Early Baptists of Philadelphia, 1877

by David Spencer

TO THE MEMORY OF REV. SAMUEL JONES, D.D.,

WHO, FROM HIS GRADUATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 18TH, 1762, TO HIS DEATH AT LOWER DUBLIN, FEBRUARY 7TH, 1814, WAS A NOBLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EARLY BAPTISTS OF PHILADELPHIA; FOREMOST IN THE AGGRESSIVE WORK OF OUR DENOMINATION; GENEROUS IN HIS SYMPATHIES WITH ALL WHO LOVED THE LORD JESUS; BENEFICENT IN HIS EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MENTAL AS WELL AS SPIRITUAL CULTURE; PATRIOTIC IN HIS DEVOTION TO THE INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY; THE FRIEND OF THE NEEDY; HOSPITABLE AND COURTEOUS TO ALL; THIS WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

By The Author.

SAMUEL JONES, D.D.

From an original portrait in the possession of his grand-daughter;
Mrs. WM. P. Wilstach. Philadelphia.

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