A Centennial Sermon, Delivered at North Canaan, Ct., July 28, 1869, by Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D. Of Norfolk, Ct (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Centennial Sermon, Delivered at North Canaan, Ct., July 28, 1869, by Rev. Joseph Eldridge, D. D. Of Norfolk, CtThis was a Divine direction. And we have in the Bible the history Of the establishment of the covenant which God made with Abra ham - the germ as many suppose of the christian church also an account Of the organization of the Mosaic economy, and a brief outline of the annals of the chosen people of God, for many gener ations. This history, at once civil and ecclesiastical, is instructive and full of in tercst. All history is instructive It illustrates the char acter of men, it unfolds the Providence Of God. But we naturally feel a special interest in the lives, labors, and achievements of those from whom we descended Of those who once lived where we are passing our days, and who laid the foundations of those institutions, civil and religious, which they left behind as a legacy to us. Fraught with such interests to this community must be a narrative of the organization here, and perpetuation, during a hundred years, Of this Congregational Church. You owe it to those who preceded you here, and into whose labors you are entered, to recall their memories, to recount their deeds, to thank God that your destiny, so far as it depended on human agency, Operating before you saw the light, was in His Providence committed to such hands. Then, too, the example of the christian men and women, and of the patriotic citi zens of other days, should awake in you a noble spirit Of emulation, to act worthily of such ancestors and predecessors, and in your day to do something that shall in like manner benefit and animate those who are to come after you, in their generations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.