The Dominion Of Providence Over The Passions Of Men: A Sermon

by John Witherspoon

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Genres: Theology

48 pages, Paperback

First published May 10, 2009

About the author

John Knox Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish common sense realism, and while president of the College of New Jersey (1768 – 1794; now Princeton University), became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character. Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. He was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration. Later, he signed the Articles of Confederation and supported ratification of the Constitution. In 1789 he was convening moderator of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.

Reviews

[Ariel Paiement · Rating 5 out of 5]

An intriguing sermon from Witherspoon as President of Princeton during the Revolutionary War era. I'd highly recommend it to people interested in how the pastoral rhetoric of the time drove the tone of the Revolution. He isn't the only one who demonstrates this, but he's an extremely eloquent and easily understood choice out of the vast number of pastors to choose from. He was also extremely influential in shaping American fiscal and monetary policies early on, so definitely worth reading what he had to say in general given how much he had to do with the direction of various key elements of American government as it was originally intended to run.

[Madalyn Fimrite · Rating 3 out of 5]

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