Note 9 — VII. WHY I WISH TO VISIT AMERICA.
Reading edition
It has been only of late years that any Christian ministers other than those ordained by the bishops of the Church of England have been called “clergymen” among us. The nonconformists were always called “ministers” or “preachers.” I find myself driven to use the words “clergy” and “minister” in the old way, to avoid conveying a wrong impression to my readers.