Excerpt from Acts and Proceedings of the General Synod of the Reformed Church, in the United States, at Reading, Pa;, May 24 to June 1, A. D. 1893 The General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States convened, agreeably to the appointment of the last triennial meeting, in the St. Paul's Memorial Reformed Church of Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on Wednes day evening, May a4th, A. D., 1893, at o'clock, and was opened with appropriate religious services. The synod ical sermon, in view of the death of Rev. John H. A. Bom berger, D. D., LL.D., the President, was preached by Rev. Herman Ruetenik, D. D., Vice President, from Mark 4: 26-28: And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as ifa man should cast seed into the ground; and should Sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed Should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the car. 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.