Wilberforce's Practical View Of Christianity Cortland Van Rensselaer Antique Old

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.RARE OLD ANTIQUE  BOOK SIGNED BY CORTLANDT VAN RENSSELAER

"Mrs Sarah R. Jones with the affectionate regards of her pastor Cortlandt Van Rennselaer. Burlington, N.J. June 26th 1838 "

WILBERFORCE'S PRACTICAL VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY.

A PRACTICAL VIEW of the PREVAILING RELIGIOUS SYSTEM of PROFESSED CHRISTIANS,  in the higher and middle classes in this country, CONTRASTED WITH REAL CHRISTIANITY  by  W.WILBERFORCE, Esq.

Printed for SCOTT AND WEBSTER,(successors to Mr. Dove) 36 Charterhouse square London.  not dated.

316 pages in very good clean condition, with some yellowing, a little spotting, end papers are discolored, and blank pages inside back and front covers are spotted, yellowing spotting on frontispiece and first title page with illustration of Jesus. Black embossed leather cover has wear, rubbing , edge wear. gold decoration on cover and spine. Book would look great on your bookshelf !!!  pages are nicely bound. gilt page edges. Cute little book measures 3 3/8" by 5 1/2"

I don't know if Rev Cortland van Rennsselaer and Rev Wilberforce every met or had contact with each other, or if Rensselaer just just received inspiration from his writings. Both men were anti slavery. It would also be interesting to find out who Mrs Sarah Jones was, and her family history.  I have another book with the name Sarah Ralston Chester from her father , dated 1828. this book was purchased with the Wilberforce book, so maybe this is her maiden name ?

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HERE IS A LITTLE HISTORY

Cortland Van Rensselaer was the son of General Stephen Van Rensselaer ( the Patroon of Albany) and Cornelia Paterson (daughter of Governor Paterson of N.J.) Born in Albany New York May 26, 1808, died July 25 1860. A Yale College graduate of 1827. 1830 he was admitted to the Bar, but decided to enter Princeton Theological Seminary. Ordained to the sacred office in 1835, and commenced his ministry in preaching to the coloured( slave )  population in Virginia. While preaching to the slaves in Virginia Van Rensselaer resided with Mrs S.C Carrington at Mildendo Halifax Va. In 1837 he was installed Pastor of his church The First Presbyterian Church Burlington New Jersey. (It was during this time when the book was given to Mrs Jones).  In 1847 he was chosen corresponding Secretary, and principal executive officer of the board of education under the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church. He founded the Presbyterian magazine.In 1852, he spearheaded efforts to establish the Presbyterian Historical Society ensuring that the history of Presbyterians and their impact on the world would be preserved for future generations

William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist , and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade . A native of Kingston upon Hull , Yorkshire , he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784–1812). In 1785, he underwent a conversion experience and became an evangelical Christian , resulting in major changes to his lifestyle and a lifelong concern for reform. In 1787, he came into contact with Thomas Clarkson and a group of anti-slave-trade activists, including Granville Sharp , Hannah More and Charles Middleton . They persuaded Wilberforce to support the cause of abolition, and he soon became one of the leading English abolitionists . He headed the parliamentary campaign against the British slave trade for twenty-six years until the passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807 .

Wilberforce was convinced of the importance of religion, morality and education. He championed causes and campaigns such as the Society for Suppression of Vice , British missionary work in India, the creation of a free colony in Sierra Leone , the foundation of the Church Mission Society , and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . His underlying conservatism led him to support politically and socially repressive legislation, and resulted in criticism that he was ignoring injustices at home while campaigning for the enslaved abroad.

In later years, Wilberforce supported the campaign for the complete abolition of slavery, and continued his involvement after 1826, when he resigned from Parliament because of his failing health. That campaign led to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 , which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire ; Wilberforce died just three days after hearing that the passage of the Act through Parliament was assured. He was buried in Westminster Abbey , close to his friend William Pitt .

