May 26: Zion Presbyterian Church, Charleston, SC
When Dr. John B. Adger returned for physical recuperation from the mission field in Smyrna [part of Turkey], he soon began to preach to a congregation of blacks whom he…
May 25: Dr. Alexander’s Counsel to his Mother (1823)
The Great Secret of True Comfort It was on this day, May 25th, in 1823, that Dr. Archibald Alexander wrote to his ailing mother, rejoicing in her recent recovery, yet…
May 24: Van Horn on WSC Q. 20
STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 20. — Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? A. —…
May 23: John Ross MacDuff
He Wrote for the Ages His name was John Ross Macduff. Born this day, May 23, 1818, in Bonhard, near Perth, Scotland, John received all his education in Edinburgh. Ordained into…
May 22: The Plan of Union Abrogated [1837]
As settlers moved ever westward in North America, the problem of planting churches in these new regions forced questions of Christian unity and cooperation. So it was that in 1801…