A History of Bristol Parish (Classic Reprint): With a Tribute to the Memory of Its Oldest Rector, and an Appendix, Containing the Epitaphs of Some of ... Early Officers and Friends (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Slaughter, Philip

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ISBN 10: 1331855632 ISBN 13: 9781331855637

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A History of Bristol Parish: With a Tribute to the Memory of Its Oldest Rector, and an Appendix, Containing the Epitaphs of Some of Its Early Officers and Friends

But it is to the illustration of the Church history of Virginia, that our plan is limited. Tis true, that the history of the church in Virginia, has already been writ ten in a luminous and masterly manner. The well known work of Dr. Hawks, we regard as among the most valuable contributions to American ecclesiastical history. It is a work, whose authenticity, candor, and elegance of diction, have already won for it a place among the American classics, and which entitle it to one in the library of every gentleman in Virginia. But rich as is the harvest, which Dr. Hawks has reaped in the field of his labors, there are some gleanings left, which an humble follower may gather and bind into sheaves, which he hopes will prove an accept able offering to his brethren in Christ. There is a great deal of rough material scattered throughout the diocese, in the Clerks' offices of the counties, in paro chial records, in manuscript letters and diaries, and other like depositories, which ought to be collected and embodied in a permanent ferm, before they sink into the illegible dust, into which so many of them have already mouldered.

Again, there are many curious details, into which the general historian cannot descend, and yet there are those to whom they are exceedingly interesting These should be preserved and made accessible to those who take pleasure in them.

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Excerpt from A History of Bristol Parish: With a Tribute to the Memory of Its Oldest Rector, and an Appendix, Containing the Epitaphs of Some of Its Early Officers and Friends

The author of this little contribution to Church history, is not ashamed to avow that he is one of those Virginians, who regards his native State with the feelings of a Southern man's heart, "who, while he loves all, yet holds it no sin to prefer some." He has a chord in his bosom, which vibrates at the name of Virginia, as naturally as the strings of a harp at the breathings of the wind. He trusts that this sentiment is not at all inconsistent with the patriotism of an American citizen. He prefers the government of the United States to any other system of polity in the world. He venerates above all other statesmen, those illustrious men who constructed that machine of self-government, a representative republic, and he prays that Heaven may preserve it in perpetual motion; and yet he never dreamed that this feeling, or prejudice, if you please, as an American citizen, was incompatible with the most enlarged philanthropy as a man, and so, with all his admiration for the Federal Government, and prayers for the perpetual durability of the Union, he hopes to be excused for regarding Virginia as the brightest link in that mystic chain, and cherishing for her a more cordial affection than for any other of its members, and all this without subjecting himself to the imputation of a want of a truly American feeling. With these sentiments, the history of Virginia has been to him a favorite study. He not merely takes pleasure in poring over the pages of her general historians, but it has given him particular delight to go to the original sources whence they drew their supplies, and to penetrate the inner chambers of social and domestic life, in which are hid many treasures which have either eluded the researches of the general historian, or were considered beneath the dignity of his plan. As such specimens of the materials, which have not yet been wrought into the fabric of our history, may be mentioned the "Bland Papers," edited by Mr. C. Campbell, of Petersburg; the "Westover Manuscripts," published by Edmund Ruffin, Esquire, and the "Historical Tracts," now being brought out, by Mr. Force, of the city of Washington.

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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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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331855632
• ISBN 13: 9781331855637
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 59