504 



LUTHERANS. 



of loyalty in the island chiefs, which has suf- 

 fered some diminution of late years. Though 

 cordial and friendly to the United States, King 

 Lunalilo had steadfastly opposed the annexa- 

 tion of the Sandwich Islands, either to Great 

 Britain or the United States, and had refused 

 his assent to a treaty of reciprocity which 



should include the cession of a harbor to the 

 United States. The finances of the islands had 

 somewhat improved under his administration. 

 t LUTHERANS. The following are the sta- 

 tistics of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 

 the United States, as given in Kurtz's Lu- 

 theran Almanac for 1875 : 



SYNODS. 



Ministers. 



Churches. 



I. DISTRICT SYNODS IN THE GENERAL COUNCIL IN AMERICA. 



1. New York Ministerinm 73 70 



2. Synod of Pennsylvania 170 344 



3. Pittsburg Synod (Pennsylvania) 55 120 



4. English District Synod of Ohio 26 58 



5. Synod of Indiana 14 39 



6. Synod of Michigan 30 83 



7. Swedish Angustana Synod (Northwest) 93 211 



8. Synod of Texas 27 25 



9. Sjnod of Canada 21 57 



10. Holston Synod (Tennessee) 11 25 



Total 510 982 



II. DISTRICT SYNODS IN THE (SOUTHERN) GENERAL SYNOD OF NORTH AMERICA. 



1. Synod of Virginia 27 58 



2. Synod of Southwestern Virginia 21 40 



3. Synod of South Carolina 32 45 



4. Synod of Georgia 11 14 



5. Synod of Mississippi 10 12 



Total 101 169 



III. DISTRICT SYNODS IN THE SYNODICAL CONFERENCE OF NORTH AMERICA. 



1. Joint Synod of Missouri, etc. (five districts) 525 670 



2. Joint Synod of Ohio (three districts) 161 256 



3. Synod of Illinois 30 87 



4. Synod of Wisconsin 65 128 



5. Synod of Minnesota 25 63 



6. Synod for the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America 102 391 



Total 908 1,545 



IV. DISTRICT SYNODS IN THE GENERAL SYNOD OF THE UNITED STATES OF 



AMERICA. 



1. Synod of New York and New Jersey 36 45 



2. Hartwick Synod (New York) 35 32 



3. Frankean Synod (New York) , 24 33 



4. Synod of East Pennsylvania 62 86 



5. Snsquehanna Synod 82 54 , 



6. Synod of West Pennsylvania 61 111 



7. Synod of Central Pennsylvania 31 85 



8. Alleghany Synod (Pennsylvania) 48 110 



9. Pittsburg Synod (Pennsylvania) 25 50 



10. Synod of Maryland... 70 86 



11. German Synod of Maryland 10 14 



12. East Ohio Synod 49 83 



13. Wittenberg Synod (Ohio) .' 40 48 



14. Miami Synod (Ohio) 25 49 



15. Synod of Northern Indiana 39 73 



16. Olive Branch Synod (Indiana) 16 35 



17. Synod of Northern Illinois 38 67 



18. Synod of Southern Illinois 18 28 



19. Synod of Central Illinois 39 43 



20. Synod of Iowa 23 85 



21. Synod of Kansas 30 29 



22. Synod of Nebraska ' 8 20 



23. Swedish Ansgari Synod ,. 10 12 



Total 769 1,228 



OTHER SYNODS. 



1. Synod of Iowa (German) . 109 183 



2. Tennessee Synod 21 68 



3. Synodof North Carolina 19 41 



4. Evangelical Lutheran Synod in America (Eilsen's) 22 100 



5. Buffalo Synod, Grabau's (New York) 12 15 



6. Buffalo Synod, No. 2 9 13 



7. Concordia Synod (Virginia) 



8. Conference for the Norwegian Danish Lutheran Church in America 195 



9. Swedish Evangelical Lutheran.Mission Synod (Northwest) 10 



10. Norwegian-Danish Augustaaa Synod (Northwest) 14 43 



Total ; 271 695 



Danish Church in America 9 20 



Grand total, 54 Synods , 2,568 4,639 



