24 September 1757 A.D. Jonathan Edwards Affirmatively Accepts Invitation to Presidency of Princeton College
24 September 1757 A.D. Jonathan Edwards Affirmatively Accepts Invitation to Presidency of Princeton College Myers, David T. “September 24: Jonathan Edwards.” This Day in Presbyterian History. 24 Sept 2015. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2015/09/september-24-2/ . Accessed 24 Sept 2015. September 24: Jonathan Edwards A New Scientific Procedure Takes a Spiritual Giant Away Our focus is not on a Presbyterian per se, but rather a theological giant who accepted an invitation to become the third president of the College of New Jersey, later Princeton University, which was a Presbyterian institution. His name was Jonathan Edwards. And at this time, this Congregational minister was easily the greatest Biblical theologian and philosopher which the American colonies had produced. He had been a pastor. He had experienced the challenge of missionary work among the native Indian tribes. He had an exemplary family l...