BX 1846-52 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, BY WM. CROSBY AND H. P. NICHOLS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Printed at Wright's Steam Press Office, 3 Water st. ADVERTISEMENT. The object of this little work is 1. To give Unitarians a better knowledge of their own denomination. 2. To give others some knowledge of the nature, extent, and present condition of Unitarian Christianity in this country. 3. To preserve some important statistical information for future use, which would otherwise be lost. The tables of statistics are necessarily imperfect, and can only be regarded as a foundation for more perfect statements hereafter, should it be deemed worth the while to continue the work. As it is, it is commended to the kind patronage of the denomination for whose benefit this labor has been incurred. P. S. It will be seen that accounts of some associations are introduced in which other denominations besides the Unitarians are interested with them. A. A. L. ECLIPSES FOR 1846. There will be but two Eclipses this year, and those two of the Sun, viz: Beginning of Eclipse,. Middle of Eclipse,....... ..11h. 12m. Oh. 31m. 1h. 50m. This Eclipse will be Central and Annular to the most North-eastern of the West India Islands, but to us the Sun will appear to be about half eclipsed by the Moon on the Southern limb. II. The second will be an Annular Eclipse of the Sun, about 3 o'clock, on the morning of October 20. It will be visible in the Southern part of Africa and the Indian Ocean, of course invisible to us. Commencement of the Seasons. Spring begins March 20th, 7h. Om. morning. COLLEGE VACATIONS. Harvard College.-1st, from the end of the first term; six weeks; 2d, from the end of the second term, to Friday after Commencement; the academical year being divided into two terms of 20 weeks each. Amherst College,-Cominencement on the 4th Thursday of July. Vacation four weeks from Commencement, six weeks from the Wednesday preceding the annual Thanksgiving, two weeks from the 3d Wednesday of April. Yale College.-Commencement, six weeks. First Wednesday in January, two weeks. Last Wednesday in April four weeks. Burlington College. Commencement, four weeks. First Wednesday in December, eight weeks. Second Wednesday in May, one week. Dartmouth College.-Commencement, last Thursday of July. Vacation, four weeks from Commencement, four weeks from about the 25th of November, 14 weeks for such as are in schools, seven weeks for others, and from the 2d Wednesday in May, two weeks. Brown University,-December 10th, three weeks. March 31st, three weeks. July 21st, till Commencement. Williamstown College.-Commencement, four weeks. Wednesday after third Wed. nesday in December, six weeks. First Wednesday in May, three weeks. Middlebury College.-Commencement, four weeks. Last Wednesday in November, one week. Second Wednesday in February, two weeks. Third Wednesday in May, two weeks. Bowdoin College.-Commencement, three weeks. Friday after the third Wednesday in December, eight weeks. Friday after the third Wednesday in May, two weeks. Theological Institution at Andover.-From the Annual Visitation, on the fourth Wednesday in September, six weeks; from the first Thursday in May, six weeks. Medical Lectures. Harvard College.-Medical Lectures commence at Boston, on the third Wednesday of November. Dartmouth College.-Medical Lectures commence at Hanover, two weeks after Com mencement. Berkshire Medical Institution.—Medical Lectures commence at Pittsfield, on the first Thursday of August. Vermont Medical Institution.-Medical Lectures commence at Castleton, on the first Thursday of March. University of Vermont.-Medical Lectures commence at Burlington, on the second Wednesday in September. Brown University.-Medical Lectures commence at Providence, on the third Wednesday in November. Vermont Medical College.-Medical Lectures commence at Woodstock, on the first Thursday in March. MOON'S PHASES. First Quar. 4th, 9h. 40m. mor. | Last Quar. 20th, 10h. 6m. mor. Full Moon 12th, 9h. 16m. mor. New Moon 27th, 4h. 39m. mor. 0 45 3 12 Mon. Pestalozzi b. 1746. Lavater d. 18017 274 33 rises. morn. 13 Tue. C. Follen lost board Lexington, 18407 264 34 5 17 14 Wed. Halley d. 1742. H. McKenzie d. 1831 7 254 35 6 24 1 15 Thu. Charleston burnt, 1778 7 244 36 7 26 1 30 16 Fri. Spenser d. 1598. Gibbon d. 1794 7 234 37 8 23 2 4 7 224 38 9 25 2 39 7 214 39 10 23 3 26 17 Sat. Franklin b. 1706 18 D Battle of Cowpens, 1781 19 Mon. Copernicus b. 1442 20 Tue. John Howard d. 1790 21 Wed. Louis XVI. beheaded, 1793 22 Thu. Bacon b. 1560. Byron b. 1788 23 Fri. 24 Sat. 25 D William Pitt d. 1806 Frederick the Great b. 1712 26 Mon. Dr. Jenner d. 1823 Ten serious Questions. 