December 15: School & Family Catechist, WSC Q. 69-70
THE SCHOOL & FAMILY CATECHIST by Rev. William Smith (1834) The Westminster Shorter Catechism, Questions 69 & 70. Q. 69. What is forbidden in the sixth commandment? A. The sixth…
December 14: God’s Name Is Holy
A reflection worth reconsidering, time and again, any day of any month or year. Upholding God’s Holy Name — We begin on this day of December 14, by considering our Confessional Fathers explanation of…
December 13: For Christ’s Crown & Covenant
ALEXANDER HENDERSON’S TEXT — GLASGOW, DECEMBER 13, 1638. The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Psalm 110:1. Before…
December 12: Thornwell on Our Nation’s Sin
In 1854, the city of Charleston, South Carolina was ravaged with an epidemic of yellow fever. Later, at the behest of the State Legislature, the Rev. James H. Thornwell, then president…
December 11: H.B. Pratt . . . and his mom!
Henry Barrington Pratt, Presbyterian missionary and teacher, son of Rev. Nathaniel A. and Catherine Barrington (King) Pratt, was born near Darien, Georgia, on May 26, 1832. He attended Oglethorpe University,…