Excerpt from An Historical Sermon Delivered in the Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont, Pa We made an effort eighteen'months antecedent, which was defeated; but on May 7th, 1892, Mr. Harry B. French made an offer which resulted in the erection of the present Church. I think I ought to say that that was the most liberal offer I ever heard of. The Church was to be a memorial; it was to be free and to be held for the purposes of our Communion. But the Vestry had twenty-five thousand dollars, afterwards increased to twenty-seven, placed in its hands practically without restriction. We might have built a small wooden structure, and a parish house, and had all free of debt. The Vestry wisely, I think, decided to build for the future, with the result you see before you. 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.