1797-1897 Centennial Celebration of the United Presbyterian (the Old White) Church Building, Salem, Washington County, November 9th, 1897 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book 1797-1897 Centennial Celebration of the United Presbyterian (the Old White) Church Building, Salem, Washington County, November 9th, 1897 (Classic Reprint) written by N. Y. United Presbyterian Church Salem and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from 1797-1897 Centennial Celebration of the United Presbyterian (the Old White) Church Building, Salem, Washington County, November 9th, 1897 A score and a half years ago, when the centenary was observed of the settlement in Salem by the congregation from Ballibay, it was strongly urged by many that the proceedings should be published. Preliminaries were arranged, but the plan never came to fruition. Dr. Asa Fitch's valuable and painstaking address was preserved, but only in manuscript, as also were papers full of interesting memories by several aged ministers, poems inspired by the event, speeches congratulatory, reminiscent, forecasting. These have since been collected, and occupy a secure, not obscure, corner in the Public Library. Moreover, although not printed in compact form, they have served as treasuries from which data have been obtained when other mile-stones in the pilgrimage have been reached. The next observable point whence a look back was taken, to inspire a forward march, was the year 1876. Then the clergyman in charge compiled a history, which covers the space from the coming of Dr. Thomas Clark, bringing over the congregation to this country, until the fifth year of the author's pastorate. These five years multiplied into five times five. The quarter-centennial was marked by the retention again of facts worth remembering, which assumed the shape of "The Anniversary Souvenir." 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.