William Wilberforce was born in a house on the High Street of Hull , in the East Riding of Yorkshire on 24 August 1759, the only son of Robert Wilberforce (1728–1768), a wealthy merchant and his wife Elizabeth Bird (1730–1798). He was baptised at Seaton Ross in the East Riding on 29 September 1759. His grandfather William (1690–1776) had made the family fortune in the maritime trade with Baltic countries ,[ 1] and had twice been elected mayor of Hull.[ 2]

 

Wilberforce was a small, sickly and delicate child, with poor eyesight.[ 3] In 1767 he began attending Hull Grammar School[ 4] , at the time headed by a young, dynamic headmaster, Joseph Milner , who was to become a lifelong friend.[ 5] Wilberforce profited from the supportive atmosphere at the school until the death of his father in 1768. With his mother struggling to cope, the nine-year-old Wilberforce was sent to a prosperous uncle and aunt with houses in both St James' Place, London and Wimbledon , at that time a village 7 mi (11 km) southwest of London. He attended an "indifferent" boarding school in Putney for two years, spending his holidays in Wimbledon, where he grew extremely fond of his relatives.[ 6] He became interested in evangelical Christianity because of their influence, especially that of his Aunt Hannah, sister of the wealthy Christian merchant John Thornton , a philanthropist and a supporter of the leading Methodist preacher George Whitefield .[ 7]

Wilberforce's staunchly Church of England mother and grandfather, alarmed at these nonconformist influences and at his leanings towards evangelicalism , brought the 12-year-old boy back to Hull in 1771. Wilberforce was heartbroken to be separated from his aunt and uncle.[ 8] His family opposed a return to Hull Grammar School because the headmaster had become a Methodist; Wilberforce therefore continued his education at nearby Pocklington School from 1771 to 1776.[ 9] [ 10] Influenced by Methodist scruples, he initially resisted Hull's lively social life, but as his religious fervour diminished, he embraced theatre-going, attended balls and played cards.[ 11]

In October 1776 at the age of 17, Wilberforce went up to St John's College, Cambridge .[ 12] The deaths of his grandfather and uncle in 1776 and 1777 respectively had left him independently wealthy,[ 13] and as a result he had little inclination or need to apply himself to serious study. Instead, he immersed himself in the social round of student life,[ 12] [ 13] and pursued a hedonistic lifestyle enjoying cards, gambling and late-night drinking sessions—although he found the excesses of some of his fellow students distasteful.[ 14] [ 15] Witty, generous, and an excellent conversationalist, Wilberforce was a popular figure. He made many friends, including the more studious future Prime Minister , William Pitt .[ 15] [ 16] Despite his lifestyle and lack of interest in studying, he managed to pass his examinations,[ 17] and was awarded a B.A. in 1781 and an M.A. in 1788

In October 1784, Wilberforce embarked upon a tour of Europe which would determine his future career and ultimately change his life. He travelled with his mother and sister in the company of Isaac Milner , the brilliant younger brother of his former headmaster, who had been Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge , in the year when Wilberforce first went up. They visited the French Riviera and enjoyed the usual pastimes of dinners, cards, and gambling.[ 35] In February 1785, Wilberforce returned to the United Kingdom temporarily, to support Pitt’s proposals for parliamentary reforms. He rejoined the party in Genoa , Italy , from where they continued their tour to Switzerland . Milner accompanied Wilberforce to England, and on the journey they read The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul by Philip Doddridge , a leading early 18th-century English nonconformist .[ 36]

 

Wilberforce's spiritual journey is thought to have begun at this time. He started to rise early to read the Bible and pray and kept a private journal.[ 37] He underwent an evangelical conversion , regretting his past life and resolving to commit his future life and work to the service of God.[ 7] His conversion changed some of his habits but not his nature: he remained outwardly cheerful, interested, and respectful, tactfully urging others towards his new faith.[ 38] Inwardly, he underwent an agonising struggle and became relentlessly self-critical, harshly judging his spirituality, use of time, vanity , self-control, and relationships with others.[ 39]

At the time religious enthusiasm was generally regarded as a social transgression and was stigmatised in polite society. Evangelicals in the upper classes, such as Sir Richard Hill , the Methodist MP for Shropshire , and Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon were exposed to contempt and ridicule,[ 40] and Wilberforce's conversion led him to question whether he should remain in public life. Wilberforce sought guidance from John Newton , a leading Evangelical Anglican clergyman of the day and Rector of St Mary Woolnoth in the City of London .[ 41] [ 42] Both Newton and Pitt counselled Wilberforce to remain in politics, and he resolved to do so "with increased diligence and conscientiousness".[ 7] Thereafter, his political views were informed by his faith and by his desire to promote Christianity and Christian ethics in private and public life.[ 43] [ 44] His views were often deeply conservative, opposed to radical changes in a God-given political and social order, and focused on issues such as the observance of the Sabbath and the eradication of immorality through education and reform.[ 45] As a result, he was often distrusted by progressive voices because of his conservatism, and regarded with suspicion by many Tories who saw Evangelicals as radicals, bent on the overthrow of church and state.[ 24]

