The Story Is Told That Jonathan Edwards, The ...  PRO

The story is told that Jonathan Edwards, the third president of Princeton University and a great preacher of another generation, had a daughter who had a nasty temper, which was not well known to many people outside the family. Well it happened that a young man met and fell in love with this young woman and went to Edwards to ask for her hand (and the rest of her as well) in marriage.

‘You can’t have her,’ was his abrupt answer. ‘But I love her,’ the young man replied.

‘You can’t have her.’ ‘But she loves me.’

‘You can’t have her.’ ‘Why?’ the young man finally asked. ‘Because...

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