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***NEW*** 3-4-00** 1837 Biography of Princeton President Samuel Davies, who followed Jonathan Edwards after the latter's death. This is one eye opening view of Colonial life, and the importance of one woman, who prayed for a son to serve the Living God.
**** NEW**** 4-4-00** 1798 Biography of Herman Witsius, D.D.(1636-1708). Transcribed from an American printing (New York, 1798)of his famed Economy of the Divine Covenants, the life of this eminent Divine of the Universities at Franequer, Utrecht, and Leyden is superbly chronicled by Dr. Marck. His devotion to the Sovereign Lord leads him to the confidences of William III king of England. Read this to find out how!!
*****NEW***** 5-20-00** 1836 Biography of Jonathan Edwards, D.D., ( The Younger) Like Father, Like Son!
**NEW** 5-25-00 1836 Biography of Yale President Ezra Stiles, this is an eye opener in seeing how this eminent man cared for the least in society in real ways, and set an example for us in Jewish-Christian relations.
*NEW* 5-29-00 1834 Biography of Dartmouth President Francis Brown, His intellect and leadership sets a secure future for all higher education in the U.S. Supreme Court.
*NEW* 8-15-00 1840 Biography of Rutgers College President John H. Livingston, D.D.
BIOGRAPHY
Link 1. 1884 Harvard Memorial & Biography.........................................The Life of John Harvard
Link 2. 1837 John Witherspoon, Pres. of Princeton Univ. 1768-94 and a key Intellectual Architect of the American Revolution
Link 3. 1813 Abiel Holmes, D.D. Yale, Univ. Edinburgh................George Washington, the Man, his Virtues, his Faith (9-5-99)
Link 4. 1799 Peter Thacher, D.D., Harvard....................................Increase Sumner, The life of a respected Statesman
Link 5. 1837 Princeton President Samuel Davies, .................. A Life Lived In Answer To A Mother's Prayer
Link 6. 1798 Herman Witsius, D. D.,................... Famed Dutch Divine as Pastor, Professor, and confidant of European Monarchs
Link 7. 1836 Jonathan Edwards, D.D., ( The Younger).....Son of the Great Awakening's Jonathan Edwards. His remarkable life patterns his Father's.
Link 8. 1836 Ezra Stiles, D.D., L.L. D., President of Yale.....An Exemplar of Jewish-Christian interdependence, and a man of outgoing concern for the well-being of others
Link 9. 1834 Francis Brown, D.D................Dartmouth President during the School's charter crisis guides his charge to a secure future.
Link 10. 1840 John H. Livingston, D.D.........President of Rutgers College, ( New Jersey )......1810-1825
Link 11. 1856 Jonathan Edwards.....The Great Awakening Pastor...Later President of Princeton
Link 12. 1838 Eleazar Wheelock, D.D.,.....Founder and first President of Dartmouth College, and Moor's Indian School. See Jonathan Edwards comments about him !! ( pp 11-12 in file)
Link 13. 1856 Elias Boudinot, L.L.D., This major figure of the American Revolution also has a remarkable story to tell about his friend Wm. Tennent Jr's apparent death and recovery! See our Log College file on the Home Page for this amazing occurence!!
Link 14. 1823 Timothy Dwight, D.D., President of Yale, and the Grandson of Jonathan Edwards Part 1, pages 1-30
Link 15. 1823 Timothy Dwight, D. D., Part 2, pages 31-61
Link 16. 1839 Samuel Willard, M. A.,( 1639-1707) He addresses Church/State Encroachments, was one of the leading American Divines, Later, served as Harvard President ! ( 1701-1707)
Link 17. 1906 Samuel Miller, D.D., Trustee of Princeton College, Princeton Seminary's Second Professor and a Wall St. Pastor.
Link 18. 1839 Jesse Appleton, D.D., Bowdoin's Second President ( 1807-1819). His Curriculum Centerpiece was Paley's Evidences for Christianity, which solidly unites Faith and Reason !
Link 19. 1839 James Manning, D.D., First President of Brown University, R.I., A Remarkable Leader in Government, Church and Education.
Link 20. 1856 Stephen Grellet, (1772-1855) Born as French Aristocrat, escapes the Reign of Terror, and upon moving to America, becomes a Quaker Pastor. This highly dramatic story covers his travels and ministry around the world to Kings, Queens, and the Pope !
Link 21. 1848 John Quincy Adams 6th President of the U.S., and his Biblical Faith
Link 22. 1841 Daniel Dana, D.D., A Biography of Wm. Bartlet, Associate Founder of Andover Seminary, an example of wealth used to good ends!
Link 23. 1852 Daniel Webster, Dartmouth's famed Alumni, defender of the school before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the pre-eminent lawyer and U.S. Senator of his day.
UNITED STATES and WORLD POLITICS
Link 24. The Quote File, ......................................................................Great selections from our featured authors!
