rlier founded in 1891 by nine men, at Gurdon, Ark. , who were lumbermen and newspaper

men,has'StfndedSve?th^^^^^

happiness, and long life, ' ' and is purely a social order, and membership is "f 'f l^^^iged to the^^^^^

or to the Scrivenoter, at St Louis. '



302 American Congress of Liberal Religious Societies,



THIS organization was founded bj- the Countess of Meath; now has branches all over the world
and IS rapidly growing in membership. Each national branch has a central secretary to whom all thP
me Uifi^ n^^ report, but each local branch elects its own officers. These exist in almost every State

The members of the Ministering Children's League are children, and associated with them arp
parents, Sunday-school teachers, and others whose privilege it is to watch over the welfare of children
and they join as .' 'associate members. ' ' Children of all ages and denominations are eligible f or meml
bership, and are invited to join; it is especially wished that the older ones become members heraiisp
their example and influence will be of great value among younger brothers and sisters The dbieots nf
the League are stated to.be: "To promote kindness, unselfishness, and the habit of usefulness amonJ
children, and to create m their minds an earnest desire to help the needy and sulferin"- to nid thf
necessities of the poor by suppljnng them with warm clothing, comforts, etc.'' ' The rule o?the I fta^ue
'1 V H^^^ member must try to do at least one kind deed every day. " ' The motto of the Lea^K^
No day without a deed to crown it." Beds in charitable institutions are beii^ snnnmfpH hv
' ' Ministering Children. ' ' A chapel for tlie Indians has been built through the IxertionsoF one little
band of members in New York. '; It is difficult to estimate the good this League has done- but it bal
certainly made ' homes happier, ' taught members to become better sons and daughters kinder hmth
ers and sisters, truer friends, and to be good to dumb beasts. And they are also trained to be useful and
helpful in every practicable way. " i" uc uociui auu

The Honorable Central Secretary and head of the League is the Countess of Meath 83 r anpat,tor
Gate, London, W. England. The Central Secretary of the United States is Mrs. F E Benedict sITef
ferts Place, Brooklyn N.Y., from whom membership cards, costing a nominal sum can be had
Badges, \\;hich are in the form of a small Maltese cross, can be had of Mrs. E G Day 27 West One TTiVn
dredand Twenty.eighth Street, or James Potts & Co. .publishers, Fifth Avenue,New Yok" AU neopT
Be^'uedicT "^ regardmg the forming of branches of this growing order can be obtained ftoni Mrs.

„,.,7?HE following information about this organization was prepared for The World Atmantao h^
William Q. Judge, President of the American Society: "^ J- ^Js- wokld almanac by

The Theosophical Society has been in ex stence twenty vears, having been founded in tvoto v/^rv
in November, 1875, with the following objects: First-To form a nucleus If a UniverJ^lbS^Ier
HOOD OF Hu.MAXiTY without distinction of race,. creed, caste, sex, color. Second-To promotf^he
study of Aryan and other Eastern literatures, religions, and sciences, and demonstrate the imVinrt anno
of ^that study. Third-To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the i^ycSl powerTla^^^^^^^

The society appeals for support and encouragement to all who truly love their fellow men anrl Hpsiro
the eradication o! the evils caused by the barriers raised by race, creed, or color ^^Shavlsolo^^^^^
peded human progress; to all scholars, to all sincere lovers of truth, tvheresoever it. may befouml^d
to all philosopfiers, alike m the East and in the West; and lastly, to all who aspire to higher and better
hin^.than the mere p easures and interests of a worldly life, and are prepared to make the sacrffices
by which alone a knowledge of them can be attained. "ivc lue saciiuces

The society represents no particulaT creed, is entirely unsectarian, and includes professors of all
faiths. No person's religious beliefs are interfered with, and all that is exacted from each member is
the same toleration of the views of othei-s which he desires them to exhibit towards his mvn Thp
society, as a bocly^ eschews politics and all subjects outside its declared sphere of" work the rules
stringently forbidding membei-s to compromise its strict neutrality in these matters

As a condition precedent to membership, belief in and adherence to the first of the above-named
objects IS required; as to the other two, members may pursue them or not as they see fit The nSof
J?i"'9^ the society, therefore, carries with it no obligation whatever to profess belief in either the nrac-
ticabihty of presently realizing the brotherhood of mankind, or in the superior value of Arvan over
modern science, or the existence of occult powers latent in man. It implies only intellectufll svmn^Hw
in the attempt to disseminate tolerant and^brptherly feelings, to discover as much trmh as can b^e un^
SSIIeSilbrothlrhood experimentation, and to essay the formation of a nucleus of a

There are several great divisions of Theosophists. One is in India, another in Eurone one in \ns
tralasia, and the largest in America, above named. The original President of the movement is Col
Henrys. Olcott, nowatAdyar, Madras, India. Many branches have been formed throughout the
world, and all are, like the Freemasons, autonomous and independent =.""">' Lue

The American Society has jurisdiction in North and South America. There is an AmericRn hpnd
Quarters at Ivo. 144 Madison Avenue, New York, where the society owns a large house and where a
Theosophical meeting is held every Tuesday evening and a public lecture given each Sunday even ne-
The American society now has 91 branches, located in mostof the principal cities and in maiiv smaller
towns. Addresses may be obtained from the headquarters at No. 144 Madison Avenue New VoVv
Inquirers and applicants can address the President as above, enclosing a stamp, and will' thenreceive
further information and application blanks. i , « v* vmi vuvu ieteive

American Q^tsn^xtnn of fLitJtral iUrlistou.is <^ocittirs.

Objects. -To unite in a larger fellowship and co-operation such existing societies and liberal ele-
ments as are in sympathy with the movement towards undogmatic religion; to foster and encoura-e
the organization of non-sectarian churches and kindred societies on the Isasis of absolute mental
liberty; to secure a closer and more helpful association of all these in the thought and work of the
world under the great law and life of love; to develop the church of humanity democratic in o?-ani
zation, progressive in spirit, aiming at. the development of pure and high character holij table to all
torms of bought cherishing the spiritual traditions and experiences Sf the p^t! butieSe itstlf
open to all new light and the higher developments of the future Jieeping useit



JReligiotcs Statistics.



303



HXtliQioxtu .Statistics.



NUMBERS IN THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CREED.
The following estim:?tes,by il. Fournier de Flaix, are the latest that have been made by a compe-
i tent authority. (See Quarterly of the American Statistical Association for March, 1892. )



Crkkds.



1 Christianity

2 Worship of Ancestors

Confucianism

3 Hindooisni

4 Mohammedanism



and



No. of Followers.



Creeds.



477,080,158

256,000,000
190,000,000
176,834,372



5 Buddhism...
j6 Taoism

7 ShintDism ...

8 Judaism

|9 Polvtheism.,



No. of Followers.

T47,900.000

43.000 000

14.000.000

7,186.000

117,681,669



CHRISTIANITY.



Churches.



Catholic Church

Protestant Churches

Orthodox Greek: Church.,

Church of Abyssinia

Coptic Church



Total.



230,866,533

143,237,625

98.016,000

3,000,000

120,000



Churches.



Armenian Church.

Nestorians

Jacobites



l!



Total.

1,690.000
80.000
70,000

477,080,158



DISTRIBUTION OF SEMITIC ARYAN RACES.



Geographical
Divisions.



Europe....
America .
Oceanica .
Africa ....
Asia



Christianity.



Catholic
Church.



160,165,000

58,393,882

6,574,481

2,655,920

3,007,250



Total â–  230.866.533



Protestant
Churches.



80,812,000

57,294,014

2,724,781

/ 1,744,080

662,750

143,237,625



Orthodox
Churches.



89,196,000
8,820,000



Moham-
medanism.



6,629,000



24,699,787

36,000,000

109,535,585



98,016,000 1 176,834,372



Judaism.



6,456,000
*130,000



400,000
200,000



7,186,000



RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS OF EUROPE.



Countries.



Russia

Germany

Austria- Hungary

France

United Kingdom ..

Italy

Spain

Belgium

Roumania

Ottoman Empire..

Netherlands

Portugal

Sweden

Switzerland.....

Denmark:

Greece

Servia

Bulgaria

Norway

Roumelia

Montenegro

Luxembourg

Malta

Gibraltar



Catholic
Church.



Protestant
Churches.



