The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . rers. This equally honors the con-gregation and compliments their pastor. We are aware that many persons tell us that not a few of the oldministers preached successfully without salaries, obtaining their livingand that of their families by the labor of their hands. True ; but weretheir congregations so unreasonable as to demand the high educationwhich they require now, or did they insist on the whole of their timeduring the week
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . rers. This equally honors the con-gregation and compliments their pastor. We are aware that many persons tell us that not a few of the oldministers preached successfully without salaries, obtaining their livingand that of their families by the labor of their hands. True ; but weretheir congregations so unreasonable as to demand the high educationwhich they require now, or did they insist on the whole of their timeduring the week being devoted to the study and the various duties ofthe pastorate. Present demands are unreasonable, and unjust, andwhat is the result ? The last published reports of the TheologicalSchools in the United States, give the number of students connectedwith them at about one thousand four hundred, only some three hundredmore than it was in 1838. It is estimated that there are needed annu-ally in this country to supply vacancies made by death and otherwise,from one to two thousand ministers, exclusive of the large number madenecessary by the increase of AGENCIES EOR RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. E R H A P S there is scarcely a subject whichamong the different denominations of christians,has excited more discussion than that of Agen-cies. Some great object has, we will premise,to be accomplished, either for our own countryor in foreign lands ; it is necessary to interestall the churches in one or more denominationsin the matter, that so sympathy and help in various ways may be ob-tained. It will frequently, however, happen that many of these church-es have no settled pastor, or if they have, he is wholly absorbed in hisown special labors ; or has comparatively a small acquaintance withthe particular object to be promoted; or possibly he thinks that astranger from a distance will more readily gain access to the pock-ets of his flock, and so cordially welcomes the agent to his hous
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