Book excerpt: Excerpt from Authorized Report of the Proceedings of the Church Congress: Held at York, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, October 9th, 10th, and 11th, 1966 Very many of the persons applied to were unable to accept the invitation, and some were compelled to withdraw after agreeing to take papers. 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.