7 204 4011 22 4 22 7 194 41 morn. 6 10 7 184 42 0 24 8 21 7 174 43 1 29 8 47 7 164 44 2 29 10 11 7 154 45 3 2711 14 7 144 46 4 26 ev. 5 7 134 47 5 19 0 52 7 124 48 sets. 1 38 7 114 49 6 46 2 15 7 104 50 8 17 3 0 7 94 51 9 27 4 2 7 84 52 10 41 4 51 1. We believe that vital and experimental religion is the only remedy for sin and woe; what are we doing to make it living and burning in our own hearts, and the hearts of others? 2. We believe that Christianity has been sadly corrupted by human philosophy, and dark ages; what are we doing to spread a purer faith, more in accordance with the New Testament? 3. We believe that Christ said, "Preach the Gospel to every creature; what are we doing for Foreign Missions? 4. We believe that intelligence and virtue are the two colossal pillars of our Republic; what are we doing to advance the intellectual and moral education of 20,000,000 in this land? 5. We believe that War is the greatest curse of the human species; what are we doing for Peace? D Micaiah Towgood, d. 1792 7 2 Mon. Lander d. 1835. Talleyrand b. 1755 7 3 Tue. Greece independent, 1830 7 4 Wed. Hostilities ceased with G. B., 1783 7 5 Thu. H. Farmer d. 1787. Galvani d. 17997 Dr. Priestley d. 1804 6 Fri. 7 Sat. 8 D Mrs. Radcliffe d. 1823 Crabbe d. 1832 9 Mon. Gen. Harrison b. 1773 10 Tue. Q. Vic. and P. Albert mar., 1840 ROS. R s H.W. 74 53 11 58 3 22 64 54 morn. 4 21 44 56 0 53 5 41 6 575 11 Wed. Descartes d. 1650. Voltaire b. 1694 6 12 Thu. Lady Jane Grey beheaded, 1554 Cotton Mather d. 1728 7 3 6 23 11 30 13 Fri. Voltaire b. 1694. Garrick b. 1716 6 465 14 2 16 6 58 24 Tue. Handel b. 1684. R. Fulton d. 18156 405 20 5 12 10 25 Wed. William Pinkney d. 1822 26 Thu. James Harvey b. 1713 27 Fri. Elias Hicks d. 1830 8 6 385 22 sets. 11 0 6 375 23 7 33 ev. 30 6 355 25 8 17 0 55 28 Sat. Accident on steamer Princeton, 1844 6 345 26 9 23 1 10 6. We believe that Intemperance is the cause of a large proportion of Crime and Pauperism; what are we doing for Temperance? 7. We believe that Slavery is at war with the precepts of Christ, and the principles of our independence; what are we doing for liberty in our own country, and in the world? 8. We believe that Licentiousness is making fearful havoc of the health and virtue of thousands of the rising generation; what are we doing to stem the dark flood of corruption and death? 9. We believe that the valley of the great West will soon be filled with millions of all nations and tongues, who will decide the fate of our republican institutions; what are we doing to build up churches and schools to enlighten and sanctify this heart of the nation? 10. We profess to have faith in the meek and lowly Jesus as the Saviour of sinners, and the Reformer of the world; how do we show our faith by our works? 1 D Reform Bill int. into H. of Com. 18316 325 28 10 31 2 2 Mon. John Wesley d. 1791 3 Tue. War dec. against Algiers, 1815 4 Wed. Champollion d. 1832 5 Thu. J. Taylor d. 1761. Volta d. 1827 3 6 315 29 11 39 3 0 6 295 31 morn. 3 53 6 275 33 0 43 5 34 6 Fri. Col. Crockett killed, 1836 6 265 34 1 35 7 Sat. Steam. Swallow wrec'd H. riv. 1845 6 245 36 3 15 6 36 7 29 8 22 14 Sat. Dr. Priestley b. 1733 6 135 47 7 1811 53 5 576 5 566 4 5 546 6 5 536 92 8 5 466 14 11 30 Mon. Paris capitulated to the Allies, 18145 476 13 10 31 Tue. Haydn b. 1742 8 2 54 How the doctrine of the Trinity appears to a child. A little girl, daughter of Baron Winn, when she came in the catechism to the exposition of the Apostles' Creed, said to Mrs. Cappe, to whom she was reciting,-"one, two, three,"-counting on her fingers, "now how is this? my Bible says there is but one God, and my Catechism says there are three." Cappe's Memoirs. The difficulty of believing Jesus Christ to be God. "What became of the universe," the Earl of Huntingdon was accustomed to inquire of Rev. Theophilus Lindsey, before he left the church of England, "when its great Creator hung lifeless upon a tree in Judea?" Cappe's Memoirs. |