Biographical Sketches of the Founder, and Principal Alumni of the Log College

by Archibald Alexander

Publisher:

J. T. Robinson

, 1845

Overview

A hundred years prior to the professorship of Archibald Alexander, the Tennent family founded an educational institution in Warminster, Pennsylvania which became known as Log College. This college played a critical role in the establishment of Presbyterianism colleges, and this volume celebrates its hundredth birthday. Authored by Archibald Alexander, this volume sketches the lives of the founders and first alumni of the college. Its revealing glimpse into the early years of Presbyterianism in America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries also make this volume an important historical work in its own right.

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Key Features

• Depiction of the lives of the founders and first alumni of Log College
• Glance into the early years of Presbyterianism in America

Contents

Top Highlights

“They had, we have reason to believe, the teaching of the Holy Spirit; and without the advantages which others enjoyed, they became ‘burning and shining lights.’” (Page 69)

“that the spirit of piety seems to have been nourished in that institution” (Page 69)

Product Details

• Title: Biographical Sketches of the Founder, and Principal Alumni of the Log College
• Author: Archibald Alexander
• Publisher: J. T. Robinson
• Publication Date: 1845
• Pages: 369

About Archibald Alexander

Archibald Alexander (1772–1851) an American educator and theologian, he was President of Hampton-Sydney College (Virginia) from 1797 to 1806. In 1807 he became pastor of Pine Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. He received the Doctor of Divinity in 1810 from the College of New Jersey. He is most noted as founder and first principal of Princeton Seminary serving there from 1812 to 1840. As principal and professor of theology, he is considered the first of the great “Princeton theologians.” He continued as professor at Princeton until his death in 1851. He was buried in Princeton Cemetery.