Swedenborgians.Believers in the doctrines of Swedenborg are found in all the states in the Union. In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, are eight ordaining ministers, ten priests and teaching ministers, fifteen licentiates, and between thirty and forty societies. There are between two and three hundred towns or places in the United States where the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church are received by some portion of the people.The number of Swedenborgians in the United States is about five thousand. The societies of this class of Christians in England are more numerous than in the United States. In Sweden they are quite numerous.Periodicals.—TheNew Jerusalem Magazineis issued monthly at Boston, Mass.; thePrecursoris issued monthly at Cincinnati, Ohio; theNew Churchmanis issued quarterly at Philadelphia.[pg 331]Unitarians.Of this denomination, there are about three hundred churches and congregations in the United States, and near that number of ministers. In the city of Boston it is one of the most numerous and influential classes of Christians, having eighteen societies, most of which are large and flourishing. In the Middle, Southern, and Western States their congregations are fewer, but gradually multiplying.Periodicals.—TheChristian Examiner, theMonthly Miscellany, and theChristian Register, are published in Boston, Mass.A favorite project of Christian philanthropy with the Unitarians has been the“ministry to the poor”in large cities and towns. They have established such an institution in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, Providence, and elsewhere. In Boston, three large and commodious chapels have been erected, and three ministers constantly employed, by the aid of funds obtained from individual donors and annual subscriptions from associations in the several churches of the denomination.Universalists.There are, in the United States and Territories, one United States Convention, one United States Universalist Historical Society, twelve State Conventions, fifty-nine Associations, eight hundred and seventy-five societies, five hundred and fifty meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty preachers. Besides these, there are twenty-one periodicals published by the order, and twenty new books have been published within the year, besides reprints. There are also five schools in the patronage of the denomination. There is an Educational Association in Maine, a Sunday School Association in Massachusetts, a Publishing Association in Pennsylvania, a public library of fifteen hundred volumes in Ohio, and two Book Associations in Indiana and Illinois.By adding the numbers of societies, etc., in the British Provinces, to those in the United States, there are, at present, the grand total of one General Convention, twelve State Conventions, fifty-five Associations, eight hundred and ninety-five societies, five hundred and fifty-six meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty-six preachers.Periodicals.—Gospel Banner and Christian Pilot, Augusta, Me.;Eastern Rose-Bud, Portland, Me.;Universalist and Family Visitor,[pg 332]Contoocookville, N. H.;Universalist Watchman, Montpelier, Vt.;Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Christian Freeman and Family Visitor, Boston, Mass.;Universalist and Ladies Repository, Boston, Mass.;Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor, Boston, Mass.;Star and Palladium, Lowell, Mass.;Gospel Messenger, Providence, R. I.;Universalist, Middletown, Ct.;New York Christian Messenger, New York city;Universalist Union, New York city;Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate, Utica, N. Y.;Western Luminary, Rochester, N. Y.;The Nazarene, Philadelphia, Pa.;Christian Warrior, Richmond, Va.;Southern Universalist, Columbus, Ga.;Star in the West, Cincinnati, Ohio;Christian Teacher, Lafayette, Ind.;Better Covenant, Rockford, Ill.
