January 19: Death of James Melville (1614)
A good sentence found on Page 287 in McCrie's Lives of the Scottish Reformers, which might be used as an opener on some post: "The year 1596 is memorable in…
December 31: Read the Bible!
Tis' the Season You may have noticed that "everyone" is currently considering how they will read through the Bible in the coming year--what plan they will use. The first rule…
December 9: Westminster Debates Funerals
It is well also for another reason, that—if obliged to publish at present only a part of these records—Drs. Mitchell and Struthers should have selected the “Minutes,” beginning with…
December 9: Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Sr.
Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Sr., was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, 2 March 1822. He was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating there in 1843 and later graduating from Princeton…
November 27: Dr. Joseph S. Edie, M.D.
In his day, Dr. Joseph S. Edie, M. D., was a venerable and esteemed elder of the Presbyterian Church at Christiansburg, Va. He was born in Brooke county, Virginia on…