Religion, institutions of, not chargeable with politi-
cal disturbances, 331.

Repudiation, wrong impressions respecting, abroad,
330.

Repudiation, doctrine of, how viewed in this coun-
try, 330.

Revivals of religion, nature of, 196.
character of early, 197.

at Northampton, 198, 274.

extensive in 1740-41, 199, 274.

- peculiar character of, in Kentucky, 201.
remarkable, in Yale College, 201.

instances of opposition to, disarmed, 208.
importance of orderly meetings in, 218.
happy instance of female influence in, 212.
alleged abuses in, 214.

pernicious effects of late meetings in, 218.
who oppose, 214.

causes of prejudices against, 215.

Unitarian objections to, in New-England, 275.

Revival preachers, objections to, 216.

Rhode Island, early settlement of, 17, 56.

Rochester, rapid growth of, 135.

Roman Catholic Church, early establishment of, 270.
conversions from, how checked, 272.
statistics of the, 271.

differences between evangelical and unevan-
gelical, 288.

Sects, extent of doctrinal agreement among, 289.
Shakers, account of the, 283.

66 recent extraordinary book of the, 284, note.
Slavery, true position of the country respecting, 335.
how entailed on this country, 335.
severe clause against, in original Declara-
tion of Independence, 336, note.
Slavery, when abolished by the free states, 336.
increase of, since the Revolution, 336.
how to be ultimately abolished, 336.
an obstacle to promotion of religion, 40.
Christianity the only remedy for, 336, 337.
extent of, in the United States, 42.
difficulties attending the abolition of, 336.
severity of foreign Christians respecting, 337.
Slavery, proper Christian spirit in relation to, 337, 338.
Smith, Mr. Normand, extract from memoir of, 327.
South Boston, Transcendental sermon at, 279.
South Carolina, early settlement of, 19, 63.
early relations between Church and

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State in, 90.
Southern States, religious character of the early
colonists of, 60.

State legislation here, friendly to Christianity, 126.
Stoddard, Rev. Mr., peculiar sentiments of, 273.
Story, Chief-justice, opinion of, on State patronage
of religion, 116.

Sunday-schools, mode of conducting, 154.
Swedenborgians, notice of the, 282.
Swedish settlements on the Delaware, 68.
character of the colonists of, 69.
Swiss colonists, character of the, 25.

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Temperance societies, 172.

Tennent, Rev. Messrs., opinion of Whitefield re-
specting, 203.

Thanksgiving-day, publicly appointed, 320.
governor's proclamation for, 320, note.
Theological Seminaries, 159–165.
Tract societies, 168.

Transcendentalism, notice of, 278, 279.
Transcendentalists, charged with Pantheism, 279.
Transcendental sermon at South Boston, 279.
Trinity Church, New-York, funds of, 323, note.
Tunkers, notice of the, 282.

Union of Church and State, when terminated,, 323,

early concealment of, 276.

first disclosures of, and results, 276, 277.
first congregation that avowed, 275.

first American writer on, 275.

Unitarians, objections of, to early revivals in New-
England, 275.

Unitarians, early philosophy of, 278.

"American Association" of, 278.

religious belief of, 278.

introduction of Transcendentalism
among, and results, 278, 279.

"United Brethren in Christ," account of the, 261.
United States, geographical notice of the, 35-37.
power of government of, in promoting reli-

gion, 116.

religious character of government of the, 118.
action of government of, Christian, 120.
state governments of, Christian, 120.
when, may be directed to-
wards religion, 127.
church discipline in the, 183.

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moral character of ecclesiastical discipline

importance of the, 130.

Wales, notice of immigrants from, 71.
Welsh colonists, character of the, 24.
Western States, extent of population of 1840, 22.
Wheaton, Hon. Henry, remarks of, on relations be-
tween Church and State, 128.

Wheelock, Rev. Eleazar, school of, for Indian youth,

295.

Whitaker, Rev. Alexander, notice of, 62.

developed in Home Missions, 140.
influence of the, on education, 146.

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66 on moral reformation, 172.

66 on beneficent institutions, 177.
"in furnishing a ministry, 322.
efficiency of, in increasing the ministry, 323.
"in supporting the ministry, 323.
"in erecting church edifices, 324.
comparative influence of, in raising religious
funds, 325.

274.

Williams, Roger, arrival of, 56.
notice of, 92.
Winebrennarians, notice of the, 261.
Winthrop, Hon. John, notice of, 53.

53.

letter of, to members of Church of England,

- arrival of, in this country, 54.

Yale College, remarkable revival in, 201.