PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS (PER SYNODS) OF PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES, (N.S.)-REP. 1863. SYNODS. PRESBYTERIES. 4 Genesee...... 1 Albany..... Albany, Catskill, Champlain, Columbia, Troy.. 2 Alta California... San Francisco, San Jose, Sierra Nevada... 3 Cincinnati......... Cincinnati, Dayton, Hamilton, Ripley.. Buffalo, Genesee, Genesee Valley, Niagara, Onta- 6 104 29 133 5 Geneva... Chemung, Geneva, Ithaca, Lyons, Steuben, Wellsborough.. 12 99 12,378 72 529 56 6 6 Illinois.. Alton, Illinois, Schuyler, Wabash. 36 108 4 53 15 68 Dakotah, Minnesota, Winona..... Kansas, Lexington, Northern Missouri, Saint Louis. 4 Green Castle, Indianapolis, Madison, Salem. Cedar Valley, Chariton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Keokuk.. 6 10 17 86 4,523 42 217 40 4 36 6 42) 12 61 3,461 50 188 31 2,166, 47 126 28 61 Coldwater, Detroit, Grand River Valley, Kalama-" for all Causes. TOTAL AMOUNT Total number of Ch's giving. of communi and the num. ASSEMBLY, to GENERAL Amount given Ch's giving. the numb. of MISSIONS, and giring. Amount given to DOMESTIC Amount given the numb, of MISSIONS, and to FOREIGN giving. num. of Ch's TION, and the to PUBLICA Amount giren to EDUCATION, Amount given བཅས་ཊྛ ོཙ ཙ $844 44 $3,637 3,900 17 1,861 18 12,489 1 306 7,996 3 zoo, Lake Superior, Marshall, Monroe, Saginaw, Washtenaw. Chenango, Delaware, Otsego..... Oswego, Saint Lawrence, Utica, Watertown Crawfordsville, Fort Wayne, Logansport, St. Joseph 4 20 Western Reserve. Cleveland, Elyria, Green River, Huron, Maumee, District of Columbia, Harrisburg, Philadelphia 3d, 5 85 16 101 4.736 50 Belvidere, Bloomington, Chicago, Galena, Knox, 6 57 33 90 25 3 28 10) 38 4 64 201 84 261 31 7 35 7,961 84 13,409 71 4,887|| 271 1,224 162 27,333 123 1,338 110 37,168 99 36,855 84 128 21 889 21 1,072 19 832 20 316 14! 1,664 463 7,296 16 2,868 17 SYNODS...22] PRESBYTERIES, .106 1230 386 1616 343 1454 135894 1004 6,263 781 122407 631 80,529 570 49,363 570 40,569 299,132 PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES, (N. S.)-REPORTED 1863. Total number of 282Z28828 ERREKATRAER Ministers. Without Charge. Stated Supplies. Teachers, &c. For. Missionaries, 15 9 16 14 16 7 13 20 32 1122 10 6 of Ch's giving. Amount given for of Ch's giving. BLY, and numb. GENERAL ASSEM Amount given for 2836 31 42 13 に 233 ། 1,426 34 8 Adults Baptized.j 2 Communicants. Total number of 65 437 19. 2 513 34 1378 14 13. 6 $1,415 1,2:00 $198 $2,660. 6 285 2,651 8 146 104 474 co 6 304 271 1,350 4 115 18' 3 109) 3201 5 3,983 5 2.161 6 3,824 4 1,051 11,148) 18) 2,004 17 2,206 14 2,727 17 1,250 8,380 56 12 1,369 9 474 91 263 12 1,215 3377 14 1,181 12 743 10 2,613 12 568 5,228 9 5 58 2 55 136 10 80 10 687 11 818 2 22 11 523 5 47 2,160 11 62.12 71 12 535 10 430 5 196 13 429 1,661 13 336 81 465 7 108 7 272 1.214,14 10 1,439 10 1,156) 51 316 4 840 3,848 15 7 608 6 341 4,419 16 1.8421 7 1,892 1,977 10 717 6,518 17 249 9 2321 9 300 6 139 966 18 125 2 326 1 41. 2 91 610 19 95 89 49 359 20 PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES, (N. S.)-REPORTED PRESBYTERIES. 1803. PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES, (N. S.)-REPORTED 1863. Certificate. Com'ts added on ing additions. Churches report Churches. Total number of Examinations. Com'ts added on Vacaut Churches. Stated Supplies. Pastors. Churches with Candidates. Licentiates. Ministers. Total number of Teachers, &c. For. Missionaries,| Without Charge. Stated Supplies. Pastors. PRESBYTERIES. 364 1,737) 3,691 5,825 755 580 ... 3 808] 136 2,769 2,252 733 32 29 14 18 518 23242212148 2 10040 24 : 8 Rochester. 10 Saginaw 16 San Jose.. 19 Sierra Nevada.. 20 Steuben. 21 Tioga....... 22 Troy. 23 Trumbull 24 Ctica. 25 Wabash... 26 Washtenaw. 27 Watertown. 28 Wellsborough....... 29 Wilmington........... 30 Winona... 450 504 282 380 1616 162 191 435 682 337 844 1454 4744 4079 135394 1556 3191 1102 6263 779 122407 637 80,528 563 49,263 674 40,569 299130| History of the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa. VERY little is known of the early history of the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. The exact time of its organization is not known, nor are there any records of its early history extant. It has been usually regarded as the first organized Presbyterian Church in America, but some years ago Isaac Spence, Esq., of Snowhill, Md., discovered evidence of an older. congregation, known as Rehoboth, on the eastern shore of Maryland. The first pastor of this church was the Rev. Jedediah Andrews. He came from New England in the autumn of 1698. He was known as an independent minister, but was also denominated Presbyterian. The congregation was made up of the usual class of emigrants from England, Scotland, and Ireland. Under the influence of Mr. Andrews they were moulded into Presbyterianism, having early adopted that mode of church government. Mr. Andrews was raised and educated a congregationalist, according to the Cambridge platform, which admitted the office of Ruling Elder in the church. How long before the year 1698 they had been associated for public worship, or whether they were then organized as a congregation or church, cannot now be determined. It is presumed, however, from the known characteristics of the race, that the Scotch and Irish, as well as the Independents from England in Philadelphia would seek an early organization for the purpose of public worship; and it is quite probable that they may have been formed into a society for that purpose several years before Mr. Andrews came among them. The first house in which the congregation is known to have worshipped was located at the north-west corner of Second and Chestnut streets. It was in a store belonging to the Barbadoes' Company. They used this house, in connection with the Baptists, until they procured a lot on Market Street, where they erected a small house for worship. This was at the corner of Bank Street, between Second and Third streets. It was enlarged in 1729, about which time they adopted the Presbyterian form of government. The house was enlarged by the help of contributions received from Boston, Mass., and Mr. Andrews says it would not have been done without it. It continued to be the place of worship until 1793, when it was superseded by a more spacious and beautiful edifice erected partly on the old site. This building was at that time distinguished for its architectural proportions and beauty. The congregations worshipped here until 1821, when it was agreed to remove to their present location at the cor |