r church government was
republican, were generally Calvinistic in their modes and doctrine;
while the loyalists and others who came to the country in 1783, were
generally Churchmen, Quakers, or Methodists. The Emigrants who have
come since that period include all the above denominations.

The Church of England is in a flourishing state in this Province; there
are nineteen Clergymen belonging to the establishment who are under the
jurisdiction of the Bishop of Nova-Scotia. Many of them have handsome
churches with numerous congregations. Two of them are employed as
Itinerants for the vacant districts of the Province, and several of the
others serve two or more Parishes--An Ecclesiastical Commissary has the
superintendence of the whole.

The Catholics have a few Chapels and appear to be on the increase.
Their congregations are chiefly composed of Emigrant Irish, French, and
Indians.--There are six Clergymen in the Province, some of whom are
settled and others are employed as Missionaries among the scattered
French and Indians.

There are but two Ministers of the Kirk of Scotland in the Province;
they have handsome churches in Saint John and St. Andrews. There are
however a number of Seceders from the Presbyterian form of Church
Government, but all holding the doctrines of Calvin; several of them
have commodious places of worship, and respectable congregations.

There are no places of worship belonging to the Quakers in this
Province. There are however, a few of these primitive worshippers
scattered through the country, who joining sincerity and honesty with
plainness, are excellent members of society.

The Methodists are a numerous and respectable body of people. There are
four Wesleyan Missionaries in this Province, with a number of Methodist
Preachers, who although not immediately in connection with the
Missionaries, adhere strictly to the old Methodist discipline and
doctrine; and usually attend the Conferences, which are held once a
year, either in Nova-Scotia or New-Brunswick; where the Missionaries
for the two Provinces and the adjacent Islands assemble to arrange the
different stations of their Preachers and regulate the affairs temporal
and spiritual of that body. At these conferences young Preachers are
admitted on trial, and probationers who have laboured four years in the
Ministry to the satisfaction of the Conference, are taken into full
connection.

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