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Rev. Henry E. Montgomery, D. D., 115 E. Thirtieth-st. ; ch. of the Incarnation, Madison-av. cor. Thirty-fifth-st. Sabbath ser- vices, Morning and Evening.
Rev. Wm. F. Morgan, D. D., Astoria ; St. Thomas' ch., Fifth- av., cor. Fifty-third-st. Sabbath services, Morning and After- noon.
Rev. C.W. Morrill, 99 E. Forty-ninth-st .; St. Alban'sch., Lexington- av., c. Forty-seventh-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Evening. Rev. T. M. C. Peters, D. D., Broadway, cor. 101st-st. ; St. Michael's ch., Broadway, cor. Ninety-ninth-st.
Rev. C. E. Phelps, W. Eighty-first-st. ; All Angels' ch., Eighty- first-st. near Eleventh-av
Rev. Joseph H. Price, D. D, 109 W. Twenty-second-st. ; St. Ste- phen's ch., 30 W. Twenty-second-st. Sabbath services, Morn- ing and Evening.
Rev. F. Sill, 25 Vandam-st. ; St. Ambrose ch., 117 Thompson-st.
Rev. John Cotton Smith, D. D., 7 W. Tenth-st. ; Ascension ch.,
Fifth-av., cor. W. Tenth-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Afternoon.
Rev. J. H. Smith, 156th-st .: Intercession ch .. 154th-st., cor. Tenth-av.
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Rev. J. W. Shackelford, E. Eightieth-st., near Second-av. ; ch. of the Redeemer.
Rev. W. T. Sabine, 46 W. Twenty-third-st. ; ch. of the Atonement,
Madison-av., cor. Twenty-eighth-st. Sabbath services, Morn- and Evening.
Rev. Horatio Southgate, D. D., Astoria ; Zion ch., Madison-av., cor. Thirty-eighth-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Afternoon.
Rev. T. H. Taylor, D. D., 804 Broadway ; Grace ch., 800 Broadway, cor. Tenth-st.
Rev. I. H. Tuttle, 477 Hudson-st. ; St. Luke's ch., 483 Hudson-st. Sabbath services, morning and afternoon.
Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D. D., 213 E. Sixteenth-st. ; St. George's ch., Rutherford-pl. Sabbath services, Morning and Afternoon, and also the first Sabbath Evening in every month.
Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, jr., 117 W. Forty-third-st. ; Holy Trinity ch., Madison-av., cor. E. Forty-second-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Afternoon, and also the first Sabbath evening in every month.
Rev. A. Verren, D. D., 28 W. Twenty-second-st. ; Du St. Esprit ch., (French,) 30 W. Twenty-second-st.
Rev. A. H. Vinton, D. D, 156 Second-av .; St. Mark's ch., Stuy- vesant-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Afternoon.
Rev. Francis Vinton, D. D., Brooklyn ; St. Paul's ch., Broadway cor. Vesey-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Evening.
Rev. E. A. Washburn, D. D., 64 E. Twenty-first-st .; Calvary ch., Fourth-av., cor. Twenty-first-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Afternoon.
Rev. S. H. Weston, D. D., 409 W. Twenty-third-st. ; St. John's ch.,
46 Varick-st. Sabbath services, Morning and Afternoon.
OF NEW YORK CITY.
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MISSION STATIONS.
SABBATH SERVICES.
WEEK-DAY EVENING SABBATH SERVICES.
SCHOOL.
STREET.
WARD.
Morning.
Afternoon.
Evening.
Monday.
Tuesday.
Wednesday.
Thursday,
Friday,
Morning.
Afternoon.
1 27 Greenwich
103
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9
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5 74 West Broadway
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6 122 Leonard
7 290 Madison c. Montgom'y 8 286 Spring-street
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11 44 Av. C, c. 4th, German- 13 70 Columbia
103
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71
73
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13 70 Columbia, German
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14 212 Grand-street-
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16 273 W. 25th-st., c. 8th-av. 18 283 Av. B-
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18 176 E. 22d-st., n. Ist-av.
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20 449 Eleventh-av.
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The hour for evening service is 7} in Winter, and 8 in Summer.
At the First Ward Mission, 27 Greenwich-street, there is a Sab- bath afternoon service for seamen, and also a daily reading-room, under the auspices of the New York Port Society.
