Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Calvary Episcopal Church: Diocese of Western North Carolina God made a supreme Sacrifice on a hill long ago. That hill was called Calvary. The building of this shrine of peace and beauty meant sacrifice for each one of its founders what more appropriate name could be given it than Calvary Church, and so it was named and consecrated. 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.