Excerpt from Rise and Progress of Shiloh Baptist Church of Philadelphia, Vol. 1 In presenting this history of Shiloh Baptist Church to the public no apology is necessary. As a record of events, as an exhibition of the men and women who were the founders of this church and their resources. In this work, we believe, will be found as complete and satisfactory record of the growth, development and expansion of Shiloh Baptist Church as can be had. This we assert with a thorough knowledge of what has been done. What would have been the amazement of the seven brethren could they have had a vision of the future; if they had been told that when less than fifty years had elapsed the Shiloh Baptist Church' would be standing a giant amidst the churches! But how ever far-sighted they had no such vision. 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.