August 4: Givens Brown Strickler [1840-1913]

[excerpted from The St. Louis Presbyterian, 31.27 (10 September 1896): 435.]             Dr. Strickler was born at Strickler’s Springs, Rockbridge County, Virginia, April 25, 1840. On his father’s side he…

August 31: Honor Your Pastor

This Is How You Say Goodbye : Paying Due Respect to a Beloved Pastor. When the War ended in 1865, the Rev. Thomas D. Witherspoon answered a call to serve the…

August 30: Van Horn on WSC Q. 34

STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 34 — What is adoption? A. — Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we…

August 29:

We continue today with our Saturday excursions into the little book by the Rev. Robert P. Kerr titled PRESBYTERIANISM FOR THE PEOPLE (1883). Today's chapter concerns the office of the deacon in…