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October 5: Rev. Robert Davidson

The first serious resistance against the new United States government took place in western Pennsylvania, specifically, a rebellion against a federal excise tax being placed upon distilled spirits. Known as the Whiskey Rebellion,…

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October 4: The Declaration of Commitment (1969)

Here We Stand There were four organizations that were formative of the Presbyterian Church in America. They were: 1. The Presbyterian Journal, which began in May of 1942. Founded by a group…

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October 2: Van Horn on WSC Q. 104

STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM. by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 104. What do we pray for in the fourth petition? A. In the fourth petition (which is,…

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September 30: Rev. Franklin Pierce Ramsay [1865-1926]

As explained below, the following article by Franklin Pierce Ramsay appeared posthumously in the July 1930 issue of CHRISTIANITY TODAY [the original series of this title, not the one you know today]. Ramsay had…

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September 29: Rev. Ethan Osborn

Have You Improved the Sermon? “Now the interesting question is, How have the people improved the preaching of the law and the gospel? Most of those who lived under the…

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