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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 8, 1877

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 49, No. 6.

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VIRGINIA is a Baptist State. One out of every nine of the population is a Baptist, making a total of 173,960 members, against 11,754 Episcopalians, 89,000 Methodists, and 17,000 Catholics.
The “Catholic Directory” for 1877 reports that the number of Catholic churches in this country is 5,292; of priests, 5,297. The estimated Catholic population is 6,200,000.
There are 396 Protestant churches and missions in New York city, with a total of about 80,000 communicants.
Phillip Brook’s new church, Trinity of Boston, is the finest Episcopal church in New England. It cost $750,000.
The Chicago churches have gathered in 1,792 members, as the fruit of the revival meetings.