The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the Church Volume 9 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...the family. They that are curious in genealogy may learn his lineage in Fanner, Savage and Hinman; how nearly also he was related to the poet, John Q. C. Brainerd. They were of the same stock, and not unlike in temperament. Rev. Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia, Pa., preached his funeral sermon, whence the following is taken: "I have referred with a special design to the fact that Dr. Brainerd was converted under the preaching of Rev. Charles G. Finney; that he was early associated in labor with Rev. James Patterson, and that he was more intimately associated with Dr. Lyman Beecher, for it was by the influence of these men and their preaching, more than by any other cause, perhaps unconsciously to himself, that his character as a preacher was formed. Perhaps no three men could be named whose character and mode of preaching would be more likely to influence a mind like his. He himself was indeed original. He copied no one. He probably never set any man before him as a model; he transferred to himself in no perceptible manner the language, the modes of thought, or the theological opinions of another man; but there was, if I mistake not, a silent influence of great power which went forth from his early connection with those men, which greatly afFeoted his subsequent character as a preacher and pastor. Two of these men have passed away: "james Patterson--Not graceful in manner, not pohshed in sentences and periods, not aiming at beauty of style and not courting the praises of men; with a keen eye that penetrated the soul, with a tall and impressive form, with unpolished butmost forcible gestures, with an earnestness of manner that showed that his whole soul was on fire; never awed by the fear of any man. ready to do good in any way, whether in approved ...