 | Theology - 1851 - 620 pages
...thousand ! 5. There are various ways of measuring the progress of religion in a country. One of these i» statistical, and this we may legitimately apply, at...communicants in the United States at the epoch of the Bevolution, seventy-five years ago. We cannot ascertain the number for the year 1800 with strict accuracy... | |
 | World's evangelical alliance Brit. organization - 1852 - 658 pages
...because not necessary — were to be added to those in which a church or body of believers is organised, the entire number of places where the gospel is preached...cannot ascertain the number for the year 1800 with * In another work — Religion in America (book iii. chap. 1}— I have stated that, after much inquiry,... | |
 | Industries - 1855 - 778 pages
...places where the gospel is preached would, it is believed, be found to exceed one hundred thousand ! There are various ways of measuring the progress of...for the year 1800 with strict accuracy ; but we can ascer* In another work — RELIGION IN AMERICA, (Book Hi. chap. 1.) — I have stated that, after much... | |
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There are various ways of measuring the progress of religion in a country. One of these is statistical, and this we may legitimately apply, at this point, to the country of which we are speaking. It is impossible to ascertain with entire precision the... 