Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Robert Hawker

Born: 1753
Died: 1827 (aged 74)
Bio: Robert Hawker was an Anglican priest in Devon vicar of Charles Church, Plymouth. Called "Star of the West" for his popular preaching, he was known as an evangelical and author. The Cornish poet Robert Stephen Hawker was his grandson.
Known for:
- Poor Man's Morning & Evening Portions
- Zion's pilgrim (1801)
- The Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
- Specimens of Preaching (1801)