Memoir of the Rev. James Macgregor, D.D (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: George Patterson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282135331
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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Excerpt from Memoir of the Rev. James Macgregor, D.D These reasons were strongly enforced by the additional con sideration, that the time is going by, when the work could be done in any thing like a satisfactory manner. Most if not all of Dr. Macgregor's cotemporaries are gone. There are but one or two persons living, who knew him previous to his arrival in this country, and these are now in their dotage. Those who had reached years of maturity when he arrived in Nova Scotia, are all gone to the land of deep forgetfulness, and in a few years there will be none living able to speak from personal knowledge of his early toils. The written documents, which throw light on his history are also perishing, and many are irre coverably gone. There is a time for every thing, but the time for doing justice to the memory of Dr. Macgregor is nearly past. But in a short time it will have gone for ever, and what is now dificult will be then impossible, and what can now only be done imperfectly can then not be done at all. And during the collecting of the materials for the following memoir, the writer has had many warnings to remember the divine admoni tion, Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Several individuals, who might have afi'orded infor mation have passed away, while he was contemplating an efi'ort to obtain their reminiscences, or he has visited others, only to find their memory a blank, and their intellect quenched by dis ease or infirmity. 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.