The Life and Writings of George Washington Doane, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 1 of 5 PDF Download

Author: William Croswell Doane
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365339199
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 724

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Excerpt from The Life and Writings of George Washington Doane, D.D., LL. D, Vol. 1 of 5: For Twenty-Seven Years Bishop of New Jersey; Containing His Poetical Works, Sermons, and Miscellaneous Writings; With a Memoir A biography of Bishop Doane needs little in the way of elab orate introduction. The title-page alone is sufficient to commend it to the favourable attention of a public, which, however divided in sentiment it may have been as to the religious and ecclesiastical merits of a distinguished prelate, has always shown itself ready to appreciate his benevolence and public Spirit, to admire his brilliant talents, to sympathize with his extraordinary trials, and to give his name a high place among those which are to be handed down to posterity as honourable representatives of the times in which we live. Believing this to be the case, it is with unfeigned ditfidence and reluctance, that, in compliance with the friendly urgency of a beloved brother in Christ, the author of these Memoirs, I have undertaken to say something by way of preface to his labour of love. The Life itself is vastly more interesting than any thing that can be written to commend it. It is the more incumbent, therefore, in the few words that flow naturally from the pen, to aim at brevity rather than at any merit proportioned to the dignity of the subject. 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.