The Historical Record of Wyoming Valley, 1903, Vol. 12

Download or read book The Historical Record of Wyoming Valley, 1903, Vol. 12 written by Frederick Charles Johnson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Historical Record of Wyoming Valley, 1903, Vol. 12: A Compilation of Matters of Local History From the Columns of the Wilkes-Barre Record Born at Wyalusing on Sept. 15, 1824, he lived the life of a farmer's son until his matriculation as sophomore at Princeton, where he was graduated in the year 1844. Subsequently he took a course of two years at the theological seminary at the same place, under the tutelage of such men as Charles Hodge and the Alexanders, Archibald and Joseph Addison; and on the 29th of August, 1850, he was licensed as a preacher by the Presbytery of Susquehanna, and began in December of the same year to supply the old church at Kingston, Pa over which he was ordained and installed as pastor in June of the succeeding year. This, his only pastoral charge, was laid down at what he understood to be the call of duty. Twenty years later, since which he has been active in the service of his Master in various local fields, wherever duty seemed to call. 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.