. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and erprises. II. FKEE\yiLL Baptists. This denomi-nation originated in 1780, in which yearBenjamin Kandall, a native of Newcastle, , born in 1749, and in 1771 convertedunder the preaching of George Whitfi:ld,organized the first Freewill Bajitist chin-ch,at New Durham, N. H. Kandall was a manof but moderate education, but he possesseda strong and brilliant intellect, and havingbecome convinced, in 177(3, that the views ofthe Baptists were correct in regard to themode and subjects of baptism, he joinedthem, and very
. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and erprises. II. FKEE\yiLL Baptists. This denomi-nation originated in 1780, in which yearBenjamin Kandall, a native of Newcastle, , born in 1749, and in 1771 convertedunder the preaching of George Whitfi:ld,organized the first Freewill Bajitist chin-ch,at New Durham, N. H. Kandall was a manof but moderate education, but he possesseda strong and brilliant intellect, and havingbecome convinced, in 177(3, that the views ofthe Baptists were correct in regard to themode and subjects of baptism, he joinedthem, and very soon after commenced preach-ing. He wits a diligent student, and theC dvinistic doctrines of the Baptist churchesbeing distasteful to him, he adopted aftercareful examination the views of Arminius,substantially as held by the New Connec-tion of General Ba|)tists in England, and theINIethodists in this country. Mr. Randallprearhed these doctrines with great success,and in 1780 established his first church hold-ing these doctrines. He also adopted the I Jii 1 3ni|_^£iii *r3]-. HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF THE DIFFERENT DENOMIXATIONS. 505 priiR-i|ile of free? or open communion. Thejri-owth of the denomination has been consid-eralily rapid, though it has been, from tlieirstronji; anli-slaverj principles, confined en-tirei) to tlie northern state-;, and its churcheshave been multiplied rather in the countrythan in the large cities. Almost two thirdsof its m-mbership reside in New Englandand New York. Their views of doctrinecorrespond with the liegular Baptists on allpoints exce|it the following, which we givefrom their Confession of Faith: • The Atonement. As sin cannot be pardon-ed without a sacrifice, and the blood of beastscould never actually wash away sin, Christgave himself a sacrifice for the sins of theworld, and thus made salvation possible forall men. Through the redemption of Christ,man is placed on a second state of trial;this second state so far diftering from thefirst t
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