Jonathan Edwards – married, July 20, 1726

Never do anything I would not want to be doing the last hour of my life.

 

Nothing puts a man so far from the devil’s reach as humility.

 

Colonial clergyman Jonathan Edwards (age 23) married Sarah Pierpont (age 16) this date, 7/20/1726.  They were married over 30 years – married until his death in 1758.  (his wife only out-lived him six months, dying at only 48).