THE RELIGIOUS FORCES

OF THE

UNITED STATES

ENUMERATED, CLASSIFIED, AND DESCRIBED ON THE BASIS OF THE

GOVERNMENT CENSUS OF 1890

WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON THE
CONDITION AND CHARACTER OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY

BY

H. K. CARROLL, LL. D.
IN CHARGE OF THE DIVISION OF CHURCHES, ELEVENTH CENSUS

REVISED, JANUARY 1, 1896, WITH ADDITIONAL TABLES OF STATIS-

TICS FOR THE FIVE YEARS SINCE THE CENSUS OF 1890

Meto Pork
the Christian Literature Co.

MDCCCXCIII

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Copyright, 1893, BY THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY,

II. THE SCOPE AND METHOD OF THE CENSUS..

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VII. ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

VIII. The ReligiouS POPULATION....

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IX. THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCHES .....

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X. HOW THE RELIGIOUS FORCES ARE DISTRIBUTED

XI. THE EVANGELICAL AND NON-EVANGELICAL ELEMENTS

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XII. THE GENERAL STATISTICAL SUMMARIES.

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XIII. The NEGRO IN HIS RELATIONS TO THE CHURCH.

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XIV. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY .....

XV. How THE CHURCH AFFECTS SOCIETY

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XII. THE CHRISTIAN UNION CHURCHES.

XIII. The Church of GoD ......

XIV. The CHURCH TRIUMPHANT (SCHWEINFURTH)

XV. CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM .

XVI. COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES..

XVII. THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES.

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III

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XXII. FRIENDS OF THE TEMPLE..

XXIII. THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL PROTESTANT CHURCH

XXIV. THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL SYNOD .

XXV. THE JEWS

XXVI. THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS ...

XXVII. THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERANS

XXVIII. THE MENNONITES

XXIX. THE METHODISTS.

XXX. THE MORAVIANS

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XXXI. THE PRESBYTERIANS.

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