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Vermischtes. 897

mierte, 135 Erziehungsanstalten mit 17,796 Studierenden, von denen
3798 sich auf das Predigtamt vorbereiten. In 14 Sprachen erscheinen
210 Sonntagsschulpublikationen und 117 Zeitschriften. Wohltätig⸗
keitsanstalten gibt es 231 mit 334,129 verpflegten Personen. Die
Zahl der Missionare in China, Japan, Indien, Afrika usw. beträgt 273
plus 1610 eingeborne Helfer. Die Gemeindeschulen zählen 261,000
und die Sonntagsschulen 1,019,911 Schüler. Der Wert des Gesamt⸗
eigentums der lutherischen Kirche in Amerika beträgt §133,592,409.
Der Survey gibt für 1915 folgende Kommunizierenden der einzelnen
Synoden an: Missouri: 622,243, Wisconsin: 106,628, Minnesota:
26,214, Michigan: 9,290, Nebraska (Synodical Conference): 3,028,
Slovak: 5,100, Pennsylvania: 159,137, New Vork (General Couneil):
56,598. Pittsburgh (General Council): 32,691, Ohio (General Coun-
cil): 13,981, Augustana: 186,056, Canada: 14,500, Chicago: 8,284,
English, Northwest: 10,921, Manitoba: 5,100, Pacifie: 1,906, Nev
Vork and New England: 18,869, Nova Scotia: 2,918, Oentral OCanada:
1,781, Texas (General Council): 1,177, Maryland: 33,684, West Penn-
sylvania: 38,681, East Ohio: 11,935, Allegheny: 26,902, East Pennsyl-
vania: 41,883, Miami: 10,345, Pittsburgh (General Synod): 25,810,
Wittenberg: 15,399, Olive Branch: 7,219, Northern Illinois: 10,792,
Central Pennsylvania: 12,864, JIowa (General Synod): 5,554, North-
ern Indiana: 9,283, Oentral Illinois: 4,501, Susquchanna: 20,074,
Kansas: 5,868, Nebraska (General Synod): 6,958, Wartburg: 9,123,
California: 5,102, German Nebraska (General Synod): 9,443, Rocky
Mountain: 1,874, Southern Illinois: 2,208, New Vork (General Synod):
35,867, West Virginia: 4,201, North Carolina: 10,438, Tennessee:
14,440, South Carolina: 11,544, Virginia: 6,419, Southwestern Vir-
ginia: 5,673, Mississippi: 755, Georgia: 3,950, Holston: 1,769, Joint
Ohio: 142,355, Buffalo: 6,440, Eielsen's: 1,800, Hauge's: 39,983, Nor-
wegian: 99,988, Iowa (Independent): 125,928, Danish: 13,346, Ice-
landic: 3,939, Immanuel: 19,150, Finnish Suomi: 13,912, Norwegian,
Uniteéd: 171,657, Norwegian, Freée: 28,050, Danish, United: 14,090,
Non-synodical: 27,000. Total: 2,404, 618. F. B.
Das Reformationsjubiläum in Amerika 1817. In der „L. C. R.“
lesen wir: „The Documentary History' of the Ministerium of Penn-
Flvania contains an item relating to the observance of the three-
hundredth anniversary of the Reformation in 1817, as follows: With
reference to the celebration of the Jubilée, the Ministerium resolved
that the German Evangelical Reformed Synod, the Moravians, the
English Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches shall be invited by our
President to celebrate the Reformation Festival with us.“ At the next
convention, in 1818, fraternal responses from Bishop White, of the
Episcopal Church, and Bishop Reichel, of the Moravian Church, were
read; and ea delegation from the Reformed Synod appeared, urging
the establishment of a United Seminary for the education of can-

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