Excerpt from The Twenty First Report of the American Home Missionary Society: Presented by the Executive Committee at the Anniversary Meeting, May 19, 1847; With an Appendix Rev. William Patton, D. D. Rev. William Adams, D. D. Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield. Rev. William B. Lewis. Rev. Joseph P. Thompson. Charles Butler, Esq. 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.