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When the preparation of this history was first contemplated there was not a thought of such a volume as this has turned out to be. The intention was simply to produce such a sketch of the Presbytery as could be contained in a large pamphlet. My researches, however, had not advanced very far before it was dearly seen impossible to do this. The merest outline of a history covering almost two centuries and embracing about threescore churches would necessarily require a more extended work. The original plan was on the supposition that only the ordinary surface events of history would be presented, but prolonged investigations soon revealed that this Presbytery had a more profound mission than that which lay on the surface, and that a volume at least would be needed to do it justice. It was found that it had a leading part in founding our Presbyterian Church in this country; that God had a sublime scheme in our history during the early days; and that there was contained in it a peculiar treasury of practical experience which there was now an opportunity of exploring, and which if neglected would probably be lost for ever. No one of these points was foreseen when the work was first contemplated, but each one of them was the revealing of the events as they were scrutinized and studied in their various relations.