Excerpt from The Centennial Church Book, of the Baptist Church in North-East, Dutchess County, N. Y To this description the few Baptist churches then existing, (with their ministry, ) formed an honorable exception. As God's building, their doors, and onlv theirs, were always closed against the admission of any but believers, baptized on profession of their faith in the Lord Jesus. They had not been corrupted from the simplicity which is in Christ, and long they stood, the only moral beacons sending forth the pure light of the gospel to illume the thick darkness that hung around. 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.