Excerpt from A Brief Memoir of Rev. Edward L. Parker, Late Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Derry N. HThere are few incidents in the life of a parish clergyman to give any general interest to a sketch of his character. His life is noise less and unobserved, passed in retired labors among his own ¿ock, and away from the con¿ict of more stirring scenes. It is the men who have stood in the more perilous posts, men clothed with offices of trust and responsibility, men who have been conspicuous for original discoveries, for great achievements, or for their agency in bringing about striking moral revolutions, whose personal history attracts the notice or admiration of the world. The biographies of Melanchthon find fewer readers than those of Luther, but few, have heard of the moral heroism of Felix N B¿', in his self-denying labors among the Alps, while the story of William Tell is as familiar as household words. It might therefore seem presuming to obtrude upon the public a sketch of a country pastor, whose love of retirement, and the even tenor of whose life, have furnished less than the usual amount of incident for a biographical notice, yet it seemed not inappropriate to connect with the History of Londonderry a brief account of the Author, particularly, as his pastoral care over one of the churches of that town covers a period of nearly one third of the time since its settlement. It was, moreover, believed that the energy with which he met and surmounted difficulties in early life, the steadiness of his aims, and his fidelity and success in his labors, would not be without interest and instruction to those who might be disposed to peruse the History.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.