Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The Society for missions to Africa and the East has also two or three missionaries, with native readers and catechists; imd there are perhaps, among all the societies, nearly a hundred persons en- gaged in the instruction of a hundred millions of inhabitants. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The worship of the Grand Lama is the es- tablished religion, (See Thibetians,) mixed with various shades of Paganism. The Birman and Siamese Mndaos are dis-" ' ' ciplesy not of Brahma, but of Boodu; but the Malays are chiefly Mahometans. Some Dutch and Portuguese setttemehts exist in different parts of this extensive country. The Catholics boast of 300,000 converts in TonquiUj and 160^000 in Cochin-china. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Itie' Roman Catholic religion is declared to be that of the majority of the French peqple, and is supported by the state; but the static provides equally for the ministers of the reformed church, either of the Lutheran or Calvinistic profession, and superintends even the synagogue of the Jews, niflference of religion is no bar to the advancc^^t of any French citizen to the highiest o^ces of the state. The Protestants are very numerous in the south of France, but with a great number of infidels throughout the country. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ No human being will be excluded from salvation, ex- cept through his own fault; luid every truly virtuous man from the beginning to the end of time, let his country or reli- gion be what it will, is made sure of being i*aiscd from death, and of being made liappy for- ever. In all this the Supi*eme Deity is to be considered as the first cause; and Christ as his ^ift to fallen man, and as act- ing under that eternal and sclf- cxistent Being, compared with whom no other beinjs: is either gi'eat or good ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The Danes have formerly taken as^ active part in missions to the heathen, and have particularly countenaiK^ the^ United^ Brethren in Green- land;* and in their West India islands. They had also the honour to patronize and foster the Baptist Mission at Serampore, when discounte-i nanced by our East India Company. The king, it is said, has expressed a great desire for the in- struction of his subjects, and the British system of education is intended to be introduced. The scriptures have been printed at Copenhagen in the Icelandic dialect, for the use of Iceland. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ It is difficult to estimate the number of Dissenters in this country. The Arminian Methodists (including the new Connexion) amount to more than 180,000 in Society, be- sides occasional hearers* The Calvinistic Me- thodists are probably equally numerous with the Arminian; and the Independents, Bap- tists, and Presbyterians, with a few other sects, may be reckoned equal to bath classes of Methodists. The Roman Catholics are es- timated at nearly 100,000; and the Friends are very numerous;. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ According to their doctrine, the soul no sooner leaves her old habitation, than she enters a new one. The Dailai Lama, being a divine person, can find no better lodg^ ing than the body of his sue** cesser; or the Foe, residing in the Dailai Lama, wMcIl passes to his successor: andthisbeing a god, to whom all things are known, the grand Lama is thei'efore acquainted with every thing which happened during his residence in his former body. This religion* which was ear' ly adopted in a large part .of the globe, is said to have been of three thousand yeai's stand*^ ing ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ All who are not Dissenters are gene- rally considered Members of the Establish- ment; but if we farther deduct all who make no profession of rdigion, and who attend to no forms of worship, the number of real Churchmen must be still considerably re- duced. For a man who neither believes the articles, nor attends the worship of the Estab- lishment, has no more right to be called.^. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ So long as the gospel re- jects eveiy idea of the salvation of men without forgiveness, so long will those texts confute the salvation of all men. The apostle l^ays, 1 John v. 16, << If an^ miun see his brother sin- a fiSn which is not unto deatlu he flhaH ask, and he shall give him life' for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that lio shsdl pray for it." It is evident Hve reason, why we are not to pmy for those who sin unto death, is, because th^ir salva- tion is impossible. It is said ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ That the scheme of revela- tion has the happiness of all mankind lying at bottom, as its great and ultimate end; that it gradually tends to this endf and will not fail of its ac- complishment when fully com- pleted. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Of like import is chap. x. 26, 27. — ^The woe denounced by Christ on Judas also seems to afford a demonstrative proof of endless punishment: << Woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed; good .wei*e it for that man if he had never been born." M^tt xxvi. 24. Mark xiv. 21. But if Judas were finally to enjoy endlesft happiness, he would be an in- finite gainer by his existence^ let the duration of his previous misery be what it might It was, therefore, on the supjiosi- tion of his final salvation, not only good, but infinitely goody that he had been bom ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Then lectures and discourses are divoreiiicd by hymns; and the assemblies are held on the first day of the week, and on the decades. >* Should we be asked what is the ongin of our religion and worship? wo reply: Open the most ancient books extant, and there examine what was the ivligioii, what the worship, of the iii'st human beings, whose acti<< Should the force of Aese reasons be insufficient to satisfy the inquirer, we forbear any farther discussion, rather than engage in a controversy tending to diminish the love of our neighbours. