Pennsylvania Bible Society

Name: Pennsylvania Bible Society
Address: 703 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

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America’s first Bible society, founded in 1808 by Robt. Ralston, Bishop Wm. White, and Dr. Benj. Rush. In 1812 PBS was first in the U.S. to print Bibles using stereotyped plates which made them affordable and advanced literacy. Bible House has been its center of distribution since 1854.

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First English Bible Printed in America (Aitken Bible)

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Inscription: In 1782, at the coffee house on Market Street, Robert Aitken, bookseller, publisher and printer issued the FIRST BIBLE PRINTED IN ENGLISH. Printed in America, which by Congressional Resolution was recommended “To the inhabitants of the United States.” One of the Chaplains of the congress of the United States who examined this Bible was Bishop William White, the first Read more...

John Blair Smith Grave

0.37 miles

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From Banner of Truth: This was certainly true at Hampden-Sydney and the President, John Blair Smith, also a Presbyterian pastor of two nearby, small congregations, Briery and Cub Creek, was deeply grieved. He and the members of his churches began to pray for revival in their communities and at the college. In 1788 eighty young men were at the college and Read more...

Robert Aitken and the First English American Bible

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The King James Version of the Bible required the authorization of the King to print (hence the name Authorized Version). The King wanted the colonists dependent on England, and so did not give permission to the colonists to print the Bible, thus all Bibles were imported from England. During the Revolution, the British cut off the supply of Bibles. On Read more...

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Statue of George Whitfield

2.36 miles

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From the UPenn website: Religious figure George Whitefield was born in 1714 in Gloucester, England. He was most known for being an evangelist in America who was part of the Great Awakening and one of the founders of Methodism (George Whitefield, n.d.). The Great Awakening was the religious revival of Christianity that impacted English colonies in America (Great Awakening, 2019). Read more...

Eliza Hewitt Grave

2.62 miles

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From the Cemetery: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920), Section I, Lot #89-90 Eliza Hewitt was a songwriter who penned numerous Christian hymns. As a young woman, Hewitt taught at a Philadelphia public school, but after becoming ill with a spinal condition, she was confined to her bed. As her health improved, she began to write lyrics to songs, including “Sunshine in Read more...

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