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A Sermon Delivered at Nassau-Hall, January 14, 1761, on the Death of His Late Majesty King George II

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Elegy/preface mourning the sudden death of President Samuel Davies of the College of New-Jersey, extolling his piety, learning, ministry, and impact on students and church.
Archive ⬩ Autobiography and Biography, Colonial Presbyterian History, Death and Dying
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Samuel Davies (1723–1761) was an influential evangelical Presbyterian pastor and educator who played a key role in spreading the Great Awakening in colonial Virginia, where he built licensed meetinghouses and attracted large congregations with his powerful preaching. He also traveled to London to raise funds for the College of New Jersey and later became its fourth president, strengthening the institution before his early death at age thirty-seven. Davies was one of the first colonial Americans to compose hymns and was buried in the presidents’ plot at Princeton Cemetery.

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