---
title: 'Characteristics of Early Presbyterian Preachers'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Nathan Grier Parke'
date: 1890-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
scriptures:
- 'Job 2'
- 'Romans 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/parke-1890-characteristics-of-early-presbyterian-preachers
---

# Characteristics of Early Presbyterian Preachers

Address on early Paxtang Presbyterian preachers, noting strict orthodoxy, frugality, long sermons, catechetical family worship, and their civic role in education and public life.

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