October 9: Educate Your Children!
[excerpted from THE CHARLESTON OBSERVER, Vol. XII, No. 40 (6 October 1838): 159, column 2] Educate your Children.—The following elegant extract merits the attention of every teacher, and especially of…
October 8: Nothing New Under the Sun
Truly there is nothing new under the sun. This from THE CHARLESTON OBSERVER, October 8, 1836: MORALS! KNIVES!! The practice of carrying knives and Pistols in our peaceable community prevails to an alarming…
October 7: Presbyterians at The Battle of King’s Mountain
The Tide of War Turned to Favor Independence of America by Rev. David T. Myers Americans were gathering to do battle that fall of 1780. The only problem was that those…
October 6: School & Family Catechist WSC Q. 49-50
THE SCHOOL & FAMILY CATECHIST by Rev. William Smith The Westminster Shorter Catechism, Questions 49-50. Q.49. Which is the second commandment? A. The second commandment is, “Thou shalt not make unto…
October 5: Post-GA, 1836
I continue to gather primary source materials on the events leading up to the momentous 1837 split of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The following article appears to have…