A DISCOURSE

ON THE

PROVINCE AND USES OF BAPTIST HISTORY,

DELIVERED BEFORE THE BACKUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

AT NEWTON, MASS., JUNE 23, 1857.

REPEATED BEFORE THE AMERICAN BAPTIST HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
AT NEW YORK, MAY 14, 1859.

WITH

APPENDIXES,

CONTAINING

HISTORICAL NOTES AND CONFESSIONS OF FAITH.

BY

SEWALL S. CUTTING,

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER.

BOSTON:

GOULD AND LINCOLN,

59 WASHINGTON STREET.

NEW YORK: SHELDON AND COMPANY.

CINCINNATI: GEORGE S. BLANCHARD.

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GOULD AND LINCOLN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

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