Edwards, Jonathan

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1. An American clergyman of the eighteenth century; a leader in the religious revivals of the 1730s and 1740s known as the Great Awakening. Edwards, an emotional preacher, emphasized the absolute power of God. His most famous sermon, the harrowing “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” compares sinners to spiders dangled over a flame.

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“The auction includes paintings, works on paper, fine prints, and sculpture by such important African-American artists as Romare Bearden, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Melvin Edwards, Jonathan Green, and Faith Ringgold.”

From Architectural Digest ● Aug. 31, 2015

Edwards, Jonathan, view held by, of punishment as vengeance, 17-19.

From Crime: Its Cause and Treatment by Darrow, Clarence

Edwards, Jonathan, his use of the word "sweetness," xxxix.

From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel

Edwards, Jonathan: allusions, 16, 51; the atmosphere changed, 414.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Edwards, Jonathan, American theologian and metaphysician, born 5th Oct.,

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various