The American
Church History Series

CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF

DENOMINATIONAL HISTORIES PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CHURCH HISTORY

General Editors

REV. PHILIP SCHAFF, D. D., LL. D.

RT. REV. H. C. Potter, D. D., LL. D.
REV. GEO. P. FISHER, D. D., LL. D.

BISHOP JOHN F. Hurst, D.D., LL. D.
Rev. E. J. WOLF, D. D.
HENRY C. VEDDER, M. A.

Rev. Samuel M. Jackson, D. D., LL. D.

VOLUME I