2. The German Reformed denomination made its appearance, soon after the Lutheran, in the German part of Switzerland, and sprang out of a dispute between Ulrich Zwingli and Martin Luther concerning the import of the words, "This is my body," "This is my blood."
The following table shows their growth in this country since 1820:
| Ministers. | Churches. | Members. | |
| 1820 | 68 | 389 | 14,400 |
| 1830 | 84 | 353 | 17,189 |
| 1840 | 123 | 416 | 17,760 |
| 1850 | 231 | 786 | 58,799 |
| 1860 | 391 | 1,045 | 92,684 |
| 1862 | 421 | 1,122 | 100,691 |
| 1864 | 460 | 1,134 | 107,394 |
| 1866 | 475 | 1,162 | 109,258 |
| 1867 | 491 | 1,152 | 110,408 |
| 1868 | 505 | 1,181 | 115,483 |
| 1869 | 521 | — | 117,910 |
The average annual increase during a series of years has been as follows:
| Ministers. | Churches. | Members. | |
| In 47 years | 9 | 16 | 2,043 |
| In 7 years | 14 | 15 | 2,532 |
3. The "United Brethren in Christ" are the fruits of a "reformation" in the German Reformed denomination—a sort of Methodistical offshoot. The statements of their numbers are as follows:
| Ministers. | Societies. | Members. | |
| 1842 | 500 | 1,800 | 65,000 |
| 1866 | 789 | 3,297 | 91,570 |
| 1867 | 837 | 3,445 | 98,983 |
| 1868 | 864 | 3,663 | 108,122 |
The average annual increase during twenty-five years has been as follows:
| Ministers. | Societies. | Members. | |
| In 25 years | 13 | 66 | 1,319 |