The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . rificing devotion are beyond dispute. In England there aresome fifty societies, regularly organized, the chief sanctuary being atAshton, near Manchester, erected at a cost of about $50,000, and bear-ing the inscription on its walls of Israelite Sanctuary. In Walesthere are also a few societies. In Ireland, the number is thirteen,which is much smaller than it was ten years ago. There is a Societyin Edinburgh, one in Glasgow, and o
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . rificing devotion are beyond dispute. In England there aresome fifty societies, regularly organized, the chief sanctuary being atAshton, near Manchester, erected at a cost of about $50,000, and bear-ing the inscription on its walls of Israelite Sanctuary. In Walesthere are also a few societies. In Ireland, the number is thirteen,which is much smaller than it was ten years ago. There is a Societyin Edinburgh, one in Glasgow, and one in Aberdeen ; one in CapeTown, Cape of Good Hope; and in Australia and Van Diemans Landthere are many places of worship. In the United States, the Israelitesare found principally in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New is a favorite mode of proclaiming their doctrines to theworld, and at times it is done quite effectively. Public worship is per-formed with the use of printed forms, but in discoursing, the minister isrequired to do it extemporaneously, with nothing but the Bible beforehim as his guide. CHURCH OF GOD, OB, E V. John Winebrenner, of Harrisburg,Pennsylvania, is the founder of this was for ten years the pastor of theGerman Reformed church in the cityjust named, and was successful in turningmany sinners to Christ. But he thoughthe saw reason to fear that not a few ofthe older members of his charge wereopposed to unusual efforts for the con-version of sinners, because they had never themselves felt the power ofrenewing grace. Success, under these circumstances, only increased hisdifficulties, and in 1830 he called together his friends who in variouslocalities had begun to sympathise with his views and feelings, thatthey might form a new organization under the name of the Church ofGod. In this convention there were ministers and representatives frommany different churches, who now organized themselves into one asso-ciati
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