---
title: 'John Witherspoon and His Times'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1890-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 2'
- 'Romans 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1890-john-witherspoon-and-his-times
---

# John Witherspoon and His Times

McCosh's address recounts John Witherspoon's life, Presbyterian/Covenanter heritage, and his influence on church polity and American (Princeton) religious life.

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