Excerpt from One Hundred Years of History, 1802-1902, Second Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland The Second Presbyterian Church of Baltimore celebrates its one hundredth anniversary. It would seem to be a fitting time to stop and enjoy the vision back along the way by which we have come to this point in our progress through the years. It would also seem to be fitting that we record that which we see, that, when we pass on, we may have a permanent record of the facts indelibly set in the history of the past, and shall also be able to recall from time to time and at a glance the impressions which this centennial anniversary must now produce on every thoughtful and devout member of our beloved church. Very humbly we place in this permanent form the deeds of our fathers, and point at the same time to our own doings - we who are the children of such fathers, for we have not whereof to boast, since the joy and hope and strength of our people have ever been a realizing sense of and entire dependence on the inworking presence and outworking power of the Holy Spirit. Yet we may not be accused of boasting when we say that we are proud of the long line of illustrious men who, from pulpit and pew, have been the willing instruments of the spirit of God and have borne faithful testimony to the ever lasting truth down to the present day. 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.