The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . urray StreetChurch, New York city. He is very eloquent as a preacher and lec-turer, benevolent in his whole conduct, and exceedingly amiable in hismanners. Mr. Chapin has often addressed the public from the press,and always with acceptance. Neither he nor his brethren generallyesteem it a duty to abstain from political discussion and action, butfrequently make themselves heard and felt in matters which occasion adiversity of opin
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . urray StreetChurch, New York city. He is very eloquent as a preacher and lec-turer, benevolent in his whole conduct, and exceedingly amiable in hismanners. Mr. Chapin has often addressed the public from the press,and always with acceptance. Neither he nor his brethren generallyesteem it a duty to abstain from political discussion and action, butfrequently make themselves heard and felt in matters which occasion adiversity of opinion and feeling. According to the census of 1850 the number of church edificesowned by the Universalists is 494, which afford accommodation for205,462 persons, and which are of the value of $1,767,015 ; and fromthe latest information we have been able to obtain, they have 1,076organized societies, or churches, 635 ministers, and nearly 100,000communicants. These bodies are united in 81 associations, 19 stateand provincial associations, and 1 General Convention. They alsosustain a large number of periodical publications, and devote much at-tention to Rev. E. H. Chapes. 939 APPENDIX. In preparing this volume for the press, I have been impressed with the fact,that many subjects on which important information might be given, and fromwhich not a few practical lessons might be drawn, could not well be introducedinto the account of any one of the separate denominations of Religionists in ourcountry. Some of these I have thrown into this Appendix, being assured that asmatters of interest they will be useful now, and of not less value as materials ofhistory. In the perusal of them, it is believed, the reader will see the total ab-sence of partiality for any particular sect, though the author freely confesses hisown personal attachment to what he considers the truth as taught by the evan-gelical bodies. The statement of facts, has been the leading object of the writer,and fro
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