The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . , at Whitestown, New York.—John Ful-lonton, A. M., Teacher of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics. , Principal and Teacher of Languages; James S. Gardi-ner, A. B. Teacher of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Parsonsfield Seminary, at Parsonsfield, Me.—Samuel Farnham,A. M. Principal. Miss Margarett A. Libbey, Preceptress. Geauga Seminary, at Chester, Ohio. , Principal. Michigan Central College, at Spring Arbor, Michigan.—E.
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . , at Whitestown, New York.—John Ful-lonton, A. M., Teacher of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics. , Principal and Teacher of Languages; James S. Gardi-ner, A. B. Teacher of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Parsonsfield Seminary, at Parsonsfield, Me.—Samuel Farnham,A. M. Principal. Miss Margarett A. Libbey, Preceptress. Geauga Seminary, at Chester, Ohio. , Principal. Michigan Central College, at Spring Arbor, Michigan.—E. , President and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philoso-phy ; James Dascomb, M. D., Professor of Chemistry, Anatomy, andPhysiology ; Rev. Charles H. Churchill, Professor of the Greek andHebrew Languages and Music; Rev. Ransom Dunn, Professor of Men-tal and Moral Philosophy and Natural Theology ; L. J. Thompson,Frank Tallant and L. B. Potter, Tutors ; Miss Marcy E. Williams,Principal of the Female Department. For the preparation of this article we have consulted Rev. and Evans, and Rev. Messrs. Burbank, Ivimey, Williams, andWinks, 21. The Mayflower. (From a Model in Pilgrim Hall.) THEONGREGATIONALISTS. JH E course which Henry VIIL, pursued as anecclesiastical Reformer, was in harmony withhis character. So long as interest impelledhe assailed popery in its strong-holds. Thesupremacy of the pontiff was discarded,monastic institutions were abolished, the ex-orbitant wealth of the clergy was scatteredamong a rapacious and impoverished aristo-cracy, the word of God was translated intothe vernacular tongue, and many vestiges ofancient superstition were removed from theland. But the system which he establishedwas of the same nature as that which he dis-placed. The supremacy of the pope was supplanted by that of theking; and if infallibility was not claimed, the proceedings taken couldonly be justified on that principle. The right of private judgment wasas st
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