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died on the very day that those around him thought his health re-established : his death was by no means to be attributed to the climate , but to causes , common in all countries- —cold and fever , producing , as it is supposed , an imposthume , which suddenly break * ing , terminated his existence at the age of twenty-two . With this exception , my brpther expresses himself well satisfied at having left a country
in which he , with so many others , had his property reduced by " an ever-teazing , oppressive and degrading system of taxation , and where so many of the inhabitants are obliged to drag on a weary existence in support of the three devouring monsters , — Churnh . State and Poor !"
With respect to the new settlement in the Illinois , notwithstanding certain untoward events , in consequence of the disagreement of some of the leading persons , and in spite of the misrepresentations and falsehood of certain writers on this side the water ,
" it is improving with a rapidity beyond conception / ' Towns are erecting , agriculture is flourishing , labourers and artisans , of almost every description , meet with such encouragement , and " are so satisfied with their situation , that so far from
wishing to return to England , they express their gratitude to God for directing them to so fair a portion of the globe . 7 The climate is stated to be so healthy , that the . new settlers in general enjoy better health than in their own
country . But , Sir , it is not my intention to enlarge on these particulars , at least on the present occasion ; but there is one subject in which your readers in general will probably feel peculiar
interest—the state of religion * in that part of America where my brother has principally resided , Lexington . With respect to the Illinois , I have received no farther information on
this point , than that a . place of worship is erecting in the New Town of Albion : but 1 shall now leave nay brother to express himself in his own language . Should I in future have any similar communications , I may probably send them for insertion in your Repository . PENJAMIN FLOWER . -A .
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State of Religion in Kentucky . 243
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Extract of a Letter from Lexington , February 3 , 1819 . " I ijtave in a former letter stated the politeness , civility and hospitality of the inhabitants of this place ; more kindness I have never experienced than from many of them . I have likewise touched upon the religion of the people of the United States ; and to that subject I will now devote a few lines , which 1 hope will not prove uninteresting .
" Episcopacy has here lost its sting , and is harmless , when compared with the ' mitred front' it assumes when united to the state , and armed with penal laws for its protection against other sects : it is also entirely supported by voluntary contributions ,
instead of forcing its revenues from the produce and industry of the pebble at large , from the agricultural interest more particularly . Its tfrinisters are chosen by amicable and mutual
arrangements between the bishop and the people . Generally , when a minister is wanted , the bishop residing at New York is applied to for his recommendation ; and if the preaching and the character of the candidate is
approved , he ( the bishop ) confirms the choice of the people . How different from the corrupted Episcopal Church of England , where a minister
is appointed over a people liked or not liked , gay or grave , able or unable to teach , with or without talents , gifts or graces , as the interest , prejudices or fancy of the patron may determine !
* ' The most domineering sect here is the Presbyterian , which holds synods , thunders against all those not deemed orthodox , [ Caivinistical ;] and whose ministers in general preach
furiously against any thing like heresy . The Episcopalian Church often invites preachers to officiate who are not Episcopalians : how different such liberal conduct from that of the
English Church , which excludes the ministers of every other Protestant Church , while it admits the priests of . the Popish Church ! The Episcopal preacher is of the American cast , mild in his manners , persuasive in his delivery , and charitable in his judgment of those who differ from him . The Athanasiant Creed forms no part of the liturgy , and some other , parts ; of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1819, page 243, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1771/page/31/
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