At the Sixteenth Ward Mission, 273 West Twenty-fifth-street, there is a Sabbath-school at 2 P. M., conducted by the Twenty-third- street Presbyterian church, and also a daily Industrial School, by the American Female Guardian Society.
At the Hall, 147 Fifth-street, corner First-avenue, there is a Mis- sion Sabbath-school, in charge of members of the Fourth-avenue Presbyterian church and others, at 2} P. M.
In addition to the foregoing Mission Meetings, there are servi- ces held every week in thirty or more rooms in tenant-houses, hos- pitals, homes, etc.
The Directors would cordially invite their friends and the Chris- tian public generally, to visit these Stations as often as possible.
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MISSIONARIES.
1. Rev. George Hatt 150 Nassau-st., Ist and 2d wards.
2. Mr. Henry F. Stanly- 27 Greenwich-st., 1st and 2d wards.
3. Mr. John Love 15 Renwick-st., 3d and 5th wards.
4. Mr. Henry Whittlesey 11 Rutgers-st., 4th ward.
5. Rev. Charles Battersby -122 Leonard-st., 6th ward.
6. Mr. Jason L. Burdick -- -122 Leonard-st., 6th ward.
7. Mr. Jonathan B. Horton -- 59 Montgomery-st., 7th ward.
8. Rev. Zenas P. Wilds- -159 Varick-st., 8th ward.
9. Rev. John H. Meacham -
-593 Hudson-st., 9th ward.
13. Rev. Marinus Willett Washington Heights, 12th ward.
14. Mr. James W. Bishop 70 Columbia-st., 13th ward.
15. Mr. James W. Monroe 212 Grand-st., 14th ward.
16. Rev. Alfred C. Roe- 229 Thompson-st., 15th ward.
17. Rev. Alexander Potter -212 Grand st., 14th ward.
18. Rev. John P. Betker -523 W. 23d-st., 16th ward.
19. Mr. John Ruston 114 E. 22d-st., 18th ward.
20. Rev. Edward P'. Payson 108 E. Twenty-fourth-st., 18th ward.
21. Rev. Enoch Mack -Post-office, Station L, 19th ward.
22. Rev. John W. Martin
106 E. 40th-st., 19th ward.
24. Mr. Peleg A. Spencer
-320 E. 51st-st., 21st ward.
223 W. Forty-sixth-st., 22d ward.
25. Rev. Calvin Lathrop
26. Rev. Abraham Berky
23 Seventh-st., Germans.
27. Mr. William Roth
98% First . st., Germans.
28. Rev. Henry A. Friedel 127 Norfolk-st., Germans.
29. Rev. Ola Helland- Bethel, Pier 11, North river, seamen.
80. Mr. Henry Veshlage 255 Rivington-st., Ger. immigrants.
31. Mr. Gideon R. Lederer 331 E. Thirteenth-st., Jews.
32. Rev. George Dubois 19 W. Thirty-eighth-st., French.
33. Rev. Martin A. Erdman 192 Seventh-st., Moravian.
84. Mrs. Elmore 327 Madison-st., 7th ward.
35. Mrs. Whitaker 133 Leroy-st., 8th ward.
36. Mrs. Hughes -147 West Houston, 8th ward.
37. Miss Smith 73 Suffolk-st., 10th ward.
38. Mrs. Mix 348 Third-st., 11th ward.
89. Miss Wait 175 Sixth-st., 13th ward.
11. Rev. Joseph P. Lestrade 333 E. Fourth st., 11th ward,
10. Rev. Richard Parker- -645 Hudson-st., 9th ward.
-- 13 Rutgers place, 10th ward.
12. Mr. John H. Bulen
23. Rev. Richard Hayter-
444 W. 34th-st., 20th ward.
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OF NEW YORK CITY.
40. Miss Quarmby
16 Clarke-st., 14th ward.
41. Mrs. Kinne
-18 Minetta-st., 15th ward.
42. Mrs. Furman 139 Laurens-st.
43. Miss Rees- 170 East 34th-st., 18th ward.
44. Miss Williams 136 E. Forty-sixth-st., 19th ward.
45. Mrs. Fanning 212 West 36th-st., 20th ward.
46. Mrs. Whitelaw 250 E. Thirty-second-st., 21st ward.
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NEW YORK STATE CENSUS.
