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THE BENEVOLENT FRATERNITY OF CHURCHES.

This is an Association of the Churches of Boston, professing the Unitarian Faith, for the beneficent work of " preaching the Gospel to the poor" in Chapels, and from house to house, by means of the ministry at large, originated by Dr. Tuckerman. The churches in Pitts and Suffolk streets are thus supported, and four ministers are in their employ.

President, Henry B. Rogers, Esq.

Treasurer, Thomas Tarbell, Esq.
Secretary, Rev. R. C. Waterston.

Executive Committee, Rev. S. K. Lothrop, Benj. Seaver, Esq.

XXXII.

WORCESTER SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY.

OFFICERS FOR 1846-7.

President, Hon. Thomas Kinnicutt.
Vice President, Rev. Joseph Allen.

Secretary, Rev. Hiram Withington.

Publishing Committee, Rev. Washington Gilbert,

Rev. Richard S. Edes,

Mr. Albert Tolman.

Reviewing Committee, Rev. Edmund B. Willson,

Rev. Edward E. Hale,

Mr. F. W. Greenleaf.

XXXIII.

THE LOWELL UNITARIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

Formed

OFFICERS FOR 1846-7.

President, Rev. Henry A. Miles.

Directors, John Clark, Esq.,

David Dana, Esq.,

Rev. M. A. H. Niles,

John Mixer, Esq.,

Francis Bush, Esq.

Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas Hopkinson, Esq.

XXXIV.

THE UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

President, Zebedee Cook.

Vice President, Moses H. Grinnell.

Directors, Seth Low,

George Ireland, Jr.,

William H. Cary,

Samuel J. Beals,

Pierce M. Irving,

Richard Warren.

Treasurer, William B. Allen.

Recording Secretary, James A. Cleveland.

Corresponding Secretary, Richard Warren.

The President, Vice President, and Treasurer, with the Directors, compose the Board of Management.

STATISTICS OF UNITARIANISM IN THE UNITED STATES, IN 1845.

Collected by G. G. Channing, Esq., Editor of the Christian World, and Traveling Agent of the American Unitarian Association.

Number of Churches regularly organized,

240

Number of Churches in an incipient or feeble state,

60

The average attendance at Church on Sunday,

75,000

Whole number of persons, adults and children, is not less than 300,000

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THE CHRISTIAN CONNECTION.

Origin.-About fifty years ago this denomination arose. The movement was almost simultaneous at the South and the North. In North Carolina it began among the Methodists; and in Vermont among the Methodists. Early in the present century it appeared among the Presbyterians in Kentucky and Tennessee.

"The denomination thus originated with the three chief sects in the United States. There seems to have been no concert with, or even knowledge of, each other; but the three branches all went forth within eight years of each other in various and distinct quarters.

Progress.-Their progress has been very rapid, until they now number about 1500 churches, with 325,000 communicants, 1500 preachers, and 500 licentiates. It may be safely set down that 500,000 persons in this country have already embraced their views, and join in their worship. They are now found in most of the States of the Union.

Tenets. They reject all human creeds, taking the Bible alone. They reject all doctrines which cannot be stated in Scriptural language; consequently they reject the doctrine of the Trinity, believing the Father alone to be God; that God is therefore one and only one person; that Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God; that the Holy Ghost is that divine unction with which our Saviour was anointed, 'a divine emanation of God, by which he exerts an energy or influence on rational minds.' They believe in Christ's preexistence, in the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper, baptizing by immersion; and they reject the whole scheme of Calvinism.

"Their churches are strictly Congregational or Independent. They are giving increased attention to the education of their

ministers, availing largely of advantages afforded at the Theological School at Meadville, Pa., the Board of Visitors of which is composed of an equal number of Unitarian and 'Christian' clergymen.

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'They took the name of Christians to avoid all sectarian appearances." New York paper.

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ANTI-TRINITARIAN CHURCHES IN ENGLAND, IN CONNECTION WITH JOSEPH BARKER.

Mr. Barker was formerly a preacher in the Methodist New Connection, but was expelled on account of charges of heresy. He became a general preacher and reformer, and by public addresses and the printing press he has diffused liberal sentiments extensively in some parts of England. "There are about 200 societies, connected with him, having an average of about 30 members each. There are varieties of opinion among them; but in general the doctrines of original depravity, satisfaction to divine justice by a vicarious sacrifice, the Trinity, and justification by faith alone, have been displaced by the doctrine of the divine unity, and the free unpurchased mercy of God, and the other tenets usually Unitarian." Beard's Unitarianism Exhibited.

UNITARIAN CHURCHES IN ENGLAND.

1. "No confessions or creeds of any kind are used in any of the Unitarian churches. No test is required for admission to any congregation, nor would any be asked from any minister.

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