If this world is ever taken for God and its sins overthrown it
will be by the marching of all the hosts of God in solid column
to attack. The sixteen kinds of Methodists will come under one
wing, the ten kinds of Baptists must come under another wing,
and the seven kinds of Presbyterians under still another wing.
After all the branches of each denomination have united then
the great denominations nearest of kin will unite, and this
absorption shall go on until there shall be one great millennial
church, divided only for convenience into geographical sections
and as of old it was the “Church of Laodicea” and the “Church
of Philadelphia,” and the “Church of Thyatira,” so it shall be
the “Church of America” and the “Church of Europe,” and the
“Church of Asia,” and the “Church of Africa,” and the “Church
of Australia.” Of that world-wide Church there will be only one
article of creed--Christ first, Christ last, and Christ forever.
(Text.)--T. DEWITT TALMAGE, _Christian Union_.
(448)
TABLE NO. 3--SEATING CAPACITY OF THE CHURCHES (less a
percentage not reporting.) (See CHURCH STATISTICS.)
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D|ORGANIZATIONS | SEATING CAPACITY OF CHURCH EDIFICES REPORTED
E|REPORTING SEATI-|
N|NG CAPACITY OF +---------------------+------------+-------------------
O|CHURCH EDIFICES:| | Per cent | Increase from
M| 1906 | Amount |distribution| 1890 to 1906
I|-------+--------+----------+----------+------+-----+----------+--------
N| |Per ct. | | | | | |
A| |of total| | | | | |
T| Number|report- | 1906 | 1890 | 1906 | 1890| Amount | Per
I| |ing | | | | | | cent
O| |church | | | | | |
N| |edifices| | | | | |
-+-------+--------+----------+----------+------+-----+----------+--------
A|179,954| 97.3|58,536,830|43,560,063| 100.0|100.0|14,976,767| 34.4
+=======+========+==========+==========+======+=====+==========+========
B|167,884| 97.4|53,282,445|39,896,330| 91.0| 91.6|13,386,115| 33.6
+-------+--------+----------+----------+------+-----+----------+--------
C| 1,431| 98.4| 287,964| 190,748| 0.5| 0.4| 97,216| 51.0
D| 48,042| 97.9|15,702,712|11,568,019| 26.8| 26.6| 4,134,693| 35.7
E| 1,221| 98.6| 383,893| 347,697| 0.7| 0.8| 36,196| 10.4
F| 245| 97.6| 81,823| 1,500| 0.1|([5])| 80,323| 5,354.9
G| 5,244| 98.1| 1,794,997| 1,553,080| 3.1| 3.6| 241,917| 15.6
| | | | | | | |
H| 8,702| 97.8| 2,776,044| 1,609,452| 4.7| 3.7| 1,166,592| 72.5
I| 969| 98.8| 508,374| 414,036| 0.9| 1.0| 94,338| 22.8
J| 2,461| 98.1| 659,391| 479,335| 1.1| 1.1| 180,056| 37.6
K| 1,088| 99.4| 304,204| 302,218| 0.5| 0.7| 1,986| 0.7
| | | | | | | |
L| 1,131| 99.6| 380,465| 245,781| 0.6| 0.6| 134,684| 54.8
M| 741| 94.3| 213,096| 39,345| 0.4| 0.1| 173,751| 441.6
N| 10,493| 98.1| 3,344,654| 2,205,635| 5.7| 5.1| 1,139,019| 51.6
O| 497| 99.8| 171,381| 129,340| 0.3| 0.3| 42,041| 32.5
| | | | | | | |
P| 56,577| 96.1|17,053,392|12,863,178| 29.1| 29.5| 4,190,214| 32.6
Q| 13,942| 99.0| 4,892,819| 4,037,550| 8.4| 9.3| 855,269| 21.2
R| 5,960| 99.4| 1,675,750| 1,336,752| 2.9| 3.1| 338,998| 25.4
S| 2,472| 99.7| 990,654| 825,931| 1.7| 1.9| 164,723| 19.9
| | | | | | | |
T| 401| 98.5| 159,917| 165,090| 0.3| 0.4| [6]5,173| [6]3.1
U| 3,637| 94.4| 1,060,560| 991,138| 1.8| 2.3| 69,422| 7.0
V| 718| 93.5| 220,222| 244,615| 0.4| 0.6| [6]24,393| [6]10.0
W| 1,912| 97.6| 620,133| 345,890| 1.1| 0.8| 274,243| 79.3
| | | | | | | |
X| 10,303| 95.8| 4,494,377| 3,370,482| 7.7| 7.7| 1,123,895| 33.3
Y| 717| 95.2| 364,701| 139,234| 0.6| 0.3| 225,467| 161.9
Z| 837| 99.1| 280,747| 122,892| 0.5| 0.3| 157,855| 128.5
a| 75| 89.3| 38,995| 325| 0.1|([5])| 38,670|11,898.5
b| 138| 69.0| 75,565| 30,800| 0.1| 0.1| 44,765| 145.3
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