AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANISM
Tho statistics of tho American Presbyterian Church arc just piibli»licd. They are of :in encouraging kind. In lfllO the members numbered 1,330,(100. Tliero arc now 1,:187,61 G. - This shows a gain of ■IS.lilG, which is .well 'in line with the. percentage of growth in ])opu)ation. ()n t'je other ]iaud, (he number of Sabbaih school scholars has decreased by 38,79". The advance movement, in foreign missions is evidently telling, and this is fhi? most satisfactory leiituro of these statistics. Jn Iflllt. 1',:]11,U3 dollars were subscribed for foreign' , misions. This yer.r the sum of 2,185,033. It will lx> seen ihiit the contributions are not far from being doubled, a fact of the best augury.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1192, 29 July 1911, Page 9
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114AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANISM Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1192, 29 July 1911, Page 9
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