Author: John le Bosquet

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-17

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781333972400

Excerpt from The Congregational Manual: Or a Concise Exposition of the Belief, Government, and Usages, of the Congregational Churches Tats volume is intended to occupy a place which has never been filled by any other book. Its object is to give, in the briefest manner, and particularly for the benefit of the young, 0. View of what the Congregation alists believe, and of what they are, as a denomination. This object the writer proposes to accomplish, without going into the intricacies of church polity, and without any expectation of enlightening ministers or the more experienced members of the churches. The plan and design of these pages were suggested to his mind by his own experience and observation of the obvious want-of such a work in all the places in which he has been acquainted. The ministers and other members of our body are so often called upon to answer inquiries in regard to which information is here given, as to make it evident that the extensive circulation of a work of the kind must be of great importance to the welfare of our churches. It is even feared that only a small propor tion of the members of our churches have so much as. 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.