American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

John Wesley (June 17, 1703-March 2, 1791) was an evangelist and religious leader who founded the Methodist denomination. While students at Oxford University, he and his brother Charles formed a scholarly Christian group called, the "Holy Club." The Wesleys were close friends with George Whitefield, the renowned preacher of the American Great Awakening. In 1738, the Wesleys set sail from England to Georgia to serve as missionaries. During the tumultuous voyage at sea, they observed the faith of the Moravian Christians. There was awakened within them a desire for a more intimate relationship with God, eventually leading them to faith in...

Delaware Charter (October 28, 1701) granted by William Penn: <ARTICLE 1. Because no People can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyment of Civil Liberties, if abridged of the Freedom of their Consciences, as to their Religious Profession and Worship: And Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits; and the Author as well as Object of all Divine Knowledge, Faith and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare, That no Person or Persons, inhabiting In this Province or Territories, who...

Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges (October 28, 1701) issued by William Penn, stated: <Because no People can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyments of Civil Liberties, if abridged of the Freedom of their Consciences, as to their Religious Profession and Worship: And Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits; and the Author as well as Object of all divine Knowledge, Faith and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare: That no Person or Persons, inhabiting in this province or Territories,...

Yale College (1701) was founded by ten Congregational ministers as the Collegiate School at Killingworth, Milford and Saybrook, Connecticut. In 1716, it was moved to New Haven, Connecticut, and in 1718, it was renamed Yale College, after the benefactor Elihu Yale (1649-1721). An American-born English merchant, Elihu Yale amassed a considerable fortune as governor of the East India Company. He donated books and goods to the college from his estate in the amount of $2,800. The act authorizing the new college, passed by the General Court, declared it to be an institution in which: <Youth may be instructed in the Arts...

Carolina Act (1698) for maintenance of a minister at Charleston, Samuel Marshall: <Support for the first clergyman of the Church of England in Carolina. The legislature was moved to the action by its special pleasure in Mr. Marshall's character and conduct, and appropriated to him and his successors forever a yearly salary of £150 out of the public treasury.> 1698CA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1698CA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Carolina Act, 1698, for maintenance Samuel Marshall, minister in Charleston.