Swedenborgians.Believers in the doctrines of Swedenborg are found in all the states in the Union. In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, are eight ordaining ministers, ten priests and teaching ministers, fifteen licentiates, and between thirty and forty societies. There are between two and three hundred towns or places in the United States where the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church are received by some portion of the people.The number of Swedenborgians in the United States is about five thousand. The societies of this class of Christians in England are more numerous than in the United States. In Sweden they are quite numerous.Periodicals.—TheNew Jerusalem Magazineis issued monthly at Boston, Mass.; thePrecursoris issued monthly at Cincinnati, Ohio; theNew Churchmanis issued quarterly at Philadelphia.[pg 331]Unitarians.Of this denomination, there are about three hundred churches and congregations in the United States, and near that number of ministers. In the city of Boston it is one of the most numerous and influential classes of Christians, having eighteen societies, most of which are large and flourishing. In the Middle, Southern, and Western States their congregations are fewer, but gradually multiplying.Periodicals.—TheChristian Examiner, theMonthly Miscellany, and theChristian Register, are published in Boston, Mass.A favorite project of Christian philanthropy with the Unitarians has been the“ministry to the poor”in large cities and towns. They have established such an institution in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, Providence, and elsewhere. In Boston, three large and commodious chapels have been erected, and three ministers constantly employed, by the aid of funds obtained from individual donors and annual subscriptions from associations in the several churches of the denomination.Universalists.There are, in the United States and Territories, one United States Convention, one United States Universalist Historical Society, twelve State Conventions, fifty-nine Associations, eight hundred and seventy-five societies, five hundred and fifty meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty preachers. Besides these, there are twenty-one periodicals published by the order, and twenty new books have been published within the year, besides reprints. There are also five schools in the patronage of the denomination. There is an Educational Association in Maine, a Sunday School Association in Massachusetts, a Publishing Association in Pennsylvania, a public library of fifteen hundred volumes in Ohio, and two Book Associations in Indiana and Illinois.By adding the numbers of societies, etc., in the British Provinces, to those in the United States, there are, at present, the grand total of one General Convention, twelve State Conventions, fifty-five Associations, eight hundred and ninety-five societies, five hundred and fifty-six meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty-six preachers.Periodicals.—Gospel Banner and Christian Pilot, Augusta, Me.;Eastern Rose-Bud, Portland, Me.;Universalist and Family Visitor,[pg 332]Contoocookville, N. H.;Universalist Watchman, Montpelier, Vt.;Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Christian Freeman and Family Visitor, Boston, Mass.;Universalist and Ladies Repository, Boston, Mass.;Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor, Boston, Mass.;Star and Palladium, Lowell, Mass.;Gospel Messenger, Providence, R. I.;Universalist, Middletown, Ct.;New York Christian Messenger, New York city;Universalist Union, New York city;Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate, Utica, N. Y.;Western Luminary, Rochester, N. Y.;The Nazarene, Philadelphia, Pa.;Christian Warrior, Richmond, Va.;Southern Universalist, Columbus, Ga.;Star in the West, Cincinnati, Ohio;Christian Teacher, Lafayette, Ind.;Better Covenant, Rockford, Ill.
Swedenborgians.Believers in the doctrines of Swedenborg are found in all the states in the Union. In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, are eight ordaining ministers, ten priests and teaching ministers, fifteen licentiates, and between thirty and forty societies. There are between two and three hundred towns or places in the United States where the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church are received by some portion of the people.The number of Swedenborgians in the United States is about five thousand. The societies of this class of Christians in England are more numerous than in the United States. In Sweden they are quite numerous.Periodicals.—TheNew Jerusalem Magazineis issued monthly at Boston, Mass.; thePrecursoris issued monthly at Cincinnati, Ohio; theNew Churchmanis issued quarterly at Philadelphia.[pg 331]Unitarians.Of this denomination, there are about three hundred churches and congregations in the United States, and near that number of ministers. In the city of Boston it is one of the most numerous and influential classes of Christians, having eighteen societies, most of which are large and flourishing. In the Middle, Southern, and Western States their congregations are fewer, but gradually multiplying.Periodicals.