 | American Education Society - 1816 - 432 pages
...estimated to possess competent qualifications, there would be more than one to 1000 souls. In 1753, there was in New England on an average, one liberally...we only claim that the country should be supplied a little more than half as well as New England was actually supplied, within the memory of many now... | |
 | John Edwards Caldwell - 1818 - 780 pages
...competent qualifications, there would be more than one to 1000 souls. In 1753 there was in New-England, on an average, one liberally educated minister to...we only claim that the country should be" supplied a little more than half as well as New-England was actually supplied within the memory of many now... | |
 | 1825 - 712 pages
...recent view we have seen of the condition of America in regard to religious instruction. " In 1753 there was in New England, on an average, one liberally educated minister to every 628 sonls : but the case is greatly changed since that period. An* examination of college catalogues, from... | |
 | 1837 - 638 pages
...estimated to possess competent qualifications, there would be more than one to 1000 souls. In 1753, there was in New England, on an average, one liberally...we only claim that the country should be supplied a little more than half as well as New England was actually supplied, within the memory of many now... | |
 | 1834 - 788 pages
...grace. The report of the Education Society, which we have already quoted, informs us, that " in 1753 there was in New England, on an average, one liberally educated minister to every 628 souls.'' But those laws which provided for the support of religion have been gradually abrogated, and scarcely... | |
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... 10,150,615, there are 10,434 clergymen of the established church ; while the dissenting ministers are supposed to be even more numerous than those of the establishment. If only one half of these were estimated to possess competent qualifications,... 