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Excerpt from Autobiography of the Rev. Samuel H. Turner, D.D: Late Professor of Biblical Learning and the Interpretation of Scripture in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Unites States of America Preface; Design of the Writer - Parentage - Early Associates - Studies - College Course - Choice of a Profession - Visit to the Rev. Dr. Feltus - Its Effect upon his Mind - He becomes a Communicant in St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, under the ministry of Dr. Pilmore - Influence of Religious Books - Studies for the Ministry under Bishop White - d104-books Employed - Adopts the Views of Stillingfleet, Hooker and White in regard to Church Polity - Avidity in Study - Mistakes Corrected - Hebrew and Greek Studies; Ordination - Revisits Dr. Feltus - Succeeds the Rev. Wm. H. Wilmer in Chestertown, Maryland - First Sermon there - Letter from Judge Chambers respecting the "I. U.Church" - Character and Extent of his Labors - The Haunted House - Parochial Visiting - Labors among the Blacks - Weekly Lectures - Sermon-Writing - Theological, Ecclesiastical, and Biblical Studies - Latin and Greek Classics, and Hebrew Language - Best Mode of Learning Ancient Languages - Important Principle in the Composition of Sermons - Pioneer in the Sunday-School Work - Election of Bishop Kemp - War with England - Fight near Chestertown 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.