—TheChristian Examiner, theMonthly Miscellany, and theChristian Register, are published in Boston, Mass.A favorite project of Christian philanthropy with the Unitarians has been the“ministry to the poor”in large cities and towns. They have established such an institution in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, Providence, and elsewhere. In Boston, three large and commodious chapels have been erected, and three ministers constantly employed, by the aid of funds obtained from individual donors and annual subscriptions from associations in the several churches of the denomination.Universalists.There are, in the United States and Territories, one United States Convention, one United States Universalist Historical Society, twelve State Conventions, fifty-nine Associations, eight hundred and seventy-five societies, five hundred and fifty meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty preachers. Besides these, there are twenty-one periodicals published by the order, and twenty new books have been published within the year, besides reprints. There are also five schools in the patronage of the denomination. There is an Educational Association in Maine, a Sunday School Association in Massachusetts, a Publishing Association in Pennsylvania, a public library of fifteen hundred volumes in Ohio, and two Book Associations in Indiana and Illinois.By adding the numbers of societies, etc., in the British Provinces, to those in the United States, there are, at present, the grand total of one General Convention, twelve State Conventions, fifty-five Associations, eight hundred and ninety-five societies, five hundred and fifty-six meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty-six preachers.Periodicals.—Gospel Banner and Christian Pilot, Augusta, Me.;Eastern Rose-Bud, Portland, Me.;Universalist and Family Visitor,[pg 332]Contoocookville, N. H.;Universalist Watchman, Montpelier, Vt.;Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Christian Freeman and Family Visitor, Boston, Mass.;Universalist and Ladies Repository, Boston, Mass.;Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor, Boston, Mass.;Star and Palladium, Lowell, Mass.;Gospel Messenger, Providence, R. I.;Universalist, Middletown, Ct.;New York Christian Messenger, New York city;Universalist Union, New York city;Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate, Utica, N. Y.;Western Luminary, Rochester, N. Y.;The Nazarene, Philadelphia, Pa.;Christian Warrior, Richmond, Va.;Southern Universalist, Columbus, Ga.;Star in the West, Cincinnati, Ohio;Christian Teacher, Lafayette, Ind.;Better Covenant, Rockford, Ill.
Swedenborgians.Believers in the doctrines of Swedenborg are found in all the states in the Union. In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, are eight ordaining ministers, ten priests and teaching ministers, fifteen licentiates, and between thirty and forty societies. There are between two and three hundred towns or places in the United States where the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church are received by some portion of the people.The number of Swedenborgians in the United States is about five thousand. The societies of this class of Christians in England are more numerous than in the United States. In Sweden they are quite numerous.Periodicals.—TheNew Jerusalem Magazineis issued monthly at Boston, Mass.; thePrecursoris issued monthly at Cincinnati, Ohio; theNew Churchmanis issued quarterly at Philadelphia.
Believers in the doctrines of Swedenborg are found in all the states in the Union. In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, are eight ordaining ministers, ten priests and teaching ministers, fifteen licentiates, and between thirty and forty societies. There are between two and three hundred towns or places in the United States where the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church are received by some portion of the people.
The number of Swedenborgians in the United States is about five thousand. The societies of this class of Christians in England are more numerous than in the United States. In Sweden they are quite numerous.
Periodicals.—TheNew Jerusalem Magazineis issued monthly at Boston, Mass.; thePrecursoris issued monthly at Cincinnati, Ohio; theNew Churchmanis issued quarterly at Philadelphia.
Unitarians.Of this denomination, there are about three hundred churches and congregations in the United States, and near that number of ministers. In the city of Boston it is one of the most numerous and influential classes of Christians, having eighteen societies, most of which are large and flourishing. In the Middle, Southern, and Western States their congregations are fewer, but gradually multiplying.Periodicals.—TheChristian Examiner, theMonthly Miscellany, and theChristian Register, are published in Boston, Mass.A favorite project of Christian philanthropy with the Unitarians has been the“ministry to the poor”in large cities and towns. They have established such an institution in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, Providence, and elsewhere. In Boston, three large and commodious chapels have been erected, and three ministers constantly employed, by the aid of funds obtained from individual donors and annual subscriptions from associations in the several churches of the denomination.
Of this denomination, there are about three hundred churches and congregations in the United States, and near that number of ministers. In the city of Boston it is one of the most numerous and influential classes of Christians, having eighteen societies, most of which are large and flourishing. In the Middle, Southern, and Western States their congregations are fewer, but gradually multiplying.
Periodicals.—TheChristian Examiner, theMonthly Miscellany, and theChristian Register, are published in Boston, Mass.
