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142    NEW YORK STATE GAZETTEER.

the year ending May,: 1858, $2,544,692 was raised for various religious and benevolent objects. Its
general objects of promotion and extension are conducted by Boards ; and it has various funds for
special objects. The State of New York embraces the greater part of 3 synods.1

Tlie JVew School Presbyterian General Assembly of the United States reports 26
synods, 120 presbyteries, 1,612 ministers, 1,687 churches, and 143,510 communicants. During
the year ending May, 1858, $273,965.90 was raised for domestic and foreign missions, education,
and publication. It has several committees for the promotion of its general objects, and has in this
State 2 theological seminaries and several periodicals.2

The Primitive Methodists have 2 churches and about 500 members in this State. They
have in the Union over 1,200 members.

The Protestant Episcopal Church embraces in the Union 33 dioceses and 4 mis¬
sions, 2,120 parishes, 39 bishops, 1,9-79 clergymen, and 139,611 communicants. Total contribu¬
tions for missionary and charitable purposes, $3,978,868.46. Its general institutions are the “ Gene¬
ral Theological Seminary,” New York, the “Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society,” the
“General Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Union and Church Book Society,” the “Protestant
Episcopal Historical Society/' the “Western Church Extension Society,” and the “Prot. E. So¬
ciety for the Promotion of Evangelical Knowledge.”

The Diocese ©ffA'ew Yorh3 embraces all e. of the e. lines of Broome, Chenango, Madi¬
son, Oneida, Lewis, and Jefferson cos., and comprises 275 parishes, 321 clergymen, and 22,411
communicants.

Genesee—Buffalo, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, and Olean.
Oneida—Oneida, Chenango, Cortland, Auburn, and Cazenovia.
Troy—Troy, Albany, Saratoga, Plattsburgh, and 3 in Vt.

Slack River—Rome, Syracuse, Oswego, Adams, Watertown,
Ogdensburgh, and Potsdam.

Erie—Fredonia. The remainder in Ohio and Penn.

East Genesee—Geneva, Rochester, West Rochester, Bath, Corn¬
ing, Elmira, and Lima.

New Tork East—New York, (E. district,) Long Island, and 2
in Conn.

Wyoming—Binghamton and O.wego, in part; the remainder in
Penn.

The offices of the several Missionary Societies and of the Book
Concern are at 200 Mulberry St., N. Y. The periodicals issued
from that establishment are the Christian Advocate and Jour¬
nal, a weekly newspaper; the Quarterly Review, the National
Magazine, and the Ladies’ Repository, octavo magazines; and
the Sunday School Advocate, The Good News, and the Mission¬
ary Advocate, small newspapers. ' The Northern Christian Ad¬
vocate, at Auburn, is also an official publication of this denom¬
ination. Under the auspices of this Church are the Genesee
College, at Lima, Livingston co.; the Amenia Seminary,
Dutchess co.; Ashland Collegiate Institute--Greene co.; Char¬
lotte Boarding Academy, Schoharie co.; Falley Seminary, Ful¬
ton, Oswego co.; Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, Livingston
CO.; Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, St. Lawrence co.; Jones-
ville Academy, Saratoga co.; NewYork Conference Seminary,
Charlotteville, Schoharie co.; Oneida Conference Seminary,
Cazenovia, Madison co.; and the Susquehanna Seminary, Bing¬
hamton, Broome co. Besides these, a large number of institu¬
tions, including several of the incorporated academies, are
owned and patronized mainly by members of this denomination.

1 The names ofpresbyteries and statistics of churches of this
branch in the State are reported in the Old School Presbyterian
Almanac for 1S59 as follows:—

Synods.

Organized.

I'resbyteries.

Ministers.

Churches.

Communi¬

cants.

Albany........

1803

Londonderry, Troy, Al¬

bany, Mohawk............

99

64

7,756

Buffalo.........

1843

Ogdensbui'gh, Gfenesee R.,

. Buffalo City. Michigan,

Rochester City............

60

62

5,028

New York....

1788

Hudson, North River,

Bedford, Long Island,

New York, New York

2d, Canton, Ningpo,

Connecticut, Nassau,

Western Africa............

169

130

17,495

The Board of Domestic Missions has 610 missionaries and
990 churches and missionary stations. Receipts for the year
ending March 1, 1858, $105,277.52. Its offices are located in
Philadelphia and Louisville.

The Board of Education is divided into ministerial education
and education in schools, academies, colleges, and parochial
schools. Under the auspices of this denomination are 22 col¬
leges, 60 academies, and 100 parochial schools. The receipts for
1857 were $56,492.06. Its office is at Philadelphia.

The Board of Foreign Missions has 69 ministers, 30 male and
90 female assistant missionaries, and 23 native teachers. The
receipts for 1857 were $223,977.79. Its office is at the corner of
Center and Reade Sts., N. Y.

The Board of Publication issues tracts, books, newspapers,
and other periodicals in great numbers. Its receipts for 1857
were $126,960.28. Its office is at Philadelphia.

2 The following summary of the New School Presbyterian
Church in New York is from the American Presbyterian Al¬
manac for 1859, and other authentic sources:—

Synods.

j Organized.

Presbyteries.

Ministers.

§

s.

s

§

Communi¬

cants.

Albany.......

1803

Champlain, Troy, Albany,

Columbia, Catskiil.......

84

70

8,257

Utica..........

1829

St. Lawrence, Watertown,

Oswego, Utica.............

65

72

7,106

1812

100

03

9,725

1855

80

70

7,769

Susqueh’nna

1853

Otsego, Chenango, Dela¬

ware..........................

42

51

3,989

Genesee......

1821

Genesee, Ontario, Roch¬

ester, Niagara, Buffalo,

Angelica.....................

125

108

12,371

N. Y. & N. J.

1788

Hudson, North River,

Long Island, New York

3d, New York 4th,

Brooklyn, and 4 others

not in the State...........

226

155

24,905

The various societies under the care of this denomination are
in charge of the Presbyterian Publication Committee, Foreign
Mission Committee, Permanent Committee on Education, and
Church Extension Committee. Young men preparing for the
ministry are educated at the Union Theological Seminary, of
New York City, and Auburn Theological Seminary, of Cayuga
co. The newspapers of the denomination are the Evangelist, of
New York, and the Genesee Evangelist, of Rochester.

3 Its institutions are the “ Society for the Promotion of Re¬
ligion and Learning,” the “ Corporation for the Relief of Widows
and Children of Clergymen,” the “ Prot. E. Tract Society,” the
“New York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society,” the
“New York Prot. E. City Mission Society,” the “ Prot. E. Chris¬
tian Mission Society for Seamen in the City and Port of New
York,” the “ Prot. E. Brotherhood of New York,” the “Northern
Missionary Convocation,” the “Bible and Common Prayer Book
Society of Albany and its Vicinity,” the “Brotherhood of St.
Barnabas,” (Troy,) “ Columbia College,” “ Trinity School,”
(N. Y.,) “St. Luke’s Hospital,” (N. Y.,) “St. Luke’s Home for
Indigent Christian Females,” the “Church Charity Founda¬
tion,” (Brooklyn,) and the “ Pastoral Aid Society.”



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