9,600,000
17,100,000
31,100,000
35,387.000

6.5oo;ooo

29; 850, 000

16,850,000

5,880,000

100,000

320.000

1,545,000

4,300,000

1,000

1,172,000

3,000

10,000

6,000

29,000

1,000

30,000

5,000

200,000

160,0.0

16,000



3,400,000

29.478,000

3,900.000

580.000

30,100,000

62 000

29.000

15,000

15,000

11.000

2,756,000



4,698,000

1,710,000

2,089,000

10,000

1,000



Total 1160,165,000



1,958,00C



Orthodox |
Churches. |

"73,310,000
3,100,000



Jews.



4,800,000
1,700,000



^lo^^mme-l^^^^l^ggifie^



80,812,000



1,930,000
1,973,000
1,393,000

700,000
290,000



89,196.000



3,400,000

590,000

1,700.000

49.000

100,000

38,000

5,000

3,000

400,000,

60,000

83,000



3,000,000



2,000
8,000
4,000
5,000
5,000



4,000



30,000
2,708,000



290,000
32,000

100,000
84,000

500,000
50,000



2,000
55,000
70,000
16,000

1,000

1,000
10,000

4,000



45,000

15,000

571,000



240,000



1,000
2,000
1,000



6, 456.0001 6,629,000, 1, 219.000



ENGLISH-SPEAKING RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES OF THE WORLD.



Episcopalians 29,200.000

Methodists of all descriptions i 18.6.50.000

Roman Catholics ! 15,600 000

Pi'esbyterians of all desfriptions 12,250.000

Baptists of all descriptions 9,230.000

Congregationalists I 6,150 000

FreeThnikers ' 5.250,000



Lutherans, etc

Unitarians

Minor religious sects

Of no particular religion..



,!

\\ English-speaking population.



2.800.000
2,600.000
5,600.000
17.000,000

124,130,000



A very large number-more than 18,000,000-of Hindoos, Mohammedans, Buddhists,and others ni
the East also speak and read English. iook

The estimates in the la^t table are from Whitaker's (London) Almanack, lb»&. x>..^r^=f o„ta in

The E-cyclopedia Brifanniccu last edition, makes a rough estimate of numbers of Protestajitsin

the world speaking all civilized languages, and places the Lutherans at the head, wnh ojeJ^,^A uw, <juu

members (mostly"" in Germany and Scandinavia), and the Anglican Church second, wltn aoout

20,000,000 members, *Uni ted States census of 1890.



304



Religious Denominations in the United States.



mrlisiotis Benomtnatioitis in tijc WLnitt^ .States.

(1894-95.)

(Statistics of Churclies and Communicants or Members compiled from returns in The Indenendent and
of Church Property from the census returns of 1890. by Dr. Henry K Carroll, speciKS



Dbnominations.



Adventists :

Evangelical

Advent Christians

Seventh-Day

Church of God

Life and Advent Union. . .
Churches of God in Christ
Jesus



All Advent Bodies.



Baptists :

Regular, North, . , , ,

Regular, South

Regular, Colored

Six Principles

Seventh-Day

Freewill

Original Freewill

General...

United .'

Separate

Baptist Church of Chi-ist. . . .

Primitive

Old Two Seed in the Spirit
Fredeslinariaus






30

600

1,015

29

28

95



All Baptist Bodies.



1,797



7,836

17,824

12,462

IS

90

1,636

167

420

204

24

152

3,500

473



Value of

Church

Propertv,

lb90."



$61,400

465,605

645,075

1,400

16,790

46,075



Commu-
nicants or
Members.



1,147

26,250

33,169

647

1,018



2,872



Bekthrev (Rivek):

Brethren in Christ

Old Order, or Yorker..
United Zion's Children.



Total (River) Brethren. .

Bkethbkjt (Plymouth):

Brethren (I.)

Brethren (II.)

Brethren (III.)

Brethren (IV.)



Total (Plymouth) Brethren

Catholics :

Roman Catholic

Greek Catholic (Uniates). . . .

Russian Orthodox

Greek Orthodox

Armenian

Old Catholic

Reformed Catholic



44,707

78

8

25



111



109
88
86
31



$1,236,345



49,524,504

18,152,599

9,082,587

19,500

265,260

3,115,642

57,005

201,140

80,150

9,200

66,755

1,591,651

172,230



$82,328,123

73,050
8,300



314



12,293
14
12
3
6
5
S



All Catholic Bodies .
Catholic Apostolic. . .

