Instead of an idea of the size of the force at work we receive an impression of the quality of the force.

Even one who lays little stress on the value and necessity of sacraments would not deny that he would expect more from a Church of 1000 in which 500 were communicants than he would from a Church of 1000 of which only 100 were communicants.

He might deny that his expectation was based upon any faith in the virtue of sacraments, but he would acknowledge the fact that in our experience the Church which possesses large numbers of communicants is generally stronger than the Church which possesses a small number.

The comparison of the number of communicants in relation to the number of the total Christian constituency does properly produce an impression of the strength of the Christian body.
If we can fill up the table -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- District.| Total.

| Communicants | Proportion of | Remarks and | Christian | or Full | Communicants | Conclusions | Constituency.| Members.