Recent History of the Presbyterian Church of Deep Run [Perkasie, Pennsylvania], 1956 to 2006

2005 inscribed and signed first edition, Presbyterian Church of Deep Run (Perkasie, Pennsylvania), 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall red faux leather hardbound, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, viii, 150 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Two-inch abrasion to upper margin of front pastedown, where it appears a label was removed. Signed by author on title page, with inscription to facing page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce church history. ~C~ The most recent chapter in the long and rich history of Pennsylvania's Presbyterian Church of Deep Run, covering the period from 1956-2006, and continuing the history written by Dorothy Stockton Cameron in her 1976 History of the Presbyterian Church of Deep Run, 1725 - 1975. Contents: Preface; Background: 1725-1956; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The 1990s; The 2000s; Fifty Years of Saints in Action; Appendices. In the early 1700s, driven by economic and religious persecution, Scots-Irish Presbyterians fled to Pennsylvania in great numbers. They were encouraged by the invitation of William Penn, who promised freedom for all religions. Settling in great numbers along Deep Run Creek, they organized a congregation and erected a log house for worship on the site of the present day 'Red School House.' This congregation was formally accepted by the Philadelphia Presbytery in 1732 as 'Mr. Tennent?s Upper Congregation.' Mr. Tennent, of the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, included Deep Run in his itinerant preaching route from Neshaminy to Red Hill.…