June 15: Rev. John Chavis [1763-1838]
An Exceptional Overcoming, in Difficult Times by Rev. David T. Myers John Chavis was born in 1763 (or possibly 1762) in Granville County, North Carolina—a sparsely populated area north of…
June 14: The Joining & Receiving (1982)
The Peaceable Fruit of Biblical Ecumenism In the Message to all Churches of Jesus Christ throughout the world, the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (originally named the National…
June 13: Rev. Ezra Stiles Ely [1786-1861]
A Man of Many Gifts Born this day on June 13, 1786 in Lebanon, Connecticut in the home of a Presbyterian minister and his wife, Ezra Styles Ely possessed many spiritual gifts…
June 12: Presbyterianism the Friend of Liberty
Last week we posted a summary of a little tract entitled Ten Reasons for Being a Presbyterian, Appended to that work is this little essay, which caught our eye. PRESBYTERIANISM…
June 11: Rev. & Mrs. Wm. A. McIlwaine
William Andrew McIlwaine was born on April 24, 1893 in Kochi, Japan. He attended Davidson College, graduating with the AB in 1915 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1919 with the…