. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. lf felt inPhiladelphia. His wisdom and manifest sincerity andloving kindness drew many to him. His eloquent ser-mons filled his church. Soon his pastoral care ex-tended far beyond his own flock. Men of educationand culture appeared in his church. The Stamp Act andthe kings unconstitutional taxation had clearly definedthe line between Whigs and Tories. No one knew bet-ter than this son of the Huguenots the deep meaningof the events which had developed the spirit of patrioticdevotion
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. lf felt inPhiladelphia. His wisdom and manifest sincerity andloving kindness drew many to him. His eloquent ser-mons filled his church. Soon his pastoral care ex-tended far beyond his own flock. Men of educationand culture appeared in his church. The Stamp Act andthe kings unconstitutional taxation had clearly definedthe line between Whigs and Tories. No one knew bet-ter than this son of the Huguenots the deep meaningof the events which had developed the spirit of patrioticdevotion to the colonies. He realized, as his utterancesclearly show, that a nation was ready to be born. Hisclear and aggressive thinking upon these questions ofstate, and his profound knowledge of their relation toreligious liberty, made him an instructive and helpfulteacher to the men who were to be the leaders in theinevitable struggle which was at hand. A single illustration will indicate the influence whichhe exerted over the ablest, wisest and most thoughtfulmen of the period just preceding the Declaration of. JOHN ADAMS Signer of the Declaration of Independence; first minister toFrance; second President of the United States; a com-municant in Old Pine Street From a portrait by Gilbert Stuart
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