Link 25. 1800 Joseph Mckeen, A.M. (Pres. Bowdoin College)...............Good rulers protect the weak
Link 26. 1803 Reuben Puffer, D.D. Harvard.........................................The U.S., the world's last best hope of liberty
Link 27. 1815 Diodate Brockway A.M., Yale..................................................History & one world government
Link 28. 1809 David Osgood D. D., Yale..........................................................Effects of electing self-serving rulers
Link 29. 1816 John T. Kirkland D. D., ( Pres., Harvard University )......Qualities of superior rulers
Link 30. 1812 Wm. E. Channing A. M., Harvard...................................Results of flawed public policy--The War of 1812
Link 31. 1833 John K. Converse A. M., Princeton.................................The foundation of U.S. Government
Link 32. 1809 S. K. Livermore Esq. Harvard..........................................July 4th Oration, patriotism has a reason
Link 33. 1814 Jesse Appleton D. D. , ( Pres., Bowdoin College )..........The Rise of Science, Guided by faithful statesmen
Link 34. 1805 John Allyn S.T.D. Harvard *** New 8-28-99***...........The means for preserving the Constitution
Link 35. 1646 Samuel Bolton,.........Noted London Minister/Philosopher Instructs The House of Commons ( ! ) at Westminster
Link 36. 1818 Wm Allen, A.M., ( President, Dartmouth University )...........THE DEFINITIVE WORK ON: Just Government , and the ONLY TRUE solution for INTERNATIONAL PEACE !......
Link 37. 1830 Francis Parkman, D.D. ( Harvard, 1807)......A Sharp Critique of the French Revolution, and the resulting abuses of power
Link 38. 1848 Leonard Bacon, Professor, Yale Divinity School, on Christianity preserving European Culture and Learning for 18 centuries !
Link 39. 1798 Ashbel Green, D.D., (President, Princeton University) .... Major historical discourse defining the causes of National Safety, or Disaster.
Link 40. 1860 B.J. Lossing, in his Biographies of the Signers of the Declaration, Quotes John Q. Adams on the Biblical foundation of the Federal Government
Link 41. 1793 The American Preacher, Anthology ( Preface )of the Best Discourses of the day, With a significant Recommendation by State Governors Wm. Livingston ( N.J.) and Geo. Clinton, (N.Y.) stressing the Biblical theology expounded therein is our only guardian for national safety.
Link 42. 1837 Daniel Dana, D.D., America's Appointed role to demonstrate the viability of a Free Republic, his views are timely post- 9/11 !
Link 43. 1810 Elijah Parish, D.D. Election Sermon (Mass.) A scathing review of the French Terror, and our losses due to it.
PHILOSOPHY and THEOLOGY
Link 44. 1808 Reuben Puffer, D.D., Harvard......................................Famed Harvard Lecture, Faith and the Intellect
Link 45. 1810 Daniel Dana, A.M. Yale.............................................The infinite reference point, the Deity of Christ
Link 46. 1808 Elijah Parish D.D. ,Dartmouth....................................Opposition to Christ
Link 47. 1811 Reuben Puffer, D.D., Harvard....**NEW 1-28-00**.........The Earth is God's Theatre to Display His Riches of Divine Grace
Link 48. 1801 Joseph Lathrop D. D., Harvard...................................The role of ministers
Link 49. 1646 Samuel Bolton,........................................................The cause of Man's Inhumanity to Man, and the Remedy
Link 50. 1684 Samuel Stone M.A. Cambridge, England...................His Catechism, Puritan New England's Summary of Spiritual Doctrine
Link 51. 1825 Joseph Dana, D. D. Harvard...................Beloved Pastor of 60 Years Speaks His Final Words of Encouragement
Link 52. 1842 James H. Thornwell, Prof, Presbyterian Seminary at Columbia, S.C. ...... His Brilliant discourse on the Infinite Distance between the Throne of God, and the borders of Hell
Link 53. 1844 Daniel Dana, D.D. Yale,.. on his Fifty Years of Ministry, Presidency of Dartmouth, and encouragement to his people.
Link 54. 1848 Daniel Dana, D.D. Yale,...His defence of orthodox Reformed doctrine as the only cure for human depravity
Link 55. 1851 Daniel Dana, D. D. Yale,...Have the Churches the Presence of Christ? A concise refutation of Deism, Atheism, and their retrograde effects on Society.
Link 56. 1801 Robert Hall, A. M. Cambridge, England......His Polemic against the Intellectual Fraud of the so-called Enlightenment
Link 57. 1801 Timothy Dwight, D.D., Yale President also exposes the human misery created by the invasion of the so-called Enlightenment thought.
Link 58. 1839 Catalog of all College Presidents in New England, N.Y., and N.J. ca. 1640-1834
Link 59. 1853 Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, D. D., His Discourse at Geneseo ( N.Y.) Academy, on the vital link between Secular and Spritual ( Biblical ) education.
Link 60. 1839 Jeremiah Day, D.D., President, Yale College, His discourse on a Reasoned Defence of the Historic Biblical Ontology.
Link 61. 1824 Justin Edwards, D.D., Later President of Andover Seminary. His hard hitting Address on Eloquence, and its effects on both speaker and hearer.
Link 62. 1821 Joseph Lathrop, D.D., ( Yale, Harvard) His charge to the Ruling class to care for the lesser endowed in spiritual matters.
Link 63. 1821 Joseph Lathrop, D.D., Discourse on a functional increase of one's real world faith.
Link 64. 1847 Henry Wilkes, A.M., Dartmouth. A Canadian view of America's Divinely appointed place in the world.
Link 65. 1681 John Howe, M.A. Oxford, (1652) This Eminent Pastor and Confidant of Oliver Cromwell teaches charity when faced with other men's sins.
Link 66. 1641 Composite Title Files. Starting at 1641, Titles combined in single 15-20 groups by date. Easier for word searches !