Excerpt from The Primitive Church and Reunion: Papers Reprinted From the 'Contemporary Review' These few words of preface had been dated 'christmas, when the copy was sent to the Press. But at the last stage of reprinting, when the proofs were ready for final correction, progress was suddenly interrupted by the not very serious, but prolonged and disabling illness of the writer. In this way the spring season was missed, and publication has been unavoidably postponed until the autumn. In the meantime many impor tant events have happened, especially the meeting of the two Scottish Assemblies in May, ratifying the work of the Committees and authorizing them to proceed, Mr. J. R. Mott's tour in the East, with the systematic series of Conferences that took place in connexion with it, and the quiet but steady preparations for the great American Conference, of which the date is still (wisely) left open. It would be tempting to comment further on these events; but the little book bears already too many marks of the different strata in its composition, and the temptation must be resisted. Suffice it to say, that the general movement of things is, the writer hopes and believes, wholesome and hopeful even beyond his more sanguine expectations. 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.