NUMBERS OF DIFFERENT SECTS. 401 



In Boston. In the State. 



Brought forward, . 47 921 



Methodist, (Protesting,) 7 



do. .... 45 



Baptists, . . .14 237 



do., (Free-will,) . .2 12 



Christians, (Unitarian Baptists,) . 1 30 



Universalists, . . .8 147 



Episcopalian, (Protestant,) . 13 62 



( 35 churches. 

 Roman Catholics. . . 14 



( 40 clergy. 



Milleritcs, . . . 4 



German Lutherans, 2 2 



New Jerusalem, 1 5 



Mormons, ... 1 1 



Friends, 



100 1546 



There are thus 625 Congregational churches in Mas 

 sachusetts, and 207 chiefly Congregational, which profess 

 the Unitarian doctrine. The Methodist Episcopal comes 

 next, then the Baptists, after them the Universalists, 

 numbering 147 churches ; the Protestant Episcopalians, 

 who have only 62 churches, and the Roman Catholics, 

 who number 35. 



The prevalence of Unitarian sentiments in Mas 

 sachusetts, and particularly in the city of Boston, is 

 familiar to every one who interests himself with the 

 state of religion in the United States. I was not pre 

 pared, however, for the information given me by a young 

 Universalist clergyman, with whom I happened to 

 converse on this subject, that nearly all the old Con 

 gregational churches of the early settlers have become 

 Unitarian. The fact is an interesting one, but the causes 

 are not difficult to discover. The progressive spirit 

 which pervades all minds influences the pastor as well 

 as the people, and the Congregational system presents 

 no bar to change of doctrine. A mutual agreement of 



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