The Christian Library Volume 4; A Reprint of Popular Religious Works (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 Excerpt: ...with real distinctions between master and man, the servants on our farms claimed their place in the common hall, and at the common table; and we may well question whether the interests or happiness of either party have been advanced since the alteration. As, in leaving this city, I shall also leave the state, I may as well set down any closing observations that occur to me. There are in Ohio, notwithstanding its rapid progress, not less than 500 ministers; excepting those who may, in different places, advocate heretical or anti-Protestant opinions.. The people, in many parts, are so desirous of the means of religion, that they have erected the.ittle church, and have to wait for the pastor. There are, at least, twenty places now in this predicament. Some of the new made towns present a delightfully religious aspect. Of these I might name Columbus, Zanesville, and Granville. The first has 3,000 persons, and it has three churches and five ministers. The second has 3,200 persons, and six churches. And Granville is a small town, which, I believe, is wholly religious. As a settlement, it deserves notice. It was made bv a party of ninety persons from New-England. On arriving at this spot, they gave themselves to prayer, that they might be directed in choosing their resting place in tbe wilderness, and enjoy the blessing of God. At first, they rested with their little ones in the wagons; and the first permanent building they erected, was a church for divine worship. The people retain the simple and pious manners of their fathers. They all go to church, and there are 400 in a state of communion. They give 1,000 dollars a year to religious institutions. One plain man, who has never allowed himself the luxury of a set of firei what he does at home, gives 100 dol lars ...