The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . porary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man must confess I never heard a better prayer, or one so well as he is, Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor,such ardor, such correctness and pathos, and in language so elegant andsublime for America, for Congress, for the province of Massachu- 464 Episcopalians. setts Bay, especially the town of Boston. It had excellent effectupon every
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . porary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man must confess I never heard a better prayer, or one so well as he is, Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor,such ardor, such correctness and pathos, and in language so elegant andsublime for America, for Congress, for the province of Massachu- 464 Episcopalians. setts Bay, especially the town of Boston. It had excellent effectupon every body here. I must beg you to read the psalm. If there isany faith in the sortes Virgilianse, or Homerica?, or especially the sortesBiblicae, it would have been thought providential. Here was a scene worthy of the painters art, and which has re-cently been beautifully engraved, a memorial of a grand event. It wasin Carpenters Hall, in Philadelphia, a building which still survives,that the devoted individuals met to whom this service was read. Weare gratified in being able to furnish an engraving of this building, onthe lower floor of which this scene 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 Episcop
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