Sermons and Biblical Studies

(during the period 1760–1805), was the source for 34 % of all quotations cited by our Founding Fathers. After reviewing an estimated 15,000 items, including newspaper articles, pamphlets, books, monographs, etc., Professors Donald S. Lutz and Charles S. Hyneman, in their work “The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought” published … Continue reading “HOLY
BIBLE”

(September 19, 1759–July 4, 1850), was a noted English entomologist. He wrote many significant scientific works, including one by the title of: On the Power and Wisdom of God and His Goodness as Manifested in the Creation of Animals.1541

(February 27, 1759–September 27, 1823), was an jurist, politician and author. He was U.S. Representative, 1793–97; Connecticut State Representative, 1787–93, 1820–22; member of the Abolition Society, 1795; Chief-Justice of the Connecticut Superior Court, 1806–19; Connecticut Superior Court Judge, 1801–06; and helped frame the Connecticut State Constitution, 1814. In 1793, in his work The Correspondent, Zephaniah … Continue reading “SWIFT,
ZEPHANIAH”

(November 25, 1758–April 1, 1843), was an American politician and diplomat. He served as a U.S. Representative; U.S. Senator; Secretary of War, 1813; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1806–10; U.S Minister to France, 1804–06; and a U.S. Military General. He published the works: Notices of the War of 1812; and Memoirs of Montgomery and Wayne, in … Continue reading “ARMSTRONG,
JOHN”

(October 16, 1758–May 28, 1843), was a statesman, educator and lexicographer. He was noted for compiling the Webster’s Dictionary. “The Schoolmaster of the Nation,” he published the first edition of his American Dictionary of the English Language in November of 1828, containing the greatest number of biblical definitions in any secular volume. Noah Webster had … Continue reading “WEBSTER,
NOAH”

(September 29, 1758–October 21, 1805), was a British Admiral. He defeated Napoleon’s French fleet at the Battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798, and the combined Spanish and French fleets at the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. Although he was victorious in one of the most decisive battles in naval history, Lord Nelson was … Continue reading “NELSON,
HORATIO, VISCOUNT”

(April 28, 1758–July 4, 1831), was the 5th President of the United States, 1817–25, having served in public office for fifty years; acquired Florida from Spain, 1819; added Maine, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama and Mississippi to the Union; proclaimed the Monroe Doctrine, 1823, which forbade European powers from interfering with the independent nations of the Western … Continue reading “MONROE,
JAMES”

(April 9, 1758–July 4, 1808), was an American founder and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1789–97, who help formulate the Bill of Rights in the First Session of the U.S. Congress. He graduated from Harvard, 1774, and became of member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1788, where he participated in … Continue reading “AMES,
FISHER”

(c.1758–February 1817), was a pastor of a congregation in Orange County, North Carolina, 1790, and three small congregations in Logan County, Kentucky, 1796. His ministry contributed to the great revivals of 1797, 1798, and 1799, which preceded the Great Revival of 1800. In 1811, he pioneered churches in South Indiana. James McGready wrote A Short … Continue reading “MCGREADY,
JAMES”

(b.1757) was the first chaplain to the Colony of New South Wales in Australia. Recommended to that position by William Wilberforce and the Rev. John Newton, Richard Johnson, and his wife, Mary Burton, sailed with the First Fleet on May 13, 1787. On January 26, 1788, Governor Arthur Phillip and Captain John Hunter directed the … Continue reading “JOHNSON,
RICHARD”