August 26: William Buell Sprague [1795-1876]
Today’s post is drawn from Alfred Nevin’s Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church (1884), p. 850: The Long Pastorate of a Great Pastor and Biographer William Buell Sprague was born in Andover,…
August 25: The Articles of Perth [1618]
Usurpers, Pretenders, and the One True King. It was an ancient issue in many respects. Who was the king of the church? Was it the king of the British Isles, or…
August 24: Joseph Huntington Jones [1797-1868]
Ashbel Green’s Editor and Friend Joseph Huntington Jones, D. D., the brother of Judge Joel Jones, was born in Coventry, Connecticut, on August 24th, 1797. He graduated at Harvard University,…
August 23: Van Horn on WSC Q. 33
STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 33. — What is justification? A. — Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he…
August 22: The General Council
Today we come to Chapter VIII of PRESBYTERIANISM FOR THE PEOPLE. In this chapter our author, Rev. Robert P. Kerr, gives us a glimpse of a late nineteenth century ecumenical…