MORAVIANS. 



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end the corruption and demoralizing influence of 

 what is euphoniously called government patronage 

 shall be removed from our political life. We, there- 

 fore, denounce, as hostile to vital republican prin- 

 ciples, that shameless abuse of the Executive power 

 which failed to control an election in this State, but, 

 unmindful of popular rebuke, has since endeavored 

 to control both elections and conventions in other 

 States. 



5. That, adhering firmly to these and other prin- 

 ciples enunciated by the convention from which we 

 derive our only authority, we avow our readiness to 

 recognize as true Eepublicans and to cooperate with 

 any who, holding these principles in good faith, 

 stand ready to work with us for their practical real- 

 ization. 



The following resolution was also unani- 

 mously adopted: 



Resolved, That this committee, believing that it 

 has no power to disband itself, or to consolidate with 

 any other body not equally authorized by the State 

 Convention from which it derives its trust, cannot 

 entertain any proposition for consolidation with any 

 other committee, but hereby expresses its willing- 

 ness to call a State Convention of Liberal Kepubk- 

 cans, to take into consideration measures for the 

 unity of the party, at the same time and place with 

 any similar convention which may be called, not 

 earlier than February 15, 1872, by another Kepubli- 

 can committee. 



Subsequently, an address was issued, dwell- 

 ing more at length on the achievements and 

 purposes of the "liberal movement," and call- 

 ing a mass meeting to be held at Jefferson 

 City on the 24th of January, 1872. 



On the 9th of January, 1872, the Central 

 Committee of the Democratic party issued an 

 address, in which they recounted the results of 

 what was known as the "fusion policy" of 

 the Democrats in the State canvass of 1870, and 

 recommended the adoption of a similar policy 

 in the presidential canvass of 1872, viz., that 

 of making no nomination, but supporting the 

 candidate of the disaffected Republicans, as 

 against the regular party nominee. 



MORAVIANS. The statistics of the 

 churches of the Northern District of the 

 American Province were on the 31st day of 

 December, 1871, as follows: Communicants, 

 6,688 ; non-communicants, over fifteen years 

 of age, 1,277; children, 4,061; total, 12,026. 

 The Indian missions at New Fairfield, Cal., 

 and at New Westfield, Kas., reported separate- 

 ly, 54 communicants, 39 non-communicants, 70 

 children ; total, 163. The number of Sunday- 

 school scholars in the churches and the mis- 

 sions was 5,661 ; of officers and teachers, 607. 

 The statistics of the Southern District were as 

 follows: Communicants, 1,127; non-commu- 

 nicants, 146 ; children, 582; total, 1,855 ; Sun- 

 day-school scholars, 745 ; officers and teachers, 

 90. 



The German Province returned, for 1870, 

 4,974 communicants, and a total Moravian 

 population of 7,435 ; the Bohemian Mission, 

 communicants, 21 ; total, 33 ; the British Prov- 

 ince, communicants, 3,236; total, 5,423. 



Total number of communicants in the Amer- 

 ican and European Provinces, 16,100. 



Total Moravian population 26,935 



To this number add the congregations of the mis- 



eions 63,854 



The missionaries and their children 400 



The congregations of the " Diaspora " 100,000 



Total number of persons connected with the Mo- 

 ravian churches and missions 196,189 



The increase of the Unity's missions for 

 1870 was, from collections in congregations, 

 $16,226 ; from contributions of individuals 

 and societies, $44,780 ; from interests of en- 

 dowment funds, $11,575; from other inter- 

 ests, $416. Total, $72,997. 



The principal missionary associations of the 

 Moravian Church are the Brethren's Society 

 for the Furtherance of the Gospel among the 

 Heathen, founded 1741; the Society of the 

 United Brethren for propagating the Gospel 

 among the Heathen, Bethlehem, Pa., founded 

 1787; the Mission Society at Zeist, Holland, 

 founded 1793 ; the London Association in Aid 

 of the missions of the United Brethren, found- 

 ed 1817; the "Wachovia Society of the United 

 Brethren for propagating the Gospel among 

 the Heathen, Salem, N. C., founded 1823 ; the 

 Missionary Union of North Schleswig, founded 

 1843. There are also several auxiliary socie- 

 ties in the United States. 



A mission-house at Kleinmelke, Saxony, 

 was formally dedicated and opened on the 4th 

 of September. 



The following is a summary of the reports 

 of the missions : 



1. Mission Provinces, 16, namely, Greenland 

 (6 stations), Labrador (5), North-American 

 Indians (3), St. Thomas (3) and St. Jan (2), St. 

 Croix (3), Jamaica (14), Antigua (8), St. Kitts 

 (4), Barbadoes (4), Tobago (2), Mosquito Coast 

 CO, Surinam (13), South Africa, West (7), 

 South Africa, East (5), Australia (2), West 

 Himalaya (2). 



2. Station* and Out-Stations, 98. (See 

 above.) 



3. Laborers. The total of missionaries 

 (male and female), 307 (of whom 12 are na- 

 tives) ; lay agents, 9 ; native assistant mis- 

 sionaries, 9; native leaders (of meetings), 

 111 ; native helpers (male and female), 1,379 ; 

 teachers in day-schools, 276 (173 male, and 

 103 female) ; monitors, 611 ; teachers in Sun- 

 day-schools, 1,035. 



4. Converts. Baptized adults, 35,668 (an 

 increase of 569); candidates, 2,540; "new 

 people," 3,721 ; under church discipline, 

 3,404 ; baptized children, 23,521. 



5. Schools. Training-schools (for assistants 

 and teachers) 7, with 97 pupils ; day schools, 

 210, with 762 teachers, 611 monitors, and 16,- 

 447 pupils; Sunday-schools, 92, with 12,787 

 pupils (of whom 5,446 are adults, and 1,035 

 teachers). 



6. Recapitulation. Provinces, 16; stations 

 and out-stations, 98 (preaching places are not 

 included in this number) ; laborers, of all 

 classes, 3,737; schools, of all classes, 309; 

 converts, 68,854. 



The converts are distributed among the 



