True History - Church History - Jonathan Edwards
Today we will study Jonathan Edwards, the pastor who was known for his sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.'
Jonathan Edwards was the only boy born in his family of 11 children! Can you imagine having that many sisters? He did learn how to ride horses and spin scraps of cloth to his coat from them. He used the pieces of cloth to help him remember things as he would write them down while going on long horseback rides. He wrote many books and used his ideas for his sermon messages.
As a young man, Jonathan Edwards had a fascination with spiders. He even wrote about them.
Jonathan Edwards was friends with George Whitefield, who was an evangelist during the Great Awakening which took place in the American colonies. Jonathan was also president of Princeton University for a short time, and he was a missionary to the Mohican Indians! He certainly had a lot on his plate.
Source : The Church History ABCs (Stephen Nichols)
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