Excerpt from Pastoral Letter of the Rt. Rev. H. Potter, D.D., D. C. L: With the Replies of the Rev. S. H. Tyng, D.D., The Rev. E. H. Canfield, D.D., The Rev. John Cotton Smith, D.D., The Rev. W. A. Muhlenberg, D.D., 1865 Suffer me, then, dear Brethren, in all meekness and charity, to lay before you, for your consideration, some of the principles and laws of the Church which we accepted when we became her ministers, and which, with all the solemnities of an oath, we bound ourselves to observe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.