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Edwards (JONATHAN an Ameri- Conn Oct He)

JONATHAN, an Ameri- Conn., Oct. 5, 1703. He was the son can theologian; born in East Windsor, of Timothy Edwards, a Congregational JONATHAN EDWARDS minister, and was himself minister at Northampton , Mass., from 1727 to 1750.

From 1751 to 1758 he was an Indian EDWARDSVILLE missionary, and at the time of his death was president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

His works are the recognized exponents of essential Calvinism next to those of its founder, and rank high in the theological metaphysic of all time. They include among others: "An Inquiry Into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will Which Is Supposed to Be Essential to Moral Agency" (1754); "The Great Christian Doctrine of the Original Sin Defended" (1757?) and "A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World" (1789). He died in Princeton, N. J., March 22, 1758.