Author: William Ruxton Fraser

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-26

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780331977004

Excerpt from St. Mary's of Old Montrose: Or Parish of Maryton The substance of this volume appeared first in booklets, the contents of which were or iginally popular lectures delivered in connec tion with my congregation. I have frequently been requested to gather the matter of those booklets into one volume. It may be te garded as somewhat venturesome, for one who is blind, to undertake such a task. That would have been so in some circumstances; but with the effective aid which I have te ceived from my friend Mr W. F. Melvin, it has been in my case a light and easy task. In preparing the volume for the press, and in passing it through the press, I have te ceived such able help as only a large experience in similar matters would have enabled him to confer. Duplicate passages have been removed, and new matter is added. The original lectures being in connection with the congregation, it was deemed unadvisable, and it might have been invidious, to introduce into the narrative such a history of the Free Church as will be looked for in what pur ports to be a parochial history. Much of the information given I had acquired myself during my stay in the parish, but for a large part, especially the early days of the Free Church, I have been indebted to Miss J. A. Scott of Montrose, formerly of Dysart, and I desire to express my thanks to her here. Of course it will be understood that for the comments made on the information so re ceived that lady is not at all responsible. There are many other friends who, from first to last, have aided me, and I desire to ao knowledge my indebtedness to them all. Notwithstanding the important assistance which I have received, I am aware there will. 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.