A History Of The First Congregational Church Of Marietta Ohio PDF Download

Excerpt from A Century of Church Life: A History of the First Congregational Church of Marietta, Ohio The First Church in Marietta should have been the first church of any denomination in the state of Ohio, Here was the first settlement, the first stated service, and the first settled pastor, but for reasons over which we had no control, the church was not organized until more than eight years after the inauguration of regular preaching services; meanwhile two churches of other denominations were organized in the settlement at Cincinnati. Since we were not permitted to advise the pioneers in this matter, we must accept the facts and give to this First Congregational Church the rank of the third Church in Ohio. The introduction of separate chapters on education, Sunday Schools and the First Religious Society in Marietta, has made some slight repetitions necessary. A considerable portion of the first chapter appeared in the Ohio Archeological and Historical Quarterly, September, 1888. The chapter on the First Religious Society in Marietta was printed in Vol. I of the papers of the Ohio Church History Society, and a portion of the chapter on Sunday Schools in the Report of the Ohio Sunday School Union for 1891. We acknowledge obligation to Hon. R.M. Stimson for the free use of his extensive private library; also to Miss Mary C. Nye and several others for assistance in collecting materials. It has been a real pleasure to collect the materials for this history, and it is now given to the public in permanent form, in the confident hope that this record of a century of Christian work may be an inspiration to those who come after us. 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.