December 7: Samuel Miller and the Danger of Politics
"I look back on that whole part of my early history with entire disapprobation and deep regret. On two points I totally disapprove my own conduct. In the first place,…
December 6: Chaplain Ralph Gurley
A Preacher’s “Kid” Serves Congress as Chaplain by Rev. David T. Myers Ralph Randolph Gurley did not have a prayer, as the expression goes, in not being a minister of the gospel.…
December 5: Walter Smith (Hymn Writer)
The Next Time You Sing . . . Whether it is from the original Trinity hymnal on page 35, or the red Trinity Hymnal on page 38, both editions of…
December 4: Van Horn on Westminster’s Doctrines
"To God's Glory" : A Practical Study of a Doctrine of the Westminster Standards. by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn THE SUBJECT : A Biblical View of Sin. THE BIBLE…
December 3: An Ordination, in 1870
December 3, 1870, and You Are There. A nice review in a newspaper of the time, covering an ordination in a Presbyterian church, not quite one hundred fifty years ago.…