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Others who have proved incurable ander* the means, which have been used with them in this state, instead of being happy in tlic next, wiH be awuiUy miserable; not to continue so iinallyy but that they may be convinced of their folly, and i-ecovered to a tifto- ous frame of mind: and this will be the effect of the future t'^rments upon many, the eonr sequence whei-eof will be theif salvation, after being thus- fitted for it. And there msif be yet other states, before the scheme of God may be perfected, and mankind universally cured of their moral disordci*s ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ There Adam is considered ap the source of damage to man- kind universally; and Christ, on the other hand, as a Uke source of advanta^ to the same mankind; but with this observable difiference, that the advantage on the side of Christ exceeds, overflows, abounds^ beyond the damage on the side of Adam; and this to all ml^l- kind. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Jerish* More honour is here- f Ix^flected on God; greater irirtue is attributed to the blood ^Christ shed on the cross; and instead of dying in vain, as to any i*eal good, which mill finally be the event, with irespect to the greatest part of mankind, he will be made to die to the best and noblest pur- pose, even the eternal happi- ness of a whole world of likel- ligent and moral beings. II. It is the purpose of Godf according to his good pleasure^ that mankind . wUversaUy, m consequence of the death of his Son Jesus Chi'ist, shall certaucb- ly and finally be saved. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The zeal for the circulation of the scriptures is not less ac- tive and ardent in the Western Hemisphere, than on the old con- tinent. In 1816, it is- stated that there were 125 Bible Societies in the United States. A National Bible Society was established in New York thp swpe jear: findi^ 1817, the number of its auxilia- ries amounted to 108. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The law informs us what man in justice deservesj, the gospel what the Son of God deserves.** Accordingly Dr. Huntington understands all the threateningsin the word of God' as the pure voice of law and justice. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Host suffer, before they can be ndnced under willing subjec- tion to Jesius Christ. For the first death cannot be called the lHat enemy with propriety and truth, because the second death is^posterior to it, and has no existence till that has been so far destroyed, as^to allow ot a restoration to life. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ TURLUPINS, a sect which appeai*ed about the year 1372* in Savoy and Dauptuny. They taught* that when a man is ar- rived at a certain state of per- fection* he is freed from all subjection to the divine law; which we call Antinomianism. John Dabantonne was the au- thor of this denomination. Some think they were called Turlupins because they usually abode in desolate places* expos- ed to wolves* iwpi. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ If God is able in consistency with men's .make* as mural siud intelligent agents^ to effect their salvation, his de-^— siring that they should be sav- ed, and his eventually saving* them, are convertible terms. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Strong ob- serves, that those who bdieve in eternal punishment, found their belief in consistence with the infinite benevolence of the Godhead. They suppose that benevolence is the sum of all his glorious perfections ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ UNI cause on that supposition they are punished more than t|iey deserve. 'It cannot be a tem- jiorary pUnlsIhnent of longer duration tban that which the scriptures abundaiitly declai*e "the datnncd shall suffer^ be* cause no such punishment is threatened in the law or in any jiart of scripture: it must there- fore be an endless punishment. The doctrine of the perpetuity of future punishment is also confirmed by the constitution of nature^ whicJi connects sin and misery together, and will finally make the wicked neces- sarily miserable as long as they lave existence ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ NcveHheless, we have temples constructed by the hands of men, which are moi-e commodious for the purpose of assembling to hear the lessons of his wisdom. Certain moral inscriptions; — a simple altar, on which arc deposited, as a to- ken of gratitude for the benefits of the Creator, such fruits and flowers iis the seasons afford; — and a tribune fin' the lecturei*s, — form the whole of tlic orna- ments of thest* temples. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The numerous religious denominations in th^ Hfnftdd States all unite in approving and establishing Bible- Sociefiiil. The Congregationallsts, Baptists, Episcopalians, Presbyl^Mi. ans, Moravians, and Methodists have made energetic e^- tions to convert the heathens, both in' our own aftd foi^i^ countries. Sunday Schools have also heen established; ' and various societies, formed to promote tlic present andfutttl^ welfare of mankind: for instance, the Peace 'Societies wftich have been honoured with the approbation of the Emjieror See New Jerusalem Magazine, 1817. