Excerpt from A Popular History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America This volume is designed to trace concisely but clearly the History and Principles Of the Presbyterian Church from the time of Henry VIII. To the Close of the Gen eral Assembly of 1899. The effort has been to present the facts in such history, and note their influence; mean while, to give special attention to the all-important phase of the inner Christian life of the Church. In ascertain ing the knowledge in respect to the latter subject, atten tion has been directed, as occasion required, to the lives and labors of leading men in the ministry, as well as lay men, around whom clustered influences for good, that often extended far and wide in their respective communi ties, and even to the Church at large. 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.