Chinese Temples

1 Christadelphians



$81,350



1,266

200



$1,465



118,069,746

63,300

220,000

6,000

" 13,320



Christians:

Christian Connection

Christian Church, South. . .



Total Christians

Christian Missionary Asso.

Christl&n Scientists

Christian Union



Church of God (AVinnk-
brenabian)



Church Triumphant
(SCHWSnrFUETH)



12,341
.10
47
63



1,500
157



Church of thb New Jerusa-
lem t



1,457

13

221

294

560

12

102



$118,371,366

66,050

62,000

2,700



1,637,202
138,000



$1,775,202

3,900

40,666

234,450

643,185

15,000

1,386,455



65,103



817,534

1,387,060

1,292,394

937

8,531

84,381

11,864

22,000

13,209

1,599

8,264

125,000

12,851



3,785,740



2,688
214
625



3,427



2,289

2,419

1,235

718



6,661



7.474,850

10,850

13,504

200

336

700

1,000



7,501,4.19
1,394

1,277



94,870
14,951



109,821

754

8,724

18,214

36,000

384

6,075



Denominations.



Commu.mstic Societies: (a)

Shakers

Amana

Harmony

Separatists

New Icaria

Altruists

Adonai Shomo

Church Triumphant (Kore-
shan Ekxilesia)



All Communistic Societies



Congregation alists

Disciples of Christ

Dunkards:

Dunkards, or German Bap-
tists (Congregational)...

Dunkards, or German Bap-
tists (Old Order)

Dunkards, or German Bap'
tists (Progressive)

Seventh-Day Baptkts, Ger. .



All Dunkard Bodies.



Episcopalians:
Protestant Episcopal.
Reformed Episcopal.



Total Episcopalians. . .

Evangelical Bodies (b).

Friends:

Friends (Orthodox)

Friends (Hicksite)

Friends (Wilburite)

Friends (Primitive)



Total Friends

Friends of the Temple, . . .

German Evang. Protestant.

German Evang. Synod. . . .

Jewish Congregations:

Orthodox

Reformed



Total Jewish Bodies.



15



5

32

5,400

8,768

720

130

130
6



1,016



5,803
94



5,897
2,945'

800

201

53

9



1,063

4

55

978

326

217



542



Latteb-Day Saints:

Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-Day Saints %...
Reorg. Ch. of Jesus Christ of

Latter-Day Saints §

Total Latter-Day Saints..

Lutherans:
(General Bodies):

General Synod

United Synod in South. . . .

General Council

Synodical Conference

United Norwegian

(Independent Synods):
Joint Synod of Ohio, etc. .

German of Iowa

Buffalo Synod

Hauge's Synod

Norwegian Ch. in Amer..
Danish Church in America.
German Augsburg Synod. .
Danish Ch. Associ.ition,. . .

Icelandic Synod

Immanuel Synod

Suomai Synod

Slavonian Synod

Independent Congregations

All Lutheran Bodies 9,283



552

431
983



1,465
382
1,720
2,234
1,028

648

661

31

200

581

136

24

75

23

22

35

7

112



Value of

Church

Property,

1890.



136,800

15,000

10,000

3,000



6,000
36,000



Commu-
nicants or
Members.



$106,800

43,335,437
12,206,038



1,121,541
80,770

145,770

14,650



$1,362,631



81,220,317
1,616,101



$82,835,418
4,785,680

2,795,784

1,661,860

6,700

16,700



$4,541,334

15,300_

1,187,450

4,614,490

2,802,050
6,952,225



$9,754,275

825,506
226,285



$1,051,791



8,919,170

1,114,065

11,119,286

7,804,313



1,639,087

"84,410

214,395

806,825

129,700

111,060

44,775

7,200

94,200

12,898



591,317
9,447



600,704
147,849



81,250

21,992

4,329

232



107,803

340

36,500

175,667

60,200
78,300



138,500

201,587
22,000



2.;3,587



169,871
35,110
302,355
456,883
107,830

71,768

52,903

3,823

14,310

66,221

10,500

7,010

5,500

5,300

6,500

2,750

500

18,000



$33,810,609| 1,327,134



Sunday- School Statistics of All Countries.



305



RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES— Cojifowited.



Denominations.



Mbnnonites :

Mennonite

Bruederhoef (Commuifistic).

Amish

Old Amish

Apostolic

Reformed

General Conference

Church of God in Christ

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