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born october 5th 1703 new jersey-died march 22nd 1758
born at East Windsor new jersey
Of all knowledge that we can optain, the know ledge of god, and the knowledgeof ourselves, are the most important. -Jananthan Edwards
he that has doctrinal knowledge can speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion -Janathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards was one of the most significant religious thinkers in American history. Born October 5, 1703, in East Windsor, Connecticut Colony, Edwards was a child prodigy. At the age of ten he wrote an essay on the nature of the soul. At 13 he entered the Collegiate School of Connecticut (now Yale University) and he graduated in 1720 as valedictorian of his class. After two additional years of study in theology at Yale, he preached for eight months in a New York church and then returned to Yale as a college tutor, studying, at the same time, for his master's degree. He was ordained in 1727 and received a call to assist his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, pastor of the church at Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony, which had one of the largest and wealthiest congregations in the colony.
