. The year of jubilee : a brief sketch of fifty years' work in the church of St. James the Apostle, Montreal, 1864-1914 . ll.—BUtmtxtnl FIGURES are never very inspiring, but theytell the story of growth in a way that leaveslittle lo be desired. Perhaps the increaseof communicants is the best test of thedevelopment of a church. When St. James wasopened for worship there were fifty communicantson the list. Let us glance at a comparative tablecovering the past twenty years: Year Christmas Easter 1895 242 290 1900 286 464 1905 263 500 1910 514 702 1913 754 887 1914 1,030 When the church started in
. The year of jubilee : a brief sketch of fifty years' work in the church of St. James the Apostle, Montreal, 1864-1914 . ll.—BUtmtxtnl FIGURES are never very inspiring, but theytell the story of growth in a way that leaveslittle lo be desired. Perhaps the increaseof communicants is the best test of thedevelopment of a church. When St. James wasopened for worship there were fifty communicantson the list. Let us glance at a comparative tablecovering the past twenty years: Year Christmas Easter 1895 242 290 1900 286 464 1905 263 500 1910 514 702 1913 754 887 1914 1,030 When the church started in 1864 it seated about500. To-day it has a seating capacity of 1,100and is usually well filled. There are 250 pew-holders on the list. Since the erection of the EastTransept and wing there has been such a demandfor pews that nearly half the additional pews havealready been rented. The number of souls in the parish of St. James* isdifficult of accurate estimate on account of thecontinual change. There are practically two dif-ferent congregations on Sunday a- the morningworshippers do not come in any great numbers at. STATISTICAL 59 night. A conservative estimate places the soulsin St. James at 1,400. In the matter of finances our figures are absolutelyreliable. We have compared the opening yearsincome with the year 1913 in the sketch of thechurchs history. Let us look at the records ineach decade of the past fifty years. Year Pew Rents Collections Total Income 1864 $1, $1, $ 3, 1874 2, 2, 9,423-72 1884 3, 1, 6, 1894 5, 2, 9, 1904 5, 2, 12, 1914 6, 5, 20, The phenomenal increase of the revenue in 1874is accounted for by the fact that in 1873 the churchwas damaged by fire and a sum of $3,000 was col-lected for repairs. The above table witnesses to aremarkable increase in the past ten years. A noteought also to be made regarding the Sunday platecollections. In 1864 the average for
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