NATIVITIES OF CITY POPULATION BY WARDS.
1855.
1865.
WARDS.
Born in the United States.
Born in for- eign coun- tries.
Total.
Born in Born in for- the United eign coun- States. tries.
Total.
First
4,267
8,500
12,767
4,193
5,613
9,852
Second
1,278
1,800
3,073
593
600
1,194
Third -
4,118
3,600
7.713
1,451
1,885
3,367
Fourth
6,860
15,000
21,860
7,533
9,761
17,352
Fifth
11,322
10,000
21,322
9,353
8,798
18,205
Sixth
7,734
15,500
23,284
8,294
10,970
19,754
Seventh
16,923
17,500
34,423
18,904
18,054
36,962
Eighth
19,175
16,500
35,675
18,254
11,458
30,098
Ninth
26,317
13,500
39,817
26,602
11,697
38,504
Tenth
12,945
13,500
26,445
15,644
15,750
31,537
Eleventh
23,481
30,500
53,981
31,260
27,488
58,953
Twelfth
8,359
10,500
18,859
18,585
9,360
28,259
Thirteenth
14,040
12,500
26,540
15,806
10,908
26,388
Fourteenth
10,551
13,500
24,051
10,827
11,725
23,382
Fifteenth
14,098
10,500
24,598
15,212
10,359
25,572
Sixteenth
21,536
17,500
39,036
28,304
16,323
41,972
Seventeenth
24,610
33,500
58,110
32,900
37,201
79,563
Eighteenth
18,537
20,500
39,037
25,801
21,371
47,613
Nineteenth
8,242
9,500
17,742
23,477
16.127
39.945
Twentieth
22,540
24,500
47,040
36,615
25.075
61,884
Twenty-first
16,398
11,500
27,898
23,897
14,944
38,669
Twenty-second - -
10,400
12,189
22,589
30,807
16,311
47,361
303,721
326,089 629,810
402,312 313,477 726,386
POPULATION OF THE CITY
ABOVE AND BELOW FOURTEENTH-ST., AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.
1840.
1845.
1850.
1855.
1860.
1865.
Above 14th-st.
33,811
54,728
113.518
212,334 344.462 305,703
Below 14th-st.
278,899 316,495| 402,034
417,476 469,792 420,683
Total
312,710
371,222
515,547 629,810 814,254
726.386
OF NEW YORK CITY.
STATISTICS OF THE NEW YORK CHURCHES,
FROM THE STATE CENSUS OF 1865.
DENOMINATION.
Number of
churches.
Value of
churches.
No. capable
of being
Seated.
Usual num-
ber attend-
ing.
Number of
communi-
Cants.
Salary
Baptist
24
885,000
18,100
10,850
7,610
38,800
O. S. Baptist-
1
1
12,000
200
150
75
2,000
Church of Messiah-
1
50,000
400
30€
100
2,500
Christian Israelite-
1
10,300
150
100
Congregational-
5
422,000
4,000
2,625
1,092
11,100
Evangelical
1
20,000
600
250
1,000
Evan. Lutheran
7
125,000
5,25€
2,850
1,790
7,100
Friends
80,000
9,00€
5,500
375
German Reformed-
1
71,000
1,000
600
200
1,100
Jews
14
434,000
7,675
2,815
2,019
19,300
Meth. Episcopal - -
35
933,500
24,350
22,180
8,773
49,000
African Meth. Epis.
4
119,200
2,420
1,840
965
8,550
Meth. Protestant - -
1
18,000
500
600
190
1,400
Presbyterian-
44
1,620,000
22,800
13,735
7,080
84,850
United Presb'n
5
98,000
3,375
1,850
1,265
8,200
Prot. Episcopal
56
4,499,500
40,750
28,613 11,222
159,050
Prot. Ref. Dutch -
17
1,763,000
17,820
8,050
3,908
56,400
Roman-catholic-
30
1,482,000
31,800
54,170
30,495
32,900
Union
2
5,000
1,340
675
940
3,250
Unitarian
2
140,000
1,900
1,800
125
5,000
Universalist
2
57,000
2,900
2,250
400
12,900
Totals
258
12,844,500
196,330
160,303
78,624 504,400
THE CHURCHES OF THE CITY
ABOVE AND BELOW FOURTEENTH-ST., AT DIFFERENT PERIODS.
