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Excerpt from St. Louis, Vol. 2: The Fourth City, 1764-1911
Religious life 489 Pastors and Citizens - Long and Notable Careers of Truman M. Post and James H. Brookes - how Montgomery Schuyler Faced the War Issue - Archbishop Kenrick's Busy Days - Thomas Morrison's Sixty Years Of Religious Heroism - The First Mass Under the Trees - The First Church - Civic Proclamations on the Door - Church and State Under the Spanish Governors - The First Protestant Preacher - How Trudeau Winked at Baptist Meetings - The Pioneer Of Presbyterianism - Rev. Salmon Giddings' Ride Of Miles - Contributors to the First Presbyterian Meeting House - Coming Of Bishop Dubourg Cathedral Treasures Of 1821 - Rosati, First Bishop Of St. Louis - When Rev. Mr. Potts was the Rage - Mormons in St. Louis - Hero Of the Cholera Of 1835 - Baptism of Sixteen Hollanders - The Religious Life as Charles Dickens Saw It - Close Association Of Kenrick and Ryan - The Walthers and the Lutherans - Religious J ournalism - Bishop Tuttle's Missionary Experience - New Churches Of 1900-10 - The New Cathedral - An Imposing Ceremonial - The Issue Of Sabbath Observance - Father Matthew's Visit to St. Louis - The Great Controversy - Rise Of the Y. M. C. A. - Evolution of the Provident Association - The Character Of St. Louis Philanthropy. 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.
