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Memoir of the life and character of Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D.D.
Memoir of the life and character of Rev Samuel Hopkins DD Author:John Ferguson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: time I feel greatly desirous that I may be brought into the right way. "July 25, 1749. I had freedom in secret prayer this evening. I think I can safely appea... more »l to God, and solemnly declare before him, that I desire his smiles, and acceptance in his sight above all things else; that I had rather be stripped of every worldly comfort than to be without this. Without this, all the world is nothing. I am conscious, before God, that 1 am sincere in the great work which I have undertaken, (though alas! shamefully deficient), and that I have never preached, for any worldly interest, that which I thought was for my people's spiritual good." CHAPTER III. ittlement ial suc- Death of Dr. Hopkins' parents;—President Edwards' sett) in the vicinity of Dr. Hopkins;—Dr. Hopkins' ministeii eeis at Great Harrington ;—his instrumentality in the conversion of Rev. D. Sanford, and Rev. Dr. West;—his candor and mildness illustiated by interesting anecdotes ;—his dismission from Great Harrington. Dr. Hopkins' continuance in the ministry at Great Barrington embraced a period of twenty- five years. So large a portion of human lifemust of necessity produce great changes. Those which most deeply affected his own mind, he has narrated in his biography, in the language of simplicity, and with deep feeling. In less than a year from his settlement in the ministry, he was bereaved of his affectionate and beloved mother. " This," he says, " was a grievous joss to me, which touched my tender feelings to the quick. She was a kind, tender mother, and I loved her above any other relative." About five years after the death of his mother, he was called to watch over the last moments of his dying father. Speaking of that solemn scene, he says, " I was quickly willing to part with him, if he might onl...« less