Statistics Of Churches.Baptists.The following table, from the Baptist Register of 1842, exhibits the statistics of the Regular or Associated Baptists in a perspicuous light:—Churches, Ministers, &c.States.Churches.Ministers.Baptized.Members.Maine261181224926490New Hampshire1047710429557Vermont1349478410950Massachusetts209179235525092Rhode Island32253485196Connecticut989255911266New York814697753382200New Jersey1355539616716Pennsylvania252181237020983Delaware98326Maryland27186611710Virginia477238308657390North Carolina448193154326169South Carolina367192143434092Georgia651276104344022Alabama50325090825084Mississippi150646156050Louisiana14159288Arkansas4321105798Tennessee66644493830879Kentucky627300584247325Ohio502284359422333Indiana437229179418198Illinois351250122711408Missouri28216181711010Michigan130826686276Iowa14910382Wisconsin15958385British Provinces225125441437127Total7898474146958573702[pg 312]Publications.—Quarterly:Christian Review, Boston, Mass.—Monthly:Missionary Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Sabbath School Treasury, Boston, Mass.;Mother's Monthly Journal, Utica, N. Y.;Sabbath School Gleaner, Philadelphia, Pa.;Baptist Memorial, N. Y.;Michigan Christian Herald, Detroit, Mich.—Semi-Monthly:The Register, Montreal, Ca.;Baptist Library, Lexington, N. Y.—Weekly:Zion's Advocate, Portland, Me.;N. H. Baptist Register, Concord, N. H.;Vermont Telegraph, Brandon, Vt.;Vermont Baptist Journal, Middlebury, Vt.;Christian Watchman, Boston, Mass.;Christian Reflector, Boston, Mass.;Christian Secretary, Hartford, Ct.;N. Y. Baptist Register, Utica, N. Y.;Baptist Advocate, New York, N. Y.;Baptist Record, Philadelphia, Pa.;Religious Herald, Richmond, Va.;The Truth, Morristown, Pa.;Christian Index, Penfield, Ga.;Banner and Pioneer, Louisville, Ky.;Cross and Journal, Columbus, Ohio;Christian Messenger, Halifax, N. S.Free-Will Baptists.This denomination of Baptists have in their connection nine hundred and eighty-one churches, six hundred and forty-seven ordained ministers, one hundred and seventy-two licensed preachers, forty-seven thousand two hundred and seventeen communicants, eighty-seven quarterly and fourteen yearly meetings. Of this number of members, thirty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-seven reside in New England and New York. They are most numerous in Maine and New Hampshire.Publications, &c.—There are two periodicals published by this denomination at Dover, N. H.: theMorning Star, a weekly paper, and theSabbath School Repository, published monthly; also theChristian Soldier, Providence, R. I., once in two weeks.The Free-Will Baptists have several benevolent institutions in Maine, and flourishing seminaries of learning at Parsonsfield, Me., Strafford, N. H., Smithfield, R. I., and at Clinton and Varysburgh, N. Y.These people do not believe in the doctrine of election and reprobation, as taught by Calvin, and invite to the Lord's table all evangelical Christians in good standing in their churches.Seventh-Day Baptists.This people have in the United States about forty-eight churches, thirty-four elders, twenty licentiates, and five thousand communicants.[pg 313]They reside principally in Rhode Island and New York; but have a few churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, &c. They are divided into three associations, and meet by delegation annually in general conference. Their government, however, is Independent. They have a generalMissionary Society, aSociety for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews, aTractand anEducation Society. Their principal institution of learning is atDe Ruyter, N. Y., and is in a flourishing state, having several teachers, and about two hundred scholars. They are close communionists.Christian Connection.This denomination of Christians are found in almost every state in the Union, and in Canada. In 1841, there were in America forty-one conferences, five hundred and ninety-one churches, five hundred and ninety-three ordained preachers, one hundred and eighty-nine unordained preachers, and about thirty thousand church members.Publications.—This connection has three religious periodicals, viz. TheChristian Palladium, Union Mills, N. Y.;Christian Journal, Exeter, N. H.; and theChristian Messenger, Jacksonville, Illinois.Calvinistic Congregationalists.So late as the year 1700, eighty years after the landing of the Pilgrims, there were, in all the New England States then settled, but one Episcopal church, no Methodist church, and, with the exception of Rhode Island, not more than half a dozen Baptist churches. At that time, however, there were one hundred and twenty Congregational churches, composed of emigrants from Europe and their descendants, and thirty others composed of converted Indians. The great mass of the descendants of the early settlers of New England are Congregationalists, maintaining, substantially, the same views of church order and religious faith which their venerated ancestry sacrificed home, and country, and life, to maintain and perpetuate.The present number of Congregational churches in New England is about fifteen hundred; and in the Middle and Western States there are about fourteen hundred and fifty; although the mode of church government adopted by some of them is, in some degree, modified by the“Plan of Union”with Presbyterians. These churches contain, as nearly as can be ascertained, about one hundred and ninety-four thousand communicants.[pg 314]Recently, symptoms of dissatisfaction with the“Plan of Union”have extensively developed themselves, particularly in New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa; and the probability now is, that a pure Congregational mode of church government will soon be generally adopted by the descendants of New-England Congregationalists, who are scattered over the great West.These Congregational churches are more particularly denominatedOrthodoxthan any other churches in the United States, and adhere to the doctrines of Calvin or Hopkins.Publications.—The Orthodox Congregationalists publish a great number of periodicals, the principal of which are theBoston Recorder, theNew England Puritan, Boston, Mass.; theChristian Mirror, Portland, Me.; theCongregational Journal, Concord, N. H.; theVermont Chronicle, Windsor, Vt.; theCongregational Observer, Hartford, Ct.; and several in the Western States, which are sustained partly by Congregationalists and partly by Presbyterians.Disciples Of Christ.The largest number of this denomination is found in the region of country around where its doctrines were first propagated. There are, however, societies of this class of Christians in other parts of the country, some adopting, and others rejecting, its views on baptism. The total number in the United States is about one hundred and fifty thousand.Publications.The Disciples of Christ publish a periodical, theMillennial Harbinger, at Bethany, Va., (edited byCampbell, the founder of the sect,) and another, theEvangelist, at Carthage, Ohio.Episcopalians.We have already given, in the historical account of the Episcopal Church, in this Country, a few brief notices of its condition; and we now present the following additional statistics.List Of Bishops.It being the essential principle of Episcopacy, that legitimate church authority is not originated by voluntary associations of men, but is of Divine origin, derived from Christ, and transmitted through an unbroken succession of Bishops, who trace their appointment to Him, we here give a list of the names of persons who constitute such succession.