In 1786 Wilberforce leased a house in Old Palace Yard, Westminster , in order to be near Parliament. He began using his parliamentary position to advocate reform by introducing a Registration Bill, proposing limited changes to parliamentary election procedures.[ 7] [ 46] He brought forward a bill to extend the measure permitting the dissection after execution of criminals such as rapists, arsonists and thieves. The bill also advocated the reduction of sentences for women convicted of treason, a crime that at the time included a husband's murder. The House of Commons passed both bills, but they were defeated in the House of Lords

Wilberforce's involvement in the abolition movement was motivated by a desire to put his Christian principles into action and to serve God in public life.[ 74] [ 75] He and other Evangelicals were horrified by what they perceived was a depraved and unchristian trade, and the greed and avarice of the owners and traders.[ 75] [ 76] Wilberforce sensed a call from God, writing in a journal entry in 1787 that "God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the Slave Trade and the Reformation of Manners [moral values]".[ 77] [ 78] The conspicuous involvement of Evangelicals in the highly popular anti-slavery movement served to improve the status of a group otherwise associated with the less popular campaigns against vice and immorality

here is some interesting information about one of the slaves families Van Rensselaer ministered to.

Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed, M.D., the first African American student to graduate from Yale.In 1857, Creed became the first African American to be awarded any degree by Yale when he received an M.D. from the School of Medicine.

Creed’s mother, Vashti Duplex, was New Haven’s first African American schoolteacher and the daughter of Prince Duplex, a Revolutionary War soldier who gained freedom from slavery upon service to the Continental Army. The alumnus’ father, John William Creed, possibly a native of Santa Cruz, West Indies, was a Yale College janitor and for over 20 years a successful caterer for Yale. The two were married by the Reverend Leonard Bacon, who taught theology at Yale and was well known for his anti-slavery views and advocacy of education for people of African descent.

Named for Cortlandt Van Rensselaer, 1827 A.B., the son of a wealthy New York family, the young Creed graduated from the New Haven Lancasterian School, a forerunner of James Hillhouse High School. John Creed is said to have inquired about his own chances for admission to Yale College in the 1830s. Receiving no reply, he would wait another 20 years before promoting the admission of his son. Cortlandt Creed applied and was accepted to the Medical Department of Yale College in 1854.

In 1855, Cortlandt Creed wrote a letter to Frederick Douglass noting the unequal access to established medical resources in his community, describing his ambition to complete medical studies and outlining his plans to practice in Liberia or in western Africa.

After receiving his medical degree in 1857, Creed developed a successful and racially mixed medical practice in both New Haven and Brooklyn, New York. He requested permission to serve in the Civil War as a surgeon in the Connecticut Volunteers, but was refused because of his race. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln authorized the recruitment of African American troops, and Creed was appointed acting surgeon of the 30th Regiment U.S.C. Infantry and served to the war’s end.

Creed wrote, “On every side we behold colored sons rallying to the sound of Liberty and Union.” During his career, Creed was cited frequently in local news and The New York Times for his surgical and forensic skills, and was consulted for a medical opinion at the time of President James Garfield’s assassination. He served as medical officer in the Connecticut National Guard and was admitted to membership in the Connecticut Medical Society. Creed married twice and had three living sons at the time of his death on Aug. 8, 1900. He was laid to rest in the family burial plot at Grove Street Cemetery. “When Creed graduated from Yale in 1857, no more than a handful of African Americans had previously received medical degrees from U.S. institutions, and none from the Ivy League schools,” notes Lee. “Yale continued to admit African Americans sporadically during the late 19th century, graduating another 10 students by 1903. However, for the next 45 years, admission of African-American students to Yale’s medical program virtually halted as the American society intensified divisions across racial and ethnic boundaries.”

Here is some other history about Cortlandt van Rensselaer family.

Dutch travel writer Jasper Dankaerts.

Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer was an upper-class housewife who lived in the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (which later became New York after being taken over by the English). When her husband died she became the overseer (manager or supervisor) of his family's estate to protect her children's inheritance. Van Rensselaer was raised in the tradition of seventeenth-century women in the Netherlands, who were considered the most independent in Europe. This independence was the result of being educated and trained to manage household accounts so they were able to take over the family business if they were ever widowed. Dutch women in the New World (a European term for North America and South America) were also expected to protect the family's wealth so that their children would have an inheritance. Maria van Cortlandt van Rensselaer fulfilled these expectations. Thus she was able to keep secure for her children one of the largest estates in New York.

