Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . byterians. Western Pennsylvaniawas also settled by these Scotch-Irish that section was first organized into a countyit was called Westmoreland. At Hannahstown, May16, 1776, a convention was held and resolutions passedwith the same spirit of independence as those of Meck-lenburg. As might be expected religion suffered greatly duringthis preliminary period as well as during the progressof the war. The political excitement and the militarydisturbance made regular church work almost impo
Presbyterians : a popular narrative of their origin, progress, doctrines, and achievements . byterians. Western Pennsylvaniawas also settled by these Scotch-Irish that section was first organized into a countyit was called Westmoreland. At Hannahstown, May16, 1776, a convention was held and resolutions passedwith the same spirit of independence as those of Meck-lenburg. As might be expected religion suffered greatly duringthis preliminary period as well as during the progressof the war. The political excitement and the militarydisturbance made regular church work almost impos-sible. Disorders of the finances of the country madethe support of the ministry extremely difficult. Very u6 PRESBYTERIANS. many pastors betook themselves to other callings, es-pecially to agriculture, for self-support. Many joinedthe army either as chaplains, or, as not unfrequentlyhappened, as officers of companies made up in theirown neighborhoods. Churches were often taken andturned into stables or riding schools. The church ofNewtown had its steeple sawed off, and was finally torn. HANOVER COLLEGE, HANOVER, IND. down and its sides used for soldiers huts. The churchin Princeton was occupied by the Hessian soldiers, afireplace built in it, and the pews and galleries usedfor fuel. More than fifty places of worship throughoutthe land were utterly destroyed by the enemy duringthe war. Others were so defaced and injured that theywere unfit for use. Pastors, in many cases, were notallowed to continue their ministry. Rodgers of NewYork, Richards of Rahway, Prime of Huntington,Duffield of Philadelphia and McWhorter of Carolinawere forced to flee for their lives. On many occasionsthe soldiers destroyed what they could not carry away ;and the Presbyterian clergy were generally the specialobjects of vengeance. THE SYNODS UNITED. 117 It is remarkable, considering their exposure, thatamong the Presbyterian ministers so few lives weresacrificed as the direct victims of the war. Caldwel
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