400 THE ATHANASIAN CREED OMITTED. 



Athanasian Creed, the Commination, and the forms of 

 prayer for the 5th of November, the 30th of January, 

 the 29th of May, and the 20th of June ; and in their 

 stead, are introduced &quot; A form of prayer for the visitation 

 of prisoners,&quot; forms of prayer to be used in families, 

 and selections of psalms to be used at the discretion of 

 the minister instead of the psalms of the day. 



In the Articles few alterations are made. From the 

 VIII., the &quot; Athanasian Creed&quot; is omitted. The XXL, 

 on general councils, is left out altogether. Of the 

 homilies (Art. XXXY.) it is said, that they are received 

 as an exposition of Christian doctrine ; but their use is 

 suspended till a revision has been made for clearing them 

 of obsolete words and phrases and local references. In 

 Art. XXXYI. it is declared, that all consecrations or 

 ordinations made according to the book set forth by the 

 general convention of the church in 1792 are valued 5 

 and in Art. XXXVII., that &quot; the civil magistrate hath 

 power over all men, as well clergy as laity, in all things 

 temporal, but hath no authority in things purely 

 spiritual;&quot; and no notice is taken of the Bishop of Rome. 



In Boston, with a population of 114,000, there are in 

 all ahundred churches belonging to twelve different deno 

 minations ; and in the whole State, with 900,000 inhabi 

 tants, 1557 places of worship. Among the various sects, 

 the Congregationalists, as is generally the case in New 

 England, are much the most numerous. The relative 

 numbers of the congregations of these and the other 

 sects, in Boston and in the State, will appear from the 

 following list : 



In Boston. Tn the State. 



Congregational (Trinitarian,) . 16 455 



do. Unitarian, . 20 168 



do. Doubtful, 2 2 



Methodist, (Episcopal,) . 9 296 



Carry forward, 47 921 



