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A Summer in England With Henry Ward Beecher
A Summer in England With Henry Ward Beecher Author:Henry Ward Beecher Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: RECEPTION IN GLASGOW. On Monday morning, August 30, Mr. and Mrs. Bkecher were invited to meet at breakfast some fifty or sixty members of an Association of mi... more »nisters of Baptist, Congregational, and Evangelical Union churches in Glasgow. Dr. and Mrs. Parker were in Scotland (the Doctor preaching in Edinburgh on Sunday), and the opportunity was taken to invite them on the same occasion. An excellent breakfast was served at the Cockburn Temperance Hotel, the chair being taken by Rev. Dr. F. Ferguson (Montrose-streetE.U. Church), and there were also present, in addition to the guests of the day, Rev. Dr. Flett (Storie-street, Paisley), Rev. Dr. Morison (North Dundas-street E.U.), Rev. A. Goodrich (the minister of the Congregational church at which Mr. Beecher preached), Kev. J. Coats (Govau Baptist Church), Rev. J. Ross (Eglinton Congregational Church), Kev. W. H. Elliott (South-side Baptist Church, and secretary of the Association), Rev. R. Wallace (Govan-hill E.U.), Rev. A. Cowe (Hillhead Congregational), Rev. G. C. Milne (Hutehesontown Congregational), and others. A brief statement having been made by Rev. W. H. Elliott of the history and general objects of the Association, Dr. Ferguson, the Chairman, introduced the guests. Perhaps, he said, it might appear presumption on the part of the three denominations to appropriate the guests to themselves; and no doubt, if the gathering had been made widely known, no hall would have been large enough for those who would have crowded to it. They were all proud to recognise their distinguished visitors, not only as Christians, but as Independents. The name of Beecher was a household word, and he might well be called the prince of preachers, while Dr. Parker might be called the peer of preachers. They were par nobile fratrum, and their wive...« less