Excerpt from The Stewardship of Pastor and People: Farewell Words of the Pastor to the People Who Left His Charge; Preached in the First Presbyterian Church of Scranton, Pa., December 20, 1874, Upon the Occasion of the Withdrawal of the Colony Which Formed the Second Presbyterian Church The following correspondence will give the occasion and suggest the reason for the publication of this discourse. 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.