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The Life, Ministry & Journals of
Hezekiah Smith
Pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Haverhill, Massachusetts - 1765 to 1805
and Chaplain in the American Revolution - 1775 to 1780
By John David Broome
"Written history often appears to deal slightingly with those who made
significant contributions in their day and to subsequent generations,
but whose names seldom grace the printed page. Such has been the fate of
Hezekiah Smith. It is unfortunate that a man who helped to found a
notable American university, who possessed two earned and three honorary
degrees from reputable institutions, who served his country well in the
American Revolution as a chaplain, who traveled and preached in each of
the original states, and who labored to establish his denomination as a
religious force in New England is scarcely mentioned in the standard
histories of the Revolutionary era. Because of his varied and productive
activities, his case merits a different verdict. This intrepid Baptist
minister was a potent factor on the American religious scene for over
forty years. While most men would have been content with the successful
pastorate which he held in Haverhill , Massachusetts , from 1764 to
1805, Smith’s wide itinerations carried his influence far beyond the
little town by the Merrimack River . Chronicled in a series of journals
which he kept, his life and work strike an unusual portrait of a man
whose story deserves the attention of the American historian." —from the
author’s introduction to the Journals
Now published for the first time, and as the first volume issued in our
Warren Association Series, this work will prove to be an invaluable
sourcebook for any research into colonial Baptist history, and
especially the growth of Baptist principles in New England .
Hezekiah Smith "by the eloquence of his preaching, and the weight of his
character, bore down the strong prejudice against the Baptists, and was
the means of abundantly extending their cause." - David Benedict, A
General History of the Baptist Denomination in America (1813), Vol. I,
pp. 318-319
"It is not difficult to assign the place which Hezekiah Smith will
always be regarded as having held among the Baptist fathers of New
England . It is safe to say that no man did more than he to give
character to the denomination which had to fight every step of its way
in securing for itself a foothold, and at last a permanent home in the
Eastern States." - William Cathcart, editor, The Baptist Encyclopedia
(1881), p. 1066.
Bound in dark navy vellum with gold stamping, 717 pages, with an
extensive 70 - page index of Persons (over 220 entries!), churches
(including many Congregational & Presbyterian), and Subjects, all making
the information contained in this new work easily accessible to
interested readers. Includes illustrations most on glossy paper inserts
and one map.
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