The Work Of The Army Committee Of The New York Young Mens Christian Association Which Led To The Organization Of The United States Christian Commission

Author : Cephas Brainerd
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ISBN 13 : 9781332213573
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book The Work of Committee Army York of the New York Young Men's Christian Association written by Cephas Brainerd and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Work of Committee Army York of the New York Young Men's Christian Association: Which Led to the Organization of the a Paper of Before the Association at the Monthly, Meeting, Read December, the at the Request of the Board of Directors Dear Sir - At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Association, held on the evening of the 25th inst., the following Resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, Mr. George H.Stuart, Chairman of the Christian Commission, has requested information in relation to the religious work performed among the Soldiers prior to its organization; therefore, Resolved, That Cephas Brainerd, Esq., formerly Chairman of the Army Committee of the Association, be and he hereby is requested to prepare a statement of the services rendered by Committees of this Association, which led to the organization of the Commission. Resolved, That Mr. Brainerd be and he hereby is requested to present the result of his investigations respecting the early army work of the Association, in the form of an essay, to be read at the monthly meeting in December. The cause of the preparation of the following statement appears in the note which is given above. The writer, in preparing it, has had access to the letters and papers pertaining to the Army Committee in the hands of the gentlemen who composed it, and those preserved by the Association; to manuscript journals and memoranda of those engaged in the work; to written statements since prepared by them upon recollection; to the various advertisements, notices, editorial comments, reports and letters which appeared in the public press; and to the papers remaining in his hands, as Secretary of the Special Convention at which the Christian Commission was formed. 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.