The American Church History Series.
CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF DENOMINATIONAL HISTORIES PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHURCH HISTORY
General Editors
Rev. Philip Schaff, D.D. LL.D. Bishop John F. Hurst, D.D., LL. D Rt. Rev. H. C. Potter, D.D., LL. D. Rev. E. J. Wolf, D.D. Rev. Geo. P. Fisher, D.D., LL. D. Henry C. Vedder, M.A.
Rev. Samuel M. Jackson, D.D. LL. D.
Volume XIII
American Church History
A HISTORY
OF
AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY
BY
LEONARD WOOLSEY BACON
New York The Christian Literature Co.
MDCCCXCVII
Copyright, 1897, by The Christian Literature Co.