A Brief History Of Providence Baptist Church

Author : Henry Melville King
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266223597
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book Mother Church written by Henry Melville King and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mother Church: A Brief Account of the Origin and Early History of the First Baptist Church in Providence Convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of America. It is allowed to remain as it was delivered, because it presents in careful outline, unencumbered by discussions, the early history Of the First Baptist Church which is believed by the church to be correct, and has been accepted generally by historians and by the denomination. Explanatory notes have been added, covering matters of great historical interest not generally known, giving reasons for statements made in the address, describing the present venerable meeting house occupied by the First Baptist Church (note and discussing at considerable length the bap tism of Roger Williams (note and also the questions Of the priority Of the church, and the un broken continuity of its life (notes 18, 19, and Access has been had to all published docu ments relating to these matters, as far as known, and valuable manuscript testimony recently discov ered has been adduced, which throws light upon some points which have been in dispute. Some features of the early history of this church, which is believed to be the first Baptist church in America, are presented here with a completeness of treat ment which they have not thus far received. I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to Reuben A. Guild, LL. D., librarian emeritus of Brown University, for valuable assistance inthe preparation of these notes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.