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 EDWARDS

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College of New Jersej- and from Yale in 1769, and in 1785 that of S.T.D. from the College of New Jersey. By an odd coincidence, on tlie first Sunday of the year of his death, IbUl, he preached from the text,'" This year thou shalt die."" as his father had done. He prepared of the works of his father left mipubiished. History of the Work of Bedemption, two volumes of sermons and 3Iis- cellaneous Observations on Important Theological Subjects in two volumes. He published of his own M^ritings, A Dissertation Concerning Liberty and Necessity, sermons on The Necessity of the Atone- ment and Its Consistency vMh Free Grace in Forgive- ness (1785), and observations on the Language of the Miihhekeneew Indians. The Rev. Tryon Ed- wards, his grandson, edited with a memoir most of his published writings (2 vols., 1842}. He died in Schenectady, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1801.

EDWARDS, Jonathan, lawyer, was born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 7, 1798; son of Jonathan Walter (1772-1831), lawyer; brother of Tryon, clergyman and author (1809-1895), and George "W., merchant (1811-1896) ; grandson of Jonathan Edwards, Jr., theologian (1745-1801); great- grandson of Jonathan Edwards, theologian (1703- 1758) ; and great ^ grandson of Timothy Edwards, clergyman (1669-1758). He was graduated at Yale in 1819, studied law in Litchfield, Conn., practised in Hartford, and was for a time probate judge. He removed to Troy, N.Y., in 1840, where he served as mayor of the city and as a member of the state assembly. He died in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 23, 1875.

EDWARDS, Jonathan, clergyman, was born- in Andover, Mass., July 17, 1820; son of the Rev. Justin and Lydia (Bigelow) Edwards. He pre- pared for college at Phillips Andover academy ; was graduated at Yale in 1840 ; studied at Yale theological seminary one year and was graduated at Andover theological seminary in 1847. He was pastor at Wobui-n, Mass., 1848-56; at Roches- ' ter, N.Y., 1856-62; at Dedham, Mass., 1863-74; served as acting president of Colorado college, 1874-75, and was pastor at Grantville (Welles- ley Hills), Mass., 1876-94. He was married Aug. 30, 1848, to Frances Swan, daughter of the Hon. I David and Augusta Robinson (Hovilton) Bron- son of Augusta, Maine. He was the author of One Lawgiver (1854) ; Characters (1856) ; Duties of Children to their Parents (1858) ; Faith and Pa- tience of the Fathers (1863) ; and Memorial of Eben- eser Bnrgess, D.D. (1870). He died at Wellesley Hills, Mass., July 16, 1894.

EDWARDS, Julian, composer, was born in Manchester, England, Dec. 17, 1855. He studied music with Sir Herbert Oakeley in Edinburgh and with Sir George Macfarran in London. Sub- sequent to 1880 he composed several operettas that were successfully presented in some of the

smaller towns. After becoming conductor to the Royal English opera company, he composed "Victorian," a grand opera founded on Longfellow's '"Spanish Student." This was brought out in Sheffield, England, March 6, 1883, and was produced at the Covent garden theatre, London, in January, 1884. He came to the United States in July, 1888, and on Jan. 9, 1889, was married in New York city to Philippine Diedle, who had created Preciosa in "Victorian" when it was produced in Sheffield. Among his compositions are: Jupiter, a comic opera produced April 14, 1892, in Washington, D.C.; Friend Fritz, a musical comedy, produced Jan. 26, 1893, at Herrmann's theatre, New York city; King Rene's Daughter, a one-act lyrical drama, adapted by Mr. Edwards from a German play, and produced Nov. 22, 1893, at Hermann's theatre ; Madeleine ; or The Magic Kiss, produced Jul}'^ 31, 1894, at the Tremont theatre, Boston, Mass. ; Tlie Goddess of Truth, an opera comique, produced in February, 1896, at Abbey's theatre. New York city; Brian Boru, pro- duced Oct. 19, 1896, at the Broadway theatre, New York city. He also composed the grand ojieras Elfndla and Corinne, and published Sun^ light and Shadov, a collection of songs.

EDWARDS, Justin, clergyman, was born in Westhampton, Mass., April 25, 1787. He was descended from Alexander (1655-1690), through Samuel, who died in 1749. He was graduated at AVilliams in 1810; studied at Andover theological seminary, 1811-12; was ordained Dec. 2, 1812, and had charge of the south parish, Andover, 1812-27. He then preached at the Salem street church, Boston, 1828-29. He was a member of the executive committee of the American tract society, 1817-21; corresponding secretary and business manager, 1821-29; helped to organize the American society for the promotion of tem- perance in 1825, and was its first agent, 1825-27. He resigned the pastorate of the Salem street church in 1829 and engaged as secretary of the American temperance society, 1829-36, in travel- ling and lecturing in various parts of the country. He then served as president of Andover theological seminary, 1836-42. He was secretai-y of the American and foreign Sabbath school union, Boston, 1842-49, and organized the first temperance society in Washington, D.C. He was married to Lydia Bigelow of Andover. He received the degree of D.D. from Yale in 1827. His published works include numerous sermons, tracts and addresses of Avhich millions of copies were distributed. He also edited Journal of the Temperance Society and published Sabbath Manual and Temperance JIanual. A memoir of his life by the Rev. W'illiam Hallock was published by the American tract society in 1855. He died at Bath Alum Springs, Va., July 24, 1853.