Biographical InformationJONATHAN EDWARDS was born to the Reverend Timothy Edwards and his wife Esther, October 5, 1703. He was the fifth of eleven born to the Reverend; who settled in East Windsor, Connecticut. Coming from an evangelical Puritan family, he was also expected to study and learn the Bible as well as strict adherents of Calvinism. Debates over his Reformed Calvinist faith and "liberal" movements fascinated his thoughts and his pen. He considered Anglican Arminianism and deism to be heresy that was in direct opposition to his Reformed Puritan upbringing. He synthesized Protestant Calvinism with Newtonian physics and Lockean psychology. Beauty, for Edwards, was an essential aspect of any entity. Beauty existed in the harmony of the agreement of its parts. Today we can see that this contribution still exists in modern ethics. At his graduation from Yale, Edwards gave the valedictorian address to his graduating class. By now he was well established in philosophy. He subsequently spent two years in New Haven studying theology. Edwards arrived in Northampton, Massachusetts, on August 29, 1726 to assist Solomon Stoddard, a famous revivalist and Edwards' grandfather. Interestingly, Edwards was considered a studious pastor, where his rule was to study 13 hours a day. Upon Stoddard's death on February 11, 1729, he took the helm of the largest and most influential church outside Boston. By necessity, his focus shifted from theoretical to practical divinity. Edwards would remain undershepherd in Northampton for nearly twenty-four years. What is commonly known as the “First Great Awakening” found its first stirrings here, beginning in 1734. Edwards oversaw these powerful moves of the Spirits...... half of the paper...... New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994.—. The great Christian doctrine of original sin defended. Boston, New England: S Kneeland in front of the Probate Office at Queen-fttreet, 1758. Harwood, Adam PhD. The spiritual condition of children. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2011.JohnWesley. "Original Sin". Sermons by John Wesley. By Thomas Jaction. ndMarsden., George M. A Brief Life of Jonathan Edwards. Grand Rapids Michigan: Eerdmans, 2008.Minkema, Kenneth P.;. "Jonathan Edwards: Biography." The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University. 2003. http://edwards.yale.edu/research/about-edwards/biography (accessed 27 September 2011). Wainwright, William. “Jonathan Edwards, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.” http://plato.stanford.edu. Edited by Edward N. Zalta. Fall 2009. url{http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2009/entries/edwards/ (accessed September 24, 2011).