Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . sion to Georgia. After various adven-tures in his intercourse with the Indians, he returned to England in 1736, andbecame a zealous and active preacher to the people of his own he was well skilled in scripture divinity, and of a warm, lively character,his discourses were much admired amonff the methodists. Though occasio
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . sion to Georgia. After various adven-tures in his intercourse with the Indians, he returned to England in 1736, andbecame a zealous and active preacher to the people of his own he was well skilled in scripture divinity, and of a warm, lively character,his discourses were much admired amonff the methodists. Though occasion-ally resident in London, he was chiefly employed as an itinerant preacheramong his adherents. He died in 1788, aged seventy-nine. He wrote manyof the best hymns found in the Methodist Hymn-Book, of which he was mainlythe original compiler. It may be said, that while John has unfolded the theo-logical tenets of the methodists, Charles has indelibly impressed them on thehearts of the people by clothing them in sacred song. As an illustration of hisquaint humor, it is related that, on a friend asking the reason why he adaptedso many of his hymns to secular airs, he replied that it was not rijjht for thedevil to have all the best tunes JONATHAN EDWARDS. 851. JONATHAN EDWARDS. JONATHAN EDWARDS was born in East Windsor, a village situated on theConnecticut river, October 5, 1703. His father, the Rev. Timothy Edwards,early imbued the minds of his children with religious truths drawn from theHoly Scriptures. When six years of age Jonathan commenced the study ofLatin, under the tuition of his father, who also taught him at the same time towrite and reason on various subject by committing his thoughts to paper, forthe purpose of developing his intellectual faculties. As an instance of theuncommon strength and penetration of his mind, it is related that when buttwelve years old, having heard an assertion that the soul was material, andremained with the body till the resurrection, with g
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