ENGLAND, CHURCH OF 207 ENGLAND, CHURCH OF
East was founded in 1799. Its work is chiefly among the natives of the countries in which its missions are establislied. Its income in lt<GG-G7 was £150,357, and in 1867-CS, £157,288. 13. The. Colonial and Continen- tal Church Society. Its leading object is to send cler- gymen, catechists, and teachers of the Church of Eng- land to settlers in the English colonics, and to British subjects in other parts of the world. The income for 18GG-G7 was £31,079; for 18G7-G8, £84,120. 14. The English Church Union was formed in 1859 for the pur- pose of "watching over the interests of the Church of England ; of resisting, by a combination of its mem- bers, the attempts of dissenters and others to alienate the rights and injure the position of the Church ; and also for the purpose of slevelopii»g its internal ener- gies." It is intended to be the tijntral organ of the High-Church party. The union is managed by a council of twenty-four elected and five ex-officio mem- bers, thirteen of these being clergymen and the re- maining sixteen laymen. 15. The Association for the promotion of the Unity of Christendom was formed in 1857 for the purpose of uniting in a bond of interces- sory pra^'cr members both of the clergy and the laity of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican commu- nions. The members promise to use daih' a brief prayer for the peace and iniit}^ of the Church. In 1865 the association numbered 8827 members, divided as follows : Roman Catholics, 1271; Orientals, includ- ing Servians and Armenians, 360 ; uncertain or mis- cellaneous, 75 ; Anglicans, 7121. 16. The Eastern Church Association was founded in 18G4. Its objects wore stated to be to inform tlie English public as to the state and position of the Eastern Christians ; to make known the principles and doctrines of the Angli- can Church to the Christians of the East; to take ad- vantage of all opportunities which the providence of God shall afford for intercommunion with the ortho- dox Church, and also for friendly intercourse with the other ancient churches of the E;»st ; to assist, as far as possible, the bishops of tlie orthodox Church in their efforts to promote the spiritual welfare and the educa- tion of their flocks. It counts among its members English, Scotch, American, colonial, and Greek bish- ops. 17. 77*6 Anylo-Continetital Society has for its ob- ject to make the principles of the English Church known in the different countries of Europe and throughout the world, and to aid in the reformation of national churches and other religious communities. 18. The English Church Association was established in 1865 as the central organization of Low-Churchmen. Its chief object is to counteract and prevent the spread- ing of High-Church and Romanizing tendencies in the Church. 19. The South American Mission Society, es- tablished in 1852. Its object is to send out missiona- ries to the native tribes of South America, to English- men in spiritual destitution there, and to take advan- tage of anv' opening for evangelization. Its means was in 1866-67, £7431, and in 1867-68, £9902. 20. I>-ish Church Missions to Roman Catholics. According to the nineteenth annual report, published in Maj', 1868, the income was £25,577; the year before it was £22,507. 21. The London Society for promoting Chris- tianity among the Jews, established in 1809. The offi- cers must be members of the United Church of Eng- land and Ireland, or, if foreigners, of a Protestant Church. Its ineome was in 1866-67, £33,327, and in 18G7-68, £36,075.
At the last official census taken in Great Britain in 181)1, in England and Scotland no inquiries wore made as to the creed of the inhabitants. For Ireland, the population connected with the Established Church was, in 18G1, according to the official census, 678,661. As in England the Church herself makes no attempt to find out her statistics, nothing but estimates can be given on this point. As regards places of worship, number of sittings, and estimates of Cliurch attend- ants, tlie statistics of the Established Church com-
pared as follows with the aggregate statistics of all other religious bodies :
Religious Bodies.
Places
of
Worship.
Number
of Sittings.
Estiuial* of Church Attendftnts.
(Jhurch of Engliind 14,077
All other religious denom- inations 20,390
5,317,915 4,894,048
3,773,474 3,487,.'>!;S
According to this table, of all the church sittings, 51.9 per cent, belonged to the Church of England, and 48.1 per cent, to the other religious denomina- tions; and of the Church attendants, likewise about 52 per cent, to the Church of England, and 48 to others. Other statistics, as, for instance, the annual marriage statistics, give to the population connected with the Church of England from 65 to 70 per cent, of tlie pop- ulation. The two statements may be reconciled by taking 52 per cent, as that portion of the total popula- tion which is practicall}' and actively connected with the Church, while it is, on the other hand, probable that fully 65 per cent, sustain a nominal connection with the Church. Since the beginning of the present centur}', the progress of the Church of England in point of places of worship and Church attendants has been less rapid than that of the other religious denomina- tions taken together. For detailed comparative statis- tics, see Great Biutain.
Besides the national universities of Oxford an(J Cambridge, Durham Universitj^ and King's College, London, the Church of England has the following the- ological training institutions: St. Bees (Cuml)erland), with §0 students, and St. Aidan's (Birkenhead), with 63 students ; also a training department at Birming- ham College, the London College of Divinitv' at St. John's Wood, and Lampeter College, Wales.