1840.
1845.
1850.
1855.
1860.
1865.
Above Fourteenth-st.
15
34
50
100
145
180
Below Fourteenth-st.
150
162
200
200
180
170
165
196
250
300
325
350
This table embraces churches, chapels, bethels, and missions of all kinds.
4*
81
of
clergy.
Catholic Apostolic-
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CHURCHES FOR SEAMEN.
72 Madison-street.
Oliver-street, cor. Henry.
Market-street, cor. Henry.
Bethel, Pike-street, East river.
Bethel, Pier 11 North river.
Bethel, Hubert-street, North river.
Dover-street, cor. Water.
27 Greenwich-street.
22 South-street.
READING ROOMS FOR SEAMEN.
72 Madison-street.
Oliver-street, cor. Henry.
27 Greenwich-street.
Dover-street, cor. Water.
Market-street, cor. Henry.
DAILY PRAYER MEETINGS.
Business Men's Noon-day Prayer Meeting, Consistory room, Fulton- street, near William, every day from 12 to 1 o'clock. Daily Prayer Meeting for Sailors, 72 Madison-street.
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Oliver-street, cor. Henry.
Market-street, cor. Henry.
Daily Prayers in Trinity church, Broadway, opp. Wall-street.
= St. Luke's, Hudson-street, opp. Grove.
Annunciation, W. Fourteenth-st., n. Seventh-av.
66 66 Transfiguration, E. Twenty-ninth-st., n. Fifth-av.
64 Trinity chapel, W. Twenty-fifth-st., n. Broadway. .
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS,
FOR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN.
Young Men's Christian Association Library and Reading room, open daily, 161 Fifth-av., cor. Twenty-second-st .; and Western Branch, 76 Varick-street, near Canal.
Ladies' Christian Home Association, Boarding-house for Young Women, 174 E. Fourteenth-st. Women's Library.
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OF NEW YORK CITY.
FREE READING ROOMS FOR THE PEOPLE.
Cooper Union, Astor-place.
J. W. Farmer's, 47 Ludlow-street.
50 Trinity-place.
193 W. Twenty-fourth-street.
204 Bleecker-street.
CITY MISSION READING ROOMS.
122 Leonard-street. 273 W. Twenty-fifth-street. 212 Grand-street.
FOR COLORED PEOPLE.
93 Wooster-street.
ROMAN-CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Broadway, cor. Twelfth-street. 267 Broadway. 385 Third-avenue.
SABBATH-SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK.
The devoted laborers connected with the New York City Mis- sion have recently made a fresh examination of the Sabbath-schools in New York for the purpose of ascertaining the actual number of children in attendance; and the result of their investigations has · been carefully compiled and arranged in a tabular form by the Cor- responding Secretary of the City Mission, Mr. Lewis E. Jackson. It will be seen that there are 312 Protestant Sabbath-schools and 53 Roman-catholic, Jewish, etc., making a total of 365 Sabbath school.
The scholars on roll in the Protestant Sabbath-schools number 77,450, with an average attendance in March of 51,243. The scholars on roll in the Roman-catholic and other schools number
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38,875, with an average attendance in March of 28,902. The Ro- man-catholic Sabbath-schools all return very large numbers. One Roman-catholic church, having one home and two mission Sabbath- schools, reports 6,000 scholars on roll, with an average attendance of 4,000.
Without entering into any analysis of this interesting table, we may say that, in any view of the matter, we must see that a great missionary work is yet to be done, and every church and every Christian should inquire as to their responsibility in the premises.
Evangelical Sabbath- schools.
Unevangelical Sabbath- schools.
U. S. Cen- 818, 1860.
State Cen- sus, 1865.
Number of
schools.
Scholars on
roll.
Average at-
tendance.
Number of
schools
Scholars on
Average at-
tendance.
TWeen &
Children be-
tween 5 und 15.
