Background
Frederick Beasley was born in 1777 near Edenton, North Carolina, the son of John Beasley, a planter, and Mary (Blount) Beasley.
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American Dialogues of the Dead: And Dialogues of the American Dead (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from American Dialogues of the Dead: And Dialogues of the American Dead Mire the constitution of his country. The sentiments of his youth have been confirmed hy,the reflections and observations of his more mature years. He still regardsthat constitution, as one of the proudest monuments of human wisdom. His best hopes for his country are involved in its success, and surely its fate depends in a great degree upon ourselves. If we are determined, at all hazards, to pull down and destroy it, it will be wonderful, indeed, if it has strength to resist us; but if we are resolved to save it, there can be no solid reason given why it should not survive. It is hoped, at all events, that amidst the most violent con flicts' of party, and even the din of arms, there are some inclined to listen to the counsels of prudence, modera tion and temperance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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A Vindication of the Fundamental Principles of Truth and Order, in the Church of Christ, from the Allegations of the Rev. William E. Channing, D. D (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Sermon, Delivered Before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Pennsylvania: Held in St. James's Church, Philadelphia, May 3, 1815; And Published by Request You should be excited to zeal and industry in your holy vocation, in the next place, from considering the inveterate and mischievous libertinism of the age. The tares of unbe lief, unhappily for mankind, were sown in England, and on the continent of Europe, along with the good seeds of the reformation - It was the natural progress of the human mind to make this transition from the extreme of superstition, of a foul and abominable superstition, to that of infidelity. It was not to be wondered at, if when mankind had once thrown off the shackles of papal dominion, and the thunders of the Vatican ceased to drown the voice of enquiry, they felt some reluctance at such a season, to submit to the whole some control even of the genuine doctrines of the faith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Frederick Beasley
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Frederick entered the College of New Jersey in 1793, graduating in 1797 with high honors. For the next two years he was a tutor in the college while he studied philosophy and theology under Dr. Samuel Stanhope Smith, its president.
Career
Frederick was ordained deacon in 1801, priest in 1802, and in the latter year became rector of St. John's Church, Elizabethtown, New Jersey. In June 1803 he accepted a call to St. Peter's Church, Albany, where he remained until 1809 when he assumed charge of St. Paul's Church, Baltimore. In July 1813 he accepted the provostship of the University of Pennsylvania, which carried with it the chair of moral philosophy. He resigned in 1828, and was rector of St. Michael's Church, Trenton, New Jersey, 1829-1836, after which he lived in retirement at Elizabethtown.
Beasley published numerous sermons, pamphlets, and books. Although in personal relations gentle and confiding to the point of being often victimized, as soon as he took his theological pen in hand Beasley became a polemicist. Proud of his conservatism in thought and dress - still powdering his hair long after the custom had gone out - he was absolutely convinced of absolute truth and his acquaintance with it. The more abstract a proposition, the more violently it seemed to engage his emotions.
Although educated by Dr. Smith in the Scottish philosophical tradition, he became convinced that Scottish Realism had been hopelessly contaminated by the empirical idealism of Hume, while John Locke, he believed, was free from all trace of idealism. Thus his most noted work, A Search of Truth, was devoted to an elaborate but none too subtle defense of Locke's system, which, he asserted, "never has been and never can be overthrown. " The "detestable sophistries" of Berkeley, Hume, Reid, Channing, and Newman drew from Beasley attempted refutations mingled with cries of pain. The spectacle of these sophists so tormented him that his own possession of the truth brought little peace.
Achievements
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Beasley's published workes: A Sermon on Duelling (1811); American Dialogues of the Dead (1815); A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind (1822); A Vindication of the Argument a priori in Proof of the Being and Attributes of God, from the Objections of Dr. Waterland (1825); A Vindication of the Fundamental Principles of Truth and Order in the Church of Christ, from the Allegations of the Rev. Wm. E. Channing, D. D. (1830); An Examination of No. 90 of the Tracts for the Times (1842).
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A Vindication of the Fundamental Principles of Truth and Order, in the Church of Christ, from the Allegations of the Rev. William E. Channing, D. D (Classic Reprint)
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A Sermon, Delivered Before the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Pennsylvania: Held in St. James's Church, Philadelphia, ... And Published by Request (Classic Reprint)
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American Dialogues of the Dead: And Dialogues of the American Dead (Classic Reprint)
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A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind: Part First
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A Vindication of the Fundamental Principles of Truth and Order, in the Church of Christ, from the Allegations of the Rev. William E. Channing, D. D (Classic Reprint)
Connections
Beasley was twice married: on August 22, 1803, to Susan Dayton by whom he had one child; and on November 27, 1804, to Maria Williamson by whom he had nine children.