Marries Into Prominent Family

Maria van Cortlandt was born on July 20, 1645, the daughter of the wealthy New Amsterdam (later New York City)merchant Oloffe Stevense van Cortlandt and Anna Loockermans. In 1662 she married Jeremias van Rensselaer. When Jeremias proposed to Maria, she was considered too young to marry (she was seventeen). Yet Jeremias felt she was mature enough to manage a household. As he explained in a letter to his mother, "You may think perhaps that she is still a little young and therefore not well able to take care of a household. She is only entering her eighteenth year, but nevertheless we get along very well in the household." He had actually been patient: "I had been thinking of her already a year or two before, when now and then I did an errand at the Manahatans." After they were married, the young couple left for Albany. They settled in the patroon house (home of the Dutch proprietor, or head of the colony), which was the best dwelling at Rensselaerswyck, consisting of two cellars, two rooms, and an attic.

Widowed with Six Children

The Dutch placed great importance on family and looked forward to the birth of children. In May 1663 Jeremias wrote to his brother in Holland: "You may perhaps be longing to hear whether we have any baby yet. My answer is no, but that my wife is pregnant and that, please God, she will be in childbirth in two or three months at the longest." Maria gave birth to Kiliaen, named for his grandfather, the following August. When Jeremias died in 1674 Maria was responsible for the care of five children under the age of eleven, and she was pregnant with her sixth child. After giving birth she became lame and had to walk with crutches for the rest of her life.

Struggles to Save Estate

Maria van Rensselaer had to deal with significant business responsibilities and mounting debts. In addition, she had the task of obtaining a land grant that would guarantee family possession of the almost twenty-four square miles of the Rensselaerswyck property. Jeremias's younger brother, Nicholas, tried to take over the estate. Unlike many widows with young children, van Rensselaer did not remarry, so she did not have the help of a husband in fending off Nicholas's claim. When possible she relied on her father and her brother, Stephanus van Cortlandt, who lived in New York City. Eventually they reached a compromise whereby Nicholas was appointed director, van Rensselaer was elected treasurer, and Stephanus served as bookkeeper. When Nicholas died in 1678 his widow married Robert Livingston, a member of a prominent New York family. Livingston immediately tried to force division of Rensselaerswyck among various heirs. He continued his efforts until 1685, when he and the van Rensselaers agreed upon a settlement.

Manages Rensselaerswyck

During this time—in spite of her rapidly declining health—van Rensselaer remained in charge of the day-to-day running of the estate. She oversaw the leasing of farms to tenants. She also bought and sold land, wheat, and cattle, and maintained houses, barns, mills, and fences. In addition, "to keep up the dignity of the colony," she entertained distinguished visitors such as the governor. Her most important responsibility, however, was ensuring a future for her children. Since Jeremias had made no provisions for his family in his will, Maria sent Kiliaen to be apprenticed to (learn a trade from) a New York silversmith. Two of her other children went to New York City to live with her parents. All of the children eventually married well, and Kiliaen became the sole owner of Rensselaerswyck in 1687. When Maria died in 1689, at the age of forty-three, she had succeeded in securing for her children the most valuable estate in the colony. The van Rensselaers became an important family in early New York society.

Rensselaerswyck

In 1629 the Dutch West India Company (an enterprise founded to promote colonization in America) realized that in order to attract settlers to the New World, it would need wealthy investors. Among those who came forward was one of the directors of the organization, Kiliaen van Rensselaer. He was awarded a large land grant that formed the basis of Rensselaerswyck, an estate located in the area of present-day Albany, New York (on the Hudson River, about 160 miles north of New York City). Van Rensselaer himself never visited America, but the care of Rensselaerswyck was entrusted to his sons, who made the long journey across the Atlantic Ocean to become managers of the estate. Most important, they guarded title to the land against other speculators (interested buyers). The van Rensselaers lived at the fur-trading post of Fort Orange. In 1654 Jeremias van Rensselaer, the younger son of Kiliaen by a second marriage, settled in America. In 1662 Jeremias married Maria van Cortlandt and took her to live at Rensselaerswyck. They remained on the estate for the rest of their lives.

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