Excerpt from Our Mother Church: Being Simple Talk on High Topics The object of the book is to set forth some elementary knowledge concerning matters of the deepest interest and of vital importance, in such a form that an intelligent girl may find pleasure in reading it. My earnest request to every such reader is, that she will not peruse my work once and then lay it aside; but that she will help me in my effort by giving some time and attention to the subjects here set forth; will, if possible, learn the few tables appended to the chapters, and read the books of which I add a list. Then my little work, simple and insufficient as it is, will have led her on to higher things, which may, by the Divine bless ing, influence all her life. 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.