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title: 'The Debt of the Present to the Past: Its Payment - Annual Address to the Presbyterian Historical Society'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Christopher McCook'
date: 1901-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 25'
- 'Proverbs 10'
- 'Acts 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mccook-1901-the-debt-of-the-present-to-the-past-its-payment-annual-address-to-the-presbyterian-historical-society
---

# The Debt of the Present to the Past: Its Payment - Annual Address to the Presbyterian Historical Society

Henry C. McCook calls for support of the Presbyterian Historical Society to preserve Reformed and Presbyterian heritage. The Society collects records, portraits, relics, publishes a journal, and seeks endowment.

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