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CONGREGATIONALISTS. 



and 1882 dividends of 7 per cent, and others 

 paid as much on stock which had been largely 

 increased, in the case of the Rock Island Rail- 

 road actually doubled. The coal roads, except 

 those which are in liquidation, have resumed 

 the payment of dividends. The railroads of 

 the South show the least profitable business, 

 though in some of their reports marked signs 

 of progress are seen. 



CONGREGATIONALISTS. The following 

 is a summary of the statistics of the Congrega- 

 tional churches in the United States, as they 

 are given in the "Congregational Year-Book" 

 for 1882 : 



Of the churches, 2,858 were entered as 

 "with pastors," and 946 as "vacant." Of 

 the ministers, 2,450 were "in pastoral work," 

 and 1,263 were "not in pastoral work." The 

 foreign missionaries are not included in the 

 enumeration of ministers. Whole number of 

 baptisms ^ during the year, 5,560 of adults, and 

 4,309 of infants ; number of additions by pro- 

 fession of faith, 11,311 ; number of families in 

 the churches, 195,748 ; number of persons in 

 Sunday-schools, 447,413. Total amount of be- 

 nevolent contributions, $1,227,108; amount of 

 contributions for home expenditures, $2,810,- 

 333. 



The seven theological seminaries Andovef, 

 Mass. ; Bangor, Me. ; Chicago, 111. ; Hartford, 

 Conn. ; Oberlin, Ohio ; Oakland, Cul. (Pacific), 

 and New Haven, Conn. (Yale) returned for 

 1881, 32 professors, 27 lecturers, 13 resident 

 licentiates, 21 members of graduating classes, 

 and a total of 275 students. 



AMEEIOAN CONGEEG ATIONAL BENEVOLENT SO- 

 CIETIES. The annual meeting of the American 

 Congregational Union was held in New York 

 city, May llth. The receipts of the society 

 for the year had been $51,322, or $7,599 more 

 than those of the previous year. Pledges of 

 aid had been made to 103 churches and grants 

 to 72 churches, the whole amounting to $45,- 

 135. It was stated that three fourths of the 

 Congregational churches in the United States 

 had made no contribution to the Union. 



The second anniversary of the New West Edu- 

 cational Commission was held in Chicago, 111., 

 in May. The income of the society for the year 

 had been $34,716, and it had a balance in the 

 treasury of $311. The schools under its care 

 were represented as being well attended, espe- 

 cially those in Utah ; and the academies at Salt 

 Lake City, Utah ; Albuquerque and Las Vegas, 

 N. M. ; and Trinidad, Col., had been prosperous. 

 Of the eleven common schools, all of which 

 were in Utah, six had been started during the 

 year. They were attended by Mormons, " apos- 

 tates," and " Gentiles." 



The annual meeting of the American Home 

 Missionary Society was held in the city of New 

 York, May 10th. The receipts of the society 

 for the year had been $340,778, a sum in excess 

 of the receipts of any previous year. A bal- 

 ance in the treasury of $27,935 was reported. 

 One thousand and seventy missionaries and su- 

 perintendents had been employed, 38 more than 

 in the previous year. Reports suggesting modi- 

 fications in the constitution and administration 

 of the society were presented by committees 

 which had been appointed at a previous meet- 

 ing, and by the Triennial Council of Congrega- 

 tional Churches in the United States, and were 

 received with considerable differences of opin- 

 ion. They were referred to a new committee 

 of nine persons, which was directed to consider 

 and report upon their provisions so far as they 

 relate to constitutional changes; to report at 

 the next annual meeting of the society any 

 amendments to the constitution which it may 

 think fit to recommend ; and to publish its re- 

 port in the denominational papers before Sep- 

 tember, 1882. 



The annual meeting of the American Mis- 

 sionary Association was held in Cleveland, 

 Ohio, October 24th, 25th, and 26th. The Hon. 

 William B. Washburn, of Massachusetts, pre- 

 sided. The total receipts of the Association for 

 the year had been $298,103, and the expendi- 

 tures had been $297,313. Of the expenditures 

 $230,733 had been applied to the work in the 

 South, $12,454 to that among the Chinese, 

 $2,020 to that among the Indians, and $16,801 

 to the foreign mission. Fifty-seven schools 





