Excerpt from Memoirs of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, D. D: And of His Son, Rev. Joseph Stevens BuckminsterIT may very naturally be asked, why, if the lives of the persons whose memoirs are contained in the follow ing pages possessed an interest for the community, the silence of nearly forty years should have remained nu disturbed. Upon their memory. On the other hand, it may be asked, Why are the seals now broken, and the veil of domestic privacy withdrawn which concealed features composed in the unchangeable beauty of death? The history of the book is simply this. About fourteen months ago, I was requested, by a gentleman well known to the literary and religious public, Rev. Dr. Sprague of Albany, to furnish some recollections of my father and brother for a work which he is preparing for the press, Annals, of the American Pulpit, or Bio graphical Notices of Eminent American Clergymen of various Denominations.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.