BIBFRAME Work

Title

John Mason and Sarah Paine Peck

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Holcomb, Douglas J. (editor)
• Dillow, Myron D. (author)

Subject

• Frontier and pioneer life--United States (LCSH)
• Particular Baptists--18e siècle (RVM)
• Particular Baptists--18th century (LCSH)
• Peck, John Mason, 1789-1858 (LCNAF)
• Particular Baptists--19th century (LCSH)
• Baptists--United States--Biography (LCSH)
• Baptists--United States--History (LCSH)
• Baptistes--Missions--États-Unis (RVM)
• Particular Baptists--19e siècle (RVM)
• Baptistes--États-Unis--Biographies (RVM)
• Baptists--Missions--United States (LCSH)
• Peck, Sarah Paine, 1789-1856 (LCNAF)

Genre Form

• Biographies (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• portraits
• illustrations

Classification

LCC: BX6495.P43 D55 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

This volume follows primarily the life of John Mason Peck (1789-1858). Peck made a significant contribution to Baptist history. He became the leading figure among missionary Baptists in Illinois and Missouri. With his New England Puritan background, Peck's ministry played a significant role in influencing the moral, social, intellectual, and spiritual environment in Illinois and Missouri. He also became a national figure in Baptist life, and through his publications, he had a major impact on Western society and migration in the early to mid-nineteenth century. Lyman Beecher reportedly stated, "John Mason Peck led more valuable settlers into the Northwest than any other ten men." -- Introduction.

Table of Contents

Introduction -- 1. The sunrise years, 1789-1810 -- 2. Moving to New York state -- 3. Communicating with Baptist officials and his studies in the Theological Institute in Philadelphia, 1816-1817 -- 4. Departing for St. Louis and the Western Mission -- 5. Rock Spring, Illinois : the center of operations -- 6. The Constitutional Crisis of 1823-1824 -- 7. Opposition from the rising anti-mission movement -- 8. Peck's other ministry to the greater society -- 9. Rock Spring Theological and High School, 1827-1831 -- 10. Alton Seminary (1832), Alton College (1835), Shurtleff College (1836), and the founding of the American Baptist Home Mission Society (1832) -- 11. The press : journalism and literary publications -- 12. The sunset years, 1853-1858 -- Appendixes. A. The doctrine of election : circular letter of the Rensselaerville Baptist Association, 1813 -- B. John Mason Peck, letter of application to the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions.

Authorized Access Point

Dillow, Myron D. John Mason and Sarah Paine Peck

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• Date: 2026-09-11T20:18:35.335348+00:00
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