Timothy Dwight IV

thumb|Timothy Dwight IV Timothy Dwight (May 14, 1752 – January 11, 1817) was an American academic and educator, theologian and author, and Congregationalist minister. He was the eighth president of Yale College (1795–1817). Quotes The Bible is a window in this prison-world, through which we may look into eternity. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 29. It is impossible for the mind which is not totally destitute of piety, to behold the sublime, the awful, the amazing works of creation and providence — the heavens with their luminaries, the mountains, the ocean, the storm, the earthquake, the volcano, the circuit of the seasons, and the revolutions of empires — without marking in them all the mighty hand of God, and feeling strong emotions of reverence toward the Author of these stupendous works. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 273. What must be the knowledge of Him, from whom all created minds have derived both their power of knowledge, and the innumerable objects of their knowledge! What must be the wisdom of Him, from whom all things derive their wisdom! Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 275. External links Timothy Dwight IV Category:Academics from the United States Category:Theologians from Massachusetts Category:Clergy from the United States Category:Historians from Massachusetts Category:Educators from Massachusetts Category:1752 births Category:1817 deaths Category:Epic poets Category:19th-century poets from the United States Category:Protestants from the United States Category:Poets from Massachusetts Category:Yale University alumni