Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Historical Discourse, Commemorative of the Settlement of Galesburg: Delivered in the First Church of Galesburg, June 22, 1866
An enterprise with such an object and such a plan, attracted to itself a class of men who could appreciate its importance, and were able to carry out its design, without faltering, or turning aside. Such men engaged in such a work, are in the way to secure God's blessing, for they are laborers together with him. In this view of the case the prosperity of Galesburg and of its inhabitants is no marvel. Let other communities learn from it the secret of success.
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