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ipherical, or at leaft forms a hexagon. The whole 

 building ftands from north to fouth, for the pref- 

 byterians do not regard, as other people do, whe- 

 ther their churches lock towards a certain point 

 of the heavens or not. 



5. THE new Prefbyterian church was built in 

 theyear 1 750, by the New-lights in the north-wefl- 

 rn part of the town. By the name of New-lights, 

 are underftood the people who have, from differ- 

 ent religions, become profelytes to the well known 

 Wbitefield, who in the years 1739* 1740, and 

 likewife in 1744 and 1745, travelled through al- 

 moft all the Englijb colonies. His delivery, his 

 extraordinary zeal, and other talents fo well 

 adapted to the intellects of his hearers, made him 

 fo popular that he frequently, efpecially in the 

 two firft years, got from eight thoufand to twenty 

 thoufand hearers in the fields. His intention in 

 thefe travels, was to coiled: money for an or- 

 phans hofpital which had been ereded in Georgia. 

 He here frequently collected feventy pounds fter- 

 ling at one fermon; nay, at two fermons which 

 he preached in the year 1740, both on one Sun* 

 day, at Philadelphia, he got an hundred and fifty 

 pounds. The profelytes of this man, or the above 

 mentioned new-lights, are at prefent merely a fed; 

 of prefbyterians. For though Whitefidd was ori- 

 ginally a clergyman of the Englifb church, yet 

 he deviated by little and little from her dodrines; 

 and on arriving in the year 1 744 at Bo/Ion in 

 New England, he difputed with the prefbyterians 

 about their dodrines, fb much that he almoft 

 entirely embraced them. For Whitefield was no 

 great difputant, and could therefore eafily be led 



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