13 December
Samuel Johnson, Moralist, 1784
Born in 1709, Samuel Johnson ascribed his conversion as a young man to
reading William Law's Serious
Call and he became a high churchman, regular and sincere in his
religious beliefs. He scandalized some by his tolerance of Roman
Catholics, whilst at the same time his dislike of Presbyterianism and
non-conformity was patent. He was well-known as an author, a
lexicographer and a conversationalist. He died on this day in 1784
and was buried a week later in Westminster Abbey.
Note: This Samuel Johnson is not to be confused with the American
preacher of the same name, who wrote the hymn 'City of God, how broad
and far.'
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