Excerpt from A Sect That Moved the World: Three Generations of Clapham Saints and Philanthropists Mr. Grover's Old Clapham and Dr. John Venn's Annals of a Clerical Family have been carefully consulted. Dr. Venn has kindly read the proof-sheets and given me the benefit of his knowledge of the subject. He has also supplied the portraits of Henry Venn and John Venn and the View of the old parish church of Clapham. 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.