Levi Parsons Dd Pastor Of The First Presbyterian Church Mount Morris Ny 1856 1901 A Sketch Of His Life Funeral Services Tribut

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Download or read book Levi Parsons, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Mount Morris, 1856-1901 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Levi Parsons, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Mount Morris, 1856-1901: A Sketch of His Life, Funeral Services, Tributes of Esteem, Extracts From His Sermons and Addresses Half a mile south of the "First Church," just outside the village limits of Marcellus, stands a roomy old dwelling known for many years, in those parts, as "The Farm." It is a simple, unpretentious, rambling house with a story and a half front, followed by a series of after-thoughts in the shape of wings and lean-to's added to suit the needs of a growing family. Its broad, low gable-end faces the road and overlooks a sloping meadow through which a noisy creek threads its silver way. Dormer windows peer sideways through the trees up and down the valley, catching glimpses of an orchard on this side, the garden and distant village spire on that. The great central chimney gives evidence that within is the "hospitable hearth" of ancient fame, whereon blazed cheery wood-fires; and indeed "The Farm" boasts a parlor which has never known the profaning presence of a stove in all the ninety years of its existence. Household furnishings are plain but comfortable, a reflection of their owner's character and a revelation of ministerial life in the early part of the nineteenth century. In this house which he had recently built the Rev. Levi Parsons, first pastor of the Marcellus Presbyterian Church, established himself with his young wife in the year of our Lord 1810, and here their happy married life of nearly fifty years was spent. He was a native of Northampton, Mass., and came of good old Puritan stock as represented by Cornet Joseph Parsons who came to this country, while yet a mere boy, from Devonshire, England, in 1635. 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.