Author: Edward; G. Hay

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781331865643

Excerpt from History of the English Lutheran Church of Pottsville, Pa: From Its Origin, May 16th, 1847, to September 1st, 1888 No history is prefect. And he who reads what is contained 1 in this volume will do well to remember this. It is not the design of the writer to note every articular fact he can glean concerning the Church's past and present state. It will serve his purpose best, and interest the reader more, if he can succeed in presenting, in a readable form, the leading events in the career of this Congregation. Nor even here can he hope to be free from all error. The records themselves are imperfect, and so at times may the interpretation of them be. He asks only the readers belief that an honest effort has been made to present a history substantially correct, and as complete as is consistent with his purpose. The publication of a small Congregational paper, styled The English Lutheran, in which certain fragments of our Church's history have been already given, has suggested to the writer the thought of preparing this volume, while his own interest in a Church with which he has been so closely identified for a considerable period, an interest in which he knows that many share, has ripened that thought into a purpose, and that purpose into action. To gather fragments, already published, into one volume, to arrange them in chronological order, correcting, so far as possible, any errors they may have contained, and to add to them a narrative of other leading events in our Church's life, is a task in which the author feels he must have the approbation of all the intelligent people who are, or have been, members of the congregation. The reader will please bear also in mind that the author is naturally better acquainted with the facts of the present pastorate than he ever could be with those of others, and has therefore given in many respects, a fuller narrative. The varied notices of the press are worthy of the prominence that he has given them, both as presenting to the reader a fair idea of the standing of the Church in the community, and one of the important means by which her prosperity has been attained. These pages have been printed form after form, as the author amid the constant press of pastoral duties, could find time to prepare them. 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.