Excerpt from Historical Discourse of the Congregational Church: In Killingworth, Connecticut, May 31, 1870 As a minister, says Rev. Jonathan Todd, in the sermon which he preached at his funeral, he was really a shining light, and obtained the great esteem of the most judicious in all our congregations. His preaching was solid, his manner grave and serious, his subjects were the great things of God's law and the doctrines of the gospel. He was excellently gifted in prayer, and remarkable for pertinence and fulness of matter upon special occasions. 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.