The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . CLUiP*AlEtts Hall, Philadelphia. Washington was kneeling there, and Henry, and Randolph, andRutledge, and Lee, and Jay, and by their side stood, bowed in rever-ence, the Puritan patriots of New England, who at that moment hadreason to believe, that an armed soldiery was wasting their humblehouseholds. It was believed that Boston had been bombarded and de-stroyed. They prayed fervently For America, for the Congress, forthe provinc
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . CLUiP*AlEtts Hall, Philadelphia. Washington was kneeling there, and Henry, and Randolph, andRutledge, and Lee, and Jay, and by their side stood, bowed in rever-ence, the Puritan patriots of New England, who at that moment hadreason to believe, that an armed soldiery was wasting their humblehouseholds. It was believed that Boston had been bombarded and de-stroyed. They prayed fervently For America, for the Congress, forthe province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially for the town of Bos-ton ; and who can realize the emotions with which they turned im-ploringly to heaven for divine interposition and aid ? It was enough,says Mr. Adams, To melt a heart of stone. I saw the tears gushinto the eyes of the old, grave, pacific Quakers of Philadelphia. Before we pass on to state the peculiar doctrines and governmentof the Episcopal Church we will record two or three curious facts:—. Baptismal Font. 30 465 Episcopalians. 467 Shortly after Virginia was settled, it was enacted, that Everyperson should go to church on Sundays and holidays, or be kept con-fined the night succeeding the offence, and be a slave to the colony thefollowing week; for the second offence, a slave for a month ; and forthe third, a year and a day. The bell in St. Peters church at Albany has this inscription:—St. Peters church in Albany, 1751; J. Ogilvie, Minister; J. Steven-son, E. Collins, Wardens. The Bible still used is nearly a centuryand a half old, having been printed in 1716. The communion plate,which is very heavy, and numbers seven pieces, was a present fromQueen Anne. Upon each piece is engraved the following:— The giftof her Majesty, Anne, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, Franceand Ireland, and of her Plantations in North America, Queen,—to herIndian Chapel of the Onondauguas. Whatever may be the opinion of our reade
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