The Life of the Rev. John Emory, D. D
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Excerpt from The Life of the Rev. John Emory, D. D: One of the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church For publishing a memoir of one who occupied so prominent a position as the late Bishop Emory, no apology is needed. But it may be necessary to account for its delay and its authorship. Shortly after the death of the bishop, the preparation of his biography was committed to one peculiarly fitted for it by intimate acquaintance with his subject, and superior skill as a writer. When, however, after some time, but few materials presented themselves, the undertaking was relinquished, as not likely to meet public expectation. In this state of things, the present author was urged, as indeed he was at first, to make the attempt. To this he was, on many accounts, repugnant. To appear, for the first time, before the public as an author, was in itself sufficiently embarrassing; how much more so as the biographer of his father. To these personal objections was added the still more painful apprehension that, in such hands, injustice would necessarily be done to the subject. Apart from his inexperience as a writer, his near relation to the subject of the memoir would cause many to interpret the simplest narrative as the overwrought panegyric of filial partiality; and thus, while endeavouring to perpetuate his father´s memory, he would be detracting from his reputation. These objections seemed conclusive; and, for a long time, all thoughts of the work were abandoned. At length, however, the author was led to believe that he should sacrifice such feelings of delicacy, whether toward his own reputation or his father´s, rather than not give the church and the world some memorial, however imperfect, of one who was so bright a model of the Christian and the minister. Accordingly, about eighteen months since, he undertook the work amidst his professional engagements at Dickinson College. Even the slow progress, however, which, under such circumstances, he must necessarily make, was still further retarded by the author´s entrance upon a life as little propitious as any, perhaps, to such pursuits - that of a Methodist itinerant preacher. 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.
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