The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-11-02

PLACEs OF WORSHIP or THE FIRsT DIsESTERs-
The frat dssenters Of whom We have any Nccoun
in this county were the Hollands But We canno
find that they ever had any place of worship, AL,
they were soon extingulshed by tie severe Law
enacted against them by the hero OF Agincourr
Henry Y. Some Baptists, or as they were thel
called Anabap,sts, fled from the persecution il
Holland to England in the reign Of Henry VII
They found little peace or safety under the d.,
fender Of the Faith; but they me, in private il
the suburbs Of London. Under Elizabeth the
seem to have possessed few humble places o
worship. The first Presbyterian church in Eng
land was formed at Wandworth in 5I2, and a
chapel was built by them The Presbyterian.
are altogether OF Scotch origin The first indie
pendent congregation was organized at the hous,
of II Mr.. Fox, in Nicholas Lane London, in 1892
but, 10 AVOID persecution, they had TO slf, about
from place to place. and some Of them were ap
pretended at ilington, in the very act Of wor
shipping God as their conscience dictated, In I'll,
reign Of Queen Mary. The Unitarians are des
cen!ants principally of Presbyterian tssenter-
Many OF the places Of worship Of the Prrsbyteri
ans were cndowcd-some very richly They
ceased to appeal strongly to the feelings Of their
congregations. but addressed themselves to their
understanding, aud in many places, where more
stirring ministers appeared. the congregations OF
the Unltarlans fell oiE There is no doub, bu,
that, as in Lady Hewleys case, they did not con.
iinue togye uiterance TO doctrines ia the spri, of
that munltcent eniower and they were deprived
Of their property hut Lord Brougham and the
legislature, considering 1t hard to be turned out
ALTER very long possession, amended the law, no
that, IN future, an undisturbed Possession for
twenty years cannot be afterwards Disputed
The .llakers met at the house Of Sarah Sawyers,
M Aldersase street. The first meeting house
they built was III Grace Church street, IN the re.
maIkable year 1868. Thep had another in Rat.
ellie. winch was pulled down by ~ infuriated
mob III go. The largest meeting house dedea
Ted TO the goddess Of simplicity is in Manchester
The Wesleyan Slethodists made the arch OF heav
On their temple, and preached with vigor never
exceeded, perhaps, since the days when Peter the
Hermit tore Europe up by tho roots, and hurled
II on Asla-'r since when Luther blew bias,
nnd amazed all the paronia and Rkeni,h bish6p,.
and tue Pope himself The first preaching
room" the Wesleyans built yas On a piece Of
ground in the Horse Fair, Bristol This preach.
ing room had, as in times OF old apartments fit.
Ted up over 1t for the accommodation of the prea.
chers, aud they were used by John Wesley him.
self when at Bristol When be separated from
the Moravians, he formed body Of Me,hodists in
LONDON, and rented uls Foundry ia Moorfelds
bell was rusg here every uorring at five, for
prayers, and every evening at aii,e for family
worship We cannot well include tho Jews in
the term dissen,ers. for obvious seasons. But We
may observe that, according to the saaons Of Ec
bright, Archbishop Of York, which direct tina, nc
Que should eM with jew, there is 20 douL, bu
that some Jews were settled here 80 early az A
ID. 1850. aud it is q matter of history uis. al
. were banshed by Edward |. in 1891. They haC
asynagogue in 1910 in Oxford and another il
Cateaton street, London But only one place O
burial in tbs Whole kiugdom was allowed them
and that WAS in Red Cross street, London, which
IN stoves time, WAS turned into aud called tn,
Jews Gardens The Jews were exiled from Eng
land IN 1000. Rabbi Mannes.eh Ben Israel peti
toned Oliver Cromwell to allow them 10 return
Tor which they offered him fbO0OoO. il he woulc
allow than also ST. Paul's told ca.hedral) for ,
synagogue; the Dodlsan Library, Oxford; a CO
ine.sry; n free trade Tho llnrliamsut demand
ed esoo.ooo; bus though the negotiation for s,
Paurs, &c, was broken Of, the Jews were Above,
10 re.urn--Brighton Herald, England