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There are said to be, in the United States, forty- 

 two theological schools. They are designated a3 

 follows : — 



Baptist, 10 



Congregational, 5 



Dutch Reformed, 2 



Lutheran, 3 



Methodist, 1 



Episcopalian, 8 



Presbyterian, 1 1 



Unitarian, 2 



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Of the 120 colleges, there were, in 1849, under the 



Direction of the Methodists, 12 



" " Baptists, 12 



" Episcopalians, 10 



" Roman Catholics, 13 



The remainder are divided between the Congregation- 

 alists and Presbyterians, &c. 



The Methodist Episcopal Churches employ 8 bish- 

 ops, 5642 travelling preachers, and 8000 local preach- 

 ers ; the Protestant Episcopal, or Church of England, 

 have 30 bishops and 1467 ministers ; the Roman 

 Catholics have 6 archbishops, 28 bishops, 2 vicariates, 

 1109 priests, and 1073 churches. The Roman 

 Catholics are probably the poorest denomination, and 

 the Protestant Episcopalians the richest denomination, 