[pg 315]Order of Episcopal Succession.A. D.JESUS CHRIST.44. St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.66. Linus.81. Anacletus.91. Clement.102. Euarestus.111. Alexander.121. Sixtus I.130. Telesphorus.141. Hyginus.144. Pius.159. Anicetus.168. Soter.176. Eleutherius.193. Victor.201. Zephyrinus.218. Callistus.224. Urbanus.232. Pontianus.238. Anterus.238. Fabianus.252. Cornelius.254. Lucius.255. Stephanus.258. Sixtus II.265. Dionysius.270. Felix I.275. Eutychianus283. Caius.296. Marcellinus.304. Marcellus.309. Eusebius.311. Miltiades.314. Sylvester.336. Marcus.337. Julius.352. Liberius.356. Felix II.366. Damasus.385. Siricius.398. Anastasius I.402. Innocent.417. Zosimus.419. Boniface I.423. Celestine.434. Sixtus III.443. Leo (the Great.)464. Hilary.468. Simplicius.483. Felix III.492. Gelasius.496. Anastasius II.498. Symmachus514. Hormisdas.524. John I.526. Felix IV.530. Boniface II.532. John II.535. Agapetus.537. Silverius.540. Virgilius.555. Pelagius I.560. John III.574. Benedictus.578. Pelagius II.596. Gregory (the Great.)596. Augustine, Missionary Bishop to England.611. Laurentius.619. Melitus.624. Justus.628. Honorius.656. Adeodatus.668. Theodore.692. Brithwald.731. Tatwyn, or Cadwyn.735. Egbright.736. Nothelmus.742. Cuthbert.759. Bregwin.762. Lambert.793. Atheland.806. Wulfred.830. Theologild.830. Syred.831. Ceolnoth.871. Athelredus.889. Plegmund.915. Athelme.924. Wolfhelme.934. Odo Severus.957. Elfin.958. Brithelme.959. Dunstan.988. Ethelgarus.989. Siricius.994. Alfricus.1006. Ælfeagus.1013. Livingus, or Elstan.1020. Agelnoth.1038. Eadsius, or Eadsinus.1050. Robert Gemiticensis.1052. Stigand.1070. Lanfranc.1093. Anselme.1114. Rodolph, or Raphe.1122. William Corbel, or Corbois.1138. Theobald.1162. Thomas a Becket.1173. Richard.1184. Baldwin.1191. Reginald Fitz Joceline.1193. Hubert Walter.1207. Stephen Langton.1229. Richard Weatherhead.1235. Edmund.1244. Boniface III.1272. Robert Kilwarby.1278. John Peckam.1294. Robert Winchelsey.1313. Walter Raynolds.1327. Simon Mepham.1333. John Stratford.1349. Thomas Bradwardin.1349. Simon Islippe.1366. Simon Langham.1368. William Wittlesey.1375. Simon Sudbury.1381. William Courtney.1396. Thomas Arundel.1414. Henry Chichley.1443. John Stafford.1452. John Kemp.1454. Thomas Bourchier.1486. John Morton.1501. Henry Deane.1504. William Warham.1521. John Longland.1533.Thomas Cranmer.151536. Robert Parfew.1537. John Hodgskins.1559. Matthew Parker.1559. Edmund Grindal.1577. John Whitgift.1597. Richard Bancroft.1609. George Abbott.1617. George Monteigne1621. William Laud.1634. Matthew Wren.1660. Gilbert Sheldon.1674. Henry Compton.1677. William Sancroft.1685. Jonathan Trelawney.1715. John Potter.1737. Thomas Herring.1749. Frederick Cornwallis.1775. John Moore.1793. Charles Manners Sutton.1813. William Howley, (now living.)1775. John Moore.1787.William White.1811. Alexander V. Griswold.[pg 317]List of Bishops of the Church in the United States.Those with an asterisk (*) are deceased.*1784. Samuel Seabury, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1796.*1787. William White, D. D., Pennsylvania, died, 1836.*1787. Samuel Provoost, D. D., New York, died, 1815.*1790. James Madison, D. D., Virginia, died, 1812.*1792. Thomas John Claggett, D. D., Maryland, died, 1816.*1795. Robert Smith, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1801.*1797. Edward Bass, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1803.*1797. Abraham Jarvis, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1813.*1801. Benjamin Moore, D. D., New York, died, 1816.*1804. Samuel Parker, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1804.*1811. John Henry Hobart, D. D., New York, died, 1830.1811. Alexander Viets Griswold, D. D., Massachusetts.*1812. Theodore Dehon, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1817.*1814. Richard Channing Moore, D. D., Virginia, died, 1841.*1814. James Kemp, D. D., Maryland, died, 1827.*1815. John Croes, D. D., Now Jersey, died, 1832.*1818. Nathaniel Bowen, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1839.1819. Philander Chase, D. D., Illinois.1819. Thomas Church Brownell, D. D., LL. D., Connecticut.*1823. John Stark Ravenscroft, D. D., North Carolina, died, 1830.1827. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, D. D., Pennsylvania.1829. William Meade, D. D., Virginia.*1830. William Murray Stone, D. D., Maryland, died, 1838.1830. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, D. D., New York.1831. Levi Silliman Ives, D. D., LL. D., North Carolina.1832. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., Vermont.1832. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D. D., Kentucky.1832. Charles Pettit McIlvaine, D. D., Ohio.1832. George Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., New Jersey.1834. James Hervey Otey, D. D., Tennessee.1835. Jackson Kemper, D. D., Missionary Bishop, for Wisconsin Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°.1836. Samuel Allen McCoskry, D. D., Michigan.1838. Leonidas Polk, D. D., Louisiana.1839. William Heathcote De Lancey, D. D., Western New York.1840. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D. D., South Carolina.1840. William Rollinson Whittingham, D. D., Maryland.1841. Stephen Elliott, jun., D. D., Georgia.1841. Alfred Lee, D. D., Delaware.[pg 318]The following table contains the statistics of this church in the United States:—States.Dioceses.Bishops.Clergy.Maine17New Hampshire110Vermont1124Massachusetts1149Rhode Island120Connecticut1192New York11196Western New York11101New Jersey1142Pennsylvania11107Delaware1110Maryland1181Virginia1194North Carolina1130South Carolina1147Georgia1116Louisiana, Alabama1118Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas1123Kentucky1121Ohio1158Illinois119Michigan1119Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin1144Florida14Totals30201114The Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, are under the charge of the same Bishop. Indiana and Missouri are under the charge of the Missionary Bishop for Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°. Alabama is under the charge of the Bishop of Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas are under the charge of the Bishop of Tennessee.In the British American Provinces and Islands, there are six dioceses, containing six Bishops, and 454 other clergymen.There are numerous local Societies for religious purposes, in every Diocese.Periodical Publications.—Weekly: TheChurchman, New York;Gospel Messenger, Utica;Gospel Messenger and Southern Episcopal Register, Charleston, S. C.;Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia;Southern Churchman, Alexandria, D. C.;Christian Witness, Boston;Western Episcopal Observer, Cincinnati, Ohio;Banner of the Cross,[pg 319]Philadelphia;Practical Christian and Church Chronicle, New Haven, Ct.—Monthly:Journal of Christian Education, New York;Children's Magazine, New York;Spirit of Missions, New York;Church Record, Flushing, N. Y.
