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Excerpt from The Presbyterian Historical Almanac, and Annual Remembrance of the Church, for 1864, Vol. 6 The presbyterian historical almanac, containing the Annual Chronicles of the Presbyterian Church for 1863, is sub mitted to the candid consideration of the Church and the public. Those having the preceding volumes, and who are thus familiar with the design and scope of the work, will find in this, an enlarge ment of my plan. Still retaining in all its integrity the basis of my work, (which is to preserve the Current History of the Church as shown in the Acts and Deliverances of her highest courts), I have added, when necessary to elucidate the text, and thereby render the Almanac more valuable, a number of foot notes, as an illustration of my meaning upon, page 44 the action of 1818, of 1845, and of 1846, are given concerning Slavery. That baneful cause of all our woes. The Historical Department of the work has received a valuable addition in The History Of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. This is the second of the series of Historical Sketches of the Seminaries of the Presbyterian Church. One of which will appear in each volume of the Almanac. The Biographical Department gives, in addition to the me moirs of those who have died during the year, the memoirs of a number who rested from their labors several years ago. They have been introduced for various reasons, the leading one being my earnest desire to place upon permanent record every thing that can in any way illustrate the History of the Church. In writing these memoirs I have kept constantly in view the parity of the Christian ministry, and have sought out with just as patient zeal the facts to illustrate the lives of those, who in the view of the world, were born in a lowly condition, as of those who have been surrounded with all the comforts of affluence. 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.