December 24: Benjamin Rush, M.D.

A Presbyterian Physician Who Signed — He has a number of “firsts” associated with signers of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. He was the only physician who signed that…

December 18: Woodrow Wilson

A Life of Christian Conviction How would you react if you discovered that an ancestor of yours had been James Stewart the First, the king of Scotland? That is what Woodrow Wilson…

December 12: J. Wilbur Chapman

Mass Evangelism Crusades of an Astonishing Type — We have already considered the life and pastoral ministry of J. Wilbur Chapman on April 13, 1881 (see there).  Leaving the pastorate in…

November 29: Henry & Eliza Spalding

Missionaries Among the Nez Perce in the Northwest This nineteenth century missionary couple has been mentioned before in these pages in connection with Marcus Whitman on February 29 and August 18.  They were Henry Harmon Spalding…