Statistics Of Churches.Baptists.The following table, from the Baptist Register of 1842, exhibits the statistics of the Regular or Associated Baptists in a perspicuous light:—Churches, Ministers, &c.States.Churches.Ministers.Baptized.Members.Maine261181224926490New Hampshire1047710429557Vermont1349478410950Massachusetts209179235525092Rhode Island32253485196Connecticut989255911266New York814697753382200New Jersey1355539616716Pennsylvania252181237020983Delaware98326Maryland27186611710Virginia477238308657390North Carolina448193154326169South Carolina367192143434092Georgia651276104344022Alabama50325090825084Mississippi150646156050Louisiana14159288Arkansas4321105798Tennessee66644493830879Kentucky627300584247325Ohio502284359422333Indiana437229179418198Illinois351250122711408Missouri28216181711010Michigan130826686276Iowa14910382Wisconsin15958385British Provinces225125441437127Total7898474146958573702[pg 312]Publications.—Quarterly:Christian Review, Boston, Mass.—Monthly:Missionary Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Sabbath School Treasury, Boston, Mass.;Mother's Monthly Journal, Utica, N. Y.;Sabbath School Gleaner, Philadelphia, Pa.;Baptist Memorial, N. Y.;Michigan Christian Herald, Detroit, Mich.—Semi-Monthly:The Register, Montreal, Ca.;Baptist Library, Lexington, N. Y.—Weekly:Zion's Advocate, Portland, Me.;N. H. Baptist Register, Concord, N. H.;Vermont Telegraph, Brandon, Vt.;Vermont Baptist Journal, Middlebury, Vt.;Christian Watchman, Boston, Mass.;Christian Reflector, Boston, Mass.;Christian Secretary, Hartford, Ct.;N. Y. Baptist Register, Utica, N. Y.;Baptist Advocate, New York, N. Y.;Baptist Record, Philadelphia, Pa.;Religious Herald, Richmond, Va.;The Truth, Morristown, Pa.;Christian Index, Penfield, Ga.;Banner and Pioneer, Louisville, Ky.;Cross and Journal, Columbus, Ohio;Christian Messenger, Halifax, N. S.Free-Will Baptists.This denomination of Baptists have in their connection nine hundred and eighty-one churches, six hundred and forty-seven ordained ministers, one hundred and seventy-two licensed preachers, forty-seven thousand two hundred and seventeen communicants, eighty-seven quarterly and fourteen yearly meetings. Of this number of members, thirty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-seven reside in New England and New York. They are most numerous in Maine and New Hampshire.Publications, &c.—There are two periodicals published by this denomination at Dover, N. H.: theMorning Star, a weekly paper, and theSabbath School Repository, published monthly; also theChristian Soldier, Providence, R. I., once in two weeks.The Free-Will Baptists have several benevolent institutions in Maine, and flourishing seminaries of learning at Parsonsfield, Me., Strafford, N. H., Smithfield, R. I., and at Clinton and Varysburgh, N. Y.These people do not believe in the doctrine of election and reprobation, as taught by Calvin, and invite to the Lord's table all evangelical Christians in good standing in their churches.Seventh-Day Baptists.This people have in the United States about forty-eight churches, thirty-four elders, twenty licentiates, and five thousand communicants.[pg 313]They reside principally in Rhode Island and New York; but have a few churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, &c. They are divided into three associations, and meet by delegation annually in general conference. Their government, however, is Independent. They have a generalMissionary Society, aSociety for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews, aTractand anEducation Society. Their principal institution of learning is atDe Ruyter, N. Y., and is in a flourishing state, having several teachers, and about two hundred scholars. They are close communionists.Christian Connection.This denomination of Christians are found in almost every state in the Union, and in Canada. In 1841, there were in America forty-one conferences, five hundred and ninety-one churches, five hundred and ninety-three ordained preachers, one hundred and eighty-nine unordained preachers, and about thirty thousand church members.Publications.—This connection has three religious periodicals, viz. TheChristian Palladium, Union Mills, N. Y.;Christian Journal, Exeter, N. H.; and theChristian Messenger, Jacksonville, Illinois.Calvinistic Congregationalists.So late as the year 1700, eighty years after the landing of the Pilgrims, there were, in all the New England States then settled, but one Episcopal church, no Methodist church, and, with the exception of Rhode Island, not more than half a dozen Baptist churches. At that time, however, there were one hundred and twenty Congregational churches, composed of emigrants from Europe and their descendants, and thirty others composed of converted Indians. The great mass of the descendants of the early settlers of New England are Congregationalists, maintaining, substantially, the same views of church order and religious faith which their venerated ancestry sacrificed home, and country, and life, to maintain and perpetuate.The present number of Congregational churches in New England is about fifteen hundred; and in the Middle and Western States there are about fourteen hundred and fifty; although the mode of church government adopted by some of them is, in some degree, modified by the“Plan of Union”with Presbyterians. These churches contain, as nearly as can be ascertained, about one hundred and ninety-four thousand communicants.[pg 314]Recently, symptoms of dissatisfaction with the“Plan of Union”have extensively developed themselves, particularly in New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa; and the probability now is, that a pure Congregational mode of church government will soon be generally adopted by the descendants of New-England Congregationalists, who are scattered over the great West.These Congregational churches are more particularly denominatedOrthodoxthan any other churches in the United States, and adhere to the doctrines of Calvin or Hopkins.Publications.—The Orthodox Congregationalists publish a great number of periodicals, the principal of which are theBoston Recorder, theNew England Puritan, Boston, Mass.; theChristian Mirror, Portland, Me.; theCongregational Journal, Concord, N. H.; theVermont Chronicle, Windsor, Vt.; theCongregational Observer, Hartford, Ct.; and several in the Western States, which are sustained partly by Congregationalists and partly by Presbyterians.Disciples Of Christ.The largest number of this denomination is found in the region of country around where its doctrines were first propagated. There are, however, societies of this class of Christians in other parts of the country, some adopting, and others rejecting, its views on baptism. The total number in the United States is about one hundred and fifty thousand.Publications.The Disciples of Christ publish a periodical, theMillennial Harbinger, at Bethany, Va., (edited byCampbell, the founder of the sect,) and another, theEvangelist, at Carthage, Ohio.Episcopalians.We have already given, in the historical account of the Episcopal Church, in this Country, a few brief notices of its condition; and we now present the following additional statistics.List Of Bishops.It being the essential principle of Episcopacy, that legitimate church authority is not originated by voluntary associations of men, but is of Divine origin, derived from Christ, and transmitted through an unbroken succession of Bishops, who trace their appointment to Him, we here give a list of the names of persons who constitute such succession.