THE NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG
Congregationalists and Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, but which are not connected with local organizations." (These are estimated at about 3,000 schools, with 108,000 membership.)
State or Territory.
Maine . . • ■
New Hampshire
Vermont ......
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut . . . . . .
New York . . . New Jersey ... Pennsylvania . .
North Atlantic Division,
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia . . .
Virginia ...
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina . . .
Georgia .
Florida ■ • •
South Atlantic Division
Ohio
Indiana . .
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin . .
Minnesota ...
Iowa .
Missouri
North Dakota .... South Dakota .....
Nebraska ...
Kansas ...... ....
North Central Division
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama . ........
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
South Central Division
Montana
Idaho .
Wyoming. . . . Colorado .... . New Mexico Arizona
Utah
Nevada . Washington. . . .
Oregon .
California.
Western Division
Continental U. S.
Alaska
Hawaii .
Philippines ..... Porto Rico
Totals for the U. S.
Sundayschools.
1,657
3,111
1,396
9,189
3,004
13,482
34,082
2,672
6,521 3,699 7,511 5,099 8,456 2,706
37,414
Officers
and Teachers.
9,683 6,222 8,713 5,537 4,381 4,498 6,105 7,599 1,616 1,765 3,376 5,410
64,905
5,275 6,494 6,917 6,053 3,493 4,842 3,684 9,384
46,142
1,407
1,810
1,277
2,888
10,179
192,722
193,495
14,811
8,097
8,429
52,834
8,330
19,803
126,839
44,502
185,665
469,310
Scholars.
5,655 32,038
5,392 53,207 29,037 54,245 35,669 52,478 15,883
283,604
114,752 65,741 97,318 55,319 30,406 32,301 57,279 64,158 7,977 10,128 27,712 48,900
611,991
37,241 42,767 40,904 33,177 18,681 30,337 24,499 62,066
289,672
113,596
66,741
62,624
497,782
81,791
182,502
1,273,300
416,021
1,723,749
4,418,106
50,313 266,471
57,550 451,667 223,777 495,403 334,072 474,780 127,897
2,481,930
967,534 532,074 856,526 452,244 289,187 291,399 434,551 537,622 64,864 80,763 210,927 363,214
5,080,905
343,991 369,217 365,868 290,525 184,410 248,531 201,947 558,483
2,562,972
3,454
35,226
6,390
47,828
1,969
15,920
12,351
108,736
1,924
21,257
1,841
15,682
10,783
90,608
5,085
15,064
121,778
10,653
81,466
26,479
250,312
91,497
793,898
1,746,074
1,752
1,092
1,749,894
15,337,811
2,222
11,321
15,409
13,931
15,380,694
2. Great Britain and Ireland :
Officers
Countries.
Schools.
and Teachers.
Scholars.
England and Wales:
Church of England. .
j- 44,035
1 212,712 I 432,574
3,153,476
Other denominations. .
3,616,016
Scotland:
Church of Scotland . . .
"I
f 20,722
J 25,221 (.11,048
234,252
Scottish United Free
{ 3,954
Church . .
239,049
Other denominations. .
J
117,222
1,221
18,037
184,156
Great Britain and Ire-
land, Total .. .
49,210
720,314
7,544,171
3. Other Countries of the World: t
Officers
Countries.
Schools.
and Teachers.
Scholars.
North America (exclu-
sive of Cont. U. S.
and Alaska)
11,191
90,186
788,803
South America
4,826
58,698
Central America ....
5,419
Europe (exclusive of Gt.
Britain and Ireland) .
33,823
110,670
2,155,912
Asia ...
15,986
37,014
735,604
Africa
8,996
29,835
490,298
West Indies (exclusive of
Porto Rico) . ...
1,891
10,972
149,485
Oceania (exclusive of
Hawaii)
12,624
68,399
748,889
Malaysia (exclusive of
Philippines) . ...
24,236
Totals
85,561
352,486
5,157,344
Total for world . .
328,266
2,822,694
28,082,209
Edwin Wilbur Rice.
Bibliography: (1) On the history much matter will be found in the following periodicals: Gentlemen's Magazine, London, vols, for 1784-87; Evangelical Magazine, ib. 1793-1840; Christian Observer, ib. 1802-50; Cottage Magazine, ib. 1809-32; Sunday School Repository and Teacher's Magazine, ib. 1813-47; Sunday School Chronicle, ib. 1874 sqq.; Church Sunday School Quarterly and Magazine, ib. 1847 sqq.; Imperial Magazine, Liverpool and London, vols, for 1819, 1821, 1822, 1826, 1828; Christian Spectator, New Haven, 1819-38; American Sunday School Magazine, Philadelphia, 1824-31; Sunday School Journal and Advocate of Christian Education, ib. 1831-58; Sunday School Times, ib. 1859 sqq.; Sunday School World, ib. 1861 sqq.
Books on the subject are: L. G. Pray, Hist, of Sunday Schools, Boston, 1847; S. H. Tyng, 40 Years' Experience in the Sunday School, New York, 1860; J. C. Power, Rise and Progress of Sunday Schools, ib. 1863; A. Bullard, SO Years with the Sabbath Schools, Boston, 1876; R. S. Duncan, Hist, of Sunday Schools, Memphis, 1876; M. P. Hale, Leaves from Sunday School and Mission Fields, Boston, 1876; S. Gilbert, The Lesson System; the Story of its Origin and Inauguration, New York, 1879; W. A. Candler, Hist, of Sunday Schools, ib. 1880; D. Evans, The Sunday Schools of Wales, London, 1883; E. W. Rice, Origin of Sunday Schools, Philadelphia, 1886; idem, Short History of the International Lesson System, with Classified List of Lessons for S3 Years, Philadelphia, 1902; idem, Origin and
* Compiled from " Special Commissioner " in London Sunday-School Chronicle, 1910. (Roman Catholic Sundayschools are not included.)
t Compiled from the World's Sixth Sunday-School Convention Report, 1910. Parish schools and catechetical classes are maintained for religious instruction in most of the Protestant, and in many Roman Catholic, churches of continental Europe. These are not included in this table.