New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . houtthe pale of the discipline of any , however, remained with the Presbyte-rian Church. He soon established a congregationat New Brunswick, from which many discipleswent abroad throughout the country. The contributors to the Boston, Philadelphia,and New York newspapers of the period were eitherintensely bitter or filled with admiration concern-ing the propagandists. In language far from re-spectful or even decent the vials of wrath werepoured upon the heads of these two men, upontheir converts, and part
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . houtthe pale of the discipline of any , however, remained with the Presbyte-rian Church. He soon established a congregationat New Brunswick, from which many discipleswent abroad throughout the country. The contributors to the Boston, Philadelphia,and New York newspapers of the period were eitherintensely bitter or filled with admiration concern-ing the propagandists. In language far from re-spectful or even decent the vials of wrath werepoured upon the heads of these two men, upontheir converts, and particularly upon reply were printed letters filled with un-stinted praise, of earnest hope for a further re-vival in religious affairs, and of the possible gloryof a regenerated popular life. Doctrinal issues,personal malice, rumor, and abuse were throwninto the controversy. The colonies never had such an experience, norwere they destined to have another. In the wakeof the revivals went up the shouts of the con-verted, the cries of those who had not availed. 334 NEW JERSEY AS A COL themselves of present opportunities. Mendreamed and saw visions, after they had fallenupon the ground, so povrerfully had they beenmoved by the preaching of the associates. Thusfor nearly if not quite a decade the spirit of thenew movement seized the people. Whitefleld con-tinued his ministry, crossed and recrossed the At-lantic, spoke in many places and at many times inNew Jersey, ultimately dying in 1769. In the colony and State of New Jersey the in-fluence of the preaching of Whitefleld long af-fected the current of religious thought. Itbreathed new life into Presbyterianism and pre-pared the way for the establishment of the Metho-dist Episcopal Church. To education it gave animpulse and led to the furtherance of a plan for atrained ministry. The subtle influences which ex-ist between freedom of religious and politicalthought found expression, and showed men thatthe meeting house must be
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