Excerpt from The Christian Jubilee, the Sermon on the Occasion: Of the Celebration of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Preached by Appointment in Trinity Church, New-York With what feelings of respect and love the Venerable Society was regarded by one eminent American Churchman, the following incident will show, which I learned from an intimate friend of the late Hon. Rufus King - a friend who was often with him in his last sickness. Shortly before his departure to a better world, among many interesting remarks, he said: Sir, I have been thinking of England, of her ancient and apostolic Church, and her noble Society for Propagating the Gospel. Sir, that Society is the brighest light in the candlestick of the Reformation it has done more, and is doing more, for the cause of Christ, than all Christendom united. 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.