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CATECHISM ON THE WORLD

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jul 1, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 25.

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CATECHISM ON THE WORLD.

WHAT is the population of the world?—Some persons estimate it at 1,500,000,000, and others at 1,454,000,000.
How are these divided religiously?—Into Christians, Jews, Mohammedans, and heathen.
How many are called Christians?—About 390,000,000.
How are those called Christians divided?—Into Protestants, Greek and Oriental Churches, and Roman Catholics.
How many are Protestants?—About 116,000,000. These are inhabitants of nominally Protestant countries, but there are only about 30,000,000 who are members of Protestant churches.
How many Jews are there?—About 8,000,000.
How many Mohammedans?—About 170,000,000.
How many heathen are there?—About 856,000,000. Under this head are included Shintos, Buddhists, Confucianists, Brahmanists, Fetish, etc.
What is the population of America?—About 100,000,000, there being 69,000,000 in North America, and 31,000,000 in South America. About one-fourth of the people of North America and nearly all the people of South America are Roman Catholics.
What is the population of Europe?—About 332,000,000, of whom one-third are members of the Greek Church, one-third Protestants, and one-third Roman Catholics.
What is the population of Asia?—About 800,000,000, of whom about one-fifth are Mohammedans, and nearly all the others are heathen.
What is the population of Africa?—About 200,000,000, of whom one-tenth are Mohammedans, and three-fourths are heathen.
In heathen and Mohammedan lands how many Protestant missionaries are there?—About 6,700, of whom 2,700 are women.
How many native laborers?—About 33,000.
How many adherents?—About 2,250,000.
How many members?—About 150,000.
How many organized churches?—About 5,000.
How much money is expended each year by Protestants to give the Gospel to heathens?—About $10,000,000. Of this about $4,000,000 is raised in America, and $6,000,000 in Great Britain.
How many ministers are there in the United States to every 800 persons?—One.
How many missionaries are there to every 400,000 souls in foreign lands?—One.
What is expected of us?—To send the Gospel to every creature.—Gospel in All Lands.