Grace Church Seventy Fifth Anniversary 1838 1913

Author : Grace Church
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267900213
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Grace Church, Utica, N. Y written by Grace Church and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Grace Church, Utica, N. Y: Seventy-Fifth Anniversary, 1838-1913 Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought? - Num. XXIII, 23. One of our English poets has well said Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, and ask them what report they bore to Heaven; and how they might have borne more welcome news and I suppose that, in a measure, this is as true of corporations as of individuals - of parishes, as of every single member of the Church - because it ought to be only business corporations that have no souls. And even they are beginning to find in these days that they are expected to have them. I do not mean to imply by this, however, that in recounting the history of Grace Church for the past seventy - five years, we are going to call public attention to the possible short-comings of the parish during that period. Public repentance of that kind is not customary on such occasions of rejoicing and thanksgiving - the purpose is rather to call atten tion to what God hath wrought by His servants as the years rolled by, and to express our gratitude to Him for the good examples of those connected with the parish, who, having finished their course in faith, do now rest from their labors. And yet, it certainly would be greatly wise, as we are considering the past take note quietly in our own minds, if perchance we should discover any mistake, anything left undone, or unpro vided, when, if it had been different, it would have been better for the Church - just as we do so often, when reflecting upon our own individual lives. 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.