BEECHER, HENRY WARD.......... 679 BEECHER, LYMAN................. BENJAMIN, PARK .................
CHEEVER, GEORGE B.............. 569 CHILD, LYDIA M.................... 478 CLARK, WILLIS G................................................. 634 CONRAD, ROBERT T. .......... 621
ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD ......... 186 ALLSTON, WASHINGTON............ 228 AMES, FISHER....................... 130 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES........... 254 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. DENNIE, JOSEPH..................... 157 DINNIES, ANNA P................... 632 DOANE, George W................. 471 DRAKE, JOSEPH R.................. 400 DWIGHT, TIMOTHY...... EDWARDS, JONATHAN... EMBURY, EMMA C................... 614 EMERSON, RALPH W............... 513 EVERETT, Alexander H......... 344 394
Bethune, George W.............. 523 BOKER, GEORGE H................. 745 BRAINARD, JOHN G. C............. 455 BROOKS, JAMES G.............. 488 BROOKS, MARIA....
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.............. 519 EVERETT, EDWARD.... CAREY, HENRY C. 365 FIELDS, JAMES T................... 746
FLINT, TIMOTHY..... 236 MADISON, JAMES....... FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ............. 33 MARSHALL, JOHN................... 120 FRENAU, PHILIP.................... 108 MASON, JOHN M.................... 164 FRISBIE, LEVI................ ......................... .... 287 MAY, EDITH.................. 754 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.......................... 387 HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE.......... 407 NORTON, ANDREWS...... ..... 300 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER........... 123 OSGOOD, FRANCES S................ 657 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL....................... 536 PAINE, ROBERT TREAT............ 202 HILDRETH, RICHARD..... ..... 577 PALFREY, JOHN G.................. 447 HILLARD, GEORGE S............... 594 PAULDING, JAMES K............... 211 HILLHOUSE, JAMES A.............. 323 PAYNE, JOHN HOWARD............ 360 HOFFMAN, CHARLES F............. 543 PEABODY, ANDREW P.............. 650 HOLLAND, JOSIAH G............... 726 PEABODY, WILLIAM B. O.......... 476 HOLMES, OLIVER W................ 623 PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES......... 413 HOOPER, LUCY...................... 695 PETERS, PHILLIS WHEATLY...... 113 HOPKINS, MARK....................................................... 491 PIERPONT, JOHN .................... 292 HOPKINSON, FRANCIS................................... 59 PIKE, ALBERT................... 631 Hopkinson, Joseph................. 170 PINKNEY, Edward C................................ 502 HOWELL, ELIZABETH............... 701 POE, EDGAR A. IRVING, WASHINGTON............. 274 PRENTICE, GEORGE D.............. 508 JAY, WILLIAM ............................................................. 328 PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H............ 435 JEFFERSON, THOMAS ............... 72 QUINCY, JOSIAH..................... 181 KEY, FRANCIS S......... RAMSEY, DAVID..................... 87 KIRKLAND, CAROLINE M.......... 532 READ, THOMAS B................... 738 LAWRENCE, JONATHAN............. 582 REED, HENRY........................ 588 LEDYARD, JOHN....... 94 ROBINSON, EDWARD................ 390 LIPPINCOTT, SARA JANE.......... 750 RUSH, BENJAMIN.... LONGFELLOW, HENRY W.......... ...... 561 SANDS, ROBERT C.................. 466 ...... 698
LOWELL, JAMES R.................. 713 SAXE, JOHN G..
719 SEDGWICK, CATHARINE M........ 441
MACKELLAR, THOMAS.............. 672 SIGOURNEY, LYDIA H............................... ..... 336
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN. ...................................... 233 TUDOR, WILLIAM...... SIMMS, WILLIAM G................. 546 SMITH, ELIZABETH O.............................. 529 SMITH, SAMUEL J................... 178 SMITH, SEBA....................... SPARKS, JARED
SPRAGUE, CHARLES............
VERPLANCK, GULIAN C............ 250 WALLACE, HORACE B.............. 702 WARE, HENRY, JB.................. 362 WARE, WILLIAM........ WASHINGTON, GEORGE......
352 WAYLAND, FRANCIS...................... ..... 429 WEBSTER, DANIEL.................. 258
SPRAGUE, WILLIAM B............. 423
STODDARD, RICHARD HENRY.... 762 WEBSTER, NOAH.................... 139 STORY, JOSEPH...................... 270 Stowe, Harriet B............................................... 663 STREET, ALFRED B................. 653 SULLIVAN, WILLIAM....................... ...... 203 SUMNER, CHARLES................................ 644 TAPPAN, WILLIAM B............... 405 TAYLOR, BAYARD.
WELBY, AMELIA B............................................ 734 WHIPPLE, Edwin P. ..................................... 721 WHITTIER, JOHN G................. 606 WILCOX, CARLOS.......... ..... 374 WILDE, RICHARD H................ 312 WILLIS, NATHANIEL P............. 555 765 WILSON, ALEXANDER.............. 144
TICKNOR, GEORGE.................. 348 WILSON, JAMES.......
TRUMBULL, JOHN................... 89 WIRT, WILLIAM.. TUCKER, ST. GEORGE......
101 WITHERSPOON, JOHN...........
TUCKERMAN, HENRY T............ 675 WOODWORTH, SAMUEL............................... 299
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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