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New York, 43,982 the Middle States, 98,928 

 the Western and Northwestern States, 23,468 

 the Eastern States, 2,703 the Southern States, 

 3,201 Canada, and 33 South America. 



UNIVERSALISTS. The following is a 

 summary of the statistics of the Universalist 

 Churches in the United States and the British 

 Provinces, as they are given in the Unwerial- 

 itt Register and Almanac for 1874: 



The number of associations reported is 74; 

 nnmber of ministers, 657 ; of Sunday-schools, 

 661; of members of Sunday-schools, 54,532; 

 nnmber of meeting-houses, 761 ; estimated 

 value of the same, $7,845,447. 



The following is a list of the educational in- 

 stitutions of the Universalists, with the nnmber 

 of students in each : Tnfts College and Tufts 

 Divinity School, College Hill, Mass., 80 stu- 

 dents; Lombard University, Galesburg, 111., 

 100 students; St. Lawrence University and 

 Canton Theological School, Canton, N. Y., 79 

 students; Smithson College, Logansport, Ind., 

 90 students; Bnchtel College, Akron, Ohio, 

 2'>o students ; Liberal Institute, Clinton, N. Y., 

 125 students; Westbrook Seminary, Deering, 

 Me., 175 students; Green Mountain Perkins 

 Academy, South Woodstock, Vt, 53 students ; 

 r.nldard Seminary, Barre, Vt., 80 students; 

 Liberal Institute, Jefferson, Wis., 60 students; 

 Denn Academy, Franklin, Mass., 90 students; 

 Mitchell Seminary, Mitchellville, Iowa, 68 stu- 

 dents ; total, twelve literary and two theologi- 



cal schools, 1,195 students. Ninety-eight pro- 

 fessors and teachers were employed in these 

 institutions in 1873. The estimated value of 

 their assets was, in round numbers, $2,295,000. 

 Five weekly newspapers, one bi-weekly 

 periodical, one monthly, one literary and re- 

 ligious monthly periodical, one quarterly re- 

 view, and tbree Sunday -school papers, are pub- 

 lished in the interest of the Universalist de- 

 nomination. The Universalist Publishing-House 

 at Boston was founded in 1862, and has net as- 

 sets amounting to $37,976.09. It owns the 

 title and copyright of 119 volumes, and pub- 

 lishes six periodicals. 



The General Convention, embracing the 

 United States and British Provinces, meets an- 

 nually on the third Wednesday of September. 

 It was incorporated March 9, 1866. It is com- 

 posed of the presidents (or in their absence, 

 the vice-president) and secretaries of the State 

 Conventions, together with delegates from 

 State Conventions, in the following propor- 

 tion, viz. : 1. Every State Convention regu- 

 larly admitted to fellowship is entitled to one 

 clerical and two lay delegates. 2. If it have in 

 its fellowship an aggregate of fifty parishes 

 and clergymen, it is entitled to two clerical 

 and four lay delegates ; and for every addition- 

 al fifty parishes and clergymen, to one clerical 

 and two lay delegates. 3". If there be one or 

 more organized parishes in a State where there 

 is no convention, said parish or parishes may 

 choose one delegate, who shall be entitled to 

 full membership in the General Convention ; 

 provided, however, that to be counted on this 

 basis of representation every parish must main- 

 tain its legal existence and support public 

 worship, and every clergyman must be actively 

 engaged in the work of the ministry, unless 

 disabled by years or sickness. The General 

 Convention is the court of final appeal in all 

 cases of dispute and difficulty between State 

 Conventions, and in all cases of discipline and 

 questions of government not provided for and 

 settled by subordinate bodies. It has original 

 jurisdiction in States and Territories where no 

 conventions are organized. 



The General Convention of Universalists in 

 the United States met at Washington, D. C., 

 September 16, 1873. The Rev. A. A. Miner, 

 D. D., was elected president. The treasurer 

 reported that the aggregate amount of the 

 Murray Centenary Fund in his hands on the 

 10th of September was $120,939.44; and that 

 the Ballon Centenary Fund had remained in its 

 original form, but was steadily accumulating 

 interest, which will be added to the principal 

 when received. The Murray Centenary Fund 

 was originated by the General Convention 

 of 1869, which proposed to raise under that 

 name a permanent fund of $200,000, the in- 

 come of which should be expended in aid of 

 theological students, the distribution of the de- 

 nominational literature, and in church exten- 

 sion. The Ballon Centenary Fund consists of 

 a gift of $100 from Mr. R. A. Ballou, with 



