August 21: Amasa Converse & The Christian Observer
A Publishing Family Heritage From 1839 to 1960 plus, one family surely set the record for publishing in the news world. That family was the Converse family and their religious…
August 20: Lady Ann Lindsay
The Holy Example of a Godly Mother August 20, 1700 The times of the seventeenth century in Scotland for Scottish Christians were enough to try one's soul. Throw in a…
August 19: Scottish Commissioners to the Assembly
It was on this day, August 19, in 1643 that the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland nominated and elected five ministers and three ruling elders to serve as…
August 17: “Six Johns”
Dangerous Times Demand Vigorous Faith The Protestant Reformation had been a long time in coming to Scotland. But finally, that reformation which had begun in Germany and Switzerland under Martin Luther…
August 15: Old School Divides North & South
Ideas & Actions Have Consequences On this day, August 15th, in 1861, a group of pastors and ruling elders met in Atlanta to plan the division of a new denomination, splitting…