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Excerpt from American Unitarianism, or a Brief History of "the Progress and Present State of the Unitarian Churches in America" Compiled, From Documents and Information Communicated by the Rev. James Freeman, D. D. And William Wells Jun; Esq. Of Boston, and From Other Unitarian Gentlemen in This Country Mr. Freeman further proceeds to state the progress which Unitarian principles were making in the United States, and particularly in new-england. This he imputes to the many excellent books published in England, and to Mr. Lindsey's Works in particular, which were much read and with great ef feet. The sermons and conversation of some Clergymen in new-england also contributed their share and amongst these he mentions the Rev. Mr. Hazlitt, a pious, zealous and intelli gent English minister, who since his return to England is set tled at vvem in Shropshire. Mr. Freeman speaks of himself as particularly indebted to the instructions and conversation of this respectable person. I bless the day, savs he, 'w hen that honest man first landed in this country. In another let ter dated June, 1789, Mr. Freeman writes, Before Mr. Haz litt came to Boston, the Trinitarian doxology was almost uni versally used. That honest, good man pret ailed upon several respectable ministers to omit it. Since his departure, the num ber of those who repeat only scriptural doxologies has greatly increased, so that there are now many churches in which the worship is strieth Unitarian. 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.