Sketch of Rev. Philip Gatch (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Sketch of Rev. Philip GatchMr. Philip Gatch says that his father served a fixed time to pay for his passage, and that, with other boys similarly situated, he was cru elly treated. Frequently he was beaten so as to be left senseless on the ground, for no other offense than that of conversing with his fellow sufi'erers in thdr native language. By this restraint he gradually lost, inagreat degree, In 1737 his great-grandfather purchased a farm in the neighborhood of Baltimore city, which, on hisdeath, descended to the father of Philip Gatch. The farm is now in the hands of the fourth generation, and retains the $111i name. There is still standing upon it the first Methodist meeting-house built in that part of Maryland. It retains in old name of the Gatch church.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.