. Scheyichbi and the strand : or, early days along the Delaware ; with an account of recent events at Sea Grove ; containing sketches of the romantic adventures of the pioneer colonists ; the wonderful origin of American society and civilization ; the remarkable course of political progress and material improvement in the United States, as shown in the history of New Jersey, with proof of the safety and benefit of Democratic institutions, and the necessity of religious freedom ; to which is appended a geological description of the shore of New Jersey . ove story, the world wouldbe the better f
. Scheyichbi and the strand : or, early days along the Delaware ; with an account of recent events at Sea Grove ; containing sketches of the romantic adventures of the pioneer colonists ; the wonderful origin of American society and civilization ; the remarkable course of political progress and material improvement in the United States, as shown in the history of New Jersey, with proof of the safety and benefit of Democratic institutions, and the necessity of religious freedom ; to which is appended a geological description of the shore of New Jersey . ove story, the world wouldbe the better for it! Pre-eminently, Calvinism has appealed to the human intellect. TheDemocratic State, Free Church, and Common School arose Church which invoked thought, as a co-worker with zeal and faith,gave guarantees to progress; the Antinomians of Massachusetts ad-vanced beyond Geneva, and in Connecticut, where Calvinism enjoyed ahundred years of peace, Massachusetts was left behind. There reli-gious pride was forgotten; predestination was less considered thanphilanthropy ; persecution was abandoned, and reason and charity weremade the basis of law. Virtue, said the great Connecticut Presby-terian divine, Jonathan Edwards, consists in universal love. Fromthe churches of Connecticut were drawn the men and women whoplanted Presbyterianism at Cape May; there also freedom and peacefavored the finest developments, and the influence of Calvinism may berecognized in the stability, thoroughness, and intelligence which havecharacterized the HISTORY OF COLD SPRING CHURCH. 77 The first Presbyterian church in Cape May County was establishedat Cold Spring, two miles to the north of Sea Grove; its earliestchronicles have disappeared, but it is recorded that the first ministerwas the Rev. John Bradner, a native of Scotland. Mr. Bradner wasa candidate for the ministry when invited to Cold Spring, but H. Brown, in his Outline History of the Presbyterian Churchin West Sou
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