Excerpt from Eliot Memorial: Sketches Historical and Biographical of the Eliot Church and Society, Boston The four Deacons of the Eliot Church - Messrs. Timothy Smith, Alpine mclean, Frederick C. Russell, and Clarence T. Mooar - communicated a joint and earnest written request that I should prepare such a work. They stated that my long connection with the Church had made me acquainted with many members now deceased, and with many facts in our collective life known to no one else now living. Emphasis was given to a suggestion that there should be special freedom in recording items of autobiography. The introduction of matters personal to the writer has accordingly been employed much more amply than might otherwise have seemed consistent with modesty. Without such freedom there would have been constraint and awkwardness in an endeavor not to appear egotistic. 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.