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LTTBECK. 



LUTHERANS. 



one time a course of theological studies with a 

 view of entering the ministry in the Presby- 

 terian Church, but at length decided to remain 

 in secular life. For many years he represented 

 Butler County, Pa., in the State Legislature, 

 and, in 1819, was chosen IT. S. Senator from 

 Pennsylvania. At the close of his term, in 

 1825, he was chosen Secretary of the Senate, 

 and continued in that position till December, 

 1836, a period of eleven years. He then re- 

 signed to accept the secretaryship of the Pres- 

 byterian Board of Foreign Missions. This im- 

 portant post he filled for thirty-two years, 

 assisted of late years by his son, Rev. 

 John C. Lowrie, D. D., and Rev. Dr. 

 Irving. Two of his sons have been foreign 

 missionaries. Mr. Lowrie was distinguished, 

 as a Senator and as Secretary of the Senate, 

 for remarkable executive ability and skill in 

 the dispatch of business, and he brought these 

 excellent qualities, as well as a rare tact and 

 judgment in the trying and difficult duties of 

 his position, into service in his connection with 

 the Board of Missions. Ever faithful, disin- 

 terested, and self-denying, he had the gratifi- 

 cation of witnessing during his long term of 

 service the rapid growth of the missions of the 

 Board and their greatly-increased efficiency. 



LtTBECK, a free city belonging to the North- 

 German Confederation. Area (since the ces- 

 sion of Bergedorf to Hamburg, August 8, 186T), 

 67 square miles; population in 186V, 48,538; 

 in 1862, 44,357, increase in five years, 9.42 per 

 cent. The city of Lubeck, inclusive of the 

 suburbs, has 36,353 inhabitants, and the country 

 districts 12,185. Nearly the whole of the popu- 

 lation belong to the Lutheran Church, only 

 about 500 belonging to the Reformed Church. 

 Presiding Burgomaster, in 1868, Dr. 0. L. Roeck. 

 In the budget for 1868, the revenue and ex- 

 penditure is fixed at 1,852,000 marks each (2^ 

 marks = 1 Prussian thaler, or 97 cents gold). 

 Public debt, at the beginning of the year 1868, 

 19,403,800 marks. The army was dissolved Oc- 

 tober 1, 1867, and those liable to military duty 

 enter the Prussian army. The imports, in 1867, 

 were valued at 80,960,000 marks courant ; in 

 1866, at 80,640,000 courant. The countries 

 chiefly concerned in the comnlerce are the fol- 

 lowing (value expressed in millions of marks) : 



at Baltimore) gives the following statistical 

 view of the Lutheran Church in the United 

 States in the year 1868 : 



The movement of shipping in 1867 was as 

 follows: arrivals, 1,638 vessels (532 steamers), 

 117,801 lasts (of 4,000 pounds each); clear- 

 ances, 1,631 vessels (530 steamers), 177,066 

 lasts. The merchant navy, at the beginning 

 of the year 1868, embraced 43 vessels (17 

 steamers), 5,08S lasts. 



LUTHERANS. 1. UNITED STATES. The 

 Lutheran Church Almanac for 1869 (published 



The statistics given in the Lutheran Church 

 Almanac for 1869 (published by S. K. Brobst, 

 Allentown, 1869) somewhat differ from the 

 above figures, giving a total of 47 synods, 1,855 

 ministers, 3,238 congregations, and 372,905 



