Author: Achilles Coffey

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781333984830

Excerpt from A Brief History of the Regular Baptists: Principally of Southern Illinois IN CE there have already been so many histories of the Baptists written, and are now before the public, it might be asked, - Does the author think he could write a better history than has heretofore been published? He would answer that such has neither been his intentions nor aspirations. In his old age, he truly feels himself imade quate to the task of writing a history. But while this is true, he feels himself under obligations to the many requests of his brethren, to favor them with a history of the Baptists of Southern Illinois, and since they desire to have his personal knowledge of the division on the missionary question submitted to writing, he has given it, in connection with the records pertaining to the same subject, to the best of his ability; and cherishing the hope that it will meet the approbation, and in some degree be beneficial to them, this. 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.