A Farewell Sermon by Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards was voted out of his congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts, for reasons including his belief that communion was not for the unconverted. A Farewell Sermon was preached on July 1, 1750, addressing the care a pastor has for his congregation and how they will meet one another before Christ at the day of judgment, when all truth will be known. In this sermon, Edwards offers both counsel and warning to the people in light of eternity. He later moved to work among the Housatonic Indians in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

Paperback 6X9, 66 pages. ISBN 9781935626435

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was born in East Windsor, Connecticut, where his father, Timothy Edwards, served as minister. Jonathan attended Yale, where he earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees. In 1727, he was ordained and became an assistant pastor to his grandfather, Rev. Solomon Stoddard, at the church in Northampton, Massachusetts. That same year, he married Sarah Pierpont, with whom he raised a large family. He became active in revival movements and is considered a key figure in the Great Awakening, along with George Whitefield. In 1758, he was appointed president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).