Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-12

| His views were peculiar, II Viewed In
the light OF modern thought. Human
deprayity and eternal he'll fire furnished
many subjects for his dlscourses. And
| such topics sound strange In this age
OF colorloss. inslpid theology, but who
ever succeeded in influencing the world
for good except by standing on a plane
different from the multitude? All great
reformers we're PECULIAR" generally 80
much so that the world felt uneasy un-
I'll It had raised monuments on their
tombs. and was annoyed no more by
their presence. Jonathan Edwards, too
was little appreciated by his contem-
porarles, It has been given to later
generations, TO understand his worth in
shaping the religious thought OF this
country.
Jonathan Edwards Is also referred to
today, as n remarkable illustration OF
the influence OF heredlty, and the value
Of righteous man TO his country.
What he bequeathed to this country In
the form Of useful descendants is truly
remarkable. II Is pointed out that the
Dwight family OF Yale descend from
his daughter Mary. Timothy Dwight
was president OF Yale from 1894 10 1917
Theodore Dwight Woolsey held that
office 1861, and Timothy Dwight 1886.
81.
Other educational institutions which
have taken their presidents from the
Edwards family are Princeton, Hamil-
ton, Union, Amherst. Johns Hopkins,
the LitchAeld (ConnecticuD law school,
Andover theological seminary, the Uni
verslty Of Tennessee, and the Univer-
sity Of California; and one could count
"a hundred and more college professors
who trace their ancestry TO Jonathan
Edwards.
The clergymen who are descended
from Jonathan Edwards have made
prominent many churches In Portland,
Boston, New Haven, and other New
England cities, and in the middle and
western states. Thew have been mis-
slonarles to Asia Minor. Africa, India,
China, and Hawaii.
From this family have, further, come
twenty-five officers In the army and
navy, and other members have served
In our wars as chaplalns and surgeons.
Other descendants have established
periodicals, edited magazines, and writ
ten books of merit. They have been
superlntendents Of hospitals and insane
asylums; and sixty of the family have
been eminent physicians In our large
cities. More than hundred lawyers,
thirty judges and prominent city at
torneys Of New York, Philadelphia, and |
Chicago, have given evidence OF the !
grand intellectual legacy left by their
great progenitor
The records are said to show that |
If his descendants included Aaron Burr |
the 1000 Americans come OF his loins |
number among them 2s5 college gradu-
ates, IS college professors, and 10 coll
iege presidents. They have been from |
the very dawn OF the revolution COVER
nors, congressman, lawyers, physicians
and clergymen, and In all fields distin-
gulshed. Their activities have been
widespread in thlrty-three different
states and in many foreign countries.
They have had an influential part In
the management Of fifteen American
railway systems and the Pacific Mail |
steamship line, OF banks, and insurance |
companies; they have owned and |
worked coal mines in Pennsylvania and |
West Virginia, and silver mines in Ne
yada, also large iron plants and oil in
terests In Pennsylvania. Some eighty /
men OF the family have held high pub
lie offices, including those OF ambassa-
doris to foreign countries.
That Is a remarkable record. 1t Illus
tratcs the value Of righteousness to the
country That is an asset, valuable for
many genera tons.