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Samuel Davies (1723 - 1761)
Read freely text sermons and articles by the speaker Samuel Davies in text and pdf format. Presbyterian preacher in colonial British America who defended religious dissent and helped lead the Southern phase of the religious revival known as the Great Awakening. Davies was educated at Samuel Blair’s “log college” at Fagg’s Manor, Pa., and was ordained in 1747. His work during the Great Awakening centred at Hanover, Va.; in Virginia, where Presbyterians were persecuted as Nonconformists by the established church leaders, he became a chief defender of the Dissenters. He argued their cause before the Virginia general court and enlisted the support of prominent English and Scottish Dissenters. The government’s preoccupations after the outbreak of the French and Indian War (1754), however, diminished concern over Davies, especially when his war sermons helped rouse Virginians to defend the frontier.
Davies further enhanced his reputation as the outstanding preacher of his day by sermons given in England and Scotland during a trip with the evangelist Gilbert Tennent. Soon after his return Davies became the first moderator of the first presbytery of Virginia, Hanover, in 1755. On the same trip Davies raised funds in England for the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and was its fourth president from 1759 until his death.
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The Resurrection of Damnation
The Resurrection of Damnation
Samuel Davies (1724 - 1761)
"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come out; those who have done goodunto the resurrection of life; and those who h ... read more
The Rule of Equity
The Rule of Equity
By Samuel Davies
"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." Matthew 7:12
Christianity is not a fragmentbut a complete system of religion; and it is intend ... read more
The Sacred Import of the Christian Name
The Sacred Import of the Christian Name
by Samuel Davies
"The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch." Acts 11:26
Mere names are empty sounds, and but of little consequence. And yet it must be owned, that there are names of honor an ... read more
The Success of the Gospel by the Divine Power upon the Souls of Men
The Success of the Gospel by the
Divine Power upon the Souls of Men
by Samuel Davies, Hanover, Virginia, October 17, 1756.
"The weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish ... read more
The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel, Owing to a Divine Influence
The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel,
Owing to a Divine Influence
Samuel Davies, November 19, 1757
"I planted the seed, Apollos watered itbut God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anythingbut only God, who makes ... read more
The Sufferings of Christ, and Their Consequent Joys and Blessings
The Sufferings of Christ, and Their
Consequent Joys and Blessings
by Samuel Davies, July 11, 1756
"Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief. When you shall make his soul an offering for sinhe shall see his seed, he shall p ... read more
The Tender Anxieties of Ministers for Their People
The Tender Anxieties of
Ministers for Their People
by Samuel Davies, January 8, 1758
"My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ is formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice: for I stand in ... read more
The Universal Judgment
The Universal Judgment
by Samuel Davies
"In the past God overlooked such ignorancebut now He commands all people everywhere to repent. For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man he has appointed. He has given proof ... read more
The Vessels of Mercy and the Vessels of Wrath Delineated
The Vessels of Mercy and the
Vessels of Wrath Delineated
by Samuel Davies
"Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? What if God, choosing to show His wrath a ... read more
The Wonderful Compassion of Christ to the Greatest Sinners
The Wonderful Compassion of
Christ to the Greatest Sinners
by Samuel Davies
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets, and stone those who are sent unto you; how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers ... read more
This very year you are going to die!
This very year you are going to die!
by Samuel Davies
(This message was preached at Princeton College on January 1, 1761. The author died shortly after, on February 4--at the age of 37! Thus in a wayhe preached his own funeral sermon!)
"Thus s ... read more
Unseen Things to Be Preferred to Seen Things
Unseen Things to Be Preferred to Seen Things
by Samuel Davies (17241761)
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seenbut on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporarybut what is unseen is eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:18
Among all the causes of t ... read more
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