The indifference of the poorer class of English emigrants to the Church
of their fathers is truly lamentable. The Roman Catholic emigrant,
however poor or friendless, retains his attachment to his faith. The
German Lutheran is firm in his allegiance to the principles which he
held in the land of his nativity. The same may be said of the Scottish
Presbyterian, and of the Irish and Scottish Episcopalian. But the
English labourer, mechanic, or small farmer, on his arrival in the
United States, too often forgets his churchmanship, and, through
ignorance or carelessness, readily connects himself with any schismatic
conventicle which may be at hand.