October 11: Reflecting on the Death of a Great Man
Dr. Robert Dick Wilson We have written before how one of the great Princeton professors and a founding professor at Westminster Theological Seminary, Dr. Robert Dick Wilson, died on this…
October 10: The Trail of Tears
An Injustice Which Found No Excuse Related here is a brief account of Presbyterian missions among the Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, just prior to and immediately following the grave injustice…
October 9: Educate Your Children!
[excerpted from THE CHARLESTON OBSERVER, Vol. XII, No. 40 (6 October 1838): 159, column 2] Educate your Children.—The following elegant extract merits the attention of every teacher, and especially of…
October 8: Nothing New Under the Sun
Truly there is nothing new under the sun. This from THE CHARLESTON OBSERVER, October 8, 1836: MORALS! KNIVES!! The practice of carrying knives and Pistols in our peaceable community prevails to an alarming…
October 7: Presbyterians at The Battle of King’s Mountain
The Tide of War Turned to Favor Independence of America by Rev. David T. Myers Americans were gathering to do battle that fall of 1780. The only problem was that those…