An Address From The Presbytery Of New York To The Churches Under Their Care

Author : U. S. A. Presbyterian Church
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484202503
Total Pages : 20 pages
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Download or read book An Address from the Presbytery of New-York to the Churches Under Their Care, on the Subject of Educating Poor and Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry written by U. S. A. Presbyterian Church and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Address From the Presbytery of New-York to the Churches Under Their Care, on the Subject of Educating Poor and Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry IT has been, for several years, a source of grow ing concern with many friends of our Church, that, the interests of religion among us are greatly sufi'ering for want of an additional number of pious, able, and faithful Ministers of the Gos pel. While the population of our country has been rapidly extending; while new settlements have been forming 3 and new Churches in quick Succession rising to View; the increase of the numberof ministers has been slow, and, altoge ther incommensurate with the increasing demand for their services. This deficiency has become serious and alarming. Important congregations, which have long enjoyed the ministrations of the Gospel, when they become vacant, are, with the utmost difficulty, supplied with pastors. Large districts, within the bounds of old settlements, in which Churches might easily be planted, and where Ministers would meet with a cordial wel(4) 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.