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Excerpt from Historical and Descriptive Sketch: Of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y
The completion of important changes in its house of worship renders a notice of this church one of timely interest. And since it has never had special attention in the Quarterly, it is fitting that the statement of those changes and their results, should follow a sketch of its history and work. The third, in membership, among the churches of our order, in the United States, its position in a city which has, perhaps, more existing church organizations, according to population, than any American city - is one of recognized and deserved preeminence. The eldest of nearly twenty Congregational churches in Brooklyn, it is cheerfully owned as the mother of a great line of children here, while its disposition and ability to bless have been abundantly experienced in our own and foreign lands. Its life and growth have been coincident with the marvellous growth of the city. In 1844, Brooklyn covered an area of twelve square miles, had a population of 59,000, and perhaps forty churches. None of these churches stood for the old ecclesiastical order of the New England fathers. The time, however, was ripe for planting one that should; and impulse was clearly given to movement in this direction by providential circumstances. Hon. Rufus Choate, on the 22d Dec., 1843, delivered his oration - "The Age of the Pilgrims our Heroic Period" - before the New England Society of New York. 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.
