See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• SAMUEL HOPKINS (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

HOPKINS (1721–1803)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American theologian, from whom the Hopkinsian See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology takes its name, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• WATERBURY

Waterbury, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September .1721 . He graduated at Yale See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College in 1741; studied divinity at See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, with See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards; was licensed to preach in 1742, and in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1743 was ordained pastor of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

Parish of See also:

• SHEFFIELD
• SHEFFIELD, JOHN BAKER HOLROYD, 1ST EARL

Sheffield, or Housatonick (now See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BARRINGTON, DAINES (1727-1800)
• BARRINGTON, GEORGE (b. 1755)
• BARRINGTON, JOHN SHUTE, 1ST V1SCOUNT (1678-1734)
• BARRINGTON, SAMUEL (1729-1800)
• BARRINGTON, SHUTE (1734-1826)
• BARRINGTON, WILLIAM WILDMAN SHUTE, 2ND VISCOUNT (1717-1793)

Barrington), Massachusetts, at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a small See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of only See also:

• THIRTY

thirty families . There he laboured—See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching, studying and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing—until 1769, for See also:

• PART

part of the time (1751–1758) in intimate association with his old teacher, Edwards, whose See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call to See also:

• STOCKBRIDGE

Stockbridge he had been instrumental in procuring . His theological views having met with much opposition, however, he was finally dismissed from the pastorate on the pretext of want of funds for his support . From See also:

• APRIL

April 1770 until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the loth of December 1803, he was the pastor of the First Church in See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport, Rhode See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, though during 1776-1780, while Newport was occupied by the See also:

• BRITISH

British, he preached at See also:

• NEWBURYPORT

Newburyport, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., and at See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury and See also:

• STAMFORD
• STAMFORD, HENRY GREY

Stamford . See also:

• CONN
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn . In 1799 he had an attack of See also:

• PARALYSIS, or PALSY (from Gr. aapal,6a , to relax; Wycliffe has palesy, and another old form of the word is parlesy)

paralysis, from which he never wholly recovered . See also:

• HOPKINS, EDWARD WASHBURN (1857— )
• HOPKINS, ESEK (1718-18oz)
• HOPKINS, MARK (1802—1887)
• HOPKINS, SAMUEL (1721–1803)
• HOPKINS, WILLIAM (1793–1866)

Hopkins's theological views have had a powerful See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in See also:

• AMERICA

America . Personally he was remarkable for force and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and for the utter fearlessness with which he followed premises to their conclusions. in vigour of See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect and in strength and purity of moral See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone he was hardly inferior to Edwards himself . Though he was originally a slave-holder, to him belongs the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of having been the first among the Congregational ministers of New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England to denounce See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery both by See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice and See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen; and to his persistent though bitterly opposed efforts are probably chiefly to be attributed the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of 1774, which forbade the importation of See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro slaves into Rhode Island, as also that of 1784, which declared that all See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children of slaves born in Rhode Island after the following See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March should be See also:

• FREE

free . His training school for negro missionaries to See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa was broken up by the confusion of the American See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence . Among his publications are a valuable See also:

• LIFE

Life and Character of Jonathan Edwards (1799), and numerous See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets, addresses and sermons, including A See also:

• DIALOGUE

Dialogue concerning the Slavery of the Africans, showing it to be the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

Duty and See also:

• INTEREST

Interest of the American States to emancipate all their See also:

• AFRICAN

African Slaves (1776), and A Discourse upon the Slave See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade and the See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Africans (1793) .

His distinctive theological tenets are to be found in his important See also:

• WORK

work, A See also:

• SYSTEM

System of Doctrines Contained in Divine See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

Revelation, Explained and Defended (1793), which has had an influence hardly inferior to that exercised by the writings of Edwards himself . They maybe summed up as follows: See also:

• GOD

God so rules the universe as to See also:

• PRO

pro-duce its highest happiness, considered as a whole . Since God's See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty is See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute, See also:

• SIN
• SIN (O. Eng. syn: a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zonde, Ger. Siinde)

sin must be, by divine permission, a means by which this happiness of the whole is secured, though that this is its consequence, renders it no less heinous in the sinner . Virtue consists in preference for the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good of the whole to any private See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage; hence the really virtuous See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man must willingly accept any disposition of himself that God may deem See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise—a See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine often called " willingness to be damned." All have natural See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to choose the right, and are therefore responsible for their acts; but all men lack inclination to choose the right unless the existing " See also:

• BIAS
• BIAS (from the Fr. biais, of unknown origin; the derivation from Lat. bifax, two-faced, is wrong)

bias " of their See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

wills is transformed by the power of God from self-seeking into an effective inclination towards virtue . Hence preaching should demand instant sub-See also:

• MISSION

mission to God and disinterested See also:

• GOODWILL

goodwill, and should See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach the worthlessness of all religious acts or dispositions which are less than these, while recognizing that God can See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant or withhold the regenerative See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change at his See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure . The best edition of Hopkins's See also:

• WORKS

Works is that published in three volumes at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in 1852, containing an excellent See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch by See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Edwards A . See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park . In 1854 was published separately Hopkins's See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on the See also:

• MILLENNIUM (a pseudo-Latin word formed on the analogy of biennium, triennium, from Lat. milk, a thousand, and armies, year)

Millennium, which originally appeared in his System of Doctrines and in which he deduced from prophecies in See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel and Revelation that the millennium would come " not far from the end of the twentieth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century." See also See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West's Sketches of the Life of the See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• REVEREND (Lat. reverendus, gerundive of revereri, to revere, pay respect to)

Reverend See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel Hopkins (See also:

• HARTFORD

Hartford, Conn., 1805), See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin B . See also:

• DEXTER, HENRY MARTYN (1821—1890)
• DEXTER, TIMOTHY (1747—1806)

Dexter's Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College and Williston See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker's Ten New England Leaders (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1901) . (W .