Excerpt from The Canadian Congregational Year Book for 1874-5: Containing the Reports Presented at the Annual Meetings for 1874 A Canadian Year Book, moreover, is also much needed as a means of diffus ing information in regard to the Denomination at large. Congregationalism in the Dominion is as yet in its infancy. In comparison with some_of the other religious bodies, we are a feeble folk, and our churches are few and scattered. Such a condition of things is dispiriting, and needs to be counteracted by a better acquaintance not alone with the principles of the Denoinination, but also with the strength and position of the body in Great Britain and the United States. Much information on these points may be found in these pages. At the same time, it is earnestly to be hoped that our love of Congregationalism is omething altogether independent of' our numbers, be they many or few. We regret that the hope expressed last year, in regard tozthe earlier issuing of this year's volume, has not been realized. The change of editor, the impos sibility of completing one of the reports'through the absence of' its Secretary from the country, and other causes, have unavoidably delayed its appearance long after the time intended. All this we hope, however, to obviate another year. We also regret that, owing to causes which need not be particularly specified, it has been impossible to furnish more than one of the historical sketches promised for the present volume by the late editor, that viz., by Dr. Cornish, which will be found to be a very valuable and interesting paper on the last decade of the College, which is much indebted to his services as one of its Professors and its Secretary. The others we h0pe to furnish next year. 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.