Excerpt from The Growth of St. Matthew's Parish: A Discourse Delivered on Sunday Evening, June 26, 1887 in St. Matthew's Church, So. Boston I ask you at this time to take with me a backward look at the various stages through which our parish life has passed during nearly three quarters of a century. The review I am convinced will result in both thankfulness and encourage ment. 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.