Excerpt from Proceedings at a Reception in Honor of the Rev. O. B. Frothingham: Given by the Independent Liberal Church, at the Union League Theatre, Tuesday Evening, April 22, 1879, Together With the Report of the Farewell Sermon Delivered by Him at Masonic Temple April 27, 1879 On the platform, besides the guest of the evening and the Trustees Of the church, were Mr. George W. Curtis, Col. T. W. Higginson, Prof. Felix Adler, Mr. Edmund C. Stedman, Rev. Samuel Longfellow, Prof. Ogden N. Rood, Rev. Joseph May, Mr. Richard H. Stoddard, Mr. Oliver Johnson, Rev. William I. Potter, of New Bedford, Rev. J. W. Chadwick, of Brooklyn, Prof. Vincenzo Botta, and Rev. W. T. Clarke, Of the Evening Express. 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.