Excerpt from The Sanctuary of Our Fathers: A Centennial Discourse, Preached Sabbath Evening, October 15, 1865, in the Lecture Room of the First Congregational Church, Nantucket The only historical proof I have seen, concerning the origin of this church, is contained in a work entitled Congregational Churches of Massachusetts. It says. 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.