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Show Census of Religious Bodies. A bulletin issued by the census bureau bu-reau entitled "Census of Religious Bodies," shows that out of a total church membership in the United States in 1906 of nearly 33.000,000, 43.1 per cent were males and 56.9 per cent were women and female children. Among the Protestants the difference was greater, only 39.3 per cent being males, while in the Roman Gatholic church the males formed 49.3 per cent of the total membership. Fewer males were found among the Latter-day Saints, the Lutherans, Disciples, Methodists, Meth-odists, Baptists, Presbyterians and Protestant Episcopalians, the percentage percent-age of male members' decreasing in the order shown, there being only 35.5 per cent of males among the Episcopalians. Among the Christian Scientists only 27.6 per cent were males, and of the Shakers only 21.3 per cent; but in the Greek Orthodox church 93.9 per cent were males. Other salient features of the report show that there were $1,250,-000,000 $1,250,-000,000 invested in church edifices, and that every day eight new churches ivere erected. Of the total estimated population popu-lation of continental United States In 1906, the church members formed 39.1 per cent, as against 32.7 per cent for 1S90. Of this 6.4 per cent increase the Roman Catholic church is credited with 4.4 per cent and the Protestants 1.8, the remainder being divided among all other denominations. The total church membership for 1906 was 32,936,445, of which number the Protestants were credited with 20,287.742, and the Roman Catholics with 12,079,142. Of the Protestant Prot-estant bodies the Methodists numbered 5,74,838 : the Baptists; 5,662,234; the Lutherans, 2,112,494 ; the Presbyterians. 1,830,555, and the Disciples, or Christians, Chris-tians, 1,142,359. The rate of increase shown for the Roman Catholic church is 93.5 per cent, which is more than twice that for all the Protestant .bodies combined. |
