The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . Rev- Oevuxb Dewey, D. D. 775. Rev. John Kirkiand Thornton, I). i». 777 Unitarians. 779 Thursday Lecture preached weekly in the Chauncy Place church, Bos-ton. It was commenced by the Famous John Cotton, the secondpastor of the first church at Boston, so long ago as 1633, and was atfirst sustained by himself alone. Afterwards, by courtesy, it was prea-ched by each of the ministers of the Boston Association in turn. Inthe year 1S45,
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . Rev- Oevuxb Dewey, D. D. 775. Rev. John Kirkiand Thornton, I). i». 777 Unitarians. 779 Thursday Lecture preached weekly in the Chauncy Place church, Bos-ton. It was commenced by the Famous John Cotton, the secondpastor of the first church at Boston, so long ago as 1633, and was atfirst sustained by himself alone. Afterwards, by courtesy, it was prea-ched by each of the ministers of the Boston Association in turn. Inthe year 1S45, the Association gave it back into the hands of the pas-tor of the First church, to whom by right it still belongs. It is nowpreached by a number of clergymen selected by him, in the order oftheir college graduation, every Thursday at 11, A. M., and is verylargely attended. The Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, an engraving of which pre-cedes this article, is an elegant Grecian structure, situated at the cor-ner of Tenth and Locust streets. Its congregation is highly respecta-ble ; but if the high classical attainments, and general amiable disposi-tion of the Rev. W. H. Furness, D. D., its
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