Suggestions in Vindication of Sunday Schools

by Archibald Alexander

Publisher:

N.P.

, 1829

Overview

“To know a thing accurately, the best method is to teach it.” Archibald Alexander’s prescription applies to all learning, but especially theological education. This volume serves not only as an apology for education, but argues for the importance of religious education. It encourages respect for the opinions of others, and is central to the church’s task of educating young people. Suggestions in Vindication of Sunday Schools was first written for the American Sunday School Union—the dominant Sunday school organization at the time—but applies to any context where the church has an interest in the education and formation of young people.

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Key Features

• Discussion of the importance of religious education
• Encouragement for the church’s task of educating young people

Contents

Top Highlights

“without private instruction, public preaching will be in a great measure useless.” (Page 4)

Product Details

• Title: Suggestions in Vindication of Sunday Schools
• Author: Archibald Alexander
• Publisher: Presbyterian Board of Publication
• Publication Date: 1829
• Pages: 32

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.