The Story Of Congregationalism In Surrey PDF Download

Excerpt from The Story of Congregationalism in Surrey Nearly fifty years ago the Rev. John Waddington was asked by the newly-formed Surrey Congregational Union to prepare a history of its churches. Much history is made in half a century, especially in London and its vicinity, and for a long while it has been felt by the Union that the time had come to write anew the fascinating story. Three years ago the Executive entrusted the task into my hands. That task I have endeavoured to perform to the best of my ability. It has not been an easy work, but it has been a labour of love. Waddington in his preface refers to the great difficulty of obtaining full and authentic local information respecting our churches. I, too, have often found that only the baldest facts were accessible. But a greater difficulty still has been the task of selecting and condensing within some four hundred and fifty pages material enough to fill half a dozen similar volumes. The tale of such a church as the Pilgrim Fathers' requires a volume to itself, and the same is true of such churches as Kingston, Guildford, Dorking, Mortlake and many others. 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.