. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . terment of his fellowmen, not only by hisexample, but by precept. By a somewhat strange coincidence the minis-terial labors of Whitefleld and Woolman, bothworking toward a common end by such radicallydifferent methods, came to a close about 1770. An inquiry as to the relative strength of thevarious religious denominations in New Jerseyduring this period may be profitably made. FromSamuel Smiths History of the Colony of NovaCiesarea or New Jersey, published in 1765, atabulation has been prepared which shows thedistribution
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . terment of his fellowmen, not only by hisexample, but by precept. By a somewhat strange coincidence the minis-terial labors of Whitefleld and Woolman, bothworking toward a common end by such radicallydifferent methods, came to a close about 1770. An inquiry as to the relative strength of thevarious religious denominations in New Jerseyduring this period may be profitably made. FromSamuel Smiths History of the Colony of NovaCiesarea or New Jersey, published in 1765, atabulation has been prepared which shows thedistribution of denominations throughout thecolony. The Presbyterians in East Jersey, includingHunterdon and Morris Counties, had forty-onechurches, and fourteen in West Jersey, thoughtheir influence in the western division was largelyconfined to limited areas in Gloucester, Salem,Cumberland, and Cape May Counties. The Society of Friends had in West Jersethirty meeting houses, one in Sussex,Monmouth, and four in Middlesex. Tl^^re wejmeeting houses in Essex County, in Rah way, anW. THE FIKST CHURCH IN NEWABK. 344 NEW JERSEY AS A COL
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