http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Davies_(Presbyterian_educator)
Here is an article I wrote that was published in our local paper a few years back. This would be a great addition to Logos.
Samuel Davies was known for many things. Sadly his sermons were out of print for almost 150 years until Soli Deo Gloria Publications reprinted them in 1995. He was Jonathan Edwards’s successor as President of Princeton University, at that time known as the College of New Jersey, and helped to raise needed funds in England establish the new school. He is also known as the founder of southern Presbyterianism. He persuaded the King of England to grant religious toleration to the colonies. He was a model of social action, educating slaves and allowing them to be members at his church in Virginia and supporting many other social causes including the evangelization of native Americans. More than anything he was a superb pastor, preacher and hymn writer. His collected poems were re-printed in 1968 by Scholars Facsimiles and Reprints.
Great God of Wonders
1. Great God of Wonders! All Thy ways
Are matchless, godlike and divine,
But the fair glories of Thy Grace
More godlike and unrivalled shine:
Who’s a pard’ning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
2. Crimes of such horror to forgive,
Such guilty daring worms to spare
This is Thy grand prerogative
And none shall in the honour share!
Who’s a pard’ning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
3. Angels and Men, resign your claim
To pity, mercy, love, and grace,
These glories crown Jehovah’s Name
With an incomparable blaze.
Who’s a pard’ning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
4. In Wonder lost, with trembling Joy,
We take the pardon of our God:
Pardon for crimes of deepest dye,
A pardon bought with Jesus’ blood.
Who’s a pard’ning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
5. O may this strange, this matchless Grace,
This godlike miracle of Love,
Fill the wide earth with grateful praise,
And all th’ angelic hosts above!
Who’s a pard’ning God like Thee?
Or who has grace so rich and free?
