Author: William Gregg

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 9781331207672

Excerpt from History of the Presbyterian Church in the Dominion of Canada: From the Earliest Times to 1834; With a Chronological Table of Events to the Present Time, and Map This volume is chiefly devoted to the earlier portion of the history of the Presbyterian Church in the Dominion. When commencing to write this history I hoped to be able to complete it in a single volume of moderate size. As materials accumulated it seemed better to reserve the latter portion for a future publication. But as I may not be able to complete the work for several years - perhaps never - I subjoin to the present volume a chronological table exhibiting leading events in the later as well as the earlier portion of the history. This table, along with numerous items of information respecting events of later dates contained in this volume, may serve, in the meantime, to furnish a comprehensive view of the whole history of the Church. The earlier portion of the history terminates with the year 1834, close of which there were eight distinct presbyteries or synods in the Dominion. In connection with each of these steps were taken about this time to ascertain the state of congregations and mission-fields in all the Provinces. Journals and reports were in consequence prepared and published, summaries of which are given in different chapters in this volume. These will enable the reader to form an estimate of the state of Presbyterianism in the Dominion half a century ago, and to compare it with its present position as exhibited in the chronological table. Of all, or nearly all, the Presbyterian ministers who laboured in the Dominion previous to 1835 brief biographical sketches are given in this volume. 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.