The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . ished for their hospitality. As the nat-ural result of these things, they are universally esteemed by their fel-low citizens. To give exact statistics of this body would not be possible, asthey keep no records. It has, however, been estimated that they nowhave in the State of Pennsylvania, about 100 ministers, and 180 placesof worship; in Virginia, 30 or 40 ministers, and about as many placesof worship ; in Maryland, Ohio, Indian
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . ished for their hospitality. As the nat-ural result of these things, they are universally esteemed by their fel-low citizens. To give exact statistics of this body would not be possible, asthey keep no records. It has, however, been estimated that they nowhave in the State of Pennsylvania, about 100 ministers, and 180 placesof worship; in Virginia, 30 or 40 ministers, and about as many placesof worship ; in Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, and New York, 80 or 90ministers, and 130 places of worship; in all America, according to thecensus of 1850, 250 ministers, about 410 places of public worship, af-fording accommodation for 29,900 persons, and of the value of $94,245,and about 50,000 communicants. It would be unjust to close this article without saying, that we areprincipally indebted for it to a work lately published by the Rev. Brown, M. A.,— The Life and Times of Menno Simon,small in size, but condensing a mass of valuable facts, and written in avery elegant manner. E^. Missionary Preaching to ths Indians. THE MORAVIANS
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