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Samuel Eakin

EAKIN, Samuel, clergyman, born about 1742; died in 1784. He was graduated at Princeton in 1763, and ordained by the Second presbytery of Philadelphia in 1770. From 1773 till 1777 he had charge of Penn's Neck Presbyterian Church in West Jersey; but, as most of the parishioners were Tories, he was obliged to withdraw on account of his zeal for American liberty. He was the idol of the soldiers, and whenever there was a military drill, or an Order for a March he was present, and by his fervor excited the patriotism of the troops to the highest degree. It is said that he never entered the pulpit without imploring the Lord "to teach our people how to fight, and give them fresh courage and perseverance to overcome their enemies." He was said to be the most eloquent preacher, after Whitefield that had ever been in this country.

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