Archibald Alexander Quotes


It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation.


Citations

Alexander, Archibald. Thoughts on Religious Experience. Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1841.

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Archibald Alexander
Archibald Alexander
  • Born: April 17, 1772
  • Died: October 22, 1851
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Clergyman

Archibald Alexander was an American Presbyterian theologian and professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He served for 9 years as the President of Hampden–Sydney College in Virginia and for 39 years as Princeton Theological Seminary's first professor from 1812 to 1851.