3 quotes by Samuel Davies (1723-1761), (Presbyterianism)

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Samuel Davies

This idle complaining, wishing, and lamenting, and boasting will answer no end. Something must be done! Must be done by you! Therefore instead of assuming the state of patriots and heroes at home, TO ARMS! and away to the field and prove your pretensions sincere. Let the thunder of this imprecation rouse you out of your ease and security...

For a man of God, Davies was a military hawk of his day. See {599233} .

Samuel Davies

To Arms! ... they [the French] would enslave the free-born mind, and compel us meanly to cringe to usurpation and arbitrary power.

Samuel Davies

The venerable dead are waiting in my library to entertain me and relieve me from the nonsense of surviving mortals.

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Samuel Davies

Born: November 3, 1723
Died: February 4, 1761
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Profession: Presbyterianism

Biography

Samuel Davies was an evangelist and Presbyterian minister. Davies ministered in Hanover County from 1748 to 1759, followed by a term as the fourth President of Princeton University, then known as the College of New Jersey, from 1759 to 1761. Davies was one of the first non-Anglican preachers in Virginia, and one of earliest missionaries to slaves in the Thirteen Colonies. He was a strong advocate for religious freedom, and helped to institute significant religious reforms in the colony. Davies was also a prolific writer, authoring several hymns and publishing a book of poetry.

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