The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . ut small resources of their own, with still less worldlyinfluence. They invoked, however, the divine blessing upon theircontemplated undertaking by fasting and solemn prayer for three first, it was proposed to lease a small lot of ground for twenty-oneyears, and here erect a chapel of wood. At this moment, however,a lady offered two lots of ground for £600 ($2,666 66) on credit andsecurity, and these were purchased by eig
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . ut small resources of their own, with still less worldlyinfluence. They invoked, however, the divine blessing upon theircontemplated undertaking by fasting and solemn prayer for three first, it was proposed to lease a small lot of ground for twenty-oneyears, and here erect a chapel of wood. At this moment, however,a lady offered two lots of ground for £600 ($2,666 66) on credit andsecurity, and these were purchased by eight members of the the purchase money, it was estimated that the new buildingwould cost £400 ($1,777 77.) The spot was situated upon Golden Hill, a rising ground then inthe suburbs of the city, but now, John Street. It took its name froma farm, celebrated for growing fine wheat, where John Street now en-ters into Pearl Street at Burling-slip. The house which was calledWesley Chapel, was dedicated the 30th of October, 1768, Mr. Em-bury preaching a discourse on the occasion from the pulpit which hehad finished with his own hands. 560 Wesley Chapel. The engraving is a very correct exterior view of the old length was sixty feet, its breadth forty-two, and the walls werebuilt of stone, the face covered over with a blue plaster, exhibiting anappearance of durability, simplicity, and plainness. Entrances to thegalleries were subsequently added on each side of the door. The in-terior was equally plain, and remained many years in an unfinished were at first no stairs or breastwork to the galleries, and thehearers ascended by a ladder and listened to the preacher from theplatform. For a long while, even the seats on the lower floor had nobacks. At that period in our colonial history, no public religious ser-vices could be performed in churches, except such as were establishedby law. Dissenters were therefore compelled to accommodate th
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