Morgan, had begun service in the meeting-house, to which I went straitway and continued the whole time of service without interruption, and in the afternoon I was permitted to perform the Church of England services, Mr. Morgan being present, and neither he or the people seemed to be dissatisfied, and after some time of preaching there afterwards they desired me to come oftener, and I concluded to minister there once a month, which now I have done for about three years, and Mr. Morgan is retired into New England." -

Puritanism lost somewhat of its hold upon the people in consequence of the opposition of Cornbury ; but with the accession of the house of Hanover to the English throne, in 1714, persecution of the Puritans in America ceased. On November 22, 1718, Rev. Wm. Tennent settled at East Chester and began to rebuild Puritanism in the county. He removed to Bedford May 1, 172(1, and remained until August, 1726,preachingin all the townships, WhenMethodism divided the churches of the colony into antagonistic forces he became one of its leaders. An impetuous revival of faith occurred, which was guided by Thomas Smith at Rye and Samuel Sackett at Bedford. Tennent and his adherents were excluded from the Synod of Philadelphia in 1741, in the absence of the entire Presbytery of New York. The excluded Methodists rallied around the Presbytery of New Brunswick, and in 1745 it combined with the Presbytery of New York in erecting the Synod of New York, all of whose churches were in sympathy with the Methodists. In 1 7r)2 the Rye Church united with the Synod and thus all the original Puritan Churches of New York, organized in the seventeenth century, were combined in one compact Synodical organization. On