Excerpt from Historical Religious Events: Illustrated by Forty-Six Copper Plate Engravings, Being a Selection of the Most Important and Interesting Religious EventsThis work though designed principally for young persons, will be found, it is believed, inter esting and instructive to those of riper years. A short and comprehensive account is given of some of the leading events wmich have taken place in the history of the Christian Church, - a short sketch is given of the lives of some of the greatest and best of men, whoselabours have tend ed to promote the happiness and welfare of man kind. In this work Scenes are exhibited showing the folly and wickedness of false Religion, -an account is also given of the rise and progress of most of the benevolent institutions which distin guish the present age.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.