April 16: William Miller Paxton

“A nail driven in a sure place.”  William Miller Paxton is another of those names that seems now forgotten to the modern ear. He was notably a pastor in Pittsburgh,…

November 5: Rev. Frank Bell Webb (1848-1925)

Owen, Thomas McAdory, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (Chicago: The S DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY, v. 4, p. 1737— WEBB, FRANK BELL, Presbyterian minister, was born November…

August 21: Luther’s Safe Space

For all the discussion of “safe places,” in recent years, it was an amusing surprise to find Wm. Childs Robinson making reference to “Luther’s Safe Place” at the end of…