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Benjamin Franklin
1812–1878
A forceful voice in the 19th-century Restoration Movement, this American preacher, editor, and debater helped shape conservative thought within the movement’s northern branch. His writing and public arguments made him a widely recognized religious figure in his day.
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A Book of Gems, or, Choice selections from the writings of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
About the author
Born on February 1, 1812, and dying on October 22, 1878, Benjamin Franklin was an American religious leader best known for his role in the Restoration Movement. He became especially influential as a conservative figure in the movement in the northern United States, building a reputation through preaching, debate, and religious publishing.
Franklin was not the better-known Founding Father of the same name, but a 19th-century clergyman whose work reached a wide audience in churches shaped by the Stone-Campbell tradition. Sources about him consistently describe him as a major antebellum conservative voice, and later accounts remember him as preacher, editor, and debater.
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