January 2015 – Page 2 – This Day in Presbyterian History

January 25: What Do the Scriptures Principally Teach?

We return today to Leonard Van Horn's series on the Westminster Shorter Catechism. Today we come to Catechism Question 3. Instruction in the Westminster Standards. The Historic Standards of Presbyterian…

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January 24: Richard Clark Reed [1851-1925]

On this day, January 24, in 1851, the Rev. James Landrum Reed and his wife Elizabeth became the proud parents of a baby boy whom they named Richard Clark Reed.…

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January 23: Charles Allen Stillman [1819-1895]

Our post today is authored by Barry Waugh, who currently serves as church historian for the Second Presbyterian Church of Greenville, South Carolina. Charles was born in Charleston, South Carolina…

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January 22: Joseph Junkin & the “Junkin Tent”

Have you ever heard of a “Junkin Tent”? It was a tent or lean-to structure erected in a rural setting where the Lord’s people could gather for worship and communion.…

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January 21: Francis Makemie and Freedom of Speech

We are pleased to have Dr. David W. Hall with us today as guest author. Rev. Hall has served as the pastor of the Midway Presbyterian Church in Powder Springs,…

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