Spouse(s) Esther (Cummin) Smith Died 1792 Name Joseph Smith | Church Presbyterian Relatives Joseph Smith Grandson Education Princeton University | |
Born 1736 Cecil County, Maryland Role Presbyterian minister, born 1736 | ||
Joseph smith money digging and seer stones an evangelical lds dialogue
Joseph Smith (1736–1792) was a prominent Presbyterian minister in Western Pennsylvania. He is one of the founders of Washington & Jefferson College.
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- Joseph smith money digging and seer stones an evangelical lds dialogue
- Joseph smith money digging and seer stones an evangelical lds dialogue edited
- Early life
- Career
- References
Joseph smith money digging and seer stones an evangelical lds dialogue edited
Early life
Smith was born in Cecil County, Maryland, not far from the modern location of the Conowingo Dam. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1764 at the relatively mature age of 28. He was "tall, blond, slender, and had piercing eyes" and was "emotional to a degree we do not usually associate with Englishmen."
Career
He was first licensed to preach by New Castle Presbytery and accepted a call in Brandywine, Pennsylvania. He and his family moved west to Cross Creek in what is now Washington County, Pennsylvania. There, he built a home and a log school called "The Study," where he taught.
Smith was known as a "firery and eloquent speaker" and held days-long revivals on the high plateau at Upper Buffalo. He loved reading religious materials in the original language: The Old Testament in Hebrew, the New Testament in Greek, Edward Leigh's Critica Sacra, and Pool's Synopsis. It was said that he kept a cloak at the foot of his bed for use when he would spontaneously rise to pray in his bitterly cold room in the middle of the night.