Excerpt from 1517-1917 Jubilee Volume: Norristown Conference of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States The aim of this work IS to recite important facts concerning persons and places establish dates of epochs and events recount the activities of the more prominent men who were filled with wisdom and zeal; and record the names of those perchance less prominent, though possibly equally faithful. Being persuaded that the true greatness of events, places and men, whether in influence, position or duration, is only the reflection of the Faith once delivered to the saints, therefore worthy to be chronicled. The world pass eth away and the lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God abide-th forever. The reader will notice that some literary forms were strained in order to preserve some of the old well known names. You will also recognize the same names and the same transactions in a number of the sketches, which exhibits the spirit of unity in the Church of yesterday, which is worthy of fuller emu lation in the Church of today. You may also perceive the meagre account of details, which frequently denotes inadequacy of records due to dereliction in duty to posterity; but more generally due to compres sion and brevity which was the avowe'd design of the committee. 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.