Excerpt from St. George's, Edinburgh: A History of St. George's Church 1814 to 1843 and of St. George's Free Church 1843 to 1873, Two Addresses Delivered to the Young Men's Association of the St. George's Free ChurchIt has been out of my power to attempt any revision on an extended scale, but I have sought, while retaining the form of spoken address, to make the story as readable, and above all as accurate, as possible. To a large number of friends I owe thanks for the help given me - too large a number to be named here. I must not omit, however, to acknowledge the kindness of the Rev. Dr. Stevenson of St. George's Parish, who gave me access to the kirk-session Records prior to 1843, with out which my first Lecture would have been impossible. I must also express my warmest acknowledgments to Dr. Omond. Session-clerk of St. George's Free Church, who gave me similar access to the Session Records since the Disruption, and to my life-long friend, Lord Ardmillan, for many facts of interest in connection with our congregational history. I am further specially indebted to my old and valued friends, Lord Cowan and Mr. Benjamin Bell, who assisted me in revising the proofs, and gave me much counsel and help in preparing them for publication. D. M.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.