Excerpt from The First Church of Beverly: A History and a Memorial This work was undertaken some years ago, and most of the earlier chapters appeared as Letters to The Galt Reporter in 1907. At that time they created some interest as remiu iscences of the community, and there have been many requests that they should be published in book form. That is the excuse for the present publication. Since that date considerable time has elapsed, and many events have happened in connection with the Old First Church. It has been meces sary, therefore, to add much to what was then written. As the principal happening in the recent history of the Church was the union with Kirkwall, it seemed only proper to include also a brief sketch of that church and congre gation. This is incorporated in part III of the present book. The material for this section has been supplied in large part by Mr. Robert mcqueen of Kirkwall, whose funds of memory and records have been freely drawn upon. It remained only to add a brief chapter on the two churches since the union and my task was completed. In some respects the book is a supplement to my Pioneers of Beverly, published in 1889. 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.