The History of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The History of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton It has been said that no one ever reads the preface to a book, nevertheless the writer of this one is disposed to write something equivalent to a preface, if for no other reason, in order to let the reader know how he came to attempt the role of authorship. He never dreamed of such a thing until the Presbytery of Sydney appointed an Historical Committee and made him the Chairman of said Committee. The duties of this Committee were not well defined in the terms of its appointment, but it was supposed to discover and record the history of Presbyterianism on the island of Cape Breton from the time of its introduction up to the present time. The Presbytery of Inverness appointed a similar committee for a similar purpose and about the same time viz: - at the end of the year 1917. It so happened that the writer was the only member of either Committee that was not actively employed in pastoral work, and on that account at liberty to engage in historical research and to give his whole time to the preparation of a history of Presbyterianism on this Island. In these circumstances and with the concurrence of both Committees, he undertook the work of recovering and recording the history of the Presbyterian Church in Cape Breton. It may be justly said, that he had certain advantages for this task over any of his brethren, on either Committee, on account of a longer ministerial acquaintance with Cape Breton Island, than any of them could claim. Though not a native of Cape Breton, he had served the Presbyterian Church on this Island for a period of about fifty years with some interruptions. He crossed the Strait of Canso, on his way to Cape North, as a student Catechist of the church, on the 1st day of May 1870. That was fifty years ago last May and fifty years after the Rev. Norman McLeod came to Cape Breton in May 1820. It was in the very middle of our century of Presbyterianism! In addition, the writer spent nearly one half of the intervening years on this island, either as Catechist, pastor or retired minister. And besides it has been his privilege to know five of the pioneer ministers of Cape Breton, more or less intimately viz - John Stewart, Peter McLean, James Fraser, Murdoch Stewart, Matthew Wilson and Hugh McLeod, D. D. He was also acquainted with a number of our early ministers, e.g., William G.Forbes, James Ross, Kenneth McKenzie, Abraham McIntosh and James McLean. He can claim to have known Cape Breton when hundreds of the men and women, who came here from Scotland in the third and fourth decade of last century were still alive and active in the work of our church. 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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