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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt:...Evangelical Lutheran Church In America, Eielsen's Synod German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas.. Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States Synod for the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Michigan and Other States Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Icelandic Evangelical Lutheran Synod in North America Immanuel Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of North America Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, or Suomi Synod Norwegian Lutheran Free Church United Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Slovak Evangebcal Lutheran Synod of America Finnish Evangelical Lutheran National Church Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (Norwegian) Not reported. l Partial report. See denominational text. 'Endowment fund only. See denominational text. 'Special or correspondence students. i Not reported. Special or correspondence students. 7 Includes teachers. ft Endowment fund oniy. See denominational text. 'Partial report. See denominational text. It appears from this table that the total amount reported as contributed by the religious bodies in continental United States during the year 1906 for missionary, educational, and philanthropic work within this country was $38,675,919. Of this sum, $33,781,752, or 87.3 per cent, was given by the Protestant bodies; $4,419,563, or 11.4 per cent, by the Jewish congregations; and the balance, $474,604, or 1.2 per cent, largely by the Latter-day Saints. The figures for contributions reported by the Roman Catholic Church are so incomplete (only one organization reporting) that they are omitted. Several other bodies also made no report of contributions. Among the Protestant bodies the Baptists reported contributions amounting to...