And thus it is with clergy in America, who are duly and amply rewarded for their diligence, and very justly respected for the piety, talent, and zeal which they discover; but, who have no tenure of their places other than that of the will of the congregation.
Two of the earliest surveys of American religion, not surprisingly, used the voluntary principle to explain the unique religious economy of America. Initially written for European audiences, America, by Philip Schaff (1855), and Religion in the United States of America, by Robert Baird
