Background
Leicester Ambrose was born on July 28, 1807 in Pinckney, Lewis County, New York, United States, the son of Jonathan and Lucy (Harper) Sawyer. His father was a wagon maker and a soldier of the War of 1812, who died in the service.
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Leicester Ambrose Sawyer
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Leicester was prepared for college privately and graduated as valedictorian of his class at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1828. After a year of teaching, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1831.
Career
In 1828 Leicester Ambrose spent a year in teaching at Clinton and Philadelphia. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Watertown that same year and on February 23, 1832, was ordained.
After serving several churches in Massachusetts and New York, he became, June 1835, pastor of the North (now United) Congregational Church, New Haven, Connecticut. Although his pastorate there was attended by marked success, he resigned at the close of two years on account of delicate health and assumed charge of the recently formed Park Street (now Dwight Place) Church in the same city.
Retiring from the latter position in 1840, he became president of Central College, Columbus, Ohio. From 1843 to 1854 he was successively stated supply or pastor of Presbyterian churches at Central College and Monroeville, Ohio, and Sacketts Harbor, New York. From 1854 to 1859 he was pastor of the Congregational Church at Westmoreland, New York, at the end of which time, on account of changes in his theological views, he obtained a letter of retirement from his denomination with the standing of an independent Christian minister.
After serving as pastor of the Second (South) Unitarian Church of Hingham, Massachussets, for the year 1859-60, he retired to Whitesboro, Oneida County, New York, where he spent the remainder of his life.
From 1868 to 1883 he was night editor of the Utica Morning Herald, preparing also for that paper a weekly column headed "Religious Intelligence. "
He died in 1898.
Achievements
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Leicester Ambrose Sawyer was one of the earliest American scholars to apply to the study of the Scriptures those literary and historical methods which were later known as the "higher criticism. " He translated practically the entire Bible, being both a translation and an analytical study. His most noteworthy work was that on the Prophets in the Old Testament field, in which he set forth the then revolutionary conclusion that they contained no reference to Jesus as the Messiah. He is also known for his works: The Children of Believers Entitled to Baptism (1838); A Critical Exposition of Mental Philosophy (1839); The New Testament Translated from the Original Greek (1858) and others.
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A Dissertation On Servitude:
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A Critical Exposition of Mental Philosophy;
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The Bible; Analyzed
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The Elements of Biblical Interpretation
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A Dissertation On Servitude:
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In his critical studies Sawyer reached the conclusion that Jesus was merely a social reformer and that the only genuine portions of the New Testament were five epistles of Paul.
Personality
Sawyer was a well-equipped scholar and an earnest seeker after truth. Although he dealt with matters that were highly controversial, he never sought controversy nor attacked those who disagreed with him.
Connections
On September 26, 1832, Sawyer married Pamelia Bert Bosworth of Smithville, New York, who died in 1881. Seven of their ten children survived their parents.
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Religion
Presbyterian