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Samuel Cooper was born on March 28, 1725 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Reverend William and Judith Sewall Cooper.
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Samuel Cooper was born on March 28, 1725 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Reverend William and Judith Sewall Cooper.
Cooper attended a grammar school in Boston and entered Harvard College from which he graduated in 1743. He was given the degree of Doctor of Divinity by the University of Edinburgh in 1767.
In December of 1743 Cooper was elected to the pastorate of the Brattle Square Church in Boston which was the scene of his life-work. This, the fourth church of the Puritan order to be established in Boston, was founded in 1699 and was frequently called the “Manifesto” Church from the title of the document which set forth the principles of its founders. Dr. Benjamin Colman was the first pastor. In 1715 Reverend William Cooper was chosen as his colleague, and at his death in 1743, apparently at the earnest desire of the aged Senior Pastor, Samuel was called to succeed his father, doing part duty till his ordination, May 21, 1746. On the death of Dr. Colman, August 29, 1747, he became sole pastor, and remained such till his death.
Cooper was an able and eloquent preacher, a sympathetic and untiring pastor, and under him Brattle Church was strong and flourishing. His orthodox Calvinism showed signs of softening at certain points, and in his pulpit style also he was accounted in advance of his time. His only literary output consists of a small number of sermons and miscellaneous pamphlets of which Palfrey rates his sermon of 1780, On the Commencement of the Constitution, as his best, and his Dudleian Lecture of 1774, The Man of Sin, a diatribe against the Papacy, as “the most indifferent. ” It was during his pastorate, in 1773, that the society built its second edifice on the old site. This building, regarded at its erection as the most splendid and costly church in Boston, was used by the British as a barrack during the siege, and was struck by a cannon ball the night before the evacuation. It was restored and used as a house of worship until its removal in 1871.
Cooper was active in the cause of American freedom and intimately associated with its leaders. As early as 1754 he wrote a pamphlet, The Crisis, against a government excise, and before and during the Revolution he was a constant contributor to the newspapers and an orator on the popular side. The celebrated inflammatory Hutchinson Letters passed through his hands, but were published against his advice. He became obnoxious to the British authorities and an order was issued for his arrest along with other leaders. But being warned, he fled from Boston on Sunday, April 8, 1775, and did not return until after the evacuation. It is commonly asserted that Cooper did not allow his political activities to interfere with his pastoral duties. Some doubt is thrown on this in William Tudor’s Life of James Otis (1823) where it is stated that because of his neglect of his sermon preparation he became notorious in clerical circles for his frequent pulpit exchanges.
Several portraits of Cooper were painted by Copley, the best known of which is in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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Cooper was an able and eloquent preacher, a sympathetic and untiring pastor.
Cooper did not allow his political activities to interfere with his pastoral duties.
Cooper was the first vice-president of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, instituted by the General Court in 1780. The Society for the Promotion of the Gospel among the Indians found in him a constant patron. He declined the presidency of Harvard College in 1774, but was a member of the Corporation from 1767 and was active in raising funds for the restoration of the Library after the fire of 1764.
Cooper's portrait represents the typical clergyman of the period, in wig, gown, and bands. But the face indicates less austerity of character than is commonly associated with the eighteenth-century New England divines. He had polished manners, an elegant diction, and a voice of great sweetness and power. He was a fluent speaker and would probably have been a fine extemporaneous preacher had he chosen to cultivate that art. His learning was extensive rather than deep. He was prominent in public affairs and had a wide circle of friends. His intimacy with Adams and Franklin brought him foreign friends and correspondents, and he was much sought after by visitors who came to New England from France and other European countries.
Cooper married Judith, a sister of Dr. Thomas Bulfinch, by whom he had two daughters.