Religion in America Or An Account of the Origin Relation to the Sate And Pre
Religion in America Or An Account of the Origin Relation to the Sate And Pre
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Only one further measure was required in order to make this law for the support of public worship as fatal as possible to the in- * By Universalists I mean those professed Christians in America who, with many shades of difference on the subject, agree in holding that eventually all men will be saved. I shall have to speak of them more at large in another place.
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terests of true religion in Massachusetts. This was a decision of the Supreme Court of that State, pr...onounced some thirty or thirty-five years ago, by which the distinction which had previously existed be- tween the " church" and the " town" or " parish, " was destroyed in the \dew of the law; and the "town, " that is, the body of the people who»were taxed for the support of the parish church, was allowed to exercise a control in the calling of a pastor and in every thing else. There then ensued great distress in not a few pai-ishes. In every in- stance in which the majority of the " towTi" were opposed to evan- gelical religion, they had it m their power, by stopping his salary, to turn away a faithful pastor, and to choose a Universalist or Unitarian in his place.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Only one further measure was required in order to make this law for the support of public worship as fatal as possible to the in- * By Universalists I mean those professed Christians in America who, with many shades of difference on the subject, agree in holding that eventually all men will be saved. I shall have to speak of them more at large in another place.
13 194 THE COLONIAL ERA. [bOOK H.
terests of true religion in Massachusetts. This was a decision of the Supreme Court of that State, pr...onounced some thirty or thirty-five years ago, by which the distinction which had previously existed be- tween the " church" and the " town" or " parish, " was destroyed in the \dew of the law; and the "town, " that is, the body of the people who»were taxed for the support of the parish church, was allowed to exercise a control in the calling of a pastor and in every thing else. There then ensued great distress in not a few pai-ishes. In every in- stance in which the majority of the " towTi" were opposed to evan- gelical religion, they had it m their power, by stopping his salary, to turn away a faithful pastor, and to choose a Universalist or Unitarian in his place.
What to read after Religion in America Or An Account of the Origin Relation to the Sate And Pre?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Robert Baird to read onlineMoreLess
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