A Discourse Delivered In The North Reformed Dutch Church

Author : Thomas De Witt
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ISBN 13 : 9781331850762
Total Pages : 144 pages
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Download or read book A Discourse Delivered in the North Reformed Dutch Church (Collegiate) In the City of New-York, on the Last Sabbath in August, 1856 (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas De Witt and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Discourse Delivered in the North Reformed Dutch Church (Collegiate) In the City of New-York, on the Last Sabbath in August, 1856 The North Reformed Dutch Church was closed for a number of weeks, during last summer, for the purpose of being repaired, and placed in complete order and freshness. When it was reopened for worship on the last Sabbath in August, a request was made that a discourse should be preached, somewhat commemorative of its past history. No thought was entertained at the time of its delivery that its publication would be requested. But the desire of the Consistory was felt to be imperative. The outlines of the discourse have been throughout preserved, while some points have been enlarged, particularly the brief sketches of the ministers, and slight additions have been made. It was deemed desirable to procure plates of the church edifices, which have been and are in connection with the Collegiate Church. With these will be found a fac simile on a reduced scale of a print of the old Middle Dutch Church in its original state as first built, executed in 1731. This is referred to in the discourse, and will prove curious and interesting. There is also a plate representing the treaty with the Aborigines, by Governor Minuit, in 1626, for the purchase of Manhattan Island, taken from a painting designed, procured, and possessed by Dr. James Anderson, of this city. These plates give a value and interest to this pamphlet, which it could not possess otherwise. It will be seen that these are mere running outlines of the history of this Church, which might easily have been expanded. But I deem it best to repress the design of inserting additional matter. A few notes will be found in the Appendix. The procurement of the plates has delayed the publication. 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.