Excerpt from The One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Organization of the First Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Illinois: Sunday, January Twenty-Ninth to Sunday, February Fifth, 1928 This booklet is the product of no one, but rather of a Century of time and an organization of people. Without a splendid tradition, a loyal, and earnest congregation it could never have been written. Indeed, the best of the Centennial Celebration can never be committed to writing. It was rather seen and felt. Not only the church but the city responded to the occasion. The program as outlined elsewhere was car ried through without a hitch. The church was thronged with people not only for the announced public events, but at all hours for the week. Each speaker made a distinct contribution and each event was complete and inspiring. There was no single occurence to mar what was surely a great celebration. But we missed many who could not return. Some had joined the Church Triumphant, and we felt their interest and presence. Others we thought of and heard from; that was no small part of the pleasure of the week. 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.