The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . es of the peo-ple were of a most liberal character, recognising even at that early 822 Friends or Quakers. date the true principle that governments are for the good of the gov-erned : a proposition then considered absurd enough, now an axiomneeding no demonstration. The best evidence of the superiority of the laws and regulationsestablished by Penn was the rapidity with which the country was set-tled, and the upright, quiet, and
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . es of the peo-ple were of a most liberal character, recognising even at that early 822 Friends or Quakers. date the true principle that governments are for the good of the gov-erned : a proposition then considered absurd enough, now an axiomneeding no demonstration. The best evidence of the superiority of the laws and regulationsestablished by Penn was the rapidity with which the country was set-tled, and the upright, quiet, and religious character of its of the old thirteen States were settled before Pennsylvania,some of them more than half a century before, yet in a few years shewas richer, more flourishing, and more populous than either of them. In reference to the origin of this body in this country, we may-further observe, that Penn solemnly declares, that he came into thecharge of founding the Province of Pennsylvania for The Lordssake. He desired to establish a people who should be a praise in theearth, for conduct, as well as for civil and religious William Pexns Monument. Meetings of this Society were held, previous to the settlement ofPhiladelphia, at the house of Thomas Fairman, at Shackamaxon, atpresent called Kensington. This house Watson says in his Annals, was near The ElmTree, that subsequently obtained such renown as being the scene ofPenns Treaty of Friendship with the Indians, and on its site nowstands a monument, an engraving of which we place before the was at this Treaty, that Penn addressed them in these memorablewords: We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and goodwill. No advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall beopenness and love. I will not call you children, for parents sometimeschide their children too severely, nor brothers only, for brothers differ ;—the friendship between thee and me I will not compare to a cha
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