A favorite project of Christian philanthropy with the Unitarians has been the“ministry to the poor”in large cities and towns. They have established such an institution in Boston, New York, Cincinnati, Louisville, Providence, and elsewhere. In Boston, three large and commodious chapels have been erected, and three ministers constantly employed, by the aid of funds obtained from individual donors and annual subscriptions from associations in the several churches of the denomination.
Universalists.There are, in the United States and Territories, one United States Convention, one United States Universalist Historical Society, twelve State Conventions, fifty-nine Associations, eight hundred and seventy-five societies, five hundred and fifty meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty preachers. Besides these, there are twenty-one periodicals published by the order, and twenty new books have been published within the year, besides reprints. There are also five schools in the patronage of the denomination. There is an Educational Association in Maine, a Sunday School Association in Massachusetts, a Publishing Association in Pennsylvania, a public library of fifteen hundred volumes in Ohio, and two Book Associations in Indiana and Illinois.By adding the numbers of societies, etc., in the British Provinces, to those in the United States, there are, at present, the grand total of one General Convention, twelve State Conventions, fifty-five Associations, eight hundred and ninety-five societies, five hundred and fifty-six meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty-six preachers.Periodicals.—Gospel Banner and Christian Pilot, Augusta, Me.;Eastern Rose-Bud, Portland, Me.;Universalist and Family Visitor,[pg 332]Contoocookville, N. H.;Universalist Watchman, Montpelier, Vt.;Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Christian Freeman and Family Visitor, Boston, Mass.;Universalist and Ladies Repository, Boston, Mass.;Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor, Boston, Mass.;Star and Palladium, Lowell, Mass.;Gospel Messenger, Providence, R. I.;Universalist, Middletown, Ct.;New York Christian Messenger, New York city;Universalist Union, New York city;Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate, Utica, N. Y.;Western Luminary, Rochester, N. Y.;The Nazarene, Philadelphia, Pa.;Christian Warrior, Richmond, Va.;Southern Universalist, Columbus, Ga.;Star in the West, Cincinnati, Ohio;Christian Teacher, Lafayette, Ind.;Better Covenant, Rockford, Ill.
There are, in the United States and Territories, one United States Convention, one United States Universalist Historical Society, twelve State Conventions, fifty-nine Associations, eight hundred and seventy-five societies, five hundred and fifty meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty preachers. Besides these, there are twenty-one periodicals published by the order, and twenty new books have been published within the year, besides reprints. There are also five schools in the patronage of the denomination. There is an Educational Association in Maine, a Sunday School Association in Massachusetts, a Publishing Association in Pennsylvania, a public library of fifteen hundred volumes in Ohio, and two Book Associations in Indiana and Illinois.
By adding the numbers of societies, etc., in the British Provinces, to those in the United States, there are, at present, the grand total of one General Convention, twelve State Conventions, fifty-five Associations, eight hundred and ninety-five societies, five hundred and fifty-six meeting-houses, and five hundred and forty-six preachers.
Periodicals.—Gospel Banner and Christian Pilot, Augusta, Me.;Eastern Rose-Bud, Portland, Me.;Universalist and Family Visitor,[pg 332]Contoocookville, N. H.;Universalist Watchman, Montpelier, Vt.;Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.;Christian Freeman and Family Visitor, Boston, Mass.;Universalist and Ladies Repository, Boston, Mass.;Light of Zion, and Sabbath School Contributor, Boston, Mass.;Star and Palladium, Lowell, Mass.;Gospel Messenger, Providence, R. I.;Universalist, Middletown, Ct.;New York Christian Messenger, New York city;Universalist Union, New York city;Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate, Utica, N. Y.;Western Luminary, Rochester, N. Y.;The Nazarene, Philadelphia, Pa.;Christian Warrior, Richmond, Va.;Southern Universalist, Columbus, Ga.;Star in the West, Cincinnati, Ohio;Christian Teacher, Lafayette, Ind.;Better Covenant, Rockford, Ill.