ALDRICH, JAMES. ..........................
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY............. 149 CHANDLER, ELIZABETH M........ 582
ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD ....
733 CHANNING, WILLIAM ELLERY.... 241
186 CHEEVER, GEORGE B.............. 569
BEECHER, HENRY WARD.......... 679 BEECHER, LYMAN.. BENJAMIN, PARK....
ALLSTON, WASHINGTON............................... 228 CHILD, LYDIA M.................... 478 AMES, FISHER................. 130 CLARK, WILLIS G................... AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES........... 254 CONRAD, ROBERT T. BACON, LEONARD....................................................... 498 COOKE, PHILIP P. 693 BANCROFT, GEORGE................. 483 COOPER, JAMES F......................................... 315 BARLOW, JOEL....................... 117 COXE, A. CLEVELAND.............. 707 BARNES, ALBERT. 459 CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM........ 757 DANA, MARY S. B.................. 586 DANA, RICHARD H......... 304 DAVIDSON, LUCRETIA M........... 600 DAVIDSON, MARGARET M......... 742 DAWES, RUFUS. 510 DENNIE, Joseph..................... 157 DINNIES, ANNA P............................................ 632 DOANE, GEORGE W................. 471 DRAKE, JOSEPH R.................. 400 DWIGHT, TIMOTHY........................... 102 EDWARDS, JONATHAN.............. 25 EMBURY, EMMA C.......................................... 614 EMERSON, RALPH W............... 513 EVERETT, ALEXANDER H......... 344 519 EVERETT, EDWARD................. 394 365 FIELDS, JAMES T........................... 746
BETHUNE, GEORGE W............. 523 BOKER, GEORGE H................. 745 BRAINARD, JOHN G. C............. 455 BROOKS, JAMES G.
488 BROOKS, MARIA .............................................. 420 BROOKS, MARY E................ 490 BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN.... 172 BRYANT, WILLIAM C............... 377 BUCKINGHAM, JOSEPH T.......... 225 BUCKMINSTER, JOSEPH S......... 282 - BURLEIGH, WILLIAM H............ 660 BUSHNELL, HORACE........ CAREY, HENRY C.
FLINT, TIMOTHY.................
236 MADISON, JAMES....................
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ............. 33 MARSHALL, JOHN................... 120 FRENAU, PHILIP.................... 108 MASON, JOHN M........
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FRISBIE, LEVI........................................... GALLAGHER, WILLIAM D.......... 592 | MCLELLAN, ISAAC.............................................. 552 GOODRICH, SAMUEL G................................... 369 | Mellen, Grenville................................... 473 GOULD, HANNAH F............................................... 603 MORRIS, GEORGE P................ 505 GREENE, ALBERT G................ 496 MOTLEY, JOHN L. GRISWOLD, RUFUS W.............. 690 MURRAY, LINDLEY HALE, SARAH J................. 427 NEAL, JOHN.................. HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE.......... 407 NORTON, ANDREWS................. 300 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER........... 123 OSGOOD, FRANCES S................ 657 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL......... 536 PAINE, ROBERT TREAT............ 202 HILDRETH, RICHARD.............. 577 HILLARD, GEORGE S............... 594 HILLHOUSE, JAMES A.............. 323 HOFFMAN, CHARLES F............. 543 HOLLAND, JOSIAH G............... 726 HOLMES, OLIVER W... 623 HOOPER, LUCY...................... 695 HOPKINS, MARK................... 491 HOPKINSON, FRANCIS.............. HOPKINSON, JOSEPH......................................... .... 170 HOWELL, ELIZABETH............... 701 IRVING, WASHINGTON.... ......... 274 JAY, WILLIAM ......................... JEFFERSON, THOMAS .............. 72 KEY, FRANCIS S...................... 222 KIRKLAND, CAROLINE M.......... 532 LAWRENCE, JONATHAN............. 582 LEDYARD, JOHN......... LIPPINCOTT, SARA JANE.......... 750 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W....... 561 LOWELL, JAMES R.................. 713 LOWELL, MARIA
PALFREY, JOHN G.................. 447 PAULDING, JAMES K............... 211 PAYNE, JOHN HOWARD............ 360 PEABODY, ANDREW P.............. 650 PEABODY, WILLIAM B. O.......... 476 PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES ......... 413 PETERS, PHILLIS WHEATLY...... 113 PIERPONT, JOHN 292 59 PIKE, ALBERT............................................. 631 PINKNey, Edward C.............. 502 POE, EDGAR A. .......................... PRENTICE, GEORGE D.............. 508 PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H........... 435 QUINCY, JOSIAH.......... RAMSEY, DAVID......... READ, THOMAS B................... 738 REED, HENRY......................................... ...... 588 ROBINSON, Edward.................................. 390 RUSH, BENJAMIN................... 78 SANDS, ROBert C.................................. .............. 466 SAXE, JOHN G.. .................... 698 SEDGWICK, CATHARINE M........ 441
MACKELLAR, THOMAS........ 672 SIGOURNEY, LYDIA H........... 336
TUCKERMAN, HENRY T............ 675 WOODWORTH, SAMUEL......
JONATHAN EDWARDS, 1703-1758.
Ox no foundation more enduring could the structure of a work upon American Literature be reared, than on the illustrious name of Jonathan Edwards,-an ornament and glory not to his country only, but to his race. Of a piety as deep, as pure, as fervent, and as constant as it has ever been allowed to mortals to possess; of a singleness of purpose, which never forsook him, to make the very best of life that life is capable of; and of an intellect which, by the rare union of clearness, acuteness, and strength, has never been surpassed if ever equalled, the elder Edwards has attained a renown in both hemispheres which can never die.
He was born at East Windsor, Connecticut, on the 5th of October, 1703. His parents were the Rev. Timothy Edwards, for sixty-four years the pastor of the Congregational Church at East Windsor, and Esther Stoddard, daughter of the Rev. Solomon Stoddard, who was for more than half a century pastor of the church of Northampton, Massachusetts. He commenced the study of Latin under his father's instruction at six years of age, and entered Yale College a few days before he was thirteen. As a signal proof of his early strength of mind, it may be mentioned that in his sophomore year he read Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding with such interest and delight as to declare that in the perusal of it he enjoyed a far higher pleasure "than the most greedy miser finds when gathering up handfuls of silver and gold from some newly-discovered treasure." That such a youth should acquit himself most honorably in his college course was to be expected, not in his studies only, but in his whole deportment and bearing. During his last year in college, very deep religious impressions took possession of his whole being. His own account of the event is in the following language, expressive of
Not long after I first began to experience new apprehensions and ideas of Christ, and the work of redemption, and the glorious way of salvation by him, I gave an account to my father of some things that had passed in my mind. I was pretty much affected by the discourse which we had together; and, when the discourse was ended, I walked abroad alone in a solitary place in my father's
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