A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches
By the Deputation from the Congregation Union of England and Wales

A two-voume account, published in 1835, of the journey taken by two Congregationalist Ministers to the United States.

Andrew Reed (Author), James Matheson (Author)

9781108045193, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 February 2012

530 pages, 2 b/w illus. 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 3 cm, 0.67 kg

Andrew Reed (1787–1862) was a Congregational Minister and one of the leading philanthropists of his day, fund-raising for and founding a number of orphanages and asylums. In 1834, he and fellow Congregational Minister James Matheson (1766–1840) were sent to the Congregational churches of the United States, in order to promote peace and friendship between the two communities. This two-volume 1835 work consists of thirty-nine letters in which the authors recount their journey, and their meetings with their fellow Congregationalists. They visited a large number of cities, mostly on the Eastern Seaboard, and made one excursion to Canada. In Volume 1, the focus is on their arrival in America and their first impression of the country and its people. They note with approval that that 'there is less claptrap, less trifling, and no frivolity' in Congregational services in the United States, as compared with England.

Preface
1. Departure from Liverpool
2. Invitation of the Presbytery
3. Journey to Washington
4. Return to New York
5. Excursion to Morristown
6. Meeting of the General Assembly
7. Meeting of merchants
8. Journey to Burlington
9. Niagara
10. Journey to Buffalo
11. Journey to Cincinnati
12. Passage to Louisville on the River Ohio
13. Forest
14. Charleston
15. Sabbath at Lexington
16. Sacramental meeting
17. Steam-boat
18. Remarks on camp meetings
19. Passage to Philadelphia
20. Schenectady
21. Union College at Schenectady
22. Northampton
23. Revival at Amherst
24. Lowell
25. Salem
26. Boston
27. Hartford
28. Passage to New York.

Subject Areas: Church history [HRCC2]