October 31: The School & Family Catechist (1834)
Recently the PCA Historical Center was able to add to its research library a copy of THE SCHOOL & FAMILY CATECHIST, by Rev. William Smith, A.M. According to WorldCat, just three…
October 30: Six Presbyteries Over Texas
A Trip Down Memory Lane Despise not the day of small beginnings. It was on this day, October 30, in 1973 that a small group of men representing just three…
October 29: Joseph Griggs
A Trinity Hymn Written by a Ten Year Old We really don't know when Joseph Griggs was born. One source suggests 1720, but others deny any knowledge of his birthday. We do…
October 28: Septimus Tustin
An Unusual Name No Hindrance to God’s Working This writer has to acknowledge that I was curious regarding the name of this Presbyterian minister for this day of October 28,…
October 27: Inauguration of Francis L. Patton (1881)
Frances Landey Patton [22 February 1843 – 25 November 1932] was certainly coming up in the world! This native of the Bermuda Island had pastored three churches, beginning in 1865, prior…