674 



PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Number of dioceses t 52 Missions assembles), and it is charged with taking 



Number of missionary jurisdictions 18 &n necessary action in rega rd to the missionary 



Candidates' for orders'. '. .' .' .' '. '. '. ".'.'.".'.'.'I.'"!.'"."!!!! 582 work of the Church. The Board of Managers is 



Priests 8,865 selected from the Missionary Council, com pris- 



Deacons... 318 n g ne presiding bishop as president, and 15 



Whole number of clergy 4.250 u- u -IE- i -i c i 



Lay readers 1,806 other bishops, 15 presbyters, and 15 laymen. 



Number of parishes 8,327 This board is charged with the management 



Church edifices (2,281 being free churches and of the general missions of the Church, and, 

 Rectories . i'52i wnen the Board of Missions is not in session, it 

 Baptisms (infants, 147,287 ; adults, 36,023) ISS^SIO exercises all the corporate powers of the Domes- 

 Confirmations !?'HnK tic and Foreign Missionary Society. All other 



SEES! 5 !"??.' :""."".:'.:::':::::: i ::'::::::::::: *$$* bishops of the church, together with the secre- 



FunenTis. I 96*238 tary and the treasurer of the society and of the 



Number of families 2 ^'o 6 I Board of Managers, are ex officio members of the 



SSSSSSStt::::::::::::::::::::::::::: JSK Board of Missions, but have not the right to 



Pupils in parish schools 10,246 vote. The board divides its work between a do- 



Churcb hospitals mestic and a foreign committee, with headquar- 



Orphanages .. ^ ^ers, mission rooms, etc., in New York city. The 



Academic' institutions '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.,'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. ...... '.'. 129 triennial meeting of the Board <of Missions was 



Collegiate institutions 13 held in Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, Oct. 



Theological I institutions 20 7 an d by adjournment there were held sessions 



Other institutions.. to > , - 1 , m , . 



Contributions and offerings: on six other days. The meetings were large- 

 Diocesan . $3,205,384 4 i ly attended, and ardent zeal in the good cause 



Parochial 88 .630. 2S6 56 wag man if es t e d. Eloquent addresses were made 



Beyond the diocese 3,730,858 74. ,, lu-uu 



by clergymen and laymen, and high hopes were 



Aggregate, or total $40,566,529 > expressed of being able, by God's help, to in- 



The General Convention. This body, which crease the efficiency of the society's work both 



under the constitution of the Protestant Episco- at home and abroad. 



pal Church is the supreme legislature of that Domestic Missions. Sept. 1, 1891, to Sept. 

 church, meets triennially, in the place appoint- 1, 1892: Missionaries (13 missionary jurisdic- 

 ed from time to time. In 1886 it met in Chicago, tions and 34 dioceses) : Bishops, 12 ; other clergy 

 and in 1889 in New York city. In 1892 it as- (white, colored, Indian), 535 ; teachers, other 

 sembled in Baltimore, Md., Oct 5, and continued helpers, etc., 60 ; total, 595. The financial con- 

 in session until October 25, inclusive. There dition was as follows : Cash in hand (September 

 were 58 of the bishops present, and clerical 1891), $33,215.63; offerings, etc., $215,192.35; 

 and lay deputies from all the dioceses, and legacies, $43,961.38; special. $44,671.48 ; legacies 

 delegates from 12 missionary jurisdictions. The for investment, $27,250. Total, $364,290.74. Ex- 

 convention consists (as it has from the be- penditures (15 missionary jurisdictions and 36 

 ginning) of two houses, which hold sessions dioceses), $119,669.16; missions among Indians 

 as distinct bodies, viz., the House of Bishops and colored people, $96,317.42; specials, $44,645.- 

 and the House of Clerical and Lay Depu- 20 ; office expenses, salaries, printing, etc., $19,- 

 ties ; but concurrent action is necessary to 613.55 ; legacies on deposit, etc., $27,492.36 ; re- 

 any complete, valid legislation. In addition to turn of trust fund, etc., $29,500 ; balance in 

 regular business which requires attention, such hand, $27,058.05. Total, $364,290.74. 

 as amendments to the constitution and canons, Foreign Missions. Sept. 1, 1891, to Sept. 1, 

 reports of standing and special committees, the 1892 : Number of missionary bishops, 3 ; number 

 state of the Church, education and progress, etc., of clergy (white and native), 65 ; teachers, phy- 

 the chief features of interest to Episcopalians in sicians, helpers, etc., 237 ; total, 302. The finan- 

 general this year were, the final adoption of the cial condition was as follows : Cash on hand 

 new, revised Prayer Book, with some discussion (September, 1891), $12,841.86; offerings, general 

 as to the new Hymnal (referred to above), the fund, legacies, etc., $218,177.43; specials for 

 largely increased work of the Church at home Africa. China, Japan, Haitian Church, etc., with 

 and abroad, and the like (noted at the beginning other specials, $30,173.32 ; legacies for invest- 

 of this article). ment, $27,250 ; personal loan of the treasurer, 



Domestic and Foreign Missionary Soci- etc., $22,189.48. Total, $310,632.09. Expendi- 



ety. The society which has this as its legal tures on account of missions, etc. (including 



title comprehends all persons who are members Haiti and Mexico), $174,285.96; specials for 



of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Its work is China, Africa, Japan, with other specials, $27,- 



conducted by the Board of Missions, which con- 377.69 ; salaries, rent, office expenses, etc., with 



sists of the bishops of the Church, of the members printing, $19,705.91; legacies for investment, 



of the House of Deputies, of the delegates from $27,400 ; return of trust funds, loan, etc., $42,- 



the missionary jurisdictions, and of the Board of 689.48; balance in hand, $19,173.05. Total, 



Managers. For facilitating business, and secur- $310,632.09. The mission property at foreign 



ing as full attendance as possible, the board stations is estimated to be worth in Africa, at 



holds its sessions at the same time and place Monrovia. Cape Palmas, and other localities, 



with the General Convention. A Missionary some $42,600; in China, at Shanghai, Wu- 



Council is appointed at every triennial meeting chang, Hankow, Pekin, etc., fully $170,000; 



of the General Convention, consisting of all the and in Japan, at Tokio, Osaka, and Nara, over 



bishops, an equal number of presbyters, and an $80.500. Total, about $300,000. 



equal number of laymen. Its meetings are held Church in Hayti. This Episcopal Church, 



annually (except in the years when the Board of though independent, is not 'strong enough as yet 



