"To the Pulpit, the Puritan Pulpit, we owe the moral force which won our independence."
John Wingate Thornton
Chauncy, Charles (1705-1787) - Graduate of Harvard. Pastor First Church of Boston for sixty years.
Colman, Benjamin (1673-1747) - First pastor of Boston's Brattle Street Church. B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard. Awarded S.T.D. by the University of Glascow. In 1724 declined presidency of Harvard. Served as Harvard trustee from 1717-1728. Overseer at Harvard until his death.
Davies, Samuel (1724-1761) - Quotes - Became the Fouth president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), in 1759.
Sewall, Joseph (1688-1769) - Graduated Harvard in 1707. Minister at the Old South Church, where he preached into his eighties. Declined the presidency of Harvard in 1724. Preached the artillery sermon in 1714. Preached the election sermon in 1724. Awarded a D.D. by the University of Glasgow in 1731.
Whitefield, George (1714-1770) - Graduated from Oxford in 1736.
Williams, Elisha (1694-1755) - Graduated Harvard in 1711.
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