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The Unitarians of all ages have adopted 'the sentiments of PelagiuB, with respect to hu- man nature."^ - The name of Unitarians is also claimed by all those chris- tians who believe there is but one Gk>d, and that this one God is the Father only, aiid not a trinity, consisting of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost They may or may not believe in Christ's pre-existence. The term is thus defined by the cdebrated Dr. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ THI templesy and when << Death is an eternal sleep,^' being inscribed upon the gravesy had removed tor a time tUe hope of immortality from the minds of men. When Buonaparte reopened the churches^ Theophi- lanthropy became neglected, and is now scarcely known otherwise than by its name."* ♦THEOSOPHISTS, a sect of chemical pliilosophei's, who pretended to derive their occult science from divine illumlnation, whence they have been called Illuminati, but most usually Rosicrusians; which sec. ♦THiiRAPEUT^, a sect of Jews, generally considei'ed as a branch of the EssetieSf which see. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Church qf Englandf with the like toleration as in England; and the like ^satnlities as ^to ' ^ ' the Catholics, who form (says Mr. Butler) << two thirds of the population of Ireland." The Wesleyan Methodists haYe in their Societies above 29,000; (besides occasional hearers;) there is also a considerable num- ber of Presbyterians (especially in the North) and other protectant dissenters; so that the established religion can hardly claim more than one fourth of the populattdn. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Our principle^ being the eternal truth, they will subsist, let who may pretend to support or tOySttpprefi^ them; nor can the efforts of the wicked ever prevail against them. Let us rest, therefore, firmly attached to them, mth* out attacking or defending any i*eligious system: remembeliBy that such discussions have nev- er been attended with good^ but, on the contrary, have frequently dyed the earth with human blood. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Every jeiir they come up from diffec^it parts to worship, and male rich offenngs at his shrine. Even the emperor of Cbially who is a Mantchou Tai|i|ip, does not fail in aclinawtojlf- ments to him in his r^ligj|||H capacity; and entertains in tle palace of Pekin an . iaffrioyr Lama, deputed as 'hifiinmiiQio from Thibet. The grand La- ma is only to be seen is a^ cret place of his palace, amidBt a great number of lamps ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ God shall be himself immedi-^' ately allinall.* IV. The scripture language: concerning the reduced or re^ stored in consequence of . the- mediatory interposition of J^' sus Christ is such as leads ns to conclude, that it is comprehen*^ sive of mankind imiversally,* See Rev. v. 13. dnd every crea^ UNI 316 mn iure whidi is in henven, and on the earlhfandundartAe cartlhand Much as are in the sea, and nil ihat areinJlam^heardltmying, Unringt and honmvr^ and glortt, and power, be unto him that-sitr- teth upon the throne, and unto the lamb forever and rc^r. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Benevolent institutions, adapted to meet and to reliere almost every species of human mis- ery; and tikese supported in times and circum- stances which bear very hard upon the cltlsa of persons, by whom they are chiefly maintained. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ HorsoosTAir* The native inhabitants are Bmdoos (fol- lowers of Brahma) Mahometans and Persees; among whom> about fourteen millions are reckoned to be British subjects. The Af- ghans are supposed to be the descendants of the ten tribes of the Jews carried into captivi^ ij9 to whom a mission is projected from this country. Under the aiiicle, < Syrian Chris- tians/ in the Dictionary, it is mentioned that there is a considerable body of professing christians in the interiour of the country. I vrould add, from the i-eport of Dr. Kerr, the christians of St. Thomas are stated at TO or vU . ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Grerman Calvinists, Moravians, Bap- tists, Universalists, Methodists^ and Jews, 1 each^— total 27.*. In New York the Presbyterians are most numerous, and the Baptists in Kentucky. The Catholics who are not numerous, reside chiefly in Maryland*! TTie population of the United States was taken in 1810 at 7,239,431; which, comparing it with preced- ing estimates, gives an increase of about a million and a quarter in ten years ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ The temple most worthy of the Deity is the universe. Ab- sorbed sometimes under the vault of heaven, in the contem- plation of the beauties of na- ture, we i*endcr its Autlior the homage of adoption and grat- itude. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ HoiXAKB and The Reformed Ckurchf or Calidnism, is the ^ the Nether- Established Religion of Hoffand, with* W ' lands, general toleration to all other sects; but though Calvinism must be cbiisidered as the established religion, a great part of the people are Arminians, under the forms and discipline of Calvin, as is also the cai^ in Scotland. The Netherlanders arc generally Catholics, with ftyyn t iSftift y JiegjrTOB>' ^- 5. ”
