August 5: Mary Slessor
In these United States, we are accustomed to seeing various historical figures from the early days of our country on our paper currency. From 1997 to 2009, the people of…
July 26: Alexander McWhorter
A Presbyterian Patriot Pastor by David T. Myers One of the Presbyterian pastors who was a decided patriot was the Rev. Alexander McWhorter. Born of Scotch-Irish parents on July 26,…
July 21: Rev. John Livingstone [1603-1672]
One biographical entry lists under John Livingstone’s name that of “revivalist preacher.” And there is no doubt, as John Howie put it in The Scots Worthies, that there has been…
July 17: The Last Days of Ty Cobb [1886-1961]
Dr. John R. Richardson was pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and he was quite well-known in his day. The following statement concerning the famous baseball player…
July 10: Birth of John Calvin (1509)
The Virtual Founder of America The German historian, Leopold von Ranke, was the one who declared that John Calvin was the virtual founder of America. Today, July 10, marks the birth…