49. The "Mormon Church," or "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints," was first organized in the town of Manchester, New York, on April 6, 1830, by Mr. Joseph Smith, of Vermont. The fortunes of the church thus started have been variable in New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, until persecution has compelled her to withdraw to the wilderness of Utah. Their number is stated to be 60,000. The average annual increase in twenty-five years, 2,000.

50. Four miles from Oneida, Madison County, New York, is located an organized community the members of which call themselves "Christian Perfectionists." It was started by Mr. John F. Noyes, a native of Brattleboro, Vermont.

They have now a community in Oneida, Wallingford, Conn., New Haven, Conn., and New York, which consisted of 255 members in 1867. This is an average annual increase of 10.

51. The "Catholic Apostolic Church," or "Irvingites," originated from the views of Mr. Edward Irving, preached in London in 1830.

There are about a half-dozen of these congregations in this country, estimated to contain 250 members.

A number of small nuclei of perhaps future denominations exists in different states, which it is unnecessary to mention.

A recapitulation of the preceding statistics presents the following results:

Church Members in 1867.Average Annual Increase in 25 y'rs.
1. Lutherans332,1557,182
2. German Reformed110,4083,431
3. United Brethren97,9831,319
4. Moravians6,65526
5. Dutch Reformed57,8461,261
6. Mennonites39,110380
7. Reformed Mennonites11,000200
8. Evangelical Association58,0021,791
9. Christian Connection500,0007,954
10. Church of God32,000960
11. O. S. Presbyterians246,3506,958
12. N. S. Presbyterians161,5382,167
13. Reformed Presbyterians (General Synod)8,324153
14. Synod of Reformed Presbyterians6,000
15. Associate and United Presbyterians63,4891,000
16. Associate Reformed Presbyterians3,90980
17. Free Presbyterians1,000
18. Cumberland Presbytr'ns.100,0001,819
19. Baptists1,094,80613,796
20. Free-Will Baptists59,111204
21. Seventh-Day Baptists7,03841
22. Dunkers20,000500
23. German Seventh-Day Baptists1,80030
24. Free-Commun. Baptists104
25. Anti-Mission Baptists105,0006,143
26. Six-Principle Baptists3,000
27. River Brethren7,00080
28. Disciples (Campbellites)300,0004,762
29. Congregationalists278,3624,734
30. Unitarians30,000300
31. Universalists80,0001,000
32. Protestant Episcopal194,6926,536
33. Methodist Episcopal1,146,08130,377
34. Methodist Protestant50,000
35. Methodist Church50,0002,000
36. True Wesleyan25,000200
37. African Methodist200,0007,500
38. Zion African Methodist60,0002,008
39. Methodist Epis. (South)535,0404,087
40. Free Methodist4,880617
41. Western Primitive Methodist2,00040
42. Independent Methodists800
43. Friends, or Quakers100,0001,000
44. Hicksites40,000400
45. Shakers4,71360
46. Adventists30,0001,500
47. Swedenborgians5,000186
48. Spiritualism165,0008,000
49. Mormon Church60,0002,000
50. Christian Perfectionists25510
51. Catholic Apost. Church25010
Total6,396,110134,802

Thus the whole number of members of Protestant churches in the United States in 1867 was 6,396,110. The average annual increase of this membership during the preceding twenty-five years has been 134,802.

The population of the United States according to the usual census and that of the Bureau of Statistics for 1867, has been as follows: