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Timothy Dwight – died
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This DATE – Dwight born
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ON-this-DATE
5/14/1752, Timothy Dwight was born at Northampton,
Massachusetts. He was a Congregationalist and a grandson
of the famous Jonathan Edwards. Dwight was a state legislator,
a chaplain in the Continental Army, and a minister of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. In 1795 (when he was 43) he became
the president of Yale University. He remained in this position
until his death at age 64. In 1800 he wrote the hymn “I Love
Thy Kingdom, Lord.” Dwight published a revision of Watts
Psalms and added 33 of his own hymns. He helped lead a revival
at Yale, in which he saw 75 of their 230 students converted to Christ.