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Samuel was born on February 27, 1737 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Eventually his family moved to Charleston, South Carolina.
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Two sermons: the first from Psalm CII. 19, 20, delivered the Lord's-day before the execution of Levi Ames, who was executed at Boston, Thursday, ... preached at the desire of the criminal,...
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Title: Two sermons : the first from Psalm CII. 19, 20, delivered the Lord's-day before the execution of Levi Ames, who was executed at Boston, Thursday, October twenty-first, for burglary, aet. 22 : this discourse was preached at the desire of the criminal, who also attended on the occasion : the second from Proverbs XVII. 25, preached the Lord's-day after his execution and designed as an improvement of that awful event by way of caution to others : to which is added, at the request of many, an account of the exercise of his mind, from the time of his confinement, until he left the world : together with the conversation the author had with him as he walked with him from the prison to the gallows ... Author: Samuel Stillman Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP03345100 CollectionID: CTRG00-B1118 PublicationDate: 17730101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: "The final eight pages contain: The life, last words, and dying speech of Levi Ames, who was executed at Boston, on Thursday afternoon, the twenty-first of October, 1773, for bulglary. Taken from his own mouth, and published at his desire, as a solemn warning to all, more particularly young people. ... ... To which is added A Dialogue and a poem."--Sabin. Collation: 31, 8 p
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An oration: delivered July 4th, 1789, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in celebration of the anniversary of American independence.
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Title: An oration : delivered July 4th, 1789, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in celebration of the anniversary of American independence. Author: Samuel Stillman Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP03343500 CollectionID: CTRG00-B1111 PublicationDate: 17890101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: Collation: 30 p. ; 20 cm
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Select Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects
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A sermon, preached May 31, 1791, in Providence, state of Rhode-Island: on the death of Nicholas Brown, Esq. : who died the 29th preceding, aet. 62.
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Title: A sermon, preached May 31, 1791, in Providence, state of Rhode-Island : on the death of Nicholas Brown, Esq. : who died the 29th preceding, aet. 62. Author: Samuel Stillman Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more. Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ SourceLibrary: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP03344800 CollectionID: CTRG00-B1115 PublicationDate: 17910101 SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Notes: "Published at the desire of the bereaved family." "The following sketch of the character of the deceased appeared in the Providence gazette of June 4, 1791."--iv p. at end. Collation: 24, iv p. ; 19 cm
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Samuel Stillman
Edit ProfileEducation
Samuel attended Rind's Academy at Charleston, South Carolina and studied theology for one year under the Rev. Oliver Hart, pastor of the Baptist church with which he had united.
He received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the College of Philadelphia in 1761, and the same degree, ad eundem, that same year from Harvard, and from Brown in 1769. The last-named University conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1788.
Career
Stillman was ordained on February 26, 1759, and preached for two years at James Island, in the vicinity of Charleston. Conditions of health led him northward and for two years he lived at Bordentown, New Jersey, where he supplied two churches.
About 1764 he was called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, a position he retained for the rest of his life. He was installed on January 9, 1765, by a council to which only "orthodox, " i. e. , Congregational, churches were invited. At that time the First Baptist Church was not in very amicable relations with other Baptist churches; but, except with the Second Church, from which a number of members withdrew to follow Stillman, better relations were soon established.
By the time he settled in Boston he was already interested in the movement to found Rhode Island College (Brown University), and was named among the original trustees in 1764. A year later, he became a fellow of the College, retaining the position for life.
One of his early sermons in Boston, Good News from a Far Country (1766), had its inception in the repeal of the Stamp Act. The General Court invited him to preach the annual election sermon in 1779 when the most vital public concern was the policy of the constitutional convention. Stillman frankly argued the necessity of inserting in the constitution of the state a Bill of Rights and provision for the separation of church and state, since only by this procedure could the sacred rights of conscience be secured.
The citizens of Boston elected him as one of their twelve delegates to the convention for the ratification of the federal Constitution, and, on the first observance of Independence Day after the institution of the new government, they requested him to preach the anniversary sermon.
In 1808 his addresses were published under the title Select Sermons on Doctrinal and Practical Subjects. He was chairman of the Baptist Committee on Grievances.
He died in 1807.
Achievements
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Samuel Stillman was instrumental in founding the first Baptist Missionary Society in America (now known as The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts). He brought his church into the Warren Association and became one of the outstanding leaders in that influential organization, in spite of the fact that the first half of his pastorate was very definitely handicapped by the strained relations with the Second Baptist Church.
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An oration: delivered July 4th, 1789, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in celebration of the anniversary of American independence.
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A sermon, preached May 31, 1791, in Providence, state of Rhode-Island: on the death of Nicholas Brown, Esq. : who died the 29th preceding, aet. 62.
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Two sermons: the first from Psalm CII. 19, 20, delivered the Lord's-day before the execution of Levi Ames, who was executed at Boston, Thursday, ... preached at the desire of the criminal,...
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Religion
He was an active proponent of the Baptists.
Personality
He early acquired a reputation for intellectual ability.
Quotes from others about the person
According to editor Frank Moore, Stillman was "a member of the Senate Convention for the formation of the state constitution in 1779; as also for the adoption of the federal constitution in 1788; in the last body he delivered a very eloquent speech in its support, and was considered at the time as having contributed much toward its adoption, and confirmed many members in its favor who were previously wavering upon that question. To that constitution he ever after continued a firm, unshaken friend, and a warm approver of the administration of Washington and Adams. "
Connections
In May 1759 he was married to Hannah Morgan, of Philadelphia, and they had fourteen children, only two of whom survived their father.
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Baptist