The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . it is said, that the effects of badsinging upon his mind were great, that on one Sabbath, after the choirhad sung a psalm in a very sad style, he rose and read another, saying, You must try again ; for it is impossible to preach after such singing. Among the eminent men brought from England in the good provi-dence of God to serve this country, was Edward Rawson, on whose por-trait the eye of the reader now rests. In early life he
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . it is said, that the effects of badsinging upon his mind were great, that on one Sabbath, after the choirhad sung a psalm in a very sad style, he rose and read another, saying, You must try again ; for it is impossible to preach after such singing. Among the eminent men brought from England in the good provi-dence of God to serve this country, was Edward Rawson, on whose por-trait the eye of the reader now rests. In early life he married a grand-daughter of the celebrated John Hooker, and in 1837, when onlytwenty-two years of age, emigrated to this country, and was electedSecretary of Massachusetts in 1650, on a salary of twenty pounds ayear., The only stain on his character was a sin of the times—he per-secuted the Quakers. It is painful to see that at a very early period of this Christinncolony, villainy great and complicated was found to exist. Among themost beautiful of all the young ladies of Massachusetts was RebeccaRawson, ninth child of The famous Secretary of that name. She. Rey. Ezra , D. D. 401
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