Noah Webster was a wise Founding Father of America with a long and distinguished career. One of Noah's greatest accomplishments was writing the American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

The differences between a Noah Webster's 1828 and a modern dictionary are really stunning. Besides the obvious differences, (new words, new inventions, new technologies, improved dictionary features such as pronunciation keys, etc.) Noah, as a devout Christian believer, had created his dictionary with a wisdom about God, Christianity, morality, justice, and character that just doesn't exist in today's watered-down versions of the dictionary, such as the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, which is used by many students throughout their schooling.

You may notice while doing this project, that the modern dictionaries tend to label many Biblical word and Truths as "Judeo/Christian", implying that they are only true within that context. Also noticeable, and preventing a full and completet understanding for today's student, are the changed and often dumbed-down versions of many of Webster's old definitions. Another possibly confusing feature of the Webster's New Collegiate version, is the inexplicable presence of the unBiblical "Christian Science" definitions of many of the words, presented with their own headings, as if the Christian Science definitions are somehow more important and carry more weight than the true Biblical meaning of the words.

First:
Read: Daniel Webster, by Robert Allen
(A Mott Media Book from their Sower Series)

Then:
1. Obtain a spiral notebook

2. Look up the word 'Angel' in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary; Write down the definition on the left side of the notebook; use the word in a sentence; write the sentence down.

3. Look up the word 'Angel' in Webster's 1828 dictionary. Write down the 1828 definition on the right side of the notebook; use the word in a sentence; write the sentence down.

4. Compare the two meanings and sentences.

5. Repeat Steps 2 through 4 for each word on the list below:

Angel
Believer
Debt
Demon
Devil
God
Good (adj.)
Justice
Moral (adj.)
Pious
Prudent
Prudence
Redemption
Remission (of sins)
Reprove
Righteousness
Salvation
Sin (noun)
Truth
Wisdom