Excerpt from Religion in America: Or an Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States; With Notices of the Unevangelical Denominations And although the well-informed American reader will see many things in this book with which he is already familiar, yet it is presumed he will find some things, especially taken in the connexion in which, they are presented, that may both interest and profit him. There is no work among us that goes over the whole ground which the author has attempted to survey and de scribe in this book. At first he thought of abridging certain portions, especially the first, fourth, and fifth books but he was dissuaded from this by the publishers, who pre ferred to give it entire, and to put it at a price which would place it within the reach of all who might wish to have it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.