A Sermon Commemorative Of The Two Hundredth Anniversary Of The First Congregational Church Of Westfield Mass

Author : John H. Lockwood
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ISBN 13 : 9781331851370
Total Pages : 60 pages
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Download or read book A Sermon Commemorative of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Westfield, Mass written by John H. Lockwood and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Sermon Commemorative of the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Westfield, Mass: Delivered by the Pastor, Rev. John H. Lockwood, Sunday, October 5, 1879 Many difficulties beset the preparation of such a sketch as is here attempted. The task has been not simply to collect annals of the old church, and not simply to prepare an address upon it; but it includes both, and more besides. As it would probably become a document of some historical value to future generations, it was important to include in it many interesting reminiscences with exact dates, and as it was to be delivered on the occasion of a regular church service, it needed to be restricted in extent and partake somewhat of the character of a sermon. Many items of interest to antiquarians, or to those whose families have lived here for many generations, and many others that are simply amusing and curious, were therefore excluded as outside the scope of the task. Some of them are accorded a place in the Appendix, which I would be glad to enlarge indefinitely were it not for the fear that it might thereby make too voluminous what is intended to be merely a brief sketch, and not an exhaustive treatise. It is also to be remembered that the discourse was prepared with the Town Bi-Centennial volume before me, in which are many deeply interesting facts relating to the early days of the town and the church, not only in the address, but also in the letters from former residents and reminiscences in the appendix, some of which would be included here were they not preserved there in permanent form. 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.