First-
5001
300
--
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3,261
2,171
Second
$
650
331
204
Third
2
350
220
1
975
675
676
511
Fourth
4
1,000
690
1
1,500
1,200
3,958
4,072
Fifth
8
2,436
1.000
1
2
1.400
1,250
4.805
4.795
Seventh
7
1,910
1,000
2
560
400
7,201
8.178
Eighth
11
2,521
1,814
800
720
7,149
6,609
Ninth
25
7,114
4.675
620
541
7.989
7.965
Tenth
6
1,920
1,225
5.229
6.497
Eleventh
12
3,486
2,412
3
1.200
1,200
10,793
14,962
Twelfth
20
3,968
2,975
4
2,500
1.600
5,516
7.750
Thirteenth
9
2,605
1,835
3
6,000
4,000
5,925
6,107
Fourteenth
5
1,075
635
722
662
5,055
5.034
Fifteenth-
17
5.785
3,225
5
1.500
700
4,965
4,016
Sixteenth
22
4,911
3,231
1
800
800
8,132
9.019
Seventeenth
24
5,750
4,400
6
4,300
3,200
13,099
18.168
Eighteenth
29
6,545
4,630
4
3,333
2,546
10.343
10,282
Nineteenth
26
4,986
3,466
5
2,005
1.598
5,911
9.316
Twentieth -
21
6,014
3.964
3
2.100
1.600
12,159
14,365
Twenty-first -
29
5.405
3,715
5
6,110
4.335
8,824
8,201
Twenty-second
28
6,876
4,360
8
2,450
1,875
11,114
11,667
312
77.450
51.248
53
38.875
28.902
146.460
163.493
--
451
4,021
3.624
Sixth
6
1,648
1,140
roil.
Children be-
and la.
WARD3.
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OF NEW YORK CITY.
CHURCH REMOVALS.
The following is an enumeration of churches that have changed their location from the lower wards, and will give an impressive view of the growth of the city and the rapidity with which the population is being crowded out by the demands of trade, and transferred from one part of the city to another.
1. South Dutch ch., removed from Exchange-pl. to Murray-st. ; and again from Murray-st. to Fifth-av. and Twenty-first-st.
2. Middle Dutch ch., Nassau, cor. Liberty ; now the Post-office.
3. Reformed Dutch ch., Franklin, near Church, removed to West Twenty-third-st.
4. First Presbyterian ch., Wall-st., removed to Fifth-avenue and Twelfth-st.
5. Presbyterian ch., Cedar-st., removed to Murray-st. ; and after- wards to Eighth-st., near Fourth-av. Now occupied by Ro- manists.
6. Scotch Presbyterian, under the care of Rev. Dr. John Mason, Cedar-st., removed to Grand ; and again to Fourteenth-st.
7. Presbyterian ch., under the care of Rev. Dr. Romeyn, removed from Cedar to Duane-st. A portion of the congregation remov- ed, and built the church University-pl., cor. Tenth-st. After- wards the remainder removed, and established the church cor. Fifth-av. and Nineteenth-st.
8. Presbyterian ch., Dey-st., cor. Washington.
9. Presbyterian ch., cor. Chambers-st., opposite the Park, removed to Prince and Marion ; and again to Twelfth-st., near Sixth-av.
10. Presbyterian ch., Pearl-st., near Broadway, removed to Broome- st. ; and lately sold out, and removed to vicinity of Central Park.
11. Grace Prot. Epis. ch., from Broadway, cor. Rector, to Broad- way, cor. Tenth-st.
12. French Prot. Epis. ch., from Pine-st., to Franklin and Church ; and again to West Twenty-second-st., near Sixth-av.
13. Christ Prot. Epis., from Ann-st. to Anthony ; and from Anthony to Eighteenth-st. ; and again to Fifth-av. and Thirty-fifth-st.
14. The Bowery Presbyterian ch., Bowery, near Hester-st.
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15. Free Prot. Epis., Vandewater-st.
16. St. George's Prot. Epis., from Beekman-st. to Sixteenth-st. The old building in Beekman-st. was kept, until quite recently, for religious services, as St. George's chapel, by Trinity ch.
