The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . MadisonCounty, in 1797. As it increased in numbers, and gradually extendedover a larger territory, two other churches were formed in the sametown, which are now in a flourishing condition. Scattered aroundthese churches in Central New York, are the churches at Newport,Herkimer County, at Verona, Oneida County, at Preston, ChenangoCounty, at De Ruyter, Madison County, and at Scott, Cortland westward, there will b
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . MadisonCounty, in 1797. As it increased in numbers, and gradually extendedover a larger territory, two other churches were formed in the sametown, which are now in a flourishing condition. Scattered aroundthese churches in Central New York, are the churches at Newport,Herkimer County, at Verona, Oneida County, at Preston, ChenangoCounty, at De Ruyter, Madison County, and at Scott, Cortland westward, there will be found eleven churches in AlleghanyCounty, one in Erie County, one in Niagara County, one in WyomingCounty, and one in Cattaraugus County. Other churches there are, many of them of recent origin, scatteredover the south and west. There are four in Pennsylvania, four in Vir-ginia, five in Ohio, two in Illinois, and six in Wisconsin. Besides these,there are numerous little societies of Sabbath-keepers, who are accus-tomed to meet wTeekly for prayer and conference, but who have not yetbeen organized into regular churches. Sabbatarian or Seventh-day Baptists. 271. Pawcatuck Church. From the statistics we present to the reader it will be seen that thereare seventy churches connected with the Conference, and that the num-ber of communicants is above six thousand. The number of ordainedministers is sixty-two, and of licentiates seventeen. Yearly Meetings—General Conference—Associations. A yearly meeting of the Seventh-day Baptists in America was es-tablished at an early period. In 1708, when the church in Newport,R. L, organized a part of its members into the distinct body now knownas the First Hopkinton church, an annual interview was agreed upon,for a friendly interchange of sentiment, and for mutual encouragementand edification. The bounds of this confederacy gradually enlarged, asnew churches were formed, until it included the early churches in RhodeIsland, Connecticut, New J
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