. Religious denominations of the world : comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religions ... with sketches of the founders of various religious sects. fore known as the Reformed Church in the United States. Overtureslooking to organic union from the Reformed (DutchjChurch in America were favorably entertained, but thetime for definite action was not considered to have ar-rived. In regard to a liturgy, it was left optional withclasses which to employ. The statistics for 1870 giv
. Religious denominations of the world : comprising a general view of the origin, history, and condition of the various sects of Christians, the Jews, and Mahometans, as well as the pagan forms of religions ... with sketches of the founders of various religious sects. fore known as the Reformed Church in the United States. Overtureslooking to organic union from the Reformed (DutchjChurch in America were favorably entertained, but thetime for definite action was not considered to have ar-rived. In regard to a liturgy, it was left optional withclasses which to employ. The statistics for 1870 give 31 classes, 526 ministers,1179 congregations, 217,910 members, 96,728 being communic<ints. The benevolent contributions were$76, In 1868 there were connected with thechurch six colleges, two seminaries, and one mission house. The Foreign Missionary work of this church is donethrough the American Board of Foreign Missions. Oneof the most successful missionaries of that Board is Schneider, of the Reformed Church, whose services inconnection with the great church of Aintab in the Ar-menian mission are well known to the Christian of from twelve to fifteen hundred assem-bled regularly in the church under his care, and the re-. j;2^GEAV£ f^ir .lUHTrlliKlR^o THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. 63 markable movements among the Armenian Churches to-wards self-support and independent evangelistic effort ap-peared here at a very early date. The Ursinus College, recently founded by Dr. J. H. and others, mainly of Philadelphia, is designedto serve as a counteractive to the educational and theo-losrical tendencies of Mercersburo;. THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. The Lutheran Church is that body of Christian confes-sors, or aggregate of particular Churches, who adhere tothe Augsburg Confession, as a correct exhibit of the greatdoctrines taught in the sacred Scriptures of the Old andNew Testaments. These Churches are found in the Ger-manic Stat
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