The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . haveabandoned it; while thousands of others, who were convinced of itsclaims, have refused to embrace it. Only the few, who felt that dutywas theirs and consequences Gods, have dared to adhere strictly tothe divine commandment. Yet the number of such has gradually in-creased, and the prospect before them has gradually brightened. Theybelieve the day is now dawning in which their principles will beexamined with more candor, and al
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . haveabandoned it; while thousands of others, who were convinced of itsclaims, have refused to embrace it. Only the few, who felt that dutywas theirs and consequences Gods, have dared to adhere strictly tothe divine commandment. Yet the number of such has gradually in-creased, and the prospect before them has gradually brightened. Theybelieve the day is now dawning in which their principles will beexamined with more candor, and allowed to work their naturaleffects upon the minds of men. Before putting a final period to this article, we would acknowledgeour great obligations for the larger portion of it to the Rev. G. , of New York, the able senior editor of The Sabbath Recorder On an application to him for aid, he kindly placed in our hands a docu-ment, which he had drawn up for another purpose, a few years ago,correcting and continuing it to the present time ; we found it so goodand complete, that with a few additions, we place it before the reader. SEVENTH-DAY GERMAN N Cocalico Township, Lancaster county, sixtymiles north-west of Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania, may be found one of the earliest in-terior settlements of the State. It is avillage containing about twenty houses,several stores, two taverns, and a paper-mill. It is an irregular enclosed village,lying in a triangle formed by the turnpike,the old Reading road, and the Cocalicocreek. The whole village belongs to asingular community, called the GermanSeventh-day Baptists; and contains thefirst Protestant Monastery ever establishedon this Continent; with which is connected,and belonging to the same parties, about one hundred and forty acresof land, a grist mill and sawmill. Of this remarkable community, whooriginally belonged to the German First-day Baptists, or Tunkers, ofwhom we have elsewhere spoken, we proceed to give some acc
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