Excerpt from The Last of the Puritans: The Story of Benjamin Gilbert and His Friends<br><br>That was four weeks ago! It seemed a life time. Now, Eternity was before him. His eyes could see to read no book. His brain knew too well the reality of suffering. Brew ster had been caught in a railway wreck going from Providence to Boston to deliver a lecture which he never delivered. After the accident he was for some days in delirium. He came forth from this to face the truth: his doctors ordered him to the country for complete rest. The shock to his system had been severe. His eyes were seriously afiected. He might re cover, he might not.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.