17. Zion Prot. Epis. ch., removed from Mott-st. to Madison-av. and Thirty-eighth-st.
18. First Baptist ch., Gold-st., removed to Broome, cor. Elizabeth.
19. South Baptist ch., Nasssu, near Fulton, removed to Hammond- st. ; and again to West Twenty-fifth-st.
20. Baptist Tabernacle, from Mulberry to Second-av. and Tenth-st.
21. Friends' Meeting-house, Liberty-st.
22. Friends' Meeting-house, Pearl, near Franklin-sq.
23. Friends' Meeting-house, Rose-st.
24. Moravian ch., Fulton, near William, removed to Houston, cor. Mott; and now temporarily worshipping in Medical College, Fourth-av. and Twenty-third-st.
25. Lutheran ch., William, cor. Frankfort.
26. Chatham-street chapel.
27. Methodist Episcopal ch., John st A part of the congregation removed, and established themselves in Mulberry-st., near Bleecker ; and again removed and built St. Paul's, corner of Fourth-av. and Twenty-second-st. There is still a little flock left in the old church in John-st.
28. Methodist Episcopal, Vestry-st., removed to Seventh-av., near Fourteenth-st.
29. Swedenborgian ch., Pearl, near Chatham.
30. Unitarian ch., Chambers-st., near West Broadway, to Broad- way ; and again to Twentieth-st. and Fourth-av.
31. Universalist ch., Duane-st., cor. City-Hall-pl.
32. Mariners' ch., Roosevelt-st.
33. Jews' Synagogue, Mill-st.
34. Roman-catholic ch., Ann-st. A part removed, and built in James-st. Another part bought the Presbyterian church in Chambers st. ; afterwards sold out, and bought the Ascension Episcopal church in Canal-st. ; and again sold out, and estab- lished themselves in West Twenty-third st., near Sixth-av.
35. St. Philip's Prot. Epis., (col'd,) from Centre-st., to Mulberry, near Bleecker.
86. Duane-street Meth. Epis., removed to Hudson, near Spring.
37. Zion ch., (col'd,) removed from Church to Bleecker-st.
38. Oliver-street Baptist ch., removed to Madison-av. and Thirty- first st. The old church is now used for a Mariners' church.
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39. Brick Presbyterian, Beekman-st., removed to Fifth-av. and Thirty-seventh-st.
40. Associate Reformed, Franklin, near Varick.
41. Broadway Tabernacle Congregational ch., from Broadway and Leonard, to Sixth-av. and Thirty-fourth-st.
Thus far we have only noticed the removals from the six lower wards ; but many have taken place, of more recent date, from above those lines, which will be readily recalled by every citizen, and add a striking testimony to the growth of New York and show the direction in which the city extends.
42. Ascension Prot. Epis., Canal-st, to Fifth-av. and Tenth-st.
43. Jews' Synagogue, Crosby-st.
44. Second Reformed Presbyterian, Crosby-st., removed to Mul- berry, then to Orchard, then to Rivington, and now worship- ping temporarily in the Hall of the Historical Society.
45. Brainerd Presbyterian ch., Rivington-st., to Second-av. and Fourteenth-st.
46. Stanton-street Presbyterian, to Lexington-av. and Forty-sixth.
47. Baptist ch., Eleventh-st., removed to Twelfth-st, then to Fifth- av., now in Lexington-av. and Thirty-seventh-st.
48. Norfolk-st. Baptist, to Forty-sixth-st., near Fifth-av.
49. Jews' Synagogue, Greene-st., removed to Thirty-fourth-st.
50. Eleventh Presbyterian, Fourth-st. and Av. C, to Fifth-fifth-st. and Lexington-av.
51. Rutgers-st. Presbyterian, to Madison-av. and Twenty-ninth-st.
52. Sixth-st. Presbyterian, to Fourteenth-st. and Second-av.
53. West Presbyterian, Carmine-st., to Forty-second-st., near Fifth-av.
54. St. Thomas' Prot. Epis., Broadway, cor. Houston, to Fifth-av. and Fifty-fourth-st.
55. Universalist, Broadway, near Prince, to Fifth-av. and Forty- fifth-st.
56. Reformed Presbyterian, Sullivan-st., to West Twenty-eighth-st. 57. Presbyterian, Grand, cor. Mercer-st.
58. Central Presbyterian, Broome, near Elm, to Seventh-av. and Fifty-sixth-st. ; now worshipping in West Fiftieth-st., near Eighth-av. A portion of this congregation previously remov- ed, and established themselves at Madison-sq. and Twenty- fourth-st.
