History Of The Manokin Presbyterian Church

Author : Harry Pringle Ford
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ISBN 13 : 9781331865667
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book History of the Manokin Presbyterian Church written by Harry Pringle Ford and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Manokin Presbyterian Church: Princess Anne, Maryland The Manokin Church of Princess Anne, Maryland, is one of the oldest Presbyterian church organizations of our country. "According to reliable tradition," it shares with the Rehoboth, Snow Hill, Pitts Creek and Wicomico churches the honor of having been organized about 1683 by the Rev. Francis Makemie, the recognized founder of organized Presbyterian ism in America. While we have no special desire to claim for this church priority of organization, yet it is certain that one of the first buildings in America used by a Presbyterian congregation stood on or near the site of the present Manokin Church. As is well known, all these Makemie churches were, at the time of their organization, in what was then Somerset County, on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; and this, surely, is honor enough for any one section of our land. It is no small distinction for Somerset to have been thus prominent in the pioneer work of establishing the great Presbyterian Church in America - the Church which inspired and developed the patriotic manhood that made the Revolutionary War not only possible, but successful. The learned historian Bancroft declares that "the Revolution of 1776, so far as it was affected by religion, was a Presbyterian measure;" and again he says: "The first voice raised in America to destroy all connection with Great Britain came from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians." In "American Church History," Volume VI, page 69. the statement is made that "the members of the Presbyterian Church bore the brunt of the struggle for independence, from the Hudson to the Savannah." We all recall the famous saying of Sir Horace Walpole before the English Parliament: "Cousin America has run off with a Presbyterian parson;" and that of King James: "Presbytery agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the devil." 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.