Excerpt from The Churches and Churchyards of BerwickshireThe memory of our forefathers, however remote the period in which they lived, however simple their lives and humble their origin, is worthy of being perpetuated. Apart altogether from the question of genealogy and pedigree, there is an element of deep pathos in all that concerns our departed kindred, and the simple words which record their virtues (not always omitting their vices). Time's stern corroding touch deals hardly with our most cherished and sacred memorials, whether in the shape of tombstones or church buildings. Sixteenth, and even seventeenth.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.