Author: Stanley Hoggard

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-21

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9781390915006

Excerpt from Ross Baptist Church: The First Seventy-Five Years, 1800-1875; The People, the Community This history deals with a church that maintained a tough policy in its efforts to disci pline members of a disorderly society. The judicial proceedings of early Ross Church is documented in the old minutes. There are many names, accusations, charges, trials, and exclusions from membership. It was necessary to use names and charges in order to tell the story that began 200 years ago. The use of names is not an intention to embarrass any descendant living today. The old minutes of the Ross Meeting House were written in the grammatical structure of the old Middle English dialect that was used during the Colonial American Era. Ef forts have been made to retain some elements of the grammar without impairing read ability. We are very fortunate to have another friend, Don Highsmith, to advise and make suggestions in those efforts. It was Don that talked us into this lengthy project. We are still debating on whether to condemn, or thank him for the encouragement. 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.