Ministers. Churches. Members. 1823 175 900 40,000 1833 240 1,000 60,000 1841 418 1,371 145,408 1842 424 1,371 166,300 1850 663 1,604 163,000 1859 1,134 2,017 203,662 1862 1,419 2,672 284,000 1863 1,418 2,533 269,985 1864 1,543 2,765 292,723 1865 1,627 2,856 312,415 1866 1,644 2,915 323,825 1867 1,750 3,112 332,155 1868 1,792 3,182 350,088 1869 2,016 3,330 376,567 1870 2,211 3,537 392,721 The average annual increase during a series of years (ending always with 1867) has been as follows: Ministers. Churches. Members. In 44 years 36 50 6,640 In 26 " 51 67 7,182 In 8 " 77 124 16,061 2. The German Reformed denomination made its appearance, soon after the Lutheran, in the German part of Switzerland, and sprang out of a dispute between Ulrich Zwingli and Martin Luther concerning the import of the words, "This is my body," "This is my blood." The following table shows their growth in this country since 1820: Ministers. Churches. Members. 1820 68 389 14,400 1830 84 353 17,189 1840 123 416 17,760 1850 231 786 58,799 1860 391 1,045 92,684 1862 421 1,122 100,691 1864 460 1,134 107,394 1866 475 1,162 109,258 1867 491 1,152 110,408 1868 505 1,181 115,483 1869 521 -- 117,910 The average annual increase during a series of years has been as follows: Ministers. Churches. Members. In 47 years 9 16 2,043 In 7 " 14 15 2,532 3. The "United Brethren in Christ" are the fruits of a "reformation" in the German Reformed denomination--a sort of Methodistical offshoot. The statements of their numbers are as follows: Ministers. Societies. Members. 1842 500 1,800 65,000 1866 789 3,297 91,570 1867 837 3,445 98,983 1868 864 3,663 108,122 The average annual increase during twenty-five years has been as follows: Ministers. Societies. Members. In 25 years 13 66 1,319