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Bedford Medicinal Springs.

James Dodson

1811-James Renwick Willson.-One of Willson’s earliest productions, this article shows his familiarity with numerous fields of natural science. Willson was, at this time, disqualified from his ministerial pursuits due to some kind of ailment. As the local classical teacher, in the Bedford Academy, he may have been attracted to the healings properties exhibited by these springs.

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Classical Literature.

James Dodson

1812-James Renwick Willson.-In this address, Willson, who was a young school teacher at the Bedford Academy, explains to his young scholars the value of learning Latin, Greek and Hebrew. He was himself a trained classical scholar and hoped to instill in his students a love for the classics.

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An Interesting Sketch of the Life and Death of Dr. H[arry] [Innes] T[odd], of Kentucky.

James Dodson

1817-James Renwick Willson.-This is a very interesting account of the short acquaintance that Willson had with a son of an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme court. The young Dr. Todd fell ill along the way home to Kentucky and was kept in Willson’s company which issued in his conversion before death. This narrative also suggests the harmful effects of the theater on the minds of men, especially youth. It is a cautionary tale which ends in redemption.

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Dr. Watts, an Anti-Trinitarian: Demonstrated

James Dodson

1821-James Renwick Willson-This begins with a very pointed response to the rejection of this Review by the editors of the Presbyterian Magazine. What follows Willson’s exposure and critique of Isaac Watts as an antitrinitarian and the implications for church psalmody.

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Sermon on Civil Government.

James Dodson

1821-James Renwick Willson.-A sermon showing that the obligation to civil government as well as the obligations of the civil magistrate are founded and grounded in the Moral Law particularly as it is to be discovered in the Fifth Commandment.

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