Jonathan Edwards and the Successive Forms of New Divinity [pp. 585-620]

THE
PRINCETON REVIEW.
OCTOBER, 1858.
No. IV.
ARTICLE I.-A Discourse commemorative of the History of
the Church of Christ in Yale College, during the first Cen tury of its Existenee. Preached in the College Chapel,
November 22, 1857. With Notes and an Appendix. By
GEORGE P. FISHER, Livingston Professor of Divinity. New
Haven: Thomas II. Pease. 1858.
ANY historical review of the course of any department in
Yale College for the past century, cannot fail to bring to light
facts of great interest and importance. This is peculiarly true
of the history of the Christian church and religion in such an
institution during a period so extended, so critical, and so formative for all public institutions in our country. Foremost
among these is the church, in close relation to which are Christian colleges, which, deriving their sap from the church, seem
beyond any other public institutions to partake of its life, vigour,
and perpetuity. The history of the church in these seats of
learning and culture, serves to illustrate the mutual relation and
reciprocal influence of high education and vital Christianity.
On these general grounds, therefore, the friends of religion and
education will acknowledge their obligations to Professor
Fisher for his careful and dispassionate survey of the formation,
growth, and vicissitudes of the church of Christ in Yale College,
and for the many curious and instructive facts which he has
rescued from oblivion in executing the task.
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