122 



COjSTGKEGATIOSrALISTS. 



The following is a statement of the imports 

 of a few leading articles of general merchandise 

 at New York, from foreign ports for four years 



COffGREGATIOSTALISTS. This religious 

 denomination prevails most extensively in the 

 Few-England States. They derive their name 

 chiefly from the form of their church organiza- 

 tion, which embraces the whole body, and is 

 strictly congregational. 



I. AMEKIOA. The following table exhibits 

 the growth of the Oongregationalists in 

 churches, members, and Sunday-school schol- 

 ars in the last ten years : 



^ The following table gives some further sta- 

 tistical information : 



The following statistics of Congregational- 

 ism, in the United States and British colonies, 

 were reported in the Congregational Quarter- 

 ly, for January, 1869 : 



The number of churches not supplied with 

 ministers was six hundred and fifty-three in 

 the United States, and six hundred and ninety 

 in all America. 



II. ENGLAND. The Congregational Year- 

 "boolc, for 1869 reports the following statistics 

 of Congregationalism in Great Britain and the 

 British dependencies: 



* Three churches, but no ministers or members re- 

 ported. 





