Excerpt from Seventh Day Baptists in Europe and America, Vol. 1: A Series of Historical Papers Written in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Organization of the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference; Celebrated at Ashaway, Rhode Island, August 20-25, 1902 This book consists of a series of historical papers writ ten to commemorate the One Hundredth Anniversary of the formal organization of the Seventh Day Baptist General Con ference, which was celebrated at the regular annual session of the General Conference held with the First Hopkinton Church, at Ashaway, Rhode Island, August 20-25, 1902. At the annual session of the General Conference held two years before, in August, 1900, a Committee, consisting of Charles C. Chipman, as chairman, and Rev. Boothe C. Davis, D. D., President of Alfred University, William Clarke Whitford, D. D., President of Milton College, Rev. Theo dore L. Gardiner, D. D., President of Salem College, Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, Rev. Lucius R. Swinney, and William R. Potter, was appointed to prepare a programme suitable for the contemplated celebration. 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.