| | -- -------------------------------------------------------|-----| Proportion of Christian Congregations.

| | -- -------------------------------------------------------|-----| Remarks and Conclusions.

| | -- -------------------------------------------------------|-----| By the first question we understand the number of Christians who vote or speak or act in any way, either personally or by electing representatives, in the direction of the common action of the whole Christian community viewed as a unity; by the second question we understand the number of congregations which are represented at any council higher than the council of their own congregation.
We think these questions most unsatisfactory, but we can devise no others.

We have no doubt that, if all the foreigners disappeared suddenly, the native Christians would either perish or would speedily adopt a form of Church government which they understood.

The whole necessity for these questions arises from the fact that we have foisted upon them foreign systems and are uncertain to what extent they have really grasped them.