59. St. Stephen's Prot. Epis., Broome, cor. Chrystie ; now wor- shipping in West Twenty-second-st., near Sixth-av.
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6. Greenwich Reformed Dutch, Bleecker-st.
61. Baptist ch., Twenty-second-st., to Fifty-third-st., near Sev- enth-av.
62. Market-street Reformed Dutch.
63. Universalist ch., Twentieth-st., near Seventh-av., to 65 West- Thirty-fifth-st.
64. Grand-street Presbyterian, to Thirty-fourth-st., near Sixth av.
65. Ninth-street Reformed Dutch.
66. Broome-street Reformed Dutch, to West Thirty-fourth-st., near Eighth-av.
67. Amity-street Baptist, to West Fifty-fourth-st., near Eighth-av.
68. Bleecker-street Presbyterian, to Fourth-av., cor. Twenty- second-st.
69. Unitarian, Prince st., to Broadway, near Waverley-pl. ; to Madi- son-av. and Twenty-eighth-st .; and again to Park-av. and Thirty-fourth-st.
It must not be supposed that we have given a complete state- ment of all the church removals which have ever taken place in the city. . The information furnished is as accurate as it could pos- sibly be made from all the data to be obtained. There are, doubt- less, many other churches which once had a name and a place, but have been merged into new organizations-sometimes two, or even three, churches uniting to make one ; and there are still others which once had an existence, and are now entirely extinct.
With all these changes, there has been a steady advance. The churches have increased in number, strength, and efficiency. Old edifices have given way to elegant and commodious buildings. Nearly all the old congregations are represented in new and costly churches, and for the most part out of debt ; and mission stations, mission Sabbath-schools, and other institutions have been multi- plied to meet the necessities of the people remaining in the districts vacated by the churches.
The concentration of population in New York, as it depends upon general causes, may be considered as a settled fact, and made a basis of calculation ; and the shape and position of the island absolutely determine the tendency of the city's growth. The lower part of the city must necessarily be given up to business ; and the sides of the city, on the rivers, will be covered with freight dépôts, warehouses, factories, ship-yards, coal-yards, lumber-yards, stone- yards, etc. The churches will naturally seek for their location the upper and central portion of the city, whither the population is
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constantly drifting ; so that we may reasonably expect that church removals will continue to go on. And for the industrial classes, and others who will still remain down town, and on the outskirts of the city, the Christian people of all denominations should heartily combine, on the principles of a common faith, to sustain numbers of missionaries to visit daily from house to house, and establish attrac- tive mission stations, and organize Sabbath-schools, industrial schools, reading clubs, temperance leagues, etc.
There will undoubtedly be a large field, too far from the churches, to be reached by voluntary effort, which must be cared for by a paid agency, with suitable facilities for a permanent occu- pation of the ground, and with a sufficient force for aggressive activity in every direction.
The City Mission, organized on a catholic basis, duly incorpo- rated, and effectively managed, is seeking to unite all evangelical Christians in a comprehensive scheme of missionary labor, whereby the simple gospel may be carried to all the people ; and which also contemplates the erection of a neat, commodious, substantial build- ing in every needy district, for missionary purposes.
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CHURCH ACCOMMODATIONS.
A COMPARATIVE VIEW.
In the first six wards there are fifteen churches and twelve mis- sions, making a total of twenty-seven places of religious worship ; and of these, twenty-one are Protestant. The population of those six wards is 90,000. There are twenty-seven churches and missions for all ; or one church to every 3,300 persons. There are twenty- one Protestant churches and missions ; or one Protestant church to every 4,280 persons. Of this population, probably not more than 40,000 can be reckoned as Protestant; then we have, say, one Protestant church for every 2,000 of the Protestant population.
Take, by way of contrast, the Eighteenth Ward, with a popula- tion of 60,000. There are in the Eighteenth Ward, of churches, chapels, and missions of all kinds, 36 ; that is one church to every 1,660 persons. We suppose that one-half of the population is Protestant-say, 30,000. Of the 36 churches, etc., 31 are Protes- tants. Then we have 31 Protestant churches to 60,000 total popu- lation ; or, say, one Protestant church to every 2,000 of the whole population, or one Protestant church to every 1,000 of the Protes- tant population.
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