THEOLOGICAL SEMINARIES IN THE UNITED STATES. NAME. PLACE Bangor Theolog. Seminary, Bangor, Me. Theological Seminary, Divinity School, Andover, Mass. . Cong. Cambridge, 152 672 36 100 53 53 113 New York, N. Y. Prot. Epis. 1819 6 80 200 The. Sem. Dutch Ref. Ch. N. Br'wick, N. J. Dutch Ref. 66 Gettysburg, Pa. Evang. L.. 1821 4 56 190 Auburn, Presbyt. Theol. Sem. Pr. Ch. U. S. Princeton, Presbyt. York, G. Ref, Ch. 1825 2 Allegheny T. "Presbyt. 18282 Canonsburg, "Asso. Ch. Pittsburg, Columbus, Lutheran, "" Granville, Baptist, Stud. in West. Theol. Seminary, Fairfax Co. Va. 66 Baptist, 18323 Lutheran, Furman Theol. Seminary,. High Hills, "l Baptist, Indiana Theol. Seminary, .IS. Hanover, In. .Presbyt. .... 1832 1 PROGRESS OF CHRISTIANITY. M. Laffon de Ladebat, of France, computes the number of Christians, in each century, since the Christian era, as follows: Since the commencement of the nineteenth century, the number of Christians has increased, with great rapidity, in all parts of the world. SALARIES OF THE CLERGY. The salaries of the Presbyterian, Baptist, Congregational and Episcopalian Clergy in the United States, in the most populous towns, vary from $1000 to $3000 a year. Few receive more than $2000. In common country towns, these salaries vary, according to the size of the town, or its parochial duties, from $400 to $1000. The majority of clergymen in country towns receive less than $600 a year. The travelling preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, receive, annually, $100, with board and travelling expenses; $100 for their wives; $16 for each child under seven years old, and $24 for each child, from seven to fourteen years of age. The preachers of the Methodist Protestant Church receive annually, $100 without a wife, and $200, if married. In the Northern and Middle States the salaries of the clergy, generally, are higher than in the Western and Southern States. In the States of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Indiana, the compensation to the Baptist and Presbyterian ministers is very small. The preachers among the Friends receive no compensation for their services, if they are able to support themselves. The salaries of the clergy in the United States, are raised either by taxes on property, rents of pews, voluntary subscriptions or contributions; or, as it frequently happens, by the income of funds appropriated for that purpose. "In all the States the support of religion is now left entirely to the voluntary choice and good will of the people. No person is compelled to join, or be classed with, or associated to any religious association, church, or congregation, or (without having previously given his consent,) to pay for the support of ministers of religion, for the maintenance of public worship, or for the building or repairing of churches." We copy from a recent publication, the Cyclopedia Americana, the following article on CHURCH REVENUES. From the following table, which shows the annual amount of the income of the clergy in all parts of the Christian world, it will be perceived that the revenue of the English clergy is greater by forty-four thousand pounds, than that of all the other clergy in the world; while the number of hearers attending on their ministry, compared with the aggregate number belonging to the churches in other nations, is as one to thirty-lwo. Bishop Hall remarks, "There is nothing in the world more wholesome or more necessary for us to learn, than the gracious lesson of Christian moderation, without which, in very truth, a man is so far from being a Christian, that he is not himself. This is the centre wherein all both divine and moral philosophy meet; the rule of life; the governess of manners; the silken string that runs through the pearl chain of all virtues; the very ecliptic line under which reason and religion move without any deviation, and therefore most worthy our best thoughts; of our most careful observance." |