[pg 315]Order of Episcopal Succession.A. D.JESUS CHRIST.44. St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.66. Linus.81. Anacletus.91. Clement.102. Euarestus.111. Alexander.121. Sixtus I.130. Telesphorus.141. Hyginus.144. Pius.159. Anicetus.168. Soter.176. Eleutherius.193. Victor.201. Zephyrinus.218. Callistus.224. Urbanus.232. Pontianus.238. Anterus.238. Fabianus.252. Cornelius.254. Lucius.255. Stephanus.258. Sixtus II.265. Dionysius.270. Felix I.275. Eutychianus283. Caius.296. Marcellinus.304. Marcellus.309. Eusebius.311. Miltiades.314. Sylvester.336. Marcus.337. Julius.352. Liberius.356. Felix II.366. Damasus.385. Siricius.398. Anastasius I.402. Innocent.417. Zosimus.419. Boniface I.423. Celestine.434. Sixtus III.443. Leo (the Great.)464. Hilary.468. Simplicius.483. Felix III.492. Gelasius.496. Anastasius II.498. Symmachus514. Hormisdas.524. John I.526. Felix IV.530. Boniface II.532. John II.535. Agapetus.537. Silverius.540. Virgilius.555. Pelagius I.560. John III.574. Benedictus.578. Pelagius II.596. Gregory (the Great.)596. Augustine, Missionary Bishop to England.611. Laurentius.619. Melitus.624. Justus.628. Honorius.656. Adeodatus.668. Theodore.692. Brithwald.731. Tatwyn, or Cadwyn.735. Egbright.736. Nothelmus.742. Cuthbert.759. Bregwin.762. Lambert.793. Atheland.806. Wulfred.830. Theologild.830. Syred.831. Ceolnoth.871. Athelredus.889. Plegmund.915. Athelme.924. Wolfhelme.934. Odo Severus.957. Elfin.958. Brithelme.959. Dunstan.988. Ethelgarus.989. Siricius.994. Alfricus.1006. Ælfeagus.1013. Livingus, or Elstan.1020. Agelnoth.1038. Eadsius, or Eadsinus.1050. Robert Gemiticensis.1052. Stigand.1070. Lanfranc.1093. Anselme.1114. Rodolph, or Raphe.1122. William Corbel, or Corbois.1138. Theobald.1162. Thomas a Becket.1173. Richard.1184. Baldwin.1191. Reginald Fitz Joceline.1193. Hubert Walter.1207. Stephen Langton.1229. Richard Weatherhead.1235. Edmund.1244. Boniface III.1272. Robert Kilwarby.1278. John Peckam.1294. Robert Winchelsey.1313. Walter Raynolds.1327. Simon Mepham.1333. John Stratford.1349. Thomas Bradwardin.1349. Simon Islippe.1366. Simon Langham.1368. William Wittlesey.1375. Simon Sudbury.1381. William Courtney.1396. Thomas Arundel.1414. Henry Chichley.1443. John Stafford.1452. John Kemp.1454. Thomas Bourchier.1486. John Morton.1501. Henry Deane.1504. William Warham.1521. John Longland.1533.Thomas Cranmer.151536. Robert Parfew.1537. John Hodgskins.1559. Matthew Parker.1559. Edmund Grindal.1577. John Whitgift.1597. Richard Bancroft.1609. George Abbott.1617. George Monteigne1621. William Laud.1634. Matthew Wren.1660. Gilbert Sheldon.1674. Henry Compton.1677. William Sancroft.1685. Jonathan Trelawney.1715. John Potter.1737. Thomas Herring.1749. Frederick Cornwallis.1775. John Moore.1793. Charles Manners Sutton.1813. William Howley, (now living.)1775. John Moore.1787.William White.1811. Alexander V. Griswold.[pg 317]List of Bishops of the Church in the United States.Those with an asterisk (*) are deceased.*1784. Samuel Seabury, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1796.*1787. William White, D. D., Pennsylvania, died, 1836.*1787. Samuel Provoost, D. D., New York, died, 1815.*1790. James Madison, D. D., Virginia, died, 1812.*1792. Thomas John Claggett, D. D., Maryland, died, 1816.*1795. Robert Smith, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1801.*1797. Edward Bass, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1803.*1797. Abraham Jarvis, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1813.*1801. Benjamin Moore, D. D., New York, died, 1816.*1804. Samuel Parker, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1804.*1811. John Henry Hobart, D. D., New York, died, 1830.1811. Alexander Viets Griswold, D. D., Massachusetts.*1812. Theodore Dehon, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1817.*1814. Richard Channing Moore, D. D., Virginia, died, 1841.*1814. James Kemp, D. D., Maryland, died, 1827.*1815. John Croes, D. D., Now Jersey, died, 1832.*1818. Nathaniel Bowen, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1839.1819. Philander Chase, D. D., Illinois.1819. Thomas Church Brownell, D. D., LL. D., Connecticut.*1823. John Stark Ravenscroft, D. D., North Carolina, died, 1830.1827. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, D. D., Pennsylvania.1829. William Meade, D. D., Virginia.*1830. William Murray Stone, D. D., Maryland, died, 1838.1830. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, D. D., New York.1831. Levi Silliman Ives, D. D., LL. D., North Carolina.1832. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., Vermont.1832. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D. D., Kentucky.1832. Charles Pettit McIlvaine, D. D., Ohio.1832. George Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., New Jersey.1834. James Hervey Otey, D. D., Tennessee.1835. Jackson Kemper, D. D., Missionary Bishop, for Wisconsin Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°.1836. Samuel Allen McCoskry, D. D., Michigan.1838. Leonidas Polk, D. D., Louisiana.1839. William Heathcote De Lancey, D. D., Western New York.1840. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D. D., South Carolina.1840. William Rollinson Whittingham, D. D., Maryland.1841. Stephen Elliott, jun., D. D., Georgia.1841. Alfred Lee, D. D., Delaware.[pg 318]The following table contains the statistics of this church in the United States:—States.Dioceses.Bishops.Clergy.Maine17New Hampshire110Vermont1124Massachusetts1149Rhode Island120Connecticut1192New York11196Western New York11101New Jersey1142Pennsylvania11107Delaware1110Maryland1181Virginia1194North Carolina1130South Carolina1147Georgia1116Louisiana, Alabama1118Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas1123Kentucky1121Ohio1158Illinois119Michigan1119Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin1144Florida14Totals30201114The Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, are under the charge of the same Bishop. Indiana and Missouri are under the charge of the Missionary Bishop for Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°. Alabama is under the charge of the Bishop of Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas are under the charge of the Bishop of Tennessee.In the British American Provinces and Islands, there are six dioceses, containing six Bishops, and 454 other clergymen.There are numerous local Societies for religious purposes, in every Diocese.Periodical Publications.—Weekly: TheChurchman, New York;Gospel Messenger, Utica;Gospel Messenger and Southern Episcopal Register, Charleston, S. C.;Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia;Southern Churchman, Alexandria, D. C.;Christian Witness, Boston;Western Episcopal Observer, Cincinnati, Ohio;Banner of the Cross,[pg 319]Philadelphia;Practical Christian and Church Chronicle, New Haven, Ct.—Monthly:Journal of Christian Education, New York;Children's Magazine, New York;Spirit of Missions, New York;Church Record, Flushing, N. Y.
Statistics Of Churches.Baptists.The following table, from the Baptist Register of 1842, exhibits the statistics of the Regular or Associated Baptists in a perspicuous light:—Churches, Ministers, &c.States.Churches.Ministers.Baptized.Members.Maine261181224926490New Hampshire1047710429557Vermont1349478410950Massachusetts209179235525092Rhode Island32253485196Connecticut989255911266New York814697753382200New Jersey1355539616716Pennsylvania252181237020983Delaware98326Maryland27186611710Virginia477238308657390North Carolina448193154326169South Carolina367192143434092Georgia651276104344022Alabama50325090825084Mississippi150646156050Louisiana14159288Arkansas4321105798Tennessee66644493830879Kentucky627300584247325Ohio502284359422333Indiana437229179418198Illinois351250122711408Missouri28216181711010Michigan130826686276Iowa14910382Wisconsin15958385British Provinces225125441437127Total7898474146958573702[pg 312]Publications.—Quarterly:Christian Review, Boston, Mass.—Monthly:Missionary Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Sabbath School Treasury, Boston, Mass.;Mother's Monthly Journal, Utica, N. Y.;Sabbath School Gleaner, Philadelphia, Pa.;Baptist Memorial, N. Y.;Michigan Christian Herald, Detroit, Mich.—Semi-Monthly:The Register, Montreal, Ca.;Baptist Library, Lexington, N. Y.—Weekly:Zion's Advocate, Portland, Me.;N. H. Baptist Register, Concord, N. H.;Vermont Telegraph, Brandon, Vt.;Vermont Baptist Journal, Middlebury, Vt.;Christian Watchman, Boston, Mass.;Christian Reflector, Boston, Mass.;Christian Secretary, Hartford, Ct.;N. Y. Baptist Register, Utica, N. Y.;Baptist Advocate, New York, N. Y.;Baptist Record, Philadelphia, Pa.;Religious Herald, Richmond, Va.;The Truth, Morristown, Pa.;Christian Index, Penfield, Ga.;Banner and Pioneer, Louisville, Ky.;Cross and Journal, Columbus, Ohio;Christian Messenger, Halifax, N. S.Free-Will Baptists.This denomination of Baptists have in their connection nine hundred and eighty-one churches, six hundred and forty-seven ordained ministers, one hundred and seventy-two licensed preachers, forty-seven thousand two hundred and seventeen communicants, eighty-seven quarterly and fourteen yearly meetings. Of this number of members, thirty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-seven reside in New England and New York. They are most numerous in Maine and New Hampshire.Publications, &c.—There are two periodicals published by this denomination at Dover, N. H.: theMorning Star, a weekly paper, and theSabbath School Repository, published monthly; also theChristian Soldier, Providence, R. I., once in two weeks.The Free-Will Baptists have several benevolent institutions in Maine, and flourishing seminaries of learning at Parsonsfield, Me., Strafford, N. H., Smithfield, R. I., and at Clinton and Varysburgh, N. Y.These people do not believe in the doctrine of election and reprobation, as taught by Calvin, and invite to the Lord's table all evangelical Christians in good standing in their churches.Seventh-Day Baptists.This people have in the United States about forty-eight churches, thirty-four elders, twenty licentiates, and five thousand communicants.[pg 313]They reside principally in Rhode Island and New York; but have a few churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, &c. They are divided into three associations, and meet by delegation annually in general conference. Their government, however, is Independent. They have a generalMissionary Society, aSociety for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews, aTractand anEducation Society. Their principal institution of learning is atDe Ruyter, N. Y., and is in a flourishing state, having several teachers, and about two hundred scholars. They are close communionists.Christian Connection.This denomination of Christians are found in almost every state in the Union, and in Canada. In 1841, there were in America forty-one conferences, five hundred and ninety-one churches, five hundred and ninety-three ordained preachers, one hundred and eighty-nine unordained preachers, and about thirty thousand church members.Publications.—This connection has three religious periodicals, viz. TheChristian Palladium, Union Mills, N. Y.;Christian Journal, Exeter, N. H.; and theChristian Messenger, Jacksonville, Illinois.Calvinistic Congregationalists.So late as the year 1700, eighty years after the landing of the Pilgrims, there were, in all the New England States then settled, but one Episcopal church, no Methodist church, and, with the exception of Rhode Island, not more than half a dozen Baptist churches. At that time, however, there were one hundred and twenty Congregational churches, composed of emigrants from Europe and their descendants, and thirty others composed of converted Indians. The great mass of the descendants of the early settlers of New England are Congregationalists, maintaining, substantially, the same views of church order and religious faith which their venerated ancestry sacrificed home, and country, and life, to maintain and perpetuate.The present number of Congregational churches in New England is about fifteen hundred; and in the Middle and Western States there are about fourteen hundred and fifty; although the mode of church government adopted by some of them is, in some degree, modified by the“Plan of Union”with Presbyterians. These churches contain, as nearly as can be ascertained, about one hundred and ninety-four thousand communicants.[pg 314]Recently, symptoms of dissatisfaction with the“Plan of Union”have extensively developed themselves, particularly in New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa; and the probability now is, that a pure Congregational mode of church government will soon be generally adopted by the descendants of New-England Congregationalists, who are scattered over the great West.These Congregational churches are more particularly denominatedOrthodoxthan any other churches in the United States, and adhere to the doctrines of Calvin or Hopkins.Publications.—The Orthodox Congregationalists publish a great number of periodicals, the principal of which are theBoston Recorder, theNew England Puritan, Boston, Mass.; theChristian Mirror, Portland, Me.; theCongregational Journal, Concord, N. H.; theVermont Chronicle, Windsor, Vt.; theCongregational Observer, Hartford, Ct.; and several in the Western States, which are sustained partly by Congregationalists and partly by Presbyterians.Disciples Of Christ.The largest number of this denomination is found in the region of country around where its doctrines were first propagated. There are, however, societies of this class of Christians in other parts of the country, some adopting, and others rejecting, its views on baptism. The total number in the United States is about one hundred and fifty thousand.Publications.The Disciples of Christ publish a periodical, theMillennial Harbinger, at Bethany, Va., (edited byCampbell, the founder of the sect,) and another, theEvangelist, at Carthage, Ohio.Episcopalians.We have already given, in the historical account of the Episcopal Church, in this Country, a few brief notices of its condition; and we now present the following additional statistics.List Of Bishops.It being the essential principle of Episcopacy, that legitimate church authority is not originated by voluntary associations of men, but is of Divine origin, derived from Christ, and transmitted through an unbroken succession of Bishops, who trace their appointment to Him, we here give a list of the names of persons who constitute such succession.[pg 315]Order of Episcopal Succession.A. D.JESUS CHRIST.44. St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.66. Linus.81. Anacletus.91. Clement.102. Euarestus.111. Alexander.121. Sixtus I.130. Telesphorus.141. Hyginus.144. Pius.159. Anicetus.168. Soter.176. Eleutherius.193. Victor.201. Zephyrinus.218. Callistus.224. Urbanus.232. Pontianus.238. Anterus.238. Fabianus.252. Cornelius.254. Lucius.255. Stephanus.258. Sixtus II.265. Dionysius.270. Felix I.275. Eutychianus283. Caius.296. Marcellinus.304. Marcellus.309. Eusebius.311. Miltiades.314. Sylvester.336. Marcus.337. Julius.352. Liberius.356. Felix II.366. Damasus.385. Siricius.398. Anastasius I.402. Innocent.417. Zosimus.419. Boniface I.423. Celestine.434. Sixtus III.443. Leo (the Great.)464. Hilary.468. Simplicius.483. Felix III.492. Gelasius.496. Anastasius II.498. Symmachus514. Hormisdas.524. John I.526. Felix IV.530. Boniface II.532. John II.535. Agapetus.537. Silverius.540. Virgilius.555. Pelagius I.560. John III.574. Benedictus.578. Pelagius II.596. Gregory (the Great.)596. Augustine, Missionary Bishop to England.611. Laurentius.619. Melitus.624. Justus.628. Honorius.656. Adeodatus.668. Theodore.692. Brithwald.731. Tatwyn, or Cadwyn.735. Egbright.736. Nothelmus.742. Cuthbert.759. Bregwin.762. Lambert.793. Atheland.806. Wulfred.830. Theologild.830. Syred.831. Ceolnoth.871. Athelredus.889. Plegmund.915. Athelme.924. Wolfhelme.934. Odo Severus.957. Elfin.958. Brithelme.959. Dunstan.988. Ethelgarus.989. Siricius.994. Alfricus.1006. Ælfeagus.1013. Livingus, or Elstan.1020. Agelnoth.1038. Eadsius, or Eadsinus.1050. Robert Gemiticensis.1052. Stigand.1070. Lanfranc.1093. Anselme.1114. Rodolph, or Raphe.1122. William Corbel, or Corbois.1138. Theobald.1162. Thomas a Becket.1173. Richard.1184. Baldwin.1191. Reginald Fitz Joceline.1193. Hubert Walter.1207. Stephen Langton.1229. Richard Weatherhead.1235. Edmund.1244. Boniface III.1272. Robert Kilwarby.1278. John Peckam.1294. Robert Winchelsey.1313. Walter Raynolds.1327. Simon Mepham.1333. John Stratford.1349. Thomas Bradwardin.1349. Simon Islippe.1366. Simon Langham.1368. William Wittlesey.1375. Simon Sudbury.1381. William Courtney.1396. Thomas Arundel.1414. Henry Chichley.1443. John Stafford.1452. John Kemp.1454. Thomas Bourchier.1486. John Morton.1501. Henry Deane.1504. William Warham.1521. John Longland.1533.Thomas Cranmer.151536. Robert Parfew.1537. John Hodgskins.1559. Matthew Parker.1559. Edmund Grindal.1577. John Whitgift.1597. Richard Bancroft.1609. George Abbott.1617. George Monteigne1621. William Laud.1634. Matthew Wren.1660. Gilbert Sheldon.1674. Henry Compton.1677. William Sancroft.1685. Jonathan Trelawney.1715. John Potter.1737. Thomas Herring.1749. Frederick Cornwallis.1775. John Moore.1793. Charles Manners Sutton.1813. William Howley, (now living.)1775. John Moore.1787.William White.1811. Alexander V. Griswold.[pg 317]List of Bishops of the Church in the United States.Those with an asterisk (*) are deceased.*1784. Samuel Seabury, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1796.*1787. William White, D. D., Pennsylvania, died, 1836.*1787. Samuel Provoost, D. D., New York, died, 1815.*1790. James Madison, D. D., Virginia, died, 1812.*1792. Thomas John Claggett, D. D., Maryland, died, 1816.*1795. Robert Smith, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1801.*1797. Edward Bass, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1803.*1797. Abraham Jarvis, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1813.*1801. Benjamin Moore, D. D., New York, died, 1816.*1804. Samuel Parker, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1804.*1811. John Henry Hobart, D. D., New York, died, 1830.1811. Alexander Viets Griswold, D. D., Massachusetts.*1812. Theodore Dehon, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1817.*1814. Richard Channing Moore, D. D., Virginia, died, 1841.*1814. James Kemp, D. D., Maryland, died, 1827.*1815. John Croes, D. D., Now Jersey, died, 1832.*1818. Nathaniel Bowen, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1839.1819. Philander Chase, D. D., Illinois.1819. Thomas Church Brownell, D. D., LL. D., Connecticut.*1823. John Stark Ravenscroft, D. D., North Carolina, died, 1830.1827. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, D. D., Pennsylvania.1829. William Meade, D. D., Virginia.*1830. William Murray Stone, D. D., Maryland, died, 1838.1830. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, D. D., New York.1831. Levi Silliman Ives, D. D., LL. D., North Carolina.1832. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., Vermont.1832. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D. D., Kentucky.1832. Charles Pettit McIlvaine, D. D., Ohio.1832. George Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., New Jersey.1834. James Hervey Otey, D. D., Tennessee.1835. Jackson Kemper, D. D., Missionary Bishop, for Wisconsin Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°.1836. Samuel Allen McCoskry, D. D., Michigan.1838. Leonidas Polk, D. D., Louisiana.1839. William Heathcote De Lancey, D. D., Western New York.1840. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D. D., South Carolina.1840. William Rollinson Whittingham, D. D., Maryland.1841. Stephen Elliott, jun., D. D., Georgia.1841. Alfred Lee, D. D., Delaware.[pg 318]The following table contains the statistics of this church in the United States:—States.Dioceses.Bishops.Clergy.Maine17New Hampshire110Vermont1124Massachusetts1149Rhode Island120Connecticut1192New York11196Western New York11101New Jersey1142Pennsylvania11107Delaware1110Maryland1181Virginia1194North Carolina1130South Carolina1147Georgia1116Louisiana, Alabama1118Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas1123Kentucky1121Ohio1158Illinois119Michigan1119Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin1144Florida14Totals30201114The Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, are under the charge of the same Bishop. Indiana and Missouri are under the charge of the Missionary Bishop for Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°. Alabama is under the charge of the Bishop of Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas are under the charge of the Bishop of Tennessee.In the British American Provinces and Islands, there are six dioceses, containing six Bishops, and 454 other clergymen.There are numerous local Societies for religious purposes, in every Diocese.Periodical Publications.—Weekly: TheChurchman, New York;Gospel Messenger, Utica;Gospel Messenger and Southern Episcopal Register, Charleston, S. C.;Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia;Southern Churchman, Alexandria, D. C.;Christian Witness, Boston;Western Episcopal Observer, Cincinnati, Ohio;Banner of the Cross,[pg 319]Philadelphia;Practical Christian and Church Chronicle, New Haven, Ct.—Monthly:Journal of Christian Education, New York;Children's Magazine, New York;Spirit of Missions, New York;Church Record, Flushing, N. Y.
Baptists.The following table, from the Baptist Register of 1842, exhibits the statistics of the Regular or Associated Baptists in a perspicuous light:—Churches, Ministers, &c.States.Churches.Ministers.Baptized.Members.Maine261181224926490New Hampshire1047710429557Vermont1349478410950Massachusetts209179235525092Rhode Island32253485196Connecticut989255911266New York814697753382200New Jersey1355539616716Pennsylvania252181237020983Delaware98326Maryland27186611710Virginia477238308657390North Carolina448193154326169South Carolina367192143434092Georgia651276104344022Alabama50325090825084Mississippi150646156050Louisiana14159288Arkansas4321105798Tennessee66644493830879Kentucky627300584247325Ohio502284359422333Indiana437229179418198Illinois351250122711408Missouri28216181711010Michigan130826686276Iowa14910382Wisconsin15958385British Provinces225125441437127Total7898474146958573702[pg 312]Publications.—Quarterly:Christian Review, Boston, Mass.—Monthly:Missionary Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Sabbath School Treasury, Boston, Mass.;Mother's Monthly Journal, Utica, N. Y.;Sabbath School Gleaner, Philadelphia, Pa.;Baptist Memorial, N. Y.;Michigan Christian Herald, Detroit, Mich.—Semi-Monthly:The Register, Montreal, Ca.;Baptist Library, Lexington, N. Y.—Weekly:Zion's Advocate, Portland, Me.;N. H. Baptist Register, Concord, N. H.;Vermont Telegraph, Brandon, Vt.;Vermont Baptist Journal, Middlebury, Vt.;Christian Watchman, Boston, Mass.;Christian Reflector, Boston, Mass.;Christian Secretary, Hartford, Ct.;N. Y. Baptist Register, Utica, N. Y.;Baptist Advocate, New York, N. Y.;Baptist Record, Philadelphia, Pa.;Religious Herald, Richmond, Va.;The Truth, Morristown, Pa.;Christian Index, Penfield, Ga.;Banner and Pioneer, Louisville, Ky.;Cross and Journal, Columbus, Ohio;Christian Messenger, Halifax, N. S.
The following table, from the Baptist Register of 1842, exhibits the statistics of the Regular or Associated Baptists in a perspicuous light:—
Churches, Ministers, &c.
Publications.—Quarterly:Christian Review, Boston, Mass.—Monthly:Missionary Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Sabbath School Treasury, Boston, Mass.;Mother's Monthly Journal, Utica, N. Y.;Sabbath School Gleaner, Philadelphia, Pa.;Baptist Memorial, N. Y.;Michigan Christian Herald, Detroit, Mich.—Semi-Monthly:The Register, Montreal, Ca.;Baptist Library, Lexington, N. Y.—Weekly:Zion's Advocate, Portland, Me.;N. H. Baptist Register, Concord, N. H.;Vermont Telegraph, Brandon, Vt.;Vermont Baptist Journal, Middlebury, Vt.;Christian Watchman, Boston, Mass.;Christian Reflector, Boston, Mass.;Christian Secretary, Hartford, Ct.;N. Y. Baptist Register, Utica, N. Y.;Baptist Advocate, New York, N. Y.;Baptist Record, Philadelphia, Pa.;Religious Herald, Richmond, Va.;The Truth, Morristown, Pa.;Christian Index, Penfield, Ga.;Banner and Pioneer, Louisville, Ky.;Cross and Journal, Columbus, Ohio;Christian Messenger, Halifax, N. S.
Free-Will Baptists.This denomination of Baptists have in their connection nine hundred and eighty-one churches, six hundred and forty-seven ordained ministers, one hundred and seventy-two licensed preachers, forty-seven thousand two hundred and seventeen communicants, eighty-seven quarterly and fourteen yearly meetings. Of this number of members, thirty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-seven reside in New England and New York. They are most numerous in Maine and New Hampshire.Publications, &c.—There are two periodicals published by this denomination at Dover, N. H.: theMorning Star, a weekly paper, and theSabbath School Repository, published monthly; also theChristian Soldier, Providence, R. I., once in two weeks.The Free-Will Baptists have several benevolent institutions in Maine, and flourishing seminaries of learning at Parsonsfield, Me., Strafford, N. H., Smithfield, R. I., and at Clinton and Varysburgh, N. Y.These people do not believe in the doctrine of election and reprobation, as taught by Calvin, and invite to the Lord's table all evangelical Christians in good standing in their churches.
This denomination of Baptists have in their connection nine hundred and eighty-one churches, six hundred and forty-seven ordained ministers, one hundred and seventy-two licensed preachers, forty-seven thousand two hundred and seventeen communicants, eighty-seven quarterly and fourteen yearly meetings. Of this number of members, thirty-five thousand two hundred and eighty-seven reside in New England and New York. They are most numerous in Maine and New Hampshire.
Publications, &c.—There are two periodicals published by this denomination at Dover, N. H.: theMorning Star, a weekly paper, and theSabbath School Repository, published monthly; also theChristian Soldier, Providence, R. I., once in two weeks.
The Free-Will Baptists have several benevolent institutions in Maine, and flourishing seminaries of learning at Parsonsfield, Me., Strafford, N. H., Smithfield, R. I., and at Clinton and Varysburgh, N. Y.
These people do not believe in the doctrine of election and reprobation, as taught by Calvin, and invite to the Lord's table all evangelical Christians in good standing in their churches.
Seventh-Day Baptists.This people have in the United States about forty-eight churches, thirty-four elders, twenty licentiates, and five thousand communicants.[pg 313]They reside principally in Rhode Island and New York; but have a few churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, &c. They are divided into three associations, and meet by delegation annually in general conference. Their government, however, is Independent. They have a generalMissionary Society, aSociety for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews, aTractand anEducation Society. Their principal institution of learning is atDe Ruyter, N. Y., and is in a flourishing state, having several teachers, and about two hundred scholars. They are close communionists.
This people have in the United States about forty-eight churches, thirty-four elders, twenty licentiates, and five thousand communicants.[pg 313]They reside principally in Rhode Island and New York; but have a few churches in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, &c. They are divided into three associations, and meet by delegation annually in general conference. Their government, however, is Independent. They have a generalMissionary Society, aSociety for the Promotion of Christianity among the Jews, aTractand anEducation Society. Their principal institution of learning is atDe Ruyter, N. Y., and is in a flourishing state, having several teachers, and about two hundred scholars. They are close communionists.
Christian Connection.This denomination of Christians are found in almost every state in the Union, and in Canada. In 1841, there were in America forty-one conferences, five hundred and ninety-one churches, five hundred and ninety-three ordained preachers, one hundred and eighty-nine unordained preachers, and about thirty thousand church members.Publications.—This connection has three religious periodicals, viz. TheChristian Palladium, Union Mills, N. Y.;Christian Journal, Exeter, N. H.; and theChristian Messenger, Jacksonville, Illinois.
This denomination of Christians are found in almost every state in the Union, and in Canada. In 1841, there were in America forty-one conferences, five hundred and ninety-one churches, five hundred and ninety-three ordained preachers, one hundred and eighty-nine unordained preachers, and about thirty thousand church members.
Publications.—This connection has three religious periodicals, viz. TheChristian Palladium, Union Mills, N. Y.;Christian Journal, Exeter, N. H.; and theChristian Messenger, Jacksonville, Illinois.
Calvinistic Congregationalists.So late as the year 1700, eighty years after the landing of the Pilgrims, there were, in all the New England States then settled, but one Episcopal church, no Methodist church, and, with the exception of Rhode Island, not more than half a dozen Baptist churches. At that time, however, there were one hundred and twenty Congregational churches, composed of emigrants from Europe and their descendants, and thirty others composed of converted Indians. The great mass of the descendants of the early settlers of New England are Congregationalists, maintaining, substantially, the same views of church order and religious faith which their venerated ancestry sacrificed home, and country, and life, to maintain and perpetuate.The present number of Congregational churches in New England is about fifteen hundred; and in the Middle and Western States there are about fourteen hundred and fifty; although the mode of church government adopted by some of them is, in some degree, modified by the“Plan of Union”with Presbyterians. These churches contain, as nearly as can be ascertained, about one hundred and ninety-four thousand communicants.[pg 314]Recently, symptoms of dissatisfaction with the“Plan of Union”have extensively developed themselves, particularly in New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa; and the probability now is, that a pure Congregational mode of church government will soon be generally adopted by the descendants of New-England Congregationalists, who are scattered over the great West.These Congregational churches are more particularly denominatedOrthodoxthan any other churches in the United States, and adhere to the doctrines of Calvin or Hopkins.Publications.—The Orthodox Congregationalists publish a great number of periodicals, the principal of which are theBoston Recorder, theNew England Puritan, Boston, Mass.; theChristian Mirror, Portland, Me.; theCongregational Journal, Concord, N. H.; theVermont Chronicle, Windsor, Vt.; theCongregational Observer, Hartford, Ct.; and several in the Western States, which are sustained partly by Congregationalists and partly by Presbyterians.
So late as the year 1700, eighty years after the landing of the Pilgrims, there were, in all the New England States then settled, but one Episcopal church, no Methodist church, and, with the exception of Rhode Island, not more than half a dozen Baptist churches. At that time, however, there were one hundred and twenty Congregational churches, composed of emigrants from Europe and their descendants, and thirty others composed of converted Indians. The great mass of the descendants of the early settlers of New England are Congregationalists, maintaining, substantially, the same views of church order and religious faith which their venerated ancestry sacrificed home, and country, and life, to maintain and perpetuate.
The present number of Congregational churches in New England is about fifteen hundred; and in the Middle and Western States there are about fourteen hundred and fifty; although the mode of church government adopted by some of them is, in some degree, modified by the“Plan of Union”with Presbyterians. These churches contain, as nearly as can be ascertained, about one hundred and ninety-four thousand communicants.
Recently, symptoms of dissatisfaction with the“Plan of Union”have extensively developed themselves, particularly in New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa; and the probability now is, that a pure Congregational mode of church government will soon be generally adopted by the descendants of New-England Congregationalists, who are scattered over the great West.
These Congregational churches are more particularly denominatedOrthodoxthan any other churches in the United States, and adhere to the doctrines of Calvin or Hopkins.
Publications.—The Orthodox Congregationalists publish a great number of periodicals, the principal of which are theBoston Recorder, theNew England Puritan, Boston, Mass.; theChristian Mirror, Portland, Me.; theCongregational Journal, Concord, N. H.; theVermont Chronicle, Windsor, Vt.; theCongregational Observer, Hartford, Ct.; and several in the Western States, which are sustained partly by Congregationalists and partly by Presbyterians.
Disciples Of Christ.The largest number of this denomination is found in the region of country around where its doctrines were first propagated. There are, however, societies of this class of Christians in other parts of the country, some adopting, and others rejecting, its views on baptism. The total number in the United States is about one hundred and fifty thousand.Publications.The Disciples of Christ publish a periodical, theMillennial Harbinger, at Bethany, Va., (edited byCampbell, the founder of the sect,) and another, theEvangelist, at Carthage, Ohio.
The largest number of this denomination is found in the region of country around where its doctrines were first propagated. There are, however, societies of this class of Christians in other parts of the country, some adopting, and others rejecting, its views on baptism. The total number in the United States is about one hundred and fifty thousand.
Publications.The Disciples of Christ publish a periodical, theMillennial Harbinger, at Bethany, Va., (edited byCampbell, the founder of the sect,) and another, theEvangelist, at Carthage, Ohio.
Episcopalians.We have already given, in the historical account of the Episcopal Church, in this Country, a few brief notices of its condition; and we now present the following additional statistics.List Of Bishops.It being the essential principle of Episcopacy, that legitimate church authority is not originated by voluntary associations of men, but is of Divine origin, derived from Christ, and transmitted through an unbroken succession of Bishops, who trace their appointment to Him, we here give a list of the names of persons who constitute such succession.[pg 315]Order of Episcopal Succession.A. D.JESUS CHRIST.44. St. Peter and St. Paul at Rome.66. Linus.81. Anacletus.91. Clement.102. Euarestus.111. Alexander.121. Sixtus I.130. Telesphorus.141. Hyginus.144. Pius.159. Anicetus.168. Soter.176. Eleutherius.193. Victor.201. Zephyrinus.218. Callistus.224. Urbanus.232. Pontianus.238. Anterus.238. Fabianus.252. Cornelius.254. Lucius.255. Stephanus.258. Sixtus II.265. Dionysius.270. Felix I.275. Eutychianus283. Caius.296. Marcellinus.304. Marcellus.309. Eusebius.311. Miltiades.314. Sylvester.336. Marcus.337. Julius.352. Liberius.356. Felix II.366. Damasus.385. Siricius.398. Anastasius I.402. Innocent.417. Zosimus.419. Boniface I.423. Celestine.434. Sixtus III.443. Leo (the Great.)464. Hilary.468. Simplicius.483. Felix III.492. Gelasius.496. Anastasius II.498. Symmachus514. Hormisdas.524. John I.526. Felix IV.530. Boniface II.532. John II.535. Agapetus.537. Silverius.540. Virgilius.555. Pelagius I.560. John III.574. Benedictus.578. Pelagius II.596. Gregory (the Great.)596. Augustine, Missionary Bishop to England.611. Laurentius.619. Melitus.624. Justus.628. Honorius.656. Adeodatus.668. Theodore.692. Brithwald.731. Tatwyn, or Cadwyn.735. Egbright.736. Nothelmus.742. Cuthbert.759. Bregwin.762. Lambert.793. Atheland.806. Wulfred.830. Theologild.830. Syred.831. Ceolnoth.871. Athelredus.889. Plegmund.915. Athelme.924. Wolfhelme.934. Odo Severus.957. Elfin.958. Brithelme.959. Dunstan.988. Ethelgarus.989. Siricius.994. Alfricus.1006. Ælfeagus.1013. Livingus, or Elstan.1020. Agelnoth.1038. Eadsius, or Eadsinus.1050. Robert Gemiticensis.1052. Stigand.1070. Lanfranc.1093. Anselme.1114. Rodolph, or Raphe.1122. William Corbel, or Corbois.1138. Theobald.1162. Thomas a Becket.1173. Richard.1184. Baldwin.1191. Reginald Fitz Joceline.1193. Hubert Walter.1207. Stephen Langton.1229. Richard Weatherhead.1235. Edmund.1244. Boniface III.1272. Robert Kilwarby.1278. John Peckam.1294. Robert Winchelsey.1313. Walter Raynolds.1327. Simon Mepham.1333. John Stratford.1349. Thomas Bradwardin.1349. Simon Islippe.1366. Simon Langham.1368. William Wittlesey.1375. Simon Sudbury.1381. William Courtney.1396. Thomas Arundel.1414. Henry Chichley.1443. John Stafford.1452. John Kemp.1454. Thomas Bourchier.1486. John Morton.1501. Henry Deane.1504. William Warham.1521. John Longland.1533.Thomas Cranmer.151536. Robert Parfew.1537. John Hodgskins.1559. Matthew Parker.1559. Edmund Grindal.1577. John Whitgift.1597. Richard Bancroft.1609. George Abbott.1617. George Monteigne1621. William Laud.1634. Matthew Wren.1660. Gilbert Sheldon.1674. Henry Compton.1677. William Sancroft.1685. Jonathan Trelawney.1715. John Potter.1737. Thomas Herring.1749. Frederick Cornwallis.1775. John Moore.1793. Charles Manners Sutton.1813. William Howley, (now living.)1775. John Moore.1787.William White.1811. Alexander V. Griswold.[pg 317]List of Bishops of the Church in the United States.Those with an asterisk (*) are deceased.*1784. Samuel Seabury, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1796.*1787. William White, D. D., Pennsylvania, died, 1836.*1787. Samuel Provoost, D. D., New York, died, 1815.*1790. James Madison, D. D., Virginia, died, 1812.*1792. Thomas John Claggett, D. D., Maryland, died, 1816.*1795. Robert Smith, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1801.*1797. Edward Bass, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1803.*1797. Abraham Jarvis, D. D., Connecticut, died, 1813.*1801. Benjamin Moore, D. D., New York, died, 1816.*1804. Samuel Parker, D. D., Massachusetts, died, 1804.*1811. John Henry Hobart, D. D., New York, died, 1830.1811. Alexander Viets Griswold, D. D., Massachusetts.*1812. Theodore Dehon, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1817.*1814. Richard Channing Moore, D. D., Virginia, died, 1841.*1814. James Kemp, D. D., Maryland, died, 1827.*1815. John Croes, D. D., Now Jersey, died, 1832.*1818. Nathaniel Bowen, D. D., South Carolina, died, 1839.1819. Philander Chase, D. D., Illinois.1819. Thomas Church Brownell, D. D., LL. D., Connecticut.*1823. John Stark Ravenscroft, D. D., North Carolina, died, 1830.1827. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, D. D., Pennsylvania.1829. William Meade, D. D., Virginia.*1830. William Murray Stone, D. D., Maryland, died, 1838.1830. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, D. D., New York.1831. Levi Silliman Ives, D. D., LL. D., North Carolina.1832. John Henry Hopkins, D. D., Vermont.1832. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D. D., Kentucky.1832. Charles Pettit McIlvaine, D. D., Ohio.1832. George Washington Doane, D. D., LL. D., New Jersey.1834. James Hervey Otey, D. D., Tennessee.1835. Jackson Kemper, D. D., Missionary Bishop, for Wisconsin Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°.1836. Samuel Allen McCoskry, D. D., Michigan.1838. Leonidas Polk, D. D., Louisiana.1839. William Heathcote De Lancey, D. D., Western New York.1840. Christopher Edwards Gadsden, D. D., South Carolina.1840. William Rollinson Whittingham, D. D., Maryland.1841. Stephen Elliott, jun., D. D., Georgia.1841. Alfred Lee, D. D., Delaware.[pg 318]The following table contains the statistics of this church in the United States:—States.Dioceses.Bishops.Clergy.Maine17New Hampshire110Vermont1124Massachusetts1149Rhode Island120Connecticut1192New York11196Western New York11101New Jersey1142Pennsylvania11107Delaware1110Maryland1181Virginia1194North Carolina1130South Carolina1147Georgia1116Louisiana, Alabama1118Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas1123Kentucky1121Ohio1158Illinois119Michigan1119Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin1144Florida14Totals30201114The Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, are under the charge of the same Bishop. Indiana and Missouri are under the charge of the Missionary Bishop for Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°. Alabama is under the charge of the Bishop of Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas are under the charge of the Bishop of Tennessee.In the British American Provinces and Islands, there are six dioceses, containing six Bishops, and 454 other clergymen.There are numerous local Societies for religious purposes, in every Diocese.Periodical Publications.—Weekly: TheChurchman, New York;Gospel Messenger, Utica;Gospel Messenger and Southern Episcopal Register, Charleston, S. C.;Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia;Southern Churchman, Alexandria, D. C.;Christian Witness, Boston;Western Episcopal Observer, Cincinnati, Ohio;Banner of the Cross,[pg 319]Philadelphia;Practical Christian and Church Chronicle, New Haven, Ct.—Monthly:Journal of Christian Education, New York;Children's Magazine, New York;Spirit of Missions, New York;Church Record, Flushing, N. Y.
We have already given, in the historical account of the Episcopal Church, in this Country, a few brief notices of its condition; and we now present the following additional statistics.
List Of Bishops.
It being the essential principle of Episcopacy, that legitimate church authority is not originated by voluntary associations of men, but is of Divine origin, derived from Christ, and transmitted through an unbroken succession of Bishops, who trace their appointment to Him, we here give a list of the names of persons who constitute such succession.
Order of Episcopal Succession.A. D.
List of Bishops of the Church in the United States.
Those with an asterisk (*) are deceased.
The following table contains the statistics of this church in the United States:—
The Dioceses of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, are under the charge of the same Bishop. Indiana and Missouri are under the charge of the Missionary Bishop for Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Indian territory North of Lat. 36-1/2°. Alabama is under the charge of the Bishop of Louisiana. Mississippi and Arkansas are under the charge of the Bishop of Tennessee.
In the British American Provinces and Islands, there are six dioceses, containing six Bishops, and 454 other clergymen.
There are numerous local Societies for religious purposes, in every Diocese.
Periodical Publications.—Weekly: TheChurchman, New York;Gospel Messenger, Utica;Gospel Messenger and Southern Episcopal Register, Charleston, S. C.;Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia;Southern Churchman, Alexandria, D. C.;Christian Witness, Boston;Western Episcopal Observer, Cincinnati, Ohio;Banner of the Cross,[pg 319]Philadelphia;Practical Christian and Church Chronicle, New Haven, Ct.—Monthly:Journal of Christian Education, New York;Children's Magazine, New York;Spirit of Missions